[AT] Mig welders for antique tractor sheet metal work??

[charlie hill]

David, I think that Miller and Hobart (at least in the engine driven 
machines) are the same machine.   Check out this link.  They sell both. 
http://store.cyberweld.com/index.html

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Myers" <walking_tractor at yahoo.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Mig welders for antique tractor sheet metal work??


>
> --- Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:
>
>> About every 6 months I fall into lust attack for a
>> Mig welder. Never have
>> owned one but would like to some day.
> Dean, my opinion is that Hobart, Century, etc., are
> names to stay away from.  Personally have used Miller,
> and Lincoln commercial welders and own a Lincoln
> Weldpac 100.  Also (unfortunately) have to use a
> Hobart commercial type welder at work.  The Lincoln I
> own is great for sheetmetal and other small stuff,
> someday I will get gas for it but for now use fluxcore
> wire.  BTW, flux core is fantastic outdoors where your
> shield gas will blow away.  Also flux core penetrates
> better and cuts through crud where solid wire wants
> clean steel.
> The cheap welders like Hobart are NOT the same quality
> as  Lincolns or Millers.  You may not be able to feel
> the difference but trust me, you will always be
> fighting the cheap ones, usually wondering what it is
> that YOU are doing wrong.  The current or wire speed
> varies and it is really aggravating.
> I still like stick welders and use a Lincoln 250 AC/DC
> at work for all heavy work.  At home I just have a
> Lincoln 250 buzz box which does 90% of what I need.
> After all this dissertation I would recommend breaking
> down and getting one of the small wire welders from
> Miller or Lincoln (with gas buiilt in).  Also, unless
> you really need it (probably not) don't spend your
> money on tri-mix or similar gasses, just stick with
> straight argon, much cheaper and will do 99.44% of
> what you will ever do.
> The preceeding represents the views of only me and not
> neccessarily those of the general list, to paraphrase
> the hated info-mercials. <g>
>
>
> =====
> Dave Myers
> Paw Paw, Michigan
> The older I get the less I look forward to winter.
>
>
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