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I started a little back yard business that grew into a large company that now does full service maintenance. We don't do structural welds, but there are little repairs needed all of the time. My first welder was a Mastercraft !20 volt unit. I sold it fast. The welds were terrible. I moved up to a Lincoln 120 volt and it was better, but it had been in a buddy's barn and I think it had some issues. By this time a welder wasn't something I wanted to have, we needed one. So I went and bought a used Millermatic 211 from the local welding supply company. It was about the cost of this machine, used. Well used.
But, now we were talking. I started welding up some fab stuff that we needed for our machines, but dealers were back ordered on. I was getting good and everything I threw at the welder gave me good results.
The down side? I couldn't do aluminum. I couldn't do tig. I was still running around to welders for 'specialty' stuff. I spent $2800 to add in a plasma cutter. Almost three times what I paid for this machine for cutting abilities, alone.
I bought the ArcCaptain because I am building a tracking solar array. i was not hauling the Miller around outside. it weighs a ton. So i decided to try a cheap little machine to have around for portable stuff. I bought the 205mig and before I got a chance to use it, this came on sale. I upgraded, and am I ever glad I did. I am making a fume extractor before making the actuator brackets out of galvanized unistrut. I have only played with the mig function so far, but like the 240 volt miller compared to 120 volt machines, this this rocks! Pulse mig is a whole new thing for me, but I LOVE it. Worth the price alone and I still have aluminum capabilities, tig, cleaning, stick, and the damn thing cuts. I have no idea how they fit it all in the same sized machine that migs, tigs, and sticks, but I am glad they found a way.
This is less than half the cost of my miller new, and it performs better on the single function the Miller offers. I set it up on a cart and told my employees, this one is mine. just so you know.
I might take it for a test drive.
Not if you want your job. I'm serious. That's mine.
It has too many features for someone that is not going to take hours to learn the machine and the techniques. It is not a toy, and I am not interested in sharing.
The only complaint I have is the mig/tig gas and the air for the plasma cutter share ports. Couldn't the 2 gasses share a port and the air have it's own.?
I have found adapters and i am going to set the bottles up on quick connect, it will work fine, but sharing gas ports vs sharing gas and air would have made a lot more sense and ease of start up. It is the main reason I have not cut or tried the tig function. I needed to adapt the machine from gas to 1/4 npt to connect the air.
Check out Youtube if you are still questioning. Guys welding oilfield pipe that needs to pass full penetration integrity tests saying WOW, this thing does it just fine.
And my progression as well. I have grown through multiple machines. i have a cart worth $5000 with the miller and the Hypertherm on it. The new set up cost me less than $1200 and it replaces everything else I have, and more. It is light enough to haul around, I wish this would have been my first welder.
One and done.
The talking and the app are beyond basics needs, but they don't hurt my feelings to have. The true test is that this thing welds well. You are not getting a talking welder that offers cheap frills to make up for lacking function. Those are on top of the machine doing what it is supposed to and doing it well.
Worth every penny.
Way easier to buy on 鶹 than the ArcCaptain site. But do compare prices. Deals are different on both sites.
| Manufacturer | ARCCAPTAIN |
|---|---|
| Place of Business | ARCCAPTAIN |
| Parcel Dimensions | 52 x 43.5 x 38.5 cm; 21.02 kg |
| Item model number | MIG205MP |
| Power Source | dc |
| Included Components | MIG205MP |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Item Weight | 21 kg |
| Country of origin | China |
