[TheForge] Seeking advice on MIG welder

[Adam Whiteson]

I too have the Hobart 135 and love it.  I wish I had bought this machine 
first.  When I was shopping around, I took home the Lincoln model for a 
weekend.  It's ok and Lincoln is a good brand but it was built like a toy 
while the Hobart is built to do work.


Mostly I use the Hobart as a general purpose welder and run flux core w/o 
gas shielding.  Also it is very very handy  to have a machine that plugs 
into a 110 outlet.

Adam


At 04:01 PM 9/25/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>I've had an Hobart 135 for a year and a half. Absolutely love it. Some day
>I'll get a larger unit, but not to replace this one: I got it for jobs where
>I need to plug in to whatever socket is handy, and it's just the thing for
>that. It really wants a full 20 amp outlet, but will run off your "average"
>wall socket.
>I just weld like I weld with my stick welder: if it's too thick, the cure is
>multiple passes.
>Anywhere the weld needs to be really clean, it's the way to go. Nice to have
>it for aluminum and stainless, too.
>Andy G.
>
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