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Old 07-28-17, 11:25 PM   #2
jeff5may
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If you really like the handler 140, you might have a love affair with its big brother. I have used it a lot, and the only thing it won't do is keep going on enormous jobs. It is just as useful as the 140 on gauge metal, and does well on everything up to about 1/4 inch. If you're not going to be building super duty stuff with it, this rig is a job finisher. Carbon and stainless steel is easy and fast.

Aluminum is another story. Spool guns and lower amp welders and me just don't mix well. For small jobs, they are okay, but everything has to be spotless. With the new inverter mig and tig units, there are settings to adjust that the spool gun and DC rigs don't have. To make welds that will hold strong with a spool gun rig takes a good amount of practice. Looking pretty, well it's a spool gun. You can lay down a line of tacks that almost looks like a tig weld.
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