The Miller 211 is rated for 25A input, so use some 10/3 SOOW or SJOOW cable (rated up to 30A). IMO, every welder should have at least a basic understanding of electricity. If you are not sure what you are doing, just save your own life and buy a cord already made.Or, if you don't know how to do something, why not just learn how to do it? Replacing a plug or making an extension cord is easy and should be on any handyman's list of skills. If you are using a dryer circuit, you'll need to make sure your dryer is hooked up correctly. The best idea is to run a new circuit from your breaker box if you have the room. You can put a wire nut on the other wire or trim and tape it. One of the remaining wires should be used for a ground (probably green). But if for some reason, the wire is junctioned, then you may want to double check anyway. If the wire runs uninterrupted, then you can assume that the wire colors have not changed. (be careful, hold both test terminals with one hand if possible) If you can trace the circuit back to the box, you should be able to see the wire colors used at the breaker feeding the circuit. The two 110V legs should measure in the 220-240 range across the terminals and only 110V to ground. Test each terminal to determine ground/safety and 110V legs. In other words go down to your box store (WalMart) or autoparts store and get a 10.00 dollar tester. On the 6-50 plug, you will use the two "flat" blades for your two 110V(more or less) hot legs. In older structures and even some new ones, you cannot depend upon the wire colors to be "correctly" wired into the panel box.
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