HH 135 voltage switch broken

[DJD775]

Last week while using my HH 135 the voltage selecter knob broke off. At first I thought I should just replace the knob but after further inspection the shaft on the adjustor was very resistant to movement. The voltage adjustment still works but just is very hard to move. Is this a common problem?

[Hobart Expert Rock]

DJD775............. Not a common problem at all............. E-mail me your address and serial number and I will send you a replacement one................................We can help...............Rock..
[email protected]

[DJD775]

Thanks Rock, I'll send you the info when I get home.

[cutter]

Hi to all,

This thread presents the perfect opportunity for me to post my first comment to this forum.

I decided to add some kind of mig welder to my tools about a month ago, beginning my search by asking friends, dragging the pawn shops, tool stores and researching the net via Google. It didn't take long for me to rule out the imports & wannabe's, didn't really find any bargains on ebay and came to doubt the wisdom of buying a used machine. This all quickly forced me to pretty much double my original estimate of the expense involved.
Any of this beginning to sound familiar?

By this point the welder had transformed from "I want" to "must-have" status, you know & I had found that this (West Texas) is Miller Country. A 30 minute visit last week with the owner of my favorite local tool house taught me that Miller/Hobart is pretty much one word around here too, so I went back to Google & wound up reading these pages for the first time.

What a relief! Finding this group was like stumbling into an oasis. Other newbies have asked all the questions for me & you guys jumped right in with the answers but the determining factor for me has been the instances when technical assistance has been needed, just as with DJD's selector switch & the
way Rock immediately stepped in with the solution. How cool is that? And of course I had already seen that happen on several occasions, most notably the bad circuit board problem I read about in the archives (I think).

So I bought my HH 135 a week ago today & have been happily splitting my limited spare time using up the 1 lb. spool that came with it and reading these pages, soaking up what I can. I got my Argon/Co2 bottle yesterday & had my first taste of welding with it last night. Lots of fun!

My thanks to all for your insight & help, especially to Miller/Hobart for providing the site. You have all been a great help to me and have made this entire experience much more enjoyable.

[cope]

Welcome Rod. This is a very friendly and helpful forum.

[Sundown]

Hi Rod, you are gonna like that HH135 a lot. I got mine a year ago after two weeks of trying to make one of those foreign machines work [I purchased it localy so I was able to take it back]. That HH135 did everything I needed it to do with ease. The new owner is comming to get today [I hope] and I will be playing with my new MM175. For me this has been alot more addictive than woodworking ever was. Anyway, enjoy the site...theres lots of good stuff here...

[mozark6]

hi rod,iam a new guy to and you are right .great people on this forum with a ton of knowledge. tim

[cutter]

Thanks for the welcome mat guys.

George, I wavered a little bit on choosing between the HH135 & 175 but I didn't want to give up on the portability of the 140 volt unit & don't have immediate need to weld very heavy guage steel.
I mainly need to get in some practice. When I realized that I was obsessing over making a choice I found a comment in some thread somewhere in which one of the older heads advised to not waste much time agonizing over which machine to start with because "you're either gonna find that you're not really a welder or you're gonna want to trade up no matter what you start with",
or words to that effect. That made sense to me.

I probably will never progess much beyond the hobbyist level anyway as I have way too many projects in the planning stage all the way up to the finishing point & needed a welder to carry through on several of them. I am adding a variable speed motor to the roller drive on my wood planer & have to fabricate a mount for the DC motor; then I need to re-do the tailgate hinges on my trailer, build some little brackets for a honing machine I am building - the list goes on & on. Too many projects, too little time & that's another reason I have benefitted quite a lot already from the threads I have read; they have saved me from a good bit of trial & error learning and prodded me into making up my mind.

[Sundown]

Rod,

You are right about the diffiaculty in getting the first welder. I had the same problem and purchased the HH135. It was a great welder and I too wanted to be able to carry it to my son's across town and work on his truck. But now it's gone and I have my new MM175 and am looking at a Maxstar STL stick/Tig and hardly even look at my wood working tools anymore. Like the man said, you will either love it and won't be able to put it down, or you will go away from it and not come back. Be safe and have fun...

[Hobart Expert Rock]

CUTTER.........Welcome Aboard.............Everyone tries to help here. Even competitors will try to help..............and on ocassion I even work on competitor's equipment.............

Glad google lead you to this site.............Enjoy and Be Safe...Rock.


[email protected]

[LynchMob]

I agree with Cutter 100%. I've only asked one question so far, but appreciated the quick and thorough responses. And I've lurked for awhile, checking out the archives - lot's of valuable info - I know the more "trouble" I get myself into, the more I'll be here! Thanks to all members and to Miller/Hobart.