 Better Welder for a 1st Timer, Miller 140 or Hobart Handler 140?? |
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| AvalonFal |
  Nov 29 2008, 02:18 PM
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I'm about to dive into my first attempt at welding a few small patch panels on my '74, the worst of which will be a new RS door sill. I've looked around and came up with 2 MIGs --- a Miller Autoset 140 and a Hobart Handler 140, both using gas. The Miller is about $150 more than the Hobart. Any suggestions or recommendations before I jump in on one will be greatly appreciated.
Paul |
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| Todd Enlund |
Nov 29 2008, 02:59 PM
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Resident Photoshop Guru Group: Members Posts: 3,251 Joined: 24-August 07 From: Laurelhurst (Portland), Oregon Member No.: 8,032 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(AvalonFal @ Nov 29 2008, 12:18 PM)  I'm about to dive into my first attempt at welding a few small patch panels on my '74, the worst of which will be a new RS door sill. I've looked around and came up with 2 MIGs --- a Miller Autoset 140 and a Hobart Handler 140, both using gas. The Miller is about $150 more than the Hobart. Any suggestions or recommendations before I jump in on one will be greatly appreciated. Paul I just ordered a Miller 140 with Autoset. The Autoset was only a few bucks more than the one without... it's probably a gimmick feature, but I figure what the heck for a couple more bucks... The two big differences between the Miller and Hobart are 1) Miller has a cast aluminum feed system, Hobart has a plastic feed system with an aluminum roller 2) Miller has infinitely adjustable voltage, Hobart has 4 taps. I got the Miller for $584 shipped from Indiana Oxygen using an eBay 10% coupon. |
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| Wes V |
Nov 29 2008, 03:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: 11-October 07 From: Los angeles Member No.: 8,211 |
Talk to your welding supply shop about the availibility of repair parts!
Not that Hobart would be bad, but I think you will do better with the Miller. Stuff does wear out regardless of design. Wes |
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| rfuerst911sc |
Nov 29 2008, 03:21 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,158 Joined: 4-May 06 From: Dahlonega , Georgia Member No.: 5,980 Region Association: South East States |
Hobart and Miller are sister divisions you can't go wrong with either. I bought a Hobart 140 last year and have welded flares,chassis stiffening kits and various patch pieces and it performed great.
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| sean_v8_914 |
Nov 30 2008, 12:01 PM
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Chingon 601 Group: Members Posts: 4,011 Joined: 1-February 05 From: San Diego Member No.: 3,541 |
although they share the same power supply, the Miller has tip short protection. this alone will save you consumable tips and time not having to free it from teh gun body if or when you touch the tip too close to the work piece. this helps if your power setting is wrong for your feed speed but if you get teh Auto-set feature it's a non issue.
teh Miller has steel wire feed mech while teh Hobart is plastic. the Hobart feed mech holding chassis is also composite while the Miller is coated steel teh Hobart has 4 power settings while teh Miller has a power setting knob like a volume control, it is fine-tunable teh hobart has 8 or 10 wire speeed settings. the Miller is infinitly adjustable (volume control) |
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