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Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
The MIG 135 welder from Northern delivers industrial quality and performance at an affordable price. Can be used right out of the box with included flux core wire, or with shielding gas. Versatile MIG unit handles mild steel, aluminum and stainless steel. Protected by a 3-year limited warranty. Volts: 115, Amps: 135, Duty Cycle: 20% at 88 Amps, 115V, Mig Ready: Yes, Wire Feed Speed Control: Yes, Weldable Metals: Steel, stainless steel, aluminum, Clamp Cable Length (ft.): 10, Regulator and Gas Hose Included: Yes, Shielding Gas Required: No, Power Cord (ft.): 8, Cart: No Amperage output: 22-135 For use with or without shielding gas Contactor keeps wire electrically cold when gun trigger is released Gun uses Tweco-style replacement parts
Average Customer Rating:
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92 of 93(99%)would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
great for the hobbiest,
November 5, 2009
By dantheman85
from grand rivers, KY
"the dutycycle is not good, but it is small highly portable and COMES GAS READY, as long as your are not expecting continious use it is great."
What is your level of technical expertise? Beginner
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Review 2 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Welder works great,
November 2, 2009
By restored
from Moses Lake, WA
"So far my only compaint is that I had to troubleshoot the control circuit right out of the box. I found a bad crimp on the neutral wire. I fixed that and the machine works fine. I also had to have the correct drive roller sent to me. Customer service was great to deal with. No questions asked. I've done a couple little projects so and the machine works great. I'm using a Stargon #9 gas which helps put down a very nice, clean bead."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 3 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
MIG 135,
November 2, 2009
By skimus
from Long Beach, NY
"Very good velder for the price, only had proble with vire feed when the velding tip gets clogged, once cleaned it vorks fine again, restored my 63 willys jeep with it so far."
What is your level of technical expertise? Professional
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Review 4 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
welder is fine - what about adapter?,
August 18, 2009
By muscrat
from Michigan
"The welder works fine but does take time for a novice to learn. The first time I have ordered an 8" wire spool, it was loose on the adapter and prevents a good weld. Anyone solved this?"
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 5 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
great welder,
July 23, 2009
By mrcash54
from southern indiana
"northern 135 mig welder is a great welder at a affordable price.recieved it on time,popped in the wire plugged it in,was ready to go .it did a great job and the price was right."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 6 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Very good welder,
July 21, 2009
By toodh
from MA
"This appears to be exactly the same welder marketed by Lincoln, except the Lincoln does not have the MIG gas attachment. I am very satisfied with the performance of the Northern unit."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 7 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
good small welder,
July 20, 2009
By ladywelder
from Rhode Island
"I wanted a smaller welder that is portable and can be used in a standard electric outlet. (I have a larger Miller welder but definitely for shop use only)
Easy to assemble; has the gas regulators included which is nice as I prefer to weld with shielding gas as opposed to flux wire; did the job on 3/8" steel.
Have recommended it to other lady welders."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 8 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Perfect for smaller fabrication projects,
July 20, 2009
By Widgetmaker52
from Bradenton, FL
"If you don't have a 220V service in your garage or workshop, then this is the welder for you. It's just right for numerous creative projects for your car, boat, bike, or original artwork. If you buy the right accessories you can even work with aluminum and stainless steel too. I didn't need a production welder, so why spend the extra money to have one sitting around? If you take on a larger project just do the fabrication at home and take your project to the local professional welding shop for final assembly. This procedure will save you a lot of money as it has for me."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 9 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Great for the Shop,
July 20, 2009
By jetman
from Cincinnati,OH
"I purchased this welder for home projects and it works great, Only problem I had was the Gas hose from the regulator cracked and was leaking about a 2 months after I purchased the unit. I just cut the hose and re-connected. I have welded 1/4 in steel with this welder and it works great. for the money you cannot go wrong with this welder."
What is your level of technical expertise? Professional
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Review 10 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Good Welder,
July 13, 2009
By Anonymous
from Plano, Tx
"I am somewhat new to welding. I bought this welder because I was tired of borrowing a friends much larger Miller welder. I realized I could not afford the bigger welder and this one was on sale. I have found that it has met all of my needs. It was not exactly clear how to set up but I did get it set up. I felt like this was a very solid unit and was perfect for a first time welder.
More power would be nice from time to time. and I have noticed that the wire slips occasionally. But in the end I am very happy with this purchase.
I recommend this for light duty welding. This is a perfect residential garage welder. As the title suggest I bought this welder to fix a racing go-kart and every weld has held up."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 11 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
good little machine,
May 10, 2009
By weldmaster
from Grand Forks, ND
"I bought my welder about three months ago and have already made a welding cart, exhaust work, box sides on my pickup, pipes on an old motorcycle, and other small things. I found that it is slightly under powered and the drive rollers dont adjust tight enough so the wire slips a little bit causing sputters wile welding but it still lays down nice looking welds. I have also found that it welds much hotter and smoother with the flux core wire but also works very well with inexpensive co2 shielding gas and .023 solid wire.
My overall opinion is that this is a very afordable and usefull welder for the money even though it has a few small flaws i dont regret buy it at all."
What is your level of technical expertise? Professional
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Review 12 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Good value light duty wire welder,
April 27, 2009
By RASUTH
from Scottsville, VA
"Construction is very similar to the Lincoln WeldPak 100 that it replaced with slightly inferior fit and finish.
Wire feed roller could not be set to compress properly as adjustment threads ran out before adequate compression was achieved, resulting in 'wire slip'.. Not a good thing. I put a couple of washers under the wing nut adjuster and was able to get the roller compressor to work.
Also, the set screw for the roller stripped when I tried to flip it over to use a smaller wire than shipped configuration. So the steel used is inferior.
And finally, the door alignment to the case had a large gap at the bottom because the latch receiver had been bent out to allow engagement. This looked like a 'hammer adjust' manufacturing tweak. I pushed it back out until the door closed to where it was in line with the rest of the housing.
Other than the above, it appears to work quite well."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 13 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
tough and dependable,
March 25, 2009
By Vick
from north carolina
"I purchaser this welder some time ago and have found that it does it all and more.I would buy it again without fail. Portabilty and size are very good and cost so far it has paid for itself twice over. GOOD BUY in any language."
What is your level of technical expertise? Professional
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Review 14 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
mig 135,
March 24, 2009
By cowleyite
from Cowley Alberta canada
"Great welder and easy to use. Initial set up was easy to do. great and simple instructions to prepare unit for welding. Makes great welds."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 15 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Mig Welder,
March 23, 2009
By tugboat156
from Pory Angeles ,Wa
"Recieved welder and the bananna clip for the trigger was broken so I called nothern tool and they where great about refunding me the money to get fixed.I would like to give the customer service a great review to, they were very nice and pleasant to deal with.The machine is easy to use and is very smooth.I would recommand this for anyone with experince or not. Great machine to have around the shop."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 16 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
115V Mig Welder,
March 23, 2009
By anoman
from Ohio
"I purchased this welder based on the positive reviews. Great little welder. I have only used the flux core so far but it works well. Can't wait to try the gas Mig settings.
2 complaints: (Why I did not give it a full 5 stars)
1. Instructions are not written well. Could use some work on this. It would be great if they included a CD/DVD on welding like Lincoln does.
2. The polarity change wire is difficult to move around in the cabinet. If it was little longer, I think that would help.
2 complaints: (Why I did not give it a full 5 stars)
1. Instructions are not written well. Could use some work on this. It would be great if they included a CD/DVD on welding like Lincoln does.
2. The polarity change wire is difficult to move around in the cabinet. If it was little longer, I think that would help.
Over all a great deal. I would recommend this welder highly as the complaints I have are minor."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 17 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Migh 135,
March 21, 2009
By Plowboy
from Marlow, OK
"I bought this welder after reading the reviews on it and decided that for the money it was the best deal and would work perfect for my farm. It came on time and with a new helmet that I didn't know was coming. The setup was a bit of a pain because I couldn't understand the manual until read it numerous times. But the welder runs great and puts down good strong welds. It compares to my Dads Hobart 180 as far as features and smoothness of weld. My first project was a welding cart and now repairing a livestock trailer. I had bottle of argon mix and hooked it up immediatly and havnt stopped. I recommend this welder to anyone who needs one that needs a 115v and portable welder."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 18 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Great little Mig welder,
March 20, 2009
By Neilman
from California
"This mig welder is just right for my home hobbies. It sets up and starts welding in less than 30 minutes. I have finished several jobs that I had been putting off for years. I should not have waited so long to buy this welder."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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Review 19 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Mig Welder,
March 16, 2009
By ldbridges1950
from St. Louis
"Welder works great, can't beat the price. Anyone can learn to weld with this machine."
What is your level of technical expertise? Professional
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Review 20 for Northern Industrial MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 22-135 Amp, Model# MIG 135
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5
Works great right out of the box.,
March 16, 2009
By MarineMustanger
from Virginia
"I haven't welded in a number of years, but it only took me about an hour to have this up and running. I've already welded a caster to my engine dolly frame, as well as repaired where both front wheels from my lawnmower broke off from the mower deck.
It only took me a little practice to get back in the groove with this MIG welder. You can't beat this for the money."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman
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