Bill:
When I was shopping for mine last summer, I asked the same question and got this answer:
You only need a 110V machine for anything you'll encounter on your Mustang, but if you think you'll ever want to do thicker stuff get the 240V. You can throttle a big machine back for the smaller stuff, but you can't crank up beyond the smaller machine's capacity.
I bought the Lincoln Electric Weld Pak 155, the 240V machine, for somewhere between $400-500 at Home Depot (can't remember exact amount; it was about $100 more than the comparable 110V unit). Came with wire feed, but no gas regulator; that cost an additional $125.
Bottle itself cost another $100, and I had to spend something like $50 for a 50amp circuit breaker plus the wire I needed to get a 240V outlet into the garage.
Jerry
The FAQs, nothing but the FAQs: http://www.geocities.com/a65ragtop/VM_FAQ
When I was shopping for mine last summer, I asked the same question and got this answer:
You only need a 110V machine for anything you'll encounter on your Mustang, but if you think you'll ever want to do thicker stuff get the 240V. You can throttle a big machine back for the smaller stuff, but you can't crank up beyond the smaller machine's capacity.
I bought the Lincoln Electric Weld Pak 155, the 240V machine, for somewhere between $400-500 at Home Depot (can't remember exact amount; it was about $100 more than the comparable 110V unit). Came with wire feed, but no gas regulator; that cost an additional $125.
Bottle itself cost another $100, and I had to spend something like $50 for a 50amp circuit breaker plus the wire I needed to get a 240V outlet into the garage.
Jerry
The FAQs, nothing but the FAQs: http://www.geocities.com/a65ragtop/VM_FAQ
