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Welding hints: you can weld 3/8" steel to 3/8" steel with a 140 amp Mig welder of you do two things: preheat and dual shielding. Preheat is very effective as all your amperage goes into the bead rather than the surrounding area.

Dual shielding is using flux-core wire and Argon/CO2 mix. I don't know the why buy it helps.

I have a 140 amp Lotos that I got on Amazon for less than 400. It's really nice for the money. Duty cycle is decent too.

I'll get a Tig someday soon I hope. I did really well in class with some light aluminum. Something cathartic about pulsed Tig.

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