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Tech Talk About High Tech Stuff
The View As of April 1st, 2008
By Red Barnes, Chairman of the Board
Send Red an e-mail at Red@ramweldingsupply.com
I've got a couple of small Miller Welders for you to check out this cycle. The first is the Millermatic Passport Plus. This unique Welder/Feeder comes packed into a suitcase style housing for easy transport; it even has the CO2 bottle inside the machine. This machine is obviously not for everyone. However, if you have a need for an extremely portable MIG welder this is about as portable as you can get. The whole thing only weighs 45 pounds. Just plug it into 115 or 220 volts AC and you can weld just about anywhere. The output is not a lot but if you have 220 volts available, you can weld from 30 to 180 amps or if you only have 115 volts, you can get up to 140 amps output. The unit has the Miller multi-voltage plug so you can change the plug end without tools to fit your input power. It also automatically connects internally so you don't have to change any links inside when you change input power.
The unit comes with everything you need to weld except wire. Just have the internal CO2 cylinder filled locally, and you are ready to weld. The internal bottle will give you enough gas to run 25 feet of weld on 3/16 thick steel using .030 wire. This welder might be good for you Off-The-Road jeep wreckers. Someone usually has a generator on board their toy hauler you can plug into. I'll let your imagination come up with the uses for this machine. I just sell them. There is also a switch so you can select an external gas supply so you can use your shop gas. This can come in handy because you can also get the optional Spoolmate 100 series gun that will plug directly into the unit so you can run aluminum with your shop argon bottle.
Miller also has another interesting small machine called The Renegade 180. This small engine driven MIG machine and feeder comes with or without an electric start. This one has two wheels in front and a bar in the back so you can move it around like a wheelbarrow. This welder will run solid or core wires. It is also a power generator when not welding. The generator will put out 4.5 KW, continuous or 5 KW Peak power on 120 or 240 volts AC. The engine is a 10 HP Kohler and the whole unit weighs 307 pounds.
We have again increased the number of Klein brand tools that we stock including more canvas tool bags, tool belts and hand tools.
The popularity of job site heavy-duty radios has caused us to stock the Makita FM/AM Job site radio with an MP3 input jack. We also now stock the popular Makita 18 volt Lithium Ion cordless tools in 18V Compact Lithium-Ion 3-piece combo kit. This kit includes the model BDF452HW 1/2 inch driver drill which puts out 450 inch-pounds of torque, the model BTD142HW Impact Driver that puts out 1280 inch-pounds of torque and weighs only 2.8 pounds and the BML185W Flashlight with an output of 4500 lux. The light will last 2 hours per charge. These three items come with two 18 Volt Compact Lithium Ion 1.5 Ah batteries and a 15-minute rapid charger. All the items come packed in a Contractor bag for storage and easy transport.
If you have any input on what
you would like to see us do please email me at Red@ramweldingsupply.com.
We want to be what you want us to be.
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