miller welder

[church]

Does anyone have any experience using a millermatic 250 mig welder? I use Miller tig and arc welders at work and they are fantastic, but i've never really messed with their wirefeeders.

Thanks.

 

[PaulJF]

Yep. I used them for 15+ years. Great welders, easy to set up, adjust, and use. I would recommend them.

 

[jbz400]

Me too. Millers are top notch machines

 

[j706]

Yup good stuff.

 

[halfmileharry]

I'll throw in a ringing endorsement for them as well. Trouble free workhorses that will do heavy work and even fine sheet metal work as well. In the range it's designed for you're not going to go wrong with it.

 

[jontheturboguy]

Blue is about the only thing ill weld with.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Used one in the sandbox. My personal welder for home use is a Maxstar 150 stick welder. Took the wirefeed all over the sandbox - tough mig.

 

[Rookie]

I can't lay a decent bead with a miller, but I have no problems with a Lincoln...

I have no idea why.

With that being said, Millers are excellent welders.

 

[ghitch75]

had a Miller and have a Hobart now.....

 

[melensdad]

Not a 250, but I've got a Miller Passport (1000) that is a great machine. Every Miller I've ever used has been a great machine.

 

[CountryBoy19]

Miller and older Hobart are both top-notch machines. Before ITW (owns Miller) bought Hobart they were a great industrial welder (really didn't have a stake in the hobbyist/home-shop market). But when ITW proposed to acquire Hobart the FTC accused them of trying to monopolize or something like that and forced them into an agreement that essentially made Hobart the home-shop/hobbyist stuff and Miller the industrial stuff so they wouldn't hold a monopoly??

I'm not really sure but I know my dad has a ~90's Hobart that has layed down thousands of pounds of weld-bead in the 2+ decades he has owned it and it is problem free. I've also used Millers extensively and I can say that between my dad's older Hobart and the Miller 250 I don't have a preference, they are both great welders.

I don't know how great the newer Hobart welders are since the FTC had to go much around with things...

 

[church]

Awesome, thanks guys!

 

[buffalohump]

I have a Miller 250 mig, Bought it new in Kokomo several years ago. Love it , they can sell it when I Die. Also have a Hobart CT Tig & Stick, & Hobart 400 amp portable powered by a flathead Chrysler straight 8