I need to do several jobs that require a good bit of aluminum welding and since my older Lincoln MIG won't take a spool gun I was going to trade it in for a newer model. I happened to see an ad for the Eastwood 175 MIG that came with a spoolgun at a price that was lower than what the difference a trade up would be. I read several reviews that seemed favorable, it has a 3 year warranty, and 60 day return for full refund so I ordered one. So far my son and I have been able to run about 5 inches of good weld and have ruined 5 tips. We have tried holding off the metal different lengths and nothing has given consistent results. Wire feed and voltage seems to be on the money. I haven't tried to weld steel with it. I bought it to be a dedicated aluminum welder.
Are there any tricks that I don't know about for using a spoolgun? At this point it is one step from being labeled chinese junk and sent back to Eastwood. One of the covers on the gauges was laying in the box but the gauge seems to be working ok.
For what its worth I built two complete oval track trucks, clipped another one, built two minibikes, and many other small projects with the Lincoln and am still on the original tip it came with.
Are there any tricks that I don't know about for using a spoolgun? At this point it is one step from being labeled chinese junk and sent back to Eastwood. One of the covers on the gauges was laying in the box but the gauge seems to be working ok.
For what its worth I built two complete oval track trucks, clipped another one, built two minibikes, and many other small projects with the Lincoln and am still on the original tip it came with.