New toys from Miller

It is good that they listen to the public, we are the ones that buy and use their products. I wish other manufactures would listen to our views.. Congrads Ernie. Maybe they will make an (EL model) for your next suggestion of what you would like to see in a unit. Don D.

Wow, That's cool Ernie! It's a good feeling when somebody actually listens.

You need to call them again and this time discuss the fact that Research and Development has deliberately 'excluded' you and there's NO WAY these can be properly tested unless they ship the first prototype to you. :-Q

Larry

'Web Guy & Hobbyist Welder'

That is a little unusual that you got contacted. The NORMAL response from a company is to send a reply thanking you for your concern, but that your letter was destroyed before anyone beyond the letter department saw it.

Why?

Potentially, you could claim your suggestions as your own "invention" then sue for royalties. Even if they already had the same thing already in development. This happens with car companies a lot, they get thousands of mails suggesting improvements and because of the greedy few who do it with the intention of suing later and their greedier lawyers, they really have no choice but to throw all the suggestions in the trash.

They took a big chance on you! :)

Larry

Nice job Ernie, great ideas too! have you ever noticed that once you buy the "right" machine, they make a better one?

walt

The Miller roadshow came to Austin today and I got to see the new toys - taht Passport is amazing! They use a CO2 tank from a paintball gun !

Ernie, I saw the article a while ago on the Passport and I thought about buying one but man it was S1,400.00 It just seems a bit pricey for a super-tricked out 135, Also Why can the bottle be only charged with C02? Is it a seal thing? I'd transfill it all day tri-mix. Gotta admit this is one of the best designs I have seen in a long time! A job well done sir, Glad to see they see your insight, and we get to learn from your wisdom. (with the exception of a Scotchman press just yet righty...)

Any seen a lower price? I might sell my 210 with a spool gun just to buy it(in Chicago if interested) . I think it's that cool. If the price had less sting to it,

Take care,

Rob

It is intended for maintenance staff having to do repairs quickly.

Because CO2 is stored as a liquid under low pressure, you can store more of it in a small tank.

Can't. C25 is a high pressure gas and needs a high pressure cylinder. CO2 is a low pressure liquid.

You can just use a small portable tank of C25 instead of the internal CO2 tank.

Talking about Millermatic Pasport. Is the Co2 bottle horizontal in the case? It looks horizontal. What keeps the liquid from getting to the regulator? It looks like it would need a anti siphon tube inside the Co2 bottle.

It is cool that they are coming out with new stuff........but here is the cheese on the miller DVI.

the purphose of having dual voltage is , in case you do not have 220V avail. you can use 110V, but it also means portability from place to place. example you may be welding in the shop at higher amprage and

220 V is there , but next you want to do fence repair, and on 110 V is there and have to run extention cord and lower amprage is enough.

well. ..... yes you can do it with the HTP DV160 because you just pick it up and move it..

you can not do it with the miller DVI since they put it in a MM210,

251 chassis. = TO BIG to be portable. if they would only put it in the MM175 chassis , I would have the Newmiller DVI already. I can't see any good reason to buy a 175amp welder in such a large metal body.

I agree, it is a bit oversized.