So I unboxed it all and first impression is this mig welder is HEAVY. The cheap harbor freight units you can juggle with they are so light, but this one is heavier than my hobart 140.
Came with the usual:
Cheap helmet (still a must if you don't have one, probably have to include it by law?)
No extra nozzles or tips for the mig gun. But extra tips for the spoolgun. Sweet!
Same regulator and clamp as the tig weld 160sx. Smaller clamp than the miller came with, but seemed to have more spring tension or maybe just because it's new. Either way it's not a bad clamp at all. And it works which is the only thing that is important.
Regulator is standard, gauges are a little small for my liking, but it works just fine.
Argon hose is only about 4 or 5 feet. This doesn't work for me, but if it's on a mig cart it's just fine.
Setup for mig gun. Nothing unusual about setup, except when you tighten down the wing nut your hand may hit the switch for the spool gun. This happened to me and I had to figure out why the wire wasn't feeding in. And that was why.
I welded some 1/8" flat stock and keep in mig I hardly mig weld. Haven't touched mine in awhile to be perfectly honest. Well haven't done much welding at all besides those two lamps because it's so damn cold. This thing is not rated for 1/8" with c25. Probably could do it with flux since it burns hotter, but this is the scrap I had sitting around so I tried it out.
My impressions: I like it. I just turned the voltage all the way up and the wire speed pretty high as a starting point and didn't have to move it from there. It did not penetrate all the way through on 1/8". However with a bevel, preheat, flux core it could be a different story. It has a smooth and crisp arc. Welds great to be honest. I honestly thought before it got here it would be an ok el cheapo machine, but so far that isn't the case. I like it a lot.
I'll post up my video when it's done editing of the unboxing.
Here are a few bead pics, keep in mind I'm no pro and have't mig welded in a bit. So aside from being a little cold because of the metal thickness it's a good machine.
Just a amateur and the real reason I got this machine was for the spool gun. Still need some more hood time with it, but it's really cool to have around.
And last update, did some more welding with it last night. The more I use it the more I like it. I've tried a lot of 130/140 mig welders. There doesn't seem to be too much difference between them all.
Came with the usual:
Cheap helmet (still a must if you don't have one, probably have to include it by law?)
No extra nozzles or tips for the mig gun. But extra tips for the spoolgun. Sweet!
Same regulator and clamp as the tig weld 160sx. Smaller clamp than the miller came with, but seemed to have more spring tension or maybe just because it's new. Either way it's not a bad clamp at all. And it works which is the only thing that is important.
Regulator is standard, gauges are a little small for my liking, but it works just fine.
Argon hose is only about 4 or 5 feet. This doesn't work for me, but if it's on a mig cart it's just fine.
Setup for mig gun. Nothing unusual about setup, except when you tighten down the wing nut your hand may hit the switch for the spool gun. This happened to me and I had to figure out why the wire wasn't feeding in. And that was why.
I welded some 1/8" flat stock and keep in mig I hardly mig weld. Haven't touched mine in awhile to be perfectly honest. Well haven't done much welding at all besides those two lamps because it's so damn cold. This thing is not rated for 1/8" with c25. Probably could do it with flux since it burns hotter, but this is the scrap I had sitting around so I tried it out.
My impressions: I like it. I just turned the voltage all the way up and the wire speed pretty high as a starting point and didn't have to move it from there. It did not penetrate all the way through on 1/8". However with a bevel, preheat, flux core it could be a different story. It has a smooth and crisp arc. Welds great to be honest. I honestly thought before it got here it would be an ok el cheapo machine, but so far that isn't the case. I like it a lot.
I'll post up my video when it's done editing of the unboxing.
Here are a few bead pics, keep in mind I'm no pro and have't mig welded in a bit. So aside from being a little cold because of the metal thickness it's a good machine.
Just a amateur and the real reason I got this machine was for the spool gun. Still need some more hood time with it, but it's really cool to have around.
And last update, did some more welding with it last night. The more I use it the more I like it. I've tried a lot of 130/140 mig welders. There doesn't seem to be too much difference between them all.
