Goose
Well-known Member
I've had it with my Clarke MIG welder. As long as I've owned it, it's had constant feeding problems. Over the years that I've owned it, I've probably wasted more wire from jams than I ever used welding. I bought it for half price when a farm store closed down, and that wasn't the smartest purchase I ever made.
The welder came with a plastic liner to feed the wire through. When it warmed up, the plastic would swell and cause the wire to bind and jam. I replaced it with a metal liner from Hobart and thought it would solve the problem. It did so only marginally. Then it would jam at the curve by the trigger when feeding a new wire through. I thought I had that fixed. Then yesterday I tried to do some welding and it kept jamming for no reason. What I was welding was heavy enough to use a stick welder, so I did.
But I'm in the market for a new MIG welder. I see Hobart has a model 140 that sells for between $450 and $550, depending on where you go. Has anyone had any experience with those? Or any other recommendations in that price range? It's not like I use one every day, and I sometimes go months without using a MIG welder, but when I need one, I need one that works.
The welder came with a plastic liner to feed the wire through. When it warmed up, the plastic would swell and cause the wire to bind and jam. I replaced it with a metal liner from Hobart and thought it would solve the problem. It did so only marginally. Then it would jam at the curve by the trigger when feeding a new wire through. I thought I had that fixed. Then yesterday I tried to do some welding and it kept jamming for no reason. What I was welding was heavy enough to use a stick welder, so I did.
But I'm in the market for a new MIG welder. I see Hobart has a model 140 that sells for between $450 and $550, depending on where you go. Has anyone had any experience with those? Or any other recommendations in that price range? It's not like I use one every day, and I sometimes go months without using a MIG welder, but when I need one, I need one that works.