Flowery Branch. Used to be a creek. Now suburbs and no creek and the flowers are in pots. Maybe a surplus of machines. Using a little Century for MIG and a restored barn find old Forney for stick. Now the big Miller 330a/bp which could do all but doesn't have all the accessories. Second guessing mys...

Well then, the question becomes whether a newer, efficient machine would do aluminum projects on 60amps and how long the power difference cost would take to pay for a newer model. Or a new model. Compared to the 330A/BP with the foot controls and water cooled torch, already set up. My most ambitious...

Thanks, Entity-Unknown. I do 15amp myself. Above that, I am respectful to my electrician and address him as "Sir." The circuit for the welder has a coupled breaker with 60 on each leg, which I was counting as 60 amps available. Figured to get enough #2 to run two runs and a #4 for ground.

Ran down to the basement and checked and called the electrician. That's what's there now. #6-2 and 60 amps. Plenty to run half speed and take care of any all the steel I will likely do. Was thinking forward about what I was going to need to do aluminum. Maybe getting ahead of myself but month and a ...

Excellent plan, thank you. Looking at a two day EAA course on TIG in Griffin, Ga next month just to get an idea of settings and the vernacular. Ran across a Craigslist deal on wire that would upgrade the garage power from 50 to 100 amps for about $200. Hate to do that if just messing around and regu...

Got a deal on a Miller 330a/be and jumped on it. Now, after a few years of it sitting, trying to figure out if it can effectively be hooked up at the house. Options of running off the existing garage circuit which is 60amps and figuring out how to cap the machine so it doesn't exceed that, versus ge...

This one was straight out of an aviation repair shop down close to the Atlanta airport. They were switching over to a suitcase size one that wouldn't be such a power hog. Rolled it onto my pickup and then into the back of the garage. Haven't even figured out how to hook it up yet. Not sure I have en...

Been so long that I've looked at the machine that I'd forgotten what it is. It's a 330A/BP

Been welding for 30+ years, wire feed, gas, and stick. Usually so much time between projects that it takes me the whole new project to get back to where the welds are presentable. I can do structural. Not pretty until the second day. Ran across a deal on an old Miller 300. Not a beginner machine and...