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I attended the Miller Welding Expo in Lawrenceville, GA March 31, 2004. It was great! I met Andy, Sue Feldkamp, and too many other people to remember. You all know "Ask Andy". Sue was promoting the OCC Chopper. I must say these people are fantastic. They give a whole new meaning to southern hospitality! I was treated like a long lost brother by all the people I met. Miller employees are great people.
Just before you enter the building there was a display of Miller's engine driven welders from the Blue Star 140 all the way up to the Big Blue Air Pak. There was a demo booth so anybody who wanted could weld with these machines. The new Pro 300D with the Caterpillar 3013 saw the most use. It has great arc performance and is quiet enough to talk to your buddy even at full throttle! If anybody is looking for a new engine drive, this one is worth a long look.
Once inside the door everybody got a name tag and registration packet. It had a 75 year anniversary OCC Chopper T shirt, 2004 catalog, and some other goodies. You were also entered in a drawing to win door prizes.
The demo room was the next stop. There were numerous ITW (Illinois Tool Works), owns Miller Electric ; Hobart ; Weldcraft ; Bernard; etc., product demonstrations.
Mark, decked out in his Miller Logo Tech Jacket, was showing his TIG skills and helpful hints to beginner and advanced welders alike. He had a booth full of Miller TIG machines including the Syncrowave 250, Dynasty 200DX, Dynasty 300DX Tig Runner Package, and assorted air and water cooled torches.
Ron with Weldcraft certainly knows his torches from the plain 125 #9 aircooled through the super flexible, 225 amp, water cooled, interchangeable head torch package. By the way this is one of Andy's favorite torches.
The Bernard rep had a complete line of the Bernard Mig torches and accessories. I must not forget Hobart. They also had a number fantastic products in the line up. There were also some demonstrations of inductance heating machines and single cell robotic arms.
The demo room exit opened into the warehouse where there were wall to wall used and reconditioned welding machines and plasma cutters to purchase. There was also a nice plasma cutting demo booth with the Miller full line up of PAC equipment available to try.
From there was the Orange County Chopper Display. Sue Feldkamp was playing it up as Brian was snapping digital pictures! He took pictures of all who wanted their picture taken with the chopper. No, I could not resist! There I was standing with the chopper in a now digitized and preserved photo displayed in a nice 4 page color anniversary brochure.
Now for all you race fans: Andy was there with his car. He was running a little tire changing competition. You had to grab the impact wrench (Ingersol Rand of course), spin off the lug nuts, and pull the tire off by its spokes. The fastest time from each group of 4 people won a cool racing winged Miller cap. I got a cap and must confess that begging sometimes goes a long way!!!
I think Sue and the gang cranked up the chopper and it sounded great! However, not to be outdone, Andy fired up the race car and the chopper noise faded away as fast as it came! Way to go A-.
Lunch was catered for all who were hungry. From the looks of the crowded tables that was everybody! On exiting the warehouse a stack of Miller Bobcats(225NT) were stacked 15' high and a hundred yards long. Andy said in time of a disaster, hurricane, storm, etc., these units could all be shipped out in a day or less. They are very handy for power generation in addition to maintenance and repair welding.
Once again I must say Andy, Sue, Brian, Ron, Mark and all the gang treated me like good family. I am very appreciative that they took time from very busy schedules to say hello and make me feel at home. For those of you that missed the trip: Try to make it next time. I had an absolute blast! I have always thought great things about Miller Electric's products. Now I have met firsthand some of the people who make Miller such a fantastic customer oriented company. Yesterday I saw not only great Miller machines, but the true customer satisfaction that goes with those great machines! That my friends is the TRUE POWER OF BLUE!
A special thanks to Andy and Sue! You are the best!
I attended the Miller Welding Expo in Lawrenceville, GA March 31, 2004. It was great! I met Andy, Sue Feldkamp, and too many other people to remember. You all know "Ask Andy". Sue was promoting the OCC Chopper. I must say these people are fantastic. They give a whole new meaning to southern hospitality! I was treated like a long lost brother by all the people I met. Miller employees are great people.
Just before you enter the building there was a display of Miller's engine driven welders from the Blue Star 140 all the way up to the Big Blue Air Pak. There was a demo booth so anybody who wanted could weld with these machines. The new Pro 300D with the Caterpillar 3013 saw the most use. It has great arc performance and is quiet enough to talk to your buddy even at full throttle! If anybody is looking for a new engine drive, this one is worth a long look.
Once inside the door everybody got a name tag and registration packet. It had a 75 year anniversary OCC Chopper T shirt, 2004 catalog, and some other goodies. You were also entered in a drawing to win door prizes.
The demo room was the next stop. There were numerous ITW (Illinois Tool Works), owns Miller Electric ; Hobart ; Weldcraft ; Bernard; etc., product demonstrations.
Mark, decked out in his Miller Logo Tech Jacket, was showing his TIG skills and helpful hints to beginner and advanced welders alike. He had a booth full of Miller TIG machines including the Syncrowave 250, Dynasty 200DX, Dynasty 300DX Tig Runner Package, and assorted air and water cooled torches.
Ron with Weldcraft certainly knows his torches from the plain 125 #9 aircooled through the super flexible, 225 amp, water cooled, interchangeable head torch package. By the way this is one of Andy's favorite torches.
The Bernard rep had a complete line of the Bernard Mig torches and accessories. I must not forget Hobart. They also had a number fantastic products in the line up. There were also some demonstrations of inductance heating machines and single cell robotic arms.
The demo room exit opened into the warehouse where there were wall to wall used and reconditioned welding machines and plasma cutters to purchase. There was also a nice plasma cutting demo booth with the Miller full line up of PAC equipment available to try.
From there was the Orange County Chopper Display. Sue Feldkamp was playing it up as Brian was snapping digital pictures! He took pictures of all who wanted their picture taken with the chopper. No, I could not resist! There I was standing with the chopper in a now digitized and preserved photo displayed in a nice 4 page color anniversary brochure.
Now for all you race fans: Andy was there with his car. He was running a little tire changing competition. You had to grab the impact wrench (Ingersol Rand of course), spin off the lug nuts, and pull the tire off by its spokes. The fastest time from each group of 4 people won a cool racing winged Miller cap. I got a cap and must confess that begging sometimes goes a long way!!!
I think Sue and the gang cranked up the chopper and it sounded great! However, not to be outdone, Andy fired up the race car and the chopper noise faded away as fast as it came! Way to go A-.
Lunch was catered for all who were hungry. From the looks of the crowded tables that was everybody! On exiting the warehouse a stack of Miller Bobcats(225NT) were stacked 15' high and a hundred yards long. Andy said in time of a disaster, hurricane, storm, etc., these units could all be shipped out in a day or less. They are very handy for power generation in addition to maintenance and repair welding.
Once again I must say Andy, Sue, Brian, Ron, Mark and all the gang treated me like good family. I am very appreciative that they took time from very busy schedules to say hello and make me feel at home. For those of you that missed the trip: Try to make it next time. I had an absolute blast! I have always thought great things about Miller Electric's products. Now I have met firsthand some of the people who make Miller such a fantastic customer oriented company. Yesterday I saw not only great Miller machines, but the true customer satisfaction that goes with those great machines! That my friends is the TRUE POWER OF BLUE!
A special thanks to Andy and Sue! You are the best!
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