sounds like a personal problem.....

 

sounds like a personal problem..... [/quote]





kevin.

 

I have 2 sticks to rub together....



Raul

 

go to www.millerwelds.com and order the traing kit for 25.00, since you purchased a new miller welder you can get a nice jean jacket for free with the certificate inside!

 

I don't have one cuz I have nowhere to keep it, but my bro was gonna buy one.. He got all confused when I began explaining the differences between GMAW(Gas Metal Arc Welding) and FCAW(Flux Cored Arc Welding) so he didn't buy it till I go back with him..

 

SOB looks like they are running a special now, buy a 135 welder and get a cart for free! Looks like I'm going to have to give the guy down at Toll welding a call to get my free cart!

 

Diddo

 

I was asking the guy there about the differences between the Hobarts and the Millers and he said that Miller just basically took their welder and cheepened it up in some areas to make the Hobart. But I'm not sure it matters much at all, they are both rated the same for output.



On a side note, have you used your hobart for welding aluminum yet? If so how do you like it? Do you use a spool gun or just put the alum wire in the welder??



Yeah, TIG welders are awsome. My friend bought a Esab about a year ago and I love that thing. Worked great for welding my stainless exhaust manifold.

 

I bought a 115V welder and returned it the same day, the only thing I'm really interested in welding in aluminum and all it did was make popcorn and didnt get any penetration. I was using 100% argon with aluminum wire, not sure of the specs on the wire. I returned it and brought the pieces to a welding shop and asked the guy some questions about welders, he said using a MIG is just a bad idea in general with aluminum but if you do, it will need to be at least a 220V with pure argon and even that won't be able to do large pieces (it simply dissipates heat too quickly). He has a large water cooled TIG welder and it made welding my aluminum manifolds a piece of cake, I'm waiting til I have a shop or an opportunity to get 220V into the garage before I invest in a nice TIG welder, I'm not even sure if the house has a high enough amperage service to run a large TIG machine, I wonder what kind of effect it would have on the electric bill if alot of welding is done. Until then I'll just take my parts to the guy at $25 a pop.





Congrats on the purchase, let me know if you have any success welding aluminum... maybe the MIG I bought just sucked.

 

I got a video with the welder and it shows a guy with a spoolgun hooked up to my welder welding aluminum. Looked like good welds to me. Maybe it's the spoolgun that makes welding aluminum so much better with a small 110v welder? But if you can, TIG is the way to go when it comes to aluminum.