HELP! Miller welder

[lehman live edge slab]

An ac buzz box is a far cry from a DC generator welder those buzz boxes are a waste imo much rather have a Lil flux core machine definitely would not recommend an ac only machine

For home use an ac/dc Lincoln or miller buzz box is plenty for most. Yes the starting voltage is low but they can make nice welds and for most projects are plenty adequate. My Lincoln copper wound 225/125 ac/dc buzz box got its 20% duty cycle pushed to the limit several times and worked great.

 

[Al Smith]

Much ado about buzz boxes but for most people they do just fine .I really can't imagine most posters welding high pressure pipelines or submarine pressure hulls . It's usually something made of mild steel and most of the time it's rusty steel .A buzz box using fast freeze rods like 6011,6012 or 6013 will get the job done .If you want to lay down more faster use 7014,7024 iron powder rods . 7018 for AC/DC does fine but don't get them mixed up with standard 7018 DC rods .You'll find out real quickly that's not what you want .

 

[Junk Meister]

Much ado about buzz boxes but for most people they do just fine .I really can't imagine most posters welding high pressure pipelines or submarine pressure hulls . It's usually something made of mild steel and most of the time it's rusty steel .A buzz box using fast freeze rods like 6011,6012 or 6013 will get the job done .If you want to lay down more faster use 7014,7024 iron powder rods . 7018 for AC/DC does fine but don't get them mixed up with standard 7018 DC rods .You'll find out real quickly that's not what you want .

It is surprising how rare the 7018 "DC" rod has become. Now one has to really look for it .

 

[lehman live edge slab]

It is surprising how rare the 7018 "DC" rod has become. Now one has to really look for it .

Because there’s really no reason to buy the straight dc version anymore, the ac/dc stuff has been tweaked and runs well on most machines. My rod of choice is still atom arc but Lincoln and Hobart are fine also but around home I’ve used about all brands. Local fleet store sells Hobart rod snd Washington alloy rod, believe it or not the wa alloy actually runs really nice.