MIG Miller-135 vs Lincoln 135 weld thickness question.

Would be interesting to have hour meter hooked up to the handlers keeping track of weld time hours and repairs.

Maybe binzel gun would work.

I see complants at

Not interested. Binzel guns are a bit wierd and hell to get parts for in Seattle.

We used to have a lot of Bernards (also owned by ITW), but once again nobody was stocking parts in Seattle for them.

Yes but fewer repair shops are stocking those parts.

Piecemaker 20A's are great guns, and we still have a few at school on our old Betamig 200's, but I am retiring the one on the Betamig 250 in my shop, and replacing it with a Tregaskis 400 amp Toughgun. I just got one off eBay for $50. I converted all of our BIG MIGs at school to the Tregaskis 400 amp Toughguns a few years back and they are the best guns I have ever used. Rugged, easy to fix if they break and nicely designed, with lots of nozzle, tip, and diffuser options.

I run a lot of dual-shield in my Betamig 250 and the 20A gun, that came with it, can't quite handle the heat.

The Tregaskis Heavy duty tips are nice.

They were great guns, and the crappy 200 amp Tregaskis guns that Miller went to just plain suck. Drop one 3 times on the floor and it blows itself to bits.

The 400 amp guns are at the other end of the spectrum.

Weird in what way? They are quite popular in NY, I have a number of them. If you have the chance, try out an Alpha, really sweet torch. Consumables are cheap and readily available.

I recently installed a Tweco 160 A mini-mig gun on my handler, the old girl is nearly 20 years old and still going strong. The 15 foot tweco is a pretty good torch.

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