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

[David A. Laughead Jr.]

I can safely say that when you drive by the Hobart factory in Troy, Ohio it
now has Miller Electric signs up as of a few years ago. On another note, I
helped on a roofing job in Troy a year or two ago the home owner said that
Miller did own them now, he also said that their cheaper welders were being
built in China and that a lot of their workers had been laid off.

Yet one more note, in the manual for the Hobart welder I bought about 3-4
weeks ago it mentions Miller Electric. I bought a Hobart Stickmate LX AC
only 235 amps, You find the Miller has the identical unit called the
Thunderbolt XL

Dave Laughead
Arcanum, Ohio


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From: Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>
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Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 2:31 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Mig welders for antique tractor sheet metal work??


> Walt:
>
> It is interesting that the manufacturer of Hobart welders isn't listed.
Just
> the Consumables and training divisions.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door
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> I did a little research and found that both  Miller and Hobart welders are
> owned by  ITW (Illinois Tool Works Inc.)  http://www.itwinc.com/
>
> They seem to be seperate companies owned by one  single conglomerate.
>
>
> Walt Davies
> Cooper Hollow Farm
> Monmouth,  OR 97361
> 503 623-0460
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