Has anyone in the group seen in person or used the new Miller MAXSTAR 150S?
> I'm wondering what the overall quality, look and feel of the thing is as
> well as how well it works.
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I don't think anybody has actually seen one yet since Miller has yet to ship them. B&R is preselling them.
I've found the stick version for as low as $585.00 at B&R welding and think
> I can justify that cost on my first project since I want to build a rack for
> my truck that would cost over $600.00 if store bought.
>
Makes sense.
After my planned project of building a custom truck rack / antenna mount for
> my ham radio antennas, it will mostly just see occasional hobby use with
> various 1/8th wall mild steel rectangular stock projects.
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> I'm also wondering if it is easier to lay a good looking bead with a "DC"
> welder such as the MAXSTAR. I only have the experience of one welding
> project under my belt, a rack I built for my previous truck while working
> for a company that had a Miller welder half as big as my truck in the shop
> that I was able to use. About a quarter of the way through the project I
> was laying a fairly good looking bead using E6013 drag rod.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> David KG2LI
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The Maxstar inverters are really nice machines. I had a Maxstar 140 before my current Maxstar 200DX.
They are very easy to use and lay nice beads.