mitchntx

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Just a quick thumbs up to this welder.

Makes a hack like me look good

2KThunder

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Good deal. I love my Hobart 135.

LS1x2

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I've got a lincoln 135amp. I hear the internal parts are almost identical between the name brands on these. I'm happy with mine so far.

BTL FED

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I love miller, I have a millermatic 175 basically the same as the 135 but runs off 220 vac, and I know what you mean it makes me actually know what I am doing

mitchntx

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The only real differences I could see was the wire feed mechanism.

The Miller is made mostly from metal parts. If I recall, the Hobart had some metal, but used a lot of plastic.

Racehead

Hey I just got a Millermatic 135 too! I haven't used it yet, but am going to today to weld in fittings into my rear end cover for my diff cooler.

ta12sec

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gotta love the miller 135, got one at work and I look for broken things just so I can fire it up.

BTL FED

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The 135 will do up to 3/16 and the 175 will do 1/4 is the main difference I got the 175 so I could do bigger jobs, I wish I would have gotten the 210, its easy to make a bigger welder work on smaller jobs, but you cant make a small welder work on big jobs Word of advice to anyone buying a welder buy the Biggest you can afford

mitchntx

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I already have a stick welder, so big stuff is not a problem.

It's the small stuff that I was having to farm out ....

2KThunder

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Same here. I even break things so I can redo them a little better....

But, Mitch, my Hobart does have plastic in the internal feed. I know what your talking about.