BEGINNER'S GUIDE How-To MIG Weld & Welding Basics

[@eastwoodco]

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[@1Curmudgeon]

Like the speed of your instructions straight to the point. Also the marker on the table to show desired tip movement was excellent teaching.

[@eastwoodco]

Thanks we love that feedback!

[@thokesum]

Just got a mig 180, never welded 😂 but I’m gonna learn

[@eastwoodco]

Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

[@grantlaredo9795]

me too.

[@grantlaredo9795]

Total beginner to MIG here, Very very good presentation! I learned heaps. All the best mate, from Australia! I cant wait to start, and make heaps of mistakes, and learn from them too.

[@williemaykit7940]

Good video! Thanks for all the information! I just ordered an Eastwood mig 180 today. I always wanted to learn to weld!

[@eastwoodco]

We hope you love it! Good luck.

[@KirkCarlson-x9t]

Great Tutorial! I’m still learning on my 180 and this definitely helped. Melted my wire on my nozzle a couple times, and trying to get the speed right with a comfortable technique 😐

[@eastwoodco]

Thanks, Keep at it!

[@glennjoslyn385]

Awesome Video.. So much Appreciate all of these tips! Thank You From Colorado..

[@eastwoodco]

You are so welcome!

[@guyapps6463]

Outstanding 👍

[@eastwoodco]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@driftsc3]

@5:16 should be liters per minute. There are 28.3 liters in a cubic foot. 1 Lpm is 60 liters per hour which is slightly more than 2 cubic feet per hour. You can see on the gauge that LPM is about half of Cubic feet per hour.

[@dealinwithit1]

What does Vince think of the mig 180 and on my manual it says it goes up to 21 volts and on the machine it says 26 volts is it a misprint on the manual?

[@eastwoodco]

The machine goes up to 26 volts - anything else is a misprint. The MIG 180 is one of our favorite welders it can handle _just about_ everything in the automotive world.

[@dealinwithit1]

@@eastwoodco it’s a good welder I purchased it last year and gave it 5 stars , I’m retiring ,insulated and sheet rocked my garage added a swamp cooler and a gas heater on the ceiling put a door from the house to the garage since it’s attached now running 220v , building a 93 XJ now then a 69 SS Chevelle and the Eastwood 180 is my mig for the projects

[@eastwoodco]

That's awesome! We can't wait to see the results.

[@akejohansson8052]

isn´t the stringer stronger?

[@eastwoodco]

Sorry, we don't understand the question, can you rephrase?

[@bryantinsley4506]

What is sad is they won’t answer a simple question like if you’re welding a 16 gauge metal with a Eastwood MiG 140 30 gauge wire with 25/75 argon , what is the wire speed and heat settings. The chart on the door doesn’t say and they don’t know.

[@eastwoodco]

There are settings for 17 and 14 gauge metal so we can split the difference and use that as a starting point for 16 gauge. With that in mind we suggest starting at 17.0 Volts/196 Inches per minute. (You pasted this comment on 10 videos, we respond daily to comments, there's no need for that)