panachedk Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Well, after using my friends millermatic 175 all the time, I felt it was my turn to buy one. So I ordered my brand new millermatic 180 from Indiana Oxygen Co. it should be here this week! first project will be this http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=126732 Im so excited i had to share it, the wife didnt share my enthusiasm for some reason. Anyway, I ordered an auto tinting helmet with it and some gloves as well as misc brushes and wire pliers. anything else you guys would suggest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Buy some extra contact tips for the gun if you didn't get some with the machine. If you are going to be welding under your car put some leather on your helmet to cover your neck and top of your head. I did a whole 10 weeks of overhead ARC welding and I got flat-out sick of being burned. When I took MIG I had all of the protection I needed. Reinforcement/protection made from oiled tool leather. Emergency tape was because slag/molten gobs started to melt the plastic enough that it was showing through the helmet. Time to fix that or just pony up for a nice speedglas. I have had good luck with the Harbor freight helmets so far. One helmet lasts about 750 hours of shop time and probably half that actually welding. The plastic body melted from sparks/molten slag before the lens died for me... I also made a welding apron that works great! Rivets and leather from Tandy Leather Company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panachedk Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Wow, that leather for the helmet idea is great! we always just used welding nomex welding 'hats' but i like your approach, i may have to do that! i did buy an extra pack of tips forgot to say that, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I do still wear a little hat under the leathers as the leather is protection from only about 95% of the sparks when welding overhead. That just means I'm more suprised when one lands on my ear or back of the neck... Just be sure to keep the reel system inside the welder as clean as possible to keep even tension. After using a 30 Lb spool of MIG wire in a semester the inside of the spooling system was quite dirty and hard to clean out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panachedk Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 ITS HERE!!!! what size tank do you guys rock? the shop by me has 20, 40, 80, 120 cf sizes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-ManQ45 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I bought a 120 - much cheaper if you do a lot of welding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeatrpi Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I started with a 40, and recently they were out of 40's so they gave me a 60. At 20 cfh, I get about 3 hours of trigger time out of my 60. That's a lot of welding if you think about it. How much do you have to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 "I bought a 120 - much cheaper if you do a lot of welding..." DITTO all my tanks are the commercial sizes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Hey, ill be right over so you can finish my exhaust! Big tanks are where its at in my experience. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panachedk Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Haha, bring it by bro. As far as tanks, now they claim to just have 80 as their biggest. looks like ill go with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panachedk Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 oh yeah, and my girl bought me a hobart xfs helmet. she loves me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 My exhaust is finished I did it in the apartment garage with a wire feed welder LOL. Drop me a PM, we should get together sometime with some of the other WI guys. I am going through z withdrawl after going to DNI. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panachedk Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 definately. do you do any track days with your s14? http://roadamerica.fbody.us/ if i get back in time, my self and a couple s13s are going to race. full speed around RA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I haven't but that sounds like something I would love to try!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panachedk Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 do it... now. not sure if you want to drift at all. its not really my thing, but check out clubfr.net they are out of chicago and do drift events, mostly in WI. we go to most of their events, one of my friends concentrates on drift (in his s13) another on autox in his s13, and im going to go for time attack somewhat with my s30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panachedk Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 http://brewcitymuscle.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24167 some pics from our last event. hit me up on aim if you have it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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