One of these days I will have one

[Dan]

I ve been transfering some of my pictures over to this NEW computer that cost me my MM251 and of course I came across some pictures of my test drive welds with the MM251. Now Im depressed again It is definately a sweet machine. Lets see, how many more days till Christmas ?

Check this weld out. This was on 1/4" hot rolled mild steel with an .035 E70S-6 and C-25. The machine was set at 19.5 volts and about 335 on the wire speed. I don t see hardly any spatter and this weld was ran over mill scale

[p.dow]

251

dan -
that fillet gave me goose bumps.
haha
we will be glad too.... when you have your new 251 -
and hear all about it on this site.

hang in there.

i hope to have my first welder in october.
mean while im learnin stick at night and lots of stuff here


paul

ps ... got more pics ? i would like to see em... if you got time to post em.

[deere_x475guy]

Dan, I rarely get spatter of any kind. Even when I don't properly prepare the metal.

[Dan]

Originally posted by deere_x475guy
Dan, I rarely get spatter of any kind. Even when I don't properly prepare the metal.

Thats right Bob just rub it in. I see that big grin on your Avatar. You definately have a sweet machine.


By the way Bob glad to see you made it back. Hope you had a good time.

[Arc Burn]

All right Dan,if you don't shut up i'm gonna have to go trade my 210 in for a 251.You remember the 210?the one you were all hyped up about last year and i ran out and bought,pick one machine and lets stick with it,this could get expensive if you keep changing my mind

[ChadRat]

my first thought was "who worries about mill scale?" I certainly don't

[Hobart Expert Rock]

HEY DAN.......QUICK COUNT BUT CHRISTMAS IS 138 DAYS AWAY.. .............................................BUT I'LL BET YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT DIDN'T YOU....................... ...........ROCK....
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[deere_x475guy]

Thanks Dan..we had a great time. Can't believe my wife planned all that back in April and arranged time off for me at work and I didn't know a thing about it....

I got her to try snorkeling with me and now she is up for diving lessons. I have been wanting to get my open waters cert. for years now.

I need to get welding up a table for my small metal lathe I bought a few weeks back so I can get me welding table back..lol

Bob

[luke5579]

since you are posting pics of welds, i will post mine. i have never taken a welding class and dont have any welding "mentors" that I can ask questions, so I dont know if some of the things I am doing are right or not. I am new to the welding word.

This is a weld from the project I am working on now, welding two pieces of 1/4" thick channel together with a Miller 225AC Stick welder(old machine), welder was set to 140 and I used a 1/8" 6013 rod...

any feedback would be great.

Luke

[Dan]

Originally posted by Arc Burn
All right Dan,if you don't shut up i'm gonna have to go trade my 210 in for a 251.You remember the 210?the one you were all hyped up about last year and i ran out and bought,pick one machine and lets stick with it,this could get expensive if you keep changing my mind

ArcBurn

Hang onto that MM 210. I still have mine and it isn t going anywhere. Now this new MM 175 might be different story though if I can t get it to produce welds that meet my standards.

Due to my obsession with the MM 251 my wife has stated that she feels I plan on owning the entire Millermatic line up. Don t think I could afford to do that though.

[Dan]

Originally posted by deere_x475guy
Thanks Dan..we had a great time. Can't believe my wife planned all that back in April and arranged time off for me at work and I didn't know a thing about it....

I got her to try snorkeling with me and now she is up for diving lessons. I have been wanting to get my open waters cert. for years now.

I need to get welding up a table for my small metal lathe I bought a few weeks back so I can get me welding table back..lol

Bob

Bob

What brand and size of metal lathe did you purchase?

[deere_x475guy]

Dan, I just bought the little 7 x 10 that harbor frieght has. I just turned down some guages so I could measure for wear on the tips and electrodes. If anyone else is interested in these just give me the wear specs for your plasma cutter tips and electrodes and your address and I will make them up for you and mail them out.

The next item I am going to make is a track cutter for the plasma cutter.

Will just got his 14 x 40 Enco. Wow is that thing awesome. Between the two of us we should be able to fab up pretty much anything we need.

I need to get a small mill yet so that is on my list. Lots of support tooling you need to buy for one of those.....whew..


Bob

[Hobart Expert Rock]

deerex_475guy.............goodmorning bob........... HEY IF YOU CHECK OUT WWW.SPIRITMACHINERY.COM THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF BRIDGEPORT MILLS ON THERE.............. THEY USUALLY HAVE LOTS OF MACHINERY FOR SALE.......... EVEN HAVE PHOTO'S MOST OF THE TIME.......... I THINK PAUL PUT ME ON HIS MAILING LIST AS I RECALL..................... PRICES TEND TO BE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD...........YOUR CALL..................BE SAFE.............ROCK....
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[deere_x475guy]

Hey Rock..thanks. I will do that.

BTW...are you going to be here in MI for the show on the 22nd and 23rd?

Bob

[Hobart Expert Rock]

NO ON THE 22ND MY DENTIST AND I HAVE A MEETING FOR A DRILL AND FILL SESSION............... HE USUSALLY WANTS ME TO GO GOLFING WITH HIM........... WE ARE VERY ADEPT AT GOLF........ WE DON'T COUNT STROKES WE COUNT HOW MANY OF THE GOLF ***** WE LOOSE...................... .... THAT IS THE TRUTH WE PLAY ABOUT ONCE A YEAR IN HIS BENEFIT FOR CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER IN DAYTON OHIO................. ALWAYS A HOOT AND A HOLLER...........................MAYBE NEXT TIME..........ROCK
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