Welding Tips and Tricks

anyone had any experience with the miller spoolmate 3035 knockoff of ebay? i have a millermatic 210 an need to weld some broken ribs on my boat. trying to decide if it will be ok for what i need or if i need to go ahead with the miller spoolmate. here is the one im talking about

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spool-Gun-f-Mil ... 720wt_1034

Meant to post this in mig section

No problem.
One of the mods will move it asap.

Personally,
That spoolgun does not look complete.
You'll need the plug that goes where the mig gun goes in.
The gas ports seal at that o-ring in there.

I would shoot a quick email to usaweld.
They can tell you pretty much everything there products.

Good luck,
~John

BTW,
Welcome to the forum...

I'm sorry.

This spoolgun is like a scratch start tig torch.

You hook that eye on that cable up to the positive terminal on your welder.
Like this pic.
http://www.wcwelding.com/images/DC-Power.jpg

You'll need a barb fitting to go in that hose on that spoolgun.
And maybe a fitting or two.
You'll hook your regulator right up to it.
The trigger pin will hook right up to a the receptical on the welder.
I'd email usaweld regarding that spoolgun, ask them if it will hook-up to your welder, and what all you'll need.

~John

Don't confuse the guy. It will hook up to your welder no problem. Lug goes to the lug inside machine, the 4 pin plug gives you all 4 wires you need. The gas hose will connect to the gas solenoid on the machine if your machine has a second gas solenoid for a spool gun. MOST millers do not and you will need to buy the field kit which is another gas solenoid valve. Same case if you buy the 3035 from miller.
I wouldn't call it a knock off either. Same thing minus the miller sticker.

thanks guys,

gamble, so your saying its the same quality as the 3035. and hooks up the same way??

foxgtr17 wrote:thanks guys,

gamble, so your saying its the same quality as the 3035. and hooks up the same way??

I'm saying it's the same exact gun. They both come from the same Chinese factory.

I didn't realize those machines had a separate solinoid valve....

I though they were the regular o-ring plug hook-up.

Sorry for the confusion.

If your pin hookup is the same, it should work like a champ...

~John

"moved"