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I'm an engineer at Ford. I just bought a lightly used HH175. I been wanting a Hobart wire feed welder for a long time. I was searching Craigslist. I responded to an ad. He didn't have what I was looking for, but he led me to the seller, who didn't have it listed for sale. Got a heck of a deal. Came with cart, 20 cu. ft. CO2 bottle, and cart.
It's been a while since I welded anything up. I welded up a Frame for my hydraulic press with my father-in-laws Miller stick welder along time ago.
I first learned to weld with gas. Then moved up to stick. I took an AG Engineering welding class at Texas A&M.
I have an old Miller welder (currently in IL) that was given to me in the late '70s by my friends father after he bought a Miller Synchrowave for his shop. I have a small set of tanks with Victor 50 series torches (currently in IL). My wifes grandfather bought it from his former employer in LA. after he retired (no else used it) and it was my Christmas present. I have a large set of tanks with Firepower (US made) torches. I bought a set of tanks at a yard sale and had them tested at my LWS. They lost them and gave me new set of tanks.
I have a good relationship with the LWS, since my plant is a big customer of theirs. Ron, the counterman at Praxair, is the one who told me that HH175 was a heck of a deal and to go ahead and purchase it.
Anyway, my first project will be welding in floor pans on my '76 Chevy C-20 (beater/hauler). I will be buying .023 ER70S-6 wire for that job. That suggestion came from this forum.
I hope to learn a few things here and hope to pass on a lesson or two.
Thanks.
I'm an engineer at Ford. I just bought a lightly used HH175. I been wanting a Hobart wire feed welder for a long time. I was searching Craigslist. I responded to an ad. He didn't have what I was looking for, but he led me to the seller, who didn't have it listed for sale. Got a heck of a deal. Came with cart, 20 cu. ft. CO2 bottle, and cart.
It's been a while since I welded anything up. I welded up a Frame for my hydraulic press with my father-in-laws Miller stick welder along time ago.
I first learned to weld with gas. Then moved up to stick. I took an AG Engineering welding class at Texas A&M.
I have an old Miller welder (currently in IL) that was given to me in the late '70s by my friends father after he bought a Miller Synchrowave for his shop. I have a small set of tanks with Victor 50 series torches (currently in IL). My wifes grandfather bought it from his former employer in LA. after he retired (no else used it) and it was my Christmas present. I have a large set of tanks with Firepower (US made) torches. I bought a set of tanks at a yard sale and had them tested at my LWS. They lost them and gave me new set of tanks.
I have a good relationship with the LWS, since my plant is a big customer of theirs. Ron, the counterman at Praxair, is the one who told me that HH175 was a heck of a deal and to go ahead and purchase it.
Anyway, my first project will be welding in floor pans on my '76 Chevy C-20 (beater/hauler). I will be buying .023 ER70S-6 wire for that job. That suggestion came from this forum.
I hope to learn a few things here and hope to pass on a lesson or two.
Thanks.
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