have a centry wire welder 10 years old not used in 6 month wire feeds ok but no buzz only burns up wire , have good ground any ideas? also tried low speed wire high speed wire low heat high heat recheck ground , good gas flow 15-20 ? 6 months ago it work perfect, something change over time with no use

need to replace my centruy wire welder, looking at either Hobart spoolrunner 100 vs miller 211. miller has the auto set feed but is it a gemick or bill deal? 120volt is important.
does anybody have or worked with both and have a opion ?

i was using 7018 1/8 rod welding 3/16 steel and im a low level experience. it sounds like im on the wrong rod for ac.

I have two welders, a wards 295 ac buzz box and a very large hobart tig/dc. So i fired up the ac buzz box set it about 90 amp but couldnt get a arc started because the rod would stick. So i fired up the hobart, set it on stick, dc, 90 amps, and had no truble stricking an arc. Question, is dc ez than...

got it working . . . just ok, i need to learn how to weld with tig now thanks.

electrode is neg DC, high freq - continous, arc force -7, pre flow -.3, crater fill - 6. I know the DC part but dont know the EP vis EN or how to change it. OOO i think i get it . . . is EP electrode positive and EN electrode neg?

Tried my first tig weld, didnt work. using an older hobart tigwave 250 ac/dc, welding steel 1/8, amps about 75, foot control. i get a good arc but only the tugston tip get hot then melts into a blob. the hobart has many control options so im sure ive set something wrong. any ez answers? thanks, don

Your posting of using "tubing" for a boat trailer got my attention fast. I own a box frame boat trailer and will never own one again. assuming your going to use it in salt water that is a problem. I have talks with two boat trailer manufactures and both have stop building with tubing. they...

the welder. now im starting to think i should buy a plasma cuter and make v plates, say 4" by 12" 3/16 thk and weld on one side of each channel v. now im weired about the v weld.

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very good input. I originally thought a notch in the v leaving the bottom intack was the best way but cutting was complicated to get the right angles as my only cut options was with a power horizonal band saw so at this point i have already cut all 4 crosse Vs throught. (now have two pieces each) no...

I'm repairing a boat trailer in which i will remove 4 damaged tubing cross members, then i will install 4 new cross members of 4" 3/16" channel iron. the new cross members are about 6 feet long and will be cut in the middle to form a V shape. Good welds in the V are important. To weld i ha...

this is great, i got it. thank you, thank you. don

thanks, my welder is the same as the black tigwave with the american flag sticker. im having trauble reading the "high frequency switch" in your photos. i think the switch is 4 possition being 8 oclock, 7 oclock, 5 oclock & 4 oclock. the photo looks like 7 oclock is "continuous&qu...

bought a older 1990s hobart tigwave 250 ac/dc tig. it has a large amount of controls on the front panel. problem is most all of the painted letters and numbers have fade so i can be sure of what they say. i down load an user mauel from the internet which did help locate and idenify what each control...

thanks guys . . . going to go weld.

correction, after removing the unit side panel i found the plugin line cord is only 3 conductor on a 4 pin plug (small plug pin is not used) so i have white L1 black L2 and green frame ground. I also noted that the jumper bars are set to 460 volts. So my next concern is: im powering the welder by wa...

Bought an older used hobart 250 ac/dc tig welder. They talk about water cooling but i do not have the assessory water cooler. When do i need water cooling and why. my usage is for home use on steel 3/16-1/4 short welds. Also it has a round 4 pin plug which i need to addapte to a 3 pin blade but how ...

Have a century 90-105 mig 115 volt, using mixed gas, solid wire, 10 years old but used very little. most of the time i get a good clean buzz/weld but then some times right in the middle of a clean buzz/weld the buzz stops and I only get a hiss with no penitration, the weld just make a puddle with so...