I've had three bottles that were contaminated so far. All three had just come back from hydro with a new valve, new paint, and new stickers. They came from two different suppliers but I believe they were all tested at the same hydro shop. I suspect they had something other than argon in them previously...

This is a tough way to start off a welding career....

Its input at its rated is about the same as a buzzer. With 50 dt of 12 it would still see 220,with a 10 way less than 1/3 the loss. I spose everyones definition of long is different but most welding circuits rated t 75 ft. My longest one is 1/2 of that. Good chance the new owner cant or wont be able...

Hello again. I dropped out when I found it impossible to log in a few years ago. I bought a Millermatic 252 in 2010. It has been a great welder, but it always had limitations. The M25 gun it came with never would run .023 wire. The troubleshooter at local Airgas where I bought it said: "I can sell...

Hello everyone new guy to all this so I got a few questions for you lovley gents.

I acquired a welding setup for myself from my company I work for while they were liquidating old equipment. I picked up myself a miller xmt 350 cc/cv ,22a wire feeder, and a HD251D tig welder and coolmate...

Ok.. So I’m new here.. new to welding and well... anything associated with it.. I’ve welded once before with a cheapie stick welder about 10 years ago. But, a week ago I picked up a very worn and tired looking Millermatic 200 (s/n: JB513632) from I’m assuming perhaps 1981.. It’s one of the...

Hey everyone, I have a miller syncrowave 250 and I am trying to weld some aluminium just for practice. I have done quite a bit of ac tig at school (Syncrowave 210) but for some reason My machine isn’t working correctly. I am trying to just lay a bead on a piece of 1/8 plate. I am using 1/8 pure tungsten...

Is it just me or has anybody else paid for a machine and been waiting over a month?? Just curious. Thx