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Originally Posted by Pin_Head
Everybody needs a stick welder for the big stuff.
Of course, if you get a TIG welder, it already comes with a DC stick welder built in.
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My MM250 will do up to 1/2 in one pass? How thick do you need to weld Charlie?
There are things that are best done or can only be done with stick though. Cast iron for one, dissimilar metals for another (welding hardened steel to mild steel), hard surfacing is stick only and last but not least - welding dirty and rusty stuff like on a farm or job site is better with stick any day. Thus stickwelding has it's place on the trail.
Just because mig is easly does not mean it is better.
Mig is easy to learn and really, really easy to do wrong. Anyone can mig.
Stick is hard to learn. You need to be a welder to use the stick process.
I'd say you can make an argument to have a whole set of welders any day
