What owners rate it on
What owners do with it
Input power15 owners said
240V outlet47%
Both 120V and 240V33%
120V outlet13%
Generator7%
Thickest material welded8 owners said
1/8" to 1/4"63%
Under 1/8"25%
1/4" to 1/2"13%
How it is used68 owners said
Hobby and home44%
Paid work32%
Auto and fab18%
Farm and repair6%
Process used46 owners said
MIG with gas67%
TIG11%
Aluminum9%
Stick9%
Flux core4%
Specs
What it does
- Amperage
- 30-140A (120V), 30-220A (240V)
- Duty cycle
- 100A at 40% (120V), 200A at 25% (240V)
The machine
- Warranty
- 90 days
- Maker price
- $1,099.99
174 owner reviews
We have 11 of them in our body shops for close to 3 years now. Only one failure on one of them and it wasn't the actual solenoid it was the switch in the torch. We use these every day . Multiple times a day. We use them for cusi silicon bronze also and the spool gun for aluminum. Our guys love these machines . We have a few big Lincolns and millers that just sit in the corner now .
Man I have a hard time running mine. I have to turn it up so high ( 3/32" 90 amps) to keep from snuffing out it acts like an arc gouge.
Ive had my omnipro 220 for 3.5 years now. Ive gone through multiple bottes of c25, and 20lb rolls of 70-6 and ive had absolutely zero issues with the machine. Ive stick welded many times with it as well. My buddy borrowed it to run stainless on, and he loved it so much he went and bought one for himself. Highest quality machine on the market for the value in my opinion.
I got mine on sale in June as an upgrade from my EasyFlux 125. They wanted $279 for a two-year warranty, which was crazy. Now it's down to 90 days! Unfortunately, its circuit board died literally on day 91 since buying it, where it would no longer expel gas and wire feed (even cold wire feed). Fortunately, they exchanged it for a fresh new one the next day (technically past the 90-day warranty) at the second store I tried, so I dodged a bullet and was not stuck with a waay-overpriced stick welder. Hopefully the replacement won't die on me. There is another content creator who reviewed this model and also had its wire feed die early on. AI (FWIW) does not suggest this model has a high defect rate. I just maybe drew the short straw.
@JohnBullOutdoors They wanted $279 for a two-year warranty, which was crazy. Now it's down to 90 days! Unfortunately, its circuit board died literally on day 91 since buying it, where it would no longer expel gas and wire feed (even cold wire feed). Fortunately, they exchanged it for a fresh new one the next day (technically past the 90-day warranty) at the second store I tried, so I dodged a bullet and was not stuck with a waay-overpriced stick welder. Hopefully the replacement won't die on me. There is another content creator who reviewed this model and also had its wire feed die early on. AI (FWIW) does not suggest this model has a high defect rate. I just maybe drew the short straw.
UPDATE: They wanted $279 for a two-year warranty, which was crazy. Now it's down to 90 days! Unfortunately, its circuit board died literally on day 91 since buying it, where it would no longer expel gas and wire feed (even cold wire feed). Fortunately, they exchanged it for a fresh new one the next day (technically past the 90-day warranty) at the second store I tried, so I dodged a bullet and was not stuck with a waay-overpriced stick welder. Hopefully the replacement won't die on me. There is another content creator who reviewed this model and also had its wire feed die early on. AI (FWIW) does not suggest this model has a high defect rate. I just maybe drew the short straw.
My solenoid died as well. I got mine on sale as an upgrade from my EasyFlux 125. Unfortunately, its circuit board died literally on day 91 since buying it, where it would no longer expel gas and wire feed (even cold wire feed). Fortunately, they exchanged it for a fresh new one the next day (technically past the 90-day warranty) at the second store I tried, so I dodged a bullet and was not stuck with a waay-overpriced stick welder. Hopefully the replacement won't die on me. AI (FWIW) does not suggest this model has a high defect rate. I just maybe drew the short straw.
And so the wire feed and gas exppulsion died on Day 91 after purchase. THe second store I tried let me exchange for a new one. HOpefully the new one won't die as well. (They wanted $279 for a two year warranty- which is insane)
Update. The wire feed (including cold feed) and gas expulsion for MIG died literally on day 90 after purchase). They still honored and let me exchange for a new one on day 91-92. Hopefully the new one won't die. (THey wanted $279 for a two-year warranty!)
I got mine on sale as an upgrade from my EasyFlux 125. Unfortunately, its circuit board died literally on day 90 since buying it, where it would no longer expel gas and wire feed (even cold wire feed). Fortunately, they exchanged it for a fresh new one the next day (technically past the 90-day warranty) so I dodged a bullet and was not stuck with a waay-overpriced stick welder. Hopefully the replacement won't die on me. AI (FWIW) does not suggest this model has a high defect rate. I just maybe drew the short straw.
@vickylyles3773 And so it's circuit board died literally on day 90 since buying it, where it would no longer expel gas and wire feed (even cold wire feed). Fortunately, they exchanged it for a fresh new one the next day (technically past the 90-day warranty) so I dodged a bullet and was not stuck with a waay-overpriced stick welder. Hopefully the replacement won't die on me. AI (FWIW) does not suggest this model has a high defect rate. I just maybe drew the short straw.
My 220 that I bought when Harbor freight had Vulcan for 30% off, had the circuit board that controls the solenoid for gas and the wire feed die literally three months to the day after I bought it, technically a day beyond 90 days. Fortunately, I was able to exchange it for a new one that works… So far. Another day I would’ve been stuck with an $800 stick welder. I thought the $280 extended warranty was crazy expensive.
Bought mine in 2019 with a 20% coupon I found online..... ZERO issues, love the thing the only caution its pre programmed settings tend to be too hot gotta back the amps down and run a few test beads great machine tho
It's been working well on the recommended settings.
This is a great machine. I weld stick all day, 5/32 7018. I work a drydock. Run it 220 volts, 110 is pissing around. Fixing to buy one for my self at home.
@SuperXWing232 I haven't touched the Miller 211 in over a year so I still dont know what went wrong or is wrong. I put it up stairs in the garage last fall while waiting for a extra $300.00 it might take to fix it. At 70 years old I have so many other things to fix or replace and the HF welder still works great so I put the 211 on the back burner on a 100 burner stove, it just cost so freeken much to to get by nowadays and dont see it getting better anytime soon.....
@job38four10what was the issue? Sounds similar to what mine is potentially experiencing. The terminals for the trigger switch are not shielded, and the wires started to break and could lead to a short. Its down right now and needs new crimped shielded terminals to help prevent this in the future.
It's good, still using it in the shop today
I bought a used Vulcan 220 OmniPro from a pawn shop, almost new condition ..missing argon regulator. Thought the worst, but brought it home and tested it on flux core and stick 7018 and to my amazement it welded grrat so im going to keep it! Way cheaper than a Miller or Lincoln....
Yes, I am sure the 15 foot whip. Come with 3540 liner in it. And I ran it for a while and it wouldn't work. And I replaced the liner from HTP with 35, and that's what I switched over to Lincoln, 35 wire. I've had 4 of them taken back in the last month because they splatter failure to feed jump around the wire, burns back into the tip. It's all brown around the nozzle. Although I have my C25 gas set at 20 pounds, outgoing. And it still does it. I put the 10 foot standard whip on it. Run the same wire still does the same thing.Surgenic settings, it won't run manually.I can get a run but not very well.I appreciate your response and hopefully you can help me diagnose it.Thank you.If i'm too winded, I would love to give you a call at your convenience.Thank you
I have had mine for 3 years now and it is still going strong!
I stopped using this welder after the mig gun broke and waited 6 months to have a new one sent but never got it so i got a different cheaper welder and havnt used the vulcan in like 3-4 years😂
Love how it's idiot proof for us idiots. So far I've added the spool, pedal, tig, gas, and can do anything in the shop except I leave the heavy equipment welding to the good old Lincoln Buz box. Cutting I just upgraded from the cut 50 to the Yeswelder 65ds and feel like I'm complete and barely ever break out the oxy set now.
Had mine for five years now and use it all the time for everything. I love how it's one machine does it all without a pain doing setup. I also love how it gets you in the right range by idiot proofing the setup, yet as a more experienced welder, i can fine tune it. I still use my buzz box for heavy arcing but for everything else, buy it.
Love my Omni pro 220. So far has done everything I've asked of it. For the heavy duty metal I use a full size Arc welder.
Mine leaks the shielding gas badly.
Have had mine for about a month. Just loving how smooth the Mig function turns out after welding flux and stick most my life. Have yet to try the Tig function, but all the way around. I have seen very few poor reviews, and the results show it.
Let's hope it lasts another year. This summer, I have to build some skid steer attachments that will require a lot of welds. I never pay attention to the duty cycle and always exceed it on large projects. I hope you enjoy your machine and get as many years as I have.
I bought one of these a few weeks ago, never had a mig welder before, and it's been a great help. I'm most glad to hear that it still works after 7 years.
I welded a whole jeep frame with mine with zero issues. It’s smooth and consistent
I got one of these 7 years ago when I was building boat trailers, used everyday for 5 years until retired. I still find something I need it for almost every day since I'm on a farm. I got the spool gun for AL and the tig torch to do stainless.... and wire feed is my general go to. Best welder I have ever had and it's still kicking!!
Pro tip: throw the harbor freight wire away and get some good wire. I first switched to Lincoln wire(Lowes). It was good. Now I use Esaab from the welding supply. It runs like a Miller now. 7 years later I LOVE my "Omletmaster 220"!
I've had mine for almost 2 years and did not know about the cubby. Game changer!
I got this weld 7 years ago and it's bad ass works great it's good for the home mechanic, hobby and farm use.
I would use a minimum 240V 50A. That's what mine runs on. The MIG settings I have it at right now are at 250 amp/19V and it's running smoothly. Breaker hasn't tripped once. Tbh, I haven't tried the 110V, I've heard it's ok but limited on capabilities. And I'm pretty sure 20A is minimum required for this unit. All that info can be downloaded in a owners manual to be sure.
I bought the TIG kit and pedal for this welder. About $180 for both. I still need 100% argon bottle, and I bought a C25 bottle. So I can MIG, but not TIG until I get the argon. So far, its worked nice so I am confident it will TIG just as well as the stick and MIG have.
Now the reason why I bought a new Vulcan215 welder................. Two weeks ago I been noticing my Miller 211 wire stopped feeding and wire kept breaking several times, first couple times I thought maybe tip is bad, after changing that the wire stooped again, this time I noticed a tiny speck of fusion on where the wire enters the mig-gun, thinking thats very odd. So clean it up and tried again, and did same thing again and this time wire was stuck in the liner, so where the wire comes out I clambed in vice and yanked hard and most of wire came out but a piece broke off in the in-feed of gun where the O-ring is, now it's toast...... So now I dont whats going on, is it the gun, or the Miller 211. So I make a guess it's the mig-gun and go on ebay and find a cheap YesWelder mig-gun for $60.00. It showed up last week and my son needed to do some welding, he put the new gun in and the drive rolls wont turn, he takes gun out and the rolls turn, tuch the gun to the rolls and they stop. I my 35 years of welding I never seen that problem. Now I'm thinking the Miller 211 is shorting out when gun is plugged in.... So now that the $1,200.00, 12 year old Miller-Matic 211 is broke, I'm thinking where can I buy another machine that is a good one and I can afford. I look up price on new Miller 211 and go NOPE!!! So I go on Amazon and find a lot of good deals but what happens when they break in 6 months, so then I go on HF site they now have a stores 30 miles away and decided to try one of their Vulcan 215 junk welding machines. That afternoon I had one in my garage and did a few test welds welds, and man I was shocked and suprised how much smoother this machine welded, it welded better then my Miller 211 ever did........ Now the real test, I need to know if my Miller 211 is toast. The first thing I tried was this brand new Yeswelder mig-gun, the gun dont fit in the Vulcan 215 but the screw-plug is the same, so we plugged that in and the rolls turned on the Vulcan 215, then as soon as we touch the gun to the metal feed-roll housing the rolls stopped. So to me that answered that, there is something wrong with this brand new Yeswelder welding gun, so I sent that back and now waiting for refund of $60.00. So now I'm really confused, the original gun didn't stop rolls, but then again the mig-wire arced out on/in the liner on the original mig-gun, I never heard of a welding gun stopping feed rolls, or arcing out in liner. So now I'm still not sure if the Miller 211 is bad or was it two bad guns, one new and one old. I bought a Yeswelder welding hood last year and I have no problem with that, so I thought Yeswelder was good quality, now not so sure. Maybe later I'll buy another mig-gun for the Miller and try to make sure it;s bad or might try to find a Miller dealer in ME to test it. All I know is I never had this problem in 35 years of welding and I had lot of mig welding problems.............
@TheToolReview Yeah thats what I seen for duty cycle, but I couldn't find it on HF site so I bought what I think is step above my Miller 211 in hopes it would do as much as my Miller did. The duty cycle on the that Vulcan 215 says 25% @ 200 amps, and 100% @ 115 amps, <<< But how do I find 200 and 115 amps on heat dial, any idea? All I know for sure is, the Vulcan 215 welds much smoother at lower heat then my Miller 211. Maybe it's because of that Synergic setting that my Miller 211 didn't have, it's almost like pulse-arc welding in the industrial Millers I use to use at work. I also know the Vulcan is heck of lot lighter then Miller, that could be a age thing, me and the machines....
The manual has the duty cycles on page 7 for your machine https://manuals.harborfreight.com/manuals/57000-57999/57813-193175422606.pdf. I sold my expensive machines and now weld with the Vulcan welder. Even if I have a big job I will surpass the duty cycle and the machine keeps going, probably because I live in a cooler climate. I know Miller tests their duty cycles in hot weather, unsure about the Vulcan welders.
Pretty sure it only does DC, I couldn't get mine to TIG Aluminum. Which is weird since they sell Aluminum TIG rod. The only thing it does well is MIG, it may do SMAW better if you change out Electro Holder for a better one, and don't use the HF brand Stick Electrodes. Was Bummed after I learned the hard way after buying it. Also the fully electric dial and automatic settings isn't all that great. And the LCD screen is real hard to see from angle above it. If I had to do it all over again I would of bought a Hobart MIG and a used Miller or Lincoln TIG..... I lost my Miller to a shop fire. And I do own quite a bit of HF products.
@interstellarconundrum4774 Mine are very real and have been great 🤷♂️
@merricksgarage it ended up being my circuit not being a 20amp or more. Plugged it right up to the 220 connection and the 215 migmax works great
@TheToolReview yep I’ve got the tension set right at 3 and did that testing method. Roller is set to correct groove. I even tried it on 220v instead of 120v and it was still cutting out. I swapped it for the 215 just now. I’ll lyk if this one works 🤞
Pro Tip: I set my MIG Run-In rate to 34% for smooth starts. The factory pre-set of 25% usually burns back, causing false starts on my machine. Hope that helps someone!
I've run mine on 40amp 220v circuit for 6-7yrs of daily use and never had a problem, even at max duty cycle.
I’ve had mine 2 years in an auto shop and I’ve had no issues with it. Extraction of broken bolts, exhaust repairs and simple fab jobs. If it died tomorrow, I’d buy another one without question.
No offense but looking at the case on the welder and the gloves after 7 years this machine has been very very lightly used. Can barely get a set of gloves to last me a month let alone 7 years. Not really showcasing the durability here. I have one I've used professionally for two years, burned up 15lbs of wire in 8hrs, been thrown down a few staircases and slammed around in the truck. Looks like it's been through hell and back but still lays down a good bead.
It has worked for me in my small business and farm, but make sure to buy the warranty if the machine doesn't work, you can always get a new one or your money back!
@kjmdrumz3 You'll be pleased, I'm sure! The only thing I didn't like was the manual gas control on tig, but I built a controller for it and now even tig welding with it is awesome. 👍🏻
I have zero regrets about mine!
Had mine a couple years. Got sick of the manual valve tig torch so I built a controller to handle the argon. (Video on my channel). It makes running tig worlds better. Otherwise I absolutely love the Omni 220. Love the homemade screen, now I gotta build one. 😁👍🏻
Hey how’s the omnipro holding up?are you still using it as your main welder? it’s been 3 years since the video came out wondering how it’s doing. I have the same welder got it 5-6 years ago it has been an excellent welder for my small shop.
@CarlosDiaz-uc7ri I'm litterally running this the same as all my other machines. It has been my least used machine. Regret spending $1,000 on it.
I have no doubt that Hobart, Miller and Lincoln to name a few of the big names are great machines and have an adequate service area. However, many folks just use a welder occasionally and dont have deep pockets to afford these $2-4K machines. I use the HF Vulcan OmniPro machine in my welding shop and have had absolutely no problems with it. It has the smart set that automatically sets the machine to the metal thickness, tells you how to hook the leads for MIG, stick, FCAW and even the spool gun that I use to weld aluminum with it. All this for under $1000. Years ago I bought a Titanium 125 FCAW machine to play with when I was considering getting into the wire feed welders. A friend who owns a Hobart 140 came over and welded with it to repair a bush hog which required a lot of welding. The little machine so impressed him that when he went to work with an electrical contractor and they needed a welding machine for a job, they bought the Titanium125. They have been using it for a year with no problems. Even on a commercial job, the machine has never overheated and shut down. It is a tough little machine and can be bought for under $150 with coupons. It cant do MIG but for the price, it works. I keep one in my shop just for use offsite if needed and I cant roll out my Vulcan. Since the Titanium runs on 120V and I have run it on 150 feet of extension cord welding on some fence post bracing and it welded fine. It weight about 10 pounds so it is very portable. A very handy machine to keep on the back shelf.
I just started using mine about 3 weeks ago. Literally failed at every aluminum project I tried in the past. Still trying to make my beads more uniform and pretty with the omnipro, but first project, a light gauge angle aluminum frame to cover the base of a mobile parts bin, literally couldn’t be more pleased with the result. Used the spool gun I bought with it a .30 wire and a “last kid in the class” slow wire feed and pure Argon of course. Very rewarding to have awesome results at something I literally sucked at last time I tried.
Night & day it's so much more smoother then using fluxcore, while fluxcore does weld using argon actually helps you improve the weld because I can see the puddle so much better without all the splatter, I bought an 80cf tank on ebay for $100 shipped to my house but I have seen them double in price & ever sine covid it cost me $65 to fill, it's something to think about ,but once you use it you will never go back to flux. 👍🏼😎👍🏼
I have had this welder for over 3 years & never used Flux core wire on it,all ways argon 75/25, it has never let me down, I don't weld over rust , I all ways make sure the metal is clean, I did fix a cast iron exhaust but I pre heated the metal before welding and it is still holding up but I honestly don't recommend welding cast iron. It's a great welder for the price. Just my 2 cents.
I can't keep my 3/32" 6010s lit. If I turn up high enough to keep it from snuffing it's blowing holes in my work. ps: thanks for the book. A compelling read...
Not yet, the trigger in the gun wore out prematurely but I got another one for not much money
Big name welding machines are good but not necessarily better welders. Recently Project Farm (check out his Youtube channel for other test also)tested several, Miller, Lincoln, Vulcan, Titanium and Arc Captain to name a few. Vulcan rivalled all the big name ones and did it at about 1/4 if the price. I have had my Vulcan Omni Pro for a couple years and have had no issues. It is set up for solid wire with 75/25 mixed gas. I have a Titanium Flux 125 that is also very good for using when 220v is not available. Anytime I need FCAW, I just roll out the Titanium Flux core rather than change my Vulcan. It makes a good solid weld but does make lots of spatter and smoke. I have 3 machines that can do TIG welding but rarely use it in my welding shop since I havent had a job for alloy welding nor anything thinner than what I can do with my Vulcan. TIG welding was my preferred welding 50 years ago when I was a certified pressure piping welder doing all kinds of exotic alloy welding. I would like to purchase a TIG machine that is capable of aluminum welding. I do prefer that to using my spool gun when welding aluminum but in the 10 years I have operated my welding shop, I have only had one aluminum job and I did it with my spool gun and it worked OK, so it is hard to justify the expense of another TIG machine right now. I think 35% of the bad press with off brand machines had to do with using 110v machines which dont normally provide enough current to weld anything thicker than 12 gauge metal. The other 65% is welder error.
Mine has no lift arc start at all, its scratch start even with the pedal
I bought the Omni Pro 220 back when it was on sale for $899 and have never regretted it. You tell it what you're welding and it sets itself up. Bought 2 of the cheap HF auto weldding helmets and both went bad. Then I bought the Vulcan helmet with the lifetime 20% coupon that comes with the welder. No more problems.
Glad you enjoyed it! I am still using this welder almost daily!
Welding for over 30 years. Just got one on September 23 2023. Ended up a boat trailer. Welds great penatration is great. Works for me.
I had this welder for over 3 years. Also have spool gun. I had no issues and think it’s a great welder for hobbyist. I ran maybe 50lbs of wire and 20lbs of rods. I also have a Miller 255 which is about 5x more expensive. Just sayin I think the 220 welds as good as my 255 it’s just not as robust feeling. I wouldn’t run dual shield through it but short circuit mig I have no complaints.
Just bad luck. Ive bought many things from harbor freight as a home mechanic, this welder included, and I was able to weld a truss onto my Dana 30 axle with no issues at all. There was a time where the new hercules impact driver I bought twice from harbor freighr was a dud twice, but HF never gave me any issues swapping it out at all until I got a good one. As for the other stuff Ive had lots of luck and its lasted me many years.
I don't trust Harbor Freight welders. Bought 2 of them and both were broken right out the box. - welder since 2014
Yeah iv had mine for about 4 years now. Never have had a problem with mine. And let me tell you now i have been rough on mine and it never skips a beat. Iv also ran it alot on my predator inverter generator and it does great. But first and only thing is they come with horrible mig gun and line so hop on htpamerica and get the 15' ungraded one. It makes this machine a beast and the ugraded gun is heavy duty and feels really good in the hand. I recently bought the everlast cyclone 212 and iv had it for about a year now and it just sits on the shelf. I always end up using the omnipro. Its well worth the money. And it burns 6010/6011 rods as good as all other electrodes. As an full time welder for the past 10 years i have used alot of big name brand welders over the years and still evertime i throw down a bead im smiling behind my helmet. Sorry for the book
Ive had my 220 for 3 years. No issues at all so far. If you didn't know, the Vulcan emblem on front folds down revealing a hidden compartment right under the 3 knobs.
Had this welder for 3 years. Works perfect and never had an issue. Great for sheet metal and medium projects. Easy to use and built well.
Mine is still kicking ass and getting heavy daily usage! I have been amazed by this machine.
All in all you buy the warranty but after the 2 years if something breaks it will be tough to get fixed .
I have this welder and have no complaints. He acts like it takes 30 minutes to switch from mig to stick lol. Literally 2 minutes even if you aren’t trying to be quick about it. Personally I’m glad it didn’t come with the tig gun. Gives you the option of buying an upgraded tig gun that works better than the Vulcan brand, which isn’t that bad honestly. This welder is worth every dime
Also I personally hate flux core. I’m sure that’s another reason the gun is burning up
I’ve also owned the omnipro for 2 years I’ve worked the hell out of it. I do burn alot of tips only while I’m welding upsidedown which is never ideal. I suspect you’re setting the voltage too high. Nothing has broken on mine yet
I can confirm I had a lot of problems with the Vulcan wire. I switched to Lincoln and it was butter. This is with the omni pro 220 though. Also I dont know if it was connected to 220 but that’s only way it will max out for the Omni pro as well.
I have a Vulcan OmniPro 220. Haven’t done much over 1/4, but I’ve found it to work well on 1/8, 16gauge, and auto body sheet metal work, which is the majority of what I do. I think it’s definitely a good value for a hobbyist and the easy to find consumables are nice.
I have had mine for almost a year now. I think people that have had issues with it is probably user errors. Harbor freight quality has really gotten a lot better. I have owned Lincoln and miller. Lincoln has really gone downhill, in my opinion. I absolutely love inverter welders over the transformer. Seem to get a much smoother start and weld
I started wanting one when they were 699 new I bought one this last black friday for 1000 bucks. I've gone through 11lbs of wire and bought the spool gun for an aluminum job a few days ago. Been welding over 20 years I'm a true blue Miller fan and lincoln is my second choice and I'll put the vulcan omnipro against miller, lincoln and esab any day.. it's a great machine, easy to use and welds as good or better than the big name welders I've owned.. it even works surprisingly flawlessly on 120v for aluminum and steel.
I bought the same gear, but I feel I need to add some welds to the cart because it is flimsy.
The knobs on my welder have held up great, but more importantly, the welds have been awesome!
I can tell you I have used this machine for 2 years and it was in a factory. Duty cycle is fine, and the tig, you will need a foot pedal, but the performance is right there with Miller. You can buy a separate mig welder for heavy welding, or stick, but I have mig welded up to 1/2 thick prepared correctly but can be done easily. This is truly a game changer let’s hope they keep the price down
Had one for 4 years and it is a beast. I own several welders including a 500 amp mobile, a lincoln suitcase mig for mobile work and this little machine preforms in the shop great.
Awesome! Thank you! Im still using the Vulcan heavily! It kicks ass...
bought mine 4 months ago, still going strong and I like the machine BUT.... If I had found primeweld before I bought it I would have got the primeweld 200, it comes with a FULL 3 year warranty and costs less i'm keeping the vulcan because I do like it and i'm past the return point. I will exchange it at least once before my extended warranty is up
I have a Vulcan Omnipro 220. I love this machine. I was on a budget but wanted the convenience of other welding types. This machine is a great traveling welder machine. 120v/220v, full mig or flux, arc welder and steel tig. This machine is not made to tig aluminum. You can get the spool gun for mig. All that being said considering this is an inverter machine it needs some protection. Whether using it on in house voltages or especially a generator it is best to run it on a line conditioner to help regulate the drops and surges. Inverters and the settings on the machine are primarily electronic so they are susceptible to line noise. The Vulcan welder has been around for over 40 years. The Canary company in India is the producer of this machine. They are built in different parts of Asia. I read an article that stated the commercial grade Vulcan machines had even been used in Japanese shipyards. So Vulcan welders are not new to the market or industry. I love Harbor Freight. I have so many tools from there that I use everyday in my business, not just hobbies. I even have a Chicago Electric plasma cutter that I have used several times every week for 7 years now.
I’ve been using my Omnipro 220 for regular mig welding on patch panels at my classic car shop. Took a bit to learn the settings after using the normal two knob Lincoln welders that don’t display the actual voltage band wire speed, but it works great!
Personally I have the Omnipro 220 Vulcan and it welds amazing. So far I've used flux and mig on it but it does stick and tig as well. I also have the 45 amp plasma and can say that it works great. I've only really used it on some 3/16" square tube but it cut like butter and moved along quickly.
I minitubbed my nova as well as installed a torque arm system with the omnipro220..if I ever need aluminum welding I'll get the spool gun to do so.
Great Video, I've had one for just shy of 2 years now and paid for the 2 year warranty on it, had a small issue with the gun and they replaced the entire thing. I thought they would tell me what Red and Blue would have told me that the Mig Gun is a wear item and not covered but nope they looked up my receipt and brought out a new one. Didn't even give me problems about the fact I didn't have the Tig fun or other small parts with it when I went in. I'd definitely buy again as well!! Build my Wrangler with it from Bumpers to suspension to Roll cage add ons. Definitely happy with the machine!!
I have been happy with the omnipro 220, even invested in the tig torch, footpedal and the spoolgun. Its a good machine
The omnipro 220 does not come with any wire. I just bought one and am very happy with it so far
For MIG the 220 is GREAT, and you can TIG almost anything EXCEPT aluminum with it. This is DC TIG and you really want AC TIG for aluminum. You can do it but its not going to be a pretty bead or something you would probably want someone else to see. The spool-gun will do a decent job on aluminum with the 220. Bottom line if you want GOOD aluminum TIG the Vulcan 220 is not it. BUT.. you can get a cheat amazon tig welder for under 300.00 that does a great job on aluminum which is what I did since I almost never do any aluminum that I cant do with the spool-gun. On amazon the yeswelder TIG-205DS is probably as cheap as I would go... it has HF start and all the features for basic aluminum tig welding
still kicking butt in daily duties
We haven't. I actually ended up finding a used Miller Dynasty to be my designated TIG machine. The Vulcan is still doing wonderfully for MIG though!
It's doing great! I actually just used it to weld in two new floorpans and frame rails in my 260Z. The trigger got finnicky on me once after not being used for a few months, but that went away 🙌
Ive had mine for about 3 years now. I run 0.30 to 0.35 wire setup with 220 and gas. Its been a great welder. I've had 0 issues with it. After getting your heat and speed set right she's been pretty solid on every job I've used it on. I have a buddy who's over the welding dept for Tesco which is a maint contractor for the 2 main steel mills we have in our area use it and he loves it. Great welder for the money.
I have several dozen hours on this machine and have had it dragging in the dirt on a few jobs and still no issues. I'm taking better care of it now, but when you're being rushed to get something done, sometimes the tools take a beating.
I have this same welder... I went to school for welding, and have been part time welding ever since.... I’ve ran Lincoln’s and millers “equivalent” multiprocess welders.... they are VERY compairable.... the Miller is “different” in its gun and ground, but it’s almost identical to the Lincoln... I’ve had mine for 3 years this past Christmas, and it’s still going strong... I take care of it, I have a cover on it when not using, I’ve dusted it out lightly with air once... but, other than that, I’ve ran about 5 big spools of wire and 2 bottles of gas, and I’m on the original electrode... looks like new...
Need to remove the gas shield when welding gasless Flux core ,it's collecting all the heat. That's why gun is melting
I saw the same thing and really thought about replacing my HF Titanium 125 that just quit working. With my 20% discount it would be $169 before tax. But common sense finally prevailed. I havent uses my OmniPro 220 in months now so, why do I need two welders. I did like the 125 for its 11# weight and it really welded FCAW well. Now my OmniPro 220 will SMAW, FCAW, MIG and TIG plus I have a spool gun for welding aluminum. As long as it works, I have everything covered and I still have my Miller 220V 250 amp stick machine for backup. It was sure tempting to get the 125 though.
@ajg4542 FWIW I thought the same thing. And then realized combo rigs do maybe one or no things really well. I bought the Vulcan OmniPro220 when it first came out, and I run it hard a a MIG machine (& love it). But it's not a great TIG machine and stick is just ok. Plus switching gas and leads is a pain, especially back and forth within the day. I'm really glad I bought the PrimeWeld 225X for TIG. First machine was DOA, bu they were easy to talk with on the phone and sent replacement machine immediately, which runs perfectly. Hope this info helps. Best, Andrew @BranchAndFoundry
I had my Omnipro 220 for 3 years and Love it. Going to learn running a spool gun ...
I have had my OmniPro 220 when they first came out and is been running like a Champ! My buddy wants to convert a flat trailer to canoe rack with aluminum. getting the spool gun and practice . Great Vid
Wow yours looks clean. I don't know why your gun is not holding up. We have been running an Omnipro 220 in a small manufacturing plant right alongside Millermatic 252s for almost 2 years. We replace liners about a third more often than the Millers and go through about the same amount of other consumables. When I sold the company and retired I purchased a new Omnipro 220 for my home shop where i make steel tables, work on my Jeep and pick up the occasional fab job. More than enough for a home fab shop
I sold it off a few years back, worked great the entire time I owned it 👍 I had two MIG welders at the time, so I sold the Omnipro to by a AC TIG welder.
It’s all the dial tones for me
I have been welding for over 35 years and just got rid of a miller full production tig welder and mig the same to monster welders and went with what you did because its a hobby and not doing it for a living no more. I bought a spool gun and tig gun to but not sure with the touch tig as far as a scratch start could be just me but i bought a foot pedal today, i love the size of this unit and what it can do. I all so bought the biggest cart from harbor freight and i can tell you it is very nice and can carry everything for welding all. I had a cracked truck rim and used the aluminum spool gun wow just great because could not find that size rim. So all i can say is extremely happy with vulcan welder and it has that new car smell hahaha, ps i don't like the way my mig cone comes off but will modifie if have to, have not had time to investigate that yet.
It's still doing great!! Awesome little machine 👌🙂
thanks man! I try and respond to as much as I can. Gotta say I am still really impressed with this welder. Still hasn't hiccuped once for me. I am prob 10 8lb spools through it in wire at this point...
It’s been great. I use it pretty much daily at this point. Been through a bunch of screens and batteries but that’s it.
Fixed that with the new software, everything was fine on my end but for some reason on YouTube the audio level increased. Sorry
My friend had a little more mods to do to his 4 wheeler luggage rack. I again rolled out the Vulcan Omni-pro 220 but this time used the MIG with .030 wire and C25 gas. It worked really well on the thin expanded metal and the light wall tubing. We were using some scrap to make a hinged door to cover the tool carrier box on the back. What we thought would be about an hour of work turned into about 3 1/2. It really took longer to salvage the parts than to weld them together but we got it all done and painted by supper time. He hasn't came over today yet to pick it up and install it. It is still on the paint rack "drying". I also used the Vulcan a few days ago to weld on some 16 gauge sheet metal to my trailer loading ramps. My lawnmower wheels bounce too much over the angle iron frame. I havent tried it on the smooth metal yet. I think first that I will install some of the pressure sensitive stick sandpaper strips on it for a bit better traction.
I've had it for like 3 years ....it's a good machine (dono why it failed on me today tho 😬😞, I actually liked the thing )
Mine just went up in smoke today ...sad day
Made a few gates so far with my Omnipro 220. I have a number of projects in the works... so far so good!
We've been using the Vulcan Omnipro that we have been using for stick and Gas/MIG. It has been great for fabbing and armoring our Jeeps.
My normal welders are Lincoln. I have the 140, 180 and the 225 "Tombstone." Recently, I thought I would try these new inverter type welders. With that said, I bought the Vulcan Omnipro 220 (which works beautifully) and then bought a Titanium 170 (which I couldn't pass up since it was an "open box" sale). When I tried out the Titanium 170, I noticed that the settings on the lid were too low for what I was working on, so I kicked up the amps and wire speed and it seemed to work great. But then my wire started spitting and got stuck to the tip. I changed out the tip and again the welder worked great. I was thinking that maybe I got a dud, but after watching your video, I feel as though this might be pretty common in these Titanium welders. Thanks for the re-assurance!
I liked this welder a lot when I bought it, I sold it after owning it for a year and a half, I bothe smaller Titanium 200 and liked it more mainly because it was 20 Lbs less weight and much more compact. I think the Omnipro is a good welder especially at its price point. I sold it and bought the ProTig 200, I need a AC TIG welder more the two Multi process MIG welders. I have really been happy with the Vulcan welders I have owned.
It works fine using it for short periods of time and just letting it rest when I’m welding for long periods of time and it will continue to weld just fine
I just added the aluminum spool gun to my OmniPro 220. What little I did with it seems to work pretty well. I do have to remove the wire from the MIG gun and then remove the MIG gun then hook up all the attaching points of the spool gun A bit of a pain but it works OK.
That's good to hear! I'm still loving this machine 🙌
@merricksgarage I finally got to use it.... Holy cow what a difference.
just right out of the machine! I messed around with wire speed, etc and the stock recommended settings always seem to work best.
I'm still loving it! 🙂
Dude mine is going strong with zero issues and it gets used about ten hours a week minimum.
I got out the old TIG torch and hooked it to the Vulcan for repairing my friends luggage rack on his old Honda 300 4x4 and it worked really well. My Miller will stick better but the TIG seemed to be a really smooth arc. So I now have tried it with 6010,7018, 6013, FCAW, MIG and TIG and all works as they should. All I need now is to get my Plasma cutter back and be able to hook up the HF TIG and foot pedal remote and I will be set to weld about any thing that comes along. I just need those welding customers to show up now.
I have had this machine for a couple months or more but just got around to checking out the stick rod function. It does have a setting for 6010 and one for 7018 so I first tried it with 6010. I set it up for 1/8 and1/4" plate which is what I was welding on. I struck an arc and immediately thought I had the leads reverse and it was on straight polarity. I just swapped the leads without looking at the terminals and WOW, it really started frying with that. I went back, checked the + and - on the machine, switched the leads back where they were and lowered the amps from 135 down to 125 then down to 100 . This was a bit more acceptable but the arc blow was still significant with the 6010. I next set it up for 1/8" 70xx per the machine program. It welded a bit better with 7018 but the arc still didnt work for me so I shut it down, unspooled my Miller Dialarc 250 set it on 125 amps and did my welding, the arc was super smooth just like it should be. I guess the Vulcan will just be doing wire feed which it does very well for FCAW and MIG. I havent hooked it up on TIG yet but I suppose I should try that since the stick rod arc was so unstable. I think I may need some adapter to hook up my TIG torch and I havent bought the remote foot control for it either. But scratch start with DC machines is what I welded with for all my welding career. The Everlast TIG with HF start and foot remote will spoil you pretty fast though.
Got out my spool gun and my Vulcan OmniPro 220 to repair a broken joint on a folding loading ramp. Per Vulcan program 486 IPM wire feed and 18.5 volts was a bit hot. Turned it down to 18 volts and it tied in great even in the inside joint which we couldnt even clean the dirt off very well. You really had to hook 'em to keep from falling thru on the 1/8" thick material but we got it welded up at least from one side. Beer thirty caught us before we finished so welding up the back side is a job for tomorrow. ONLY had two incidents. An acetone soaked rag caught on fire while setting on top of my can of acetone, burned my fingers a bit removing it. My buddies frayed shirt caught fire while he was watching me weld and had to beat him out. Those aluminum sparks go a long way and they are very hot.
So true. MY Titanium 125 is a real champ. I then bought a 170 and it never ran right. Pull the trigger on the MIG gun and it would hesitate long enough for the wire to burn back almost to the contract tip then start feeding, then when you released the trigger, it would continue feeding up to about 8" of wire before stopping. I ended up taking it back spending another $700 and got a Vulcan OmniPro220 and a spool gun to weld aluminum. So far I am happy with it but I havent done a lot of welding with it yet. The Titanium lineup claims to be Professional grade and Vulcan Industrial grade, they are certainly about twice the weight of the Titanium welders. I think the T170 weighed 28# and the Vulcan weighs 42#.
Great advice! I am running .035 now and it is a nice hot puddle!
I have had this unit hooked up to 220 over 2 years and I love it!!
I would personally jump up to .035 wire. You are doing some thick stuff. I weld for a living all day with a miller 252. But I personally own the omnipro 220, mig max 215, and tig max 205 all from vulcan and they are all very good.
Good to know, thank you! Were you using it on 120v or 240v? In the mig process, I also found that the auto-set feature wouldn't let me override their "max" or "min" material thickness. Kind of a bummer, but I was able to manually adjust the amps as needed to get around the preset ⚡
@PatrickWagz hey. Buddy and yes i did actual bought the omni 220 but unfortunately I hat to returned to be honest I only used it once and I was welding with it and when I was done welding and saving everything I was about to close the lid, and it accidently closed by itself because I i was wearing the gloves and belive it or not it stoped working and never turned on after the lid was shut down hard which made me question durability for a bit so I returned because that was the first try lol. So never used it only once but it was still under the 30 days so I end up getting the titanium 170 which I think it welda the same and is not using a digital screen or anything like that and well it's being holding really good 😊. I have being using it alot well I mean just doing some trailer rapaira and Mowers repair but I think it welds the same as the titatanin 125. If you don't have any welder and want to start welding with a cheap welder the titanium 125 I think it's good machine if you want to spend a little more and have a future proof machine that can weld 220 and have more options I think go for the 170😊 hope that helps
@WrenchChill it will take some time to figure out the settings, but I did a few welds and it was significantly easier, faster and better looking welds. I had virtually no issues with the stick sticking to the metal. I am no overly impressed with the preset menu, it is kinda confusing and not intuitive. For 1/8" rod, only presets are for 10gauge, 3/16", 1/4" and 5/16" metal thickness. I wish that it had come with a cover for the spool gun outlet and for the gas line input, to keep dust and stuff out for those of us who are not using those features.
Just like lots of other people, I read countless reviews and decided to dive in on a 220 that was 50% off at a HFT parking lot sale. Picked up that welder for $350 and still welding strong.
I have used Miller and Hobart welders most of my life. I just recently purchased a Vulcan Omni Pro 220 from Harbor Freight. WOW, this machine is amazing it does everything. Mig, Tig, Stick dual voltage. It is also has a processor for setting it up with type and thickness of material. Very easy to setup and adjust on the fly. Welder itself is less than 1K, with everything for Tig, Stick and it was 1300.00. Great welder that I highly recommend taking a look at, especially if you dont want to spend 2k on a welder. Thanks for the great videos, keep it up.
Wire feeds no problem, using the cold feed switch and the trigger on the gun. Had plenty of gas in the tank, set at 15 psi during trigger pull (17 static). I ended up exchanging the welder for a OmniPro 220. Hooked it up and it worked perfect. Used it to weld in a floorpan on my project car and then kicked up to make some brackets using 10 gauge. I wonder if the ground lead on the 215 was bad, or possibly a bad liner?
I bought this welder when it came out 2 plus years ago after I retired. I have welded all my working career on the name brand machines. It welds just as good as the name brands. I have ran all the processes on it and have been pleased with all. I mostly use the mig. Great machine with no troubles with it. Liked it so much I bought the pro tig 205 last week for aluminum.
I totally agree and besides the few small issues we’ve had with ours it still is a good machine especially for the older prices they use to go for
Not a miller or anything, but I’ve had mine for around a year and it works great, I mostly use it to practice for tests. Gas less flux core sucks no matter what machine you use in my opinion
I've had my Vulcan Omnipro 220 for about 18 months. I have used mine a lot for Mig welding 18 gauge to 1/4" steel. I love this welder! I have an aluminum project I'm looking forward to using this for next month. FYI, Harbor Freights sells an extended warranty for this welder that adds two years onto the one-year standard warranty. The store manager told me to bring it in before the warranty period ends and they will exchange it for a new one and I can buy another two-year warranty for the new welder. So a new welder every two years for about $200 (the price of extended warranty).
@Mikefestiva I'm not sure what's going on with my welder. I thought the same thing. So I'm now hooked to 220, still not showing the heavier metal selection. It flashes them as I turn the knob but don't allow them. I've even told the machine I was running various wire sizes but still not working. I've called and emailed the company but the recording says their closed. I assume due to pandemic. I am stumped!
yea, mine has gotten a lot of use and is still kicking butt. Love this thing
I bought one based off of your first video right after you posted it. Mine has been awesome! I use it weekly and sometimes daily.
I love mt Vulcan OmniPro 220. Absolute perfect machine! Miller and lincoln can suck it. I've owned a few of each. I'll stick with the Vulcan. I do believe the warranty is still 1 year, but I'll have to check. The extended warranty is awesome and not expensive.
I'm using my Vulcan omnipro 220 for stainless steel to mild steel tig welding right now not any problems yet welds are coming out well with the pedal for me
Very nice video and update Merrick I have the Vulcan omnipro 220 as well been holding up well for me
Totally agree. I also think duty cycle is a good indicator of build quality. I have done some long passes and never had it cycle on me but I can see it happening. Duty cycle rates 100% at 115 amps
Great Stuff, just bought one of these myself and so far it is awesome!
I don’t own the Vulcan anymore, I ended up selling it and buying the Vulcan ProTig 200 because I needed a AC TIG rather the two multi process welders, I still own the Titanium 200. I owned it for over a year and a half and never had a single problem with it, I would suggest you pick it up, they are good welders 👍
Love this vid! I truly enjoyed seeing the tools you use in your shop. It would be nice to have a shop the size of yours. Sadly come spring I will be evicting the only project car left inside my garage in order to make room for more shop tools. I have been using the Vulcan Omni Pro 220 for the past year. Prior to getting it i was using a Lincoln 110 flux core welder. My welds improved more with the welder upgrade than the past 15 years I have used that old Lincoln. Keep up the great work!
I bought it right when they first came out, at that time there was almost no reviews on them on line, I think HF started out with the price lower to try and get people to try them out, I bought it taking a gamble at the time not knowing how these welders were, turned out to be a great welder! But now they sell for around $950. I still think they are great but its definitely a bit more then the $750 I got it for. Take care
Yes I like the Vulcan Omnipro 220, it was a great solid welder! I ended up training it in on the Vulcan Protig 200 because I needed a Ac TIG welder and I had the Titanium 200. I like both the Titanium and Vulcan but the Titanium 200 fit my needs a little better being lighter and more compact. The Omnipro is a good choice for a solid shop welder. Take care
i have the omnipro 220 its an amazing welder. ive had a hobart 187 for a few years now and it still works good, convinced the boss to buy the omni pro for at work and it blows my hobart 187 out of the water.
Thanks for the update! I’m glad you guys are liking your new welder! Mine has been rock solid, I really like the layout of the machine when going through the settings on the screen, it’s easy to use and puts down some really nice welds. I’m also happy to hear that you got some good info from my videos, it’s really encouraging for me to hear comments like yours, it definitely makes me encouraged to keep making videos, Thank you!
Just wanted to say after watching your video I went out and bought one. I sold my Lincoln Tig 200 because I could not get my hands and feet to work together well and don't do much Alum welding so I wanted a new MIG machine, and just playing around with the spool gun it rocks!My son tried it out on some 3/16" steel and laid down some nice welds!
james west I feel like the build quality is good, I have owned mine for 11 months now and have had no problems whatsoever with it. I’m really happy with it! I feel like it should be around for a long time to come. Being a inverter welder and newer technology I felt like buying the extra 2 years of warranty was a safe way to go, but like I said no problems so far. It MIG welds great, I don’t mind setting up a welder with wire speed and all that but I have to say it works real good on auto set! Of course you can easily fine tune it manually if you prefer. I would say if your considering one but concerned about problems, I would look up the reviews on Harbor freights web site and look over YouTube for problems. Let me know if you buy one, what you think of it. Take care :)
outwhitu08 Thanks for checking out this video along with some of my other videos too! I’m really happy with this welder, it’s been working great! I don’t regret buying it one bit, I mostly MiG weld but it’s nice to stick and TIG weld ( I’m still learning TIG) I just never had a welder that could TIG in the past. I also like to be able to weld aluminum with the spool gun, for the money it’s really a good welder. Take care :)
James Hale right on! I think you will be happy with it, I just used mine yesterday, I ran it on a long small extension cord so I could do some welding on my sawmill. I was a bit worried using any computer controlled welder with a long cord with the voltage drop but it welded great! Did you get the $100 warranty? If not I would recommend, just because it’s 3 years with no worries, and after talking with the people at HF it sounds like if you go in before the warranty is up in 3 years for another $100 you can continue another 2 years, I’m thinking of going that route, but that’s 2 years away from now. I really like this welder, it just does everything I need it to :)
Mike festiva yep i saw that video too. Omnipro purchased. So far i like it. The auto settings seem to put out a lot of wire, so weld speed is much faster than I’m accustomed to. It will replace my hobart handler 135.
James Hale great! I also made a video of welding with my Omnipro side by side with my friends Miller, both welders weld great! Thanks for watching.
Michael Rizzo Hey Michael my Omni 220 has been working great! I have not had any problems with it so far, I use it a few times a week on jobs around my place and it always surprises me how nice it welds. I mostly MIG weld with it, but I have done a little TIG welding on some stainless steel ( I’m new to TIG and have a lot to learn but it’s been fun to try out) I adapted a Miller spool gun to it for welding aluminum, it welds aluminum good as well, I have not tried out the HF spool gun with it but I’m sure it works fine, my friend gave me the Miller gun and it was easy for me to adapt to this welder so that’s why I went that route. I really feel like HF stepped up there quality on this welder, and it works just as good as my friends Miller but after hearing about my friends Miller warranty issues I feel even if you pay $100 for the HF warranty on this Omni welder it’s no questions asked if you do have a issue, you bring it in and walk out with a new welder! I know my friend with his $2000 Miller wishes his welder could be replaced with a new one because he keeps having problems with his Miller :( Thanks for checking out my video.
I just tried out my TIG torch for the first real project the other night and it worked good! I welded on a stainless steel exhaust for a motorcycle and it worked great! I my self need to practice a lot more because I have never had a TIG welder before, But I will keep at it till I get better. Have fun!!!
Thanks for checking out my video! So far it's been welding great, Like you said long term will tell on how they hold up. With a little modifications I hooked up a Miller spool gun to it and it welds aluminum good. I just bought a TIG torch but I need to teach my self how to TIG weld because until now I just have never had the opportunity or a welder that could run a TIG torch. Thanks for your comments :)
I'm glad you found my video informative! I have been real happy with my Vulcan Omni Pro, I have not had any problems so far, It welds great, Even though we all know how to find the right settings on most welders and make them weld good for the proper thickness metal, I find it to be real nice and fast to just set the welder to the right gas, thickness of wire and gauge of metal and start welding! In my other video where I ran this welder side by side with my friends Miller Multimatic 200 it welded just as good, interesting thing to note is my friends Miller started acting up a few weeks after making that video, He had to send it in for warranty work and I think he as only owned it for like 8 months so far. I'm interested in what Miller did to repair it. Take care and I'm sure your going to be happy with your welder!
thanks for the video I had been looking at this welder for a little while and decided to get it after seeing your review, used it this weekend on 56 f100 doing a corvette suspension swap.worked great so far went through the spool it came with ,with out any problems. just put on a ten 10 lb spool used the 20% off coupon that came in the box. so far I'm really pleased thinking of putting the little miller on craislist.
looks good,I picked up the Vulcan omnipro 220.its got the synergic settings with the display.Welds great!
I got the Vulcan Omni pro 220 , and it works like a charm . Harbor Freight is selling better product than they use to .
I have had no issues with this welder yet. If I do fined any problems with it I will post a video of what I have found with it to let others know. I really like it so far, it MIG welds great, plenty of amps to weld anything I plan on welding. It welds good on 120 Volts too! For the money I feel it's a great welder, I have seen a few people complain about the MIG gun it's self not being built heavy duty, I feel the MIG gun is just as good as the Lincoln 140 if not better, as far a I see the gun is completely adequate for anyone welding with this machine. People like to pick stuff apart and complain about anythings. I took a bit of a gamble on buying one before I saw any videos of people welding with them, there's more reviews out now of people using them. Like I have said Time will tell on how they hold up, so I would recommend buying the extra 2 years making the warranty 3 years just to be on the safe side. I weld and FAB a lot of racks, tables and repairs at my work, this machine is completely capable of all the tasks right out of the box. If you buy one I bet you will like it. Take care
Lee I'm not sure what your talking about? "That was more than a few minutes. It was 10 straight minutes of welding, making the duty cycle 100%. I have no idea what the rating is. It with have been nice if you had mentioned it." Sorry I did not mention the duty cycle, If you really wanted to know you could have just went to the Harbor freight web site and checked like I did when I was thinking of getting this welder. I made the video and I know for sure I never welded for ten straight minutes nor did I ever say I did. I did not weld over slag because I did not weld with flux core wire, I welded with solid wire and Argon/CO2 mix shielding gas. Yes I know It's a hobby welding machine, I never bought it thinking I was going to be welding aluminum boats all day as a full time job, I bought it because I weld projects and things around my house and some jobs here and there. I however have really liked the welder so far and hope it holds up for years to come. Are you sure you commented on the right video?
Thanks for watching my video :) That's great you make knifes! It sound fun! I'm real happy so far with this welder, I like that it's a 120volt and 220 volt wire feed, plus you have stick if you need it, and the option to run a spool gun and TIG torch is nice, I as well don't have a lot of extra cash for toys, but it was time to upgrade welders and I'm happy I did, I always have something I'm building and my old welder even though it's still working good just did not have the amps I need for bigger projects. Keep up the good projects Kim :)
Your welcome! I have been on the fence for a year about buying a new welder. I was looking into the Hobart handler 190 but it was only a 220 volt welder and was about 80Lbs, I also thought about the Lincoln weld pack 180 but again it would only run on 220 volt. Then I saw these Vulcan welders came out and what they packed in them, plus they are inverter welders (120/220 volts) and spool gun ready. After looking at them in the store I felt there build quality was far better then any welder I have ever seen them sell. I kept looking for videos of people welding with them to see how good they worked, I decided finally to just go out and try one out, man I have to say it works better then the Lincoln 140 by far and runs as smooth as a Miller 180 I have ran many times in the past. I posted this first job working with it so others can really see one in action, as long as it holds up I will be happy with it!
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