Miller Diversion 165 TIG Welder review

I like the machine very much, except for the foot pedal. I swapped out the Miller foot pedal for a better one made by SSC Controls.

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• Miller
• Diversion
• 165
• TIG
• Tungsten
• Inert
• Gas
• Welder
• Review
• stainless
• steel
• copper
• welding
• art
• SSC
• Controls
• foot
• pedal
• faraday
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• high
• frequency
• grounding
• installation

[monsterenergy27]

You said you had a problem with high freq interference. How far away was your cable/modem from your weld area? thanks

[reflectionlabs]

@monsterenergy27 It's about 30 to 40 feet away.

[xaaps2010]

Nice setup!

[reflectionlabs]

@xaaps2010 Thanks! It was fun painting the walls black - makes the garage more interesting.

[zuverib]

Your tungsten is extended way too far. A good rule off thumb is to only extend half the diameter as you tig cup.

[reflectionlabs]

@zuverib Thanks for the comment. I still have a lot to learn about welding. I was welding an inside corner, and couldn't see the tip of my tungsten, so I extended it. I am using a gas lens collet body that is supposed to allow me to extend my tungsten farther if necessary.

[9HSP9]

thanks for the tip on the SSC pedal!

[rxheaven13b]

Thank you for this video, I love REAL consumer reviews about a product i'm looking into buying. Thank you.

[leeportcam]

Very good info on the machine and the foot control. I bought one from SSC also after watching your video as I too hated the one from Miller. I love this 165, its really great for tigging up some hot rod chassis parts whilst building a hot rod. Thanks for taking the time to make this. It helped me out!

[MerlinxPV]

Thank you for the insight about the pedal, I bought the SSC pedal as you suggested, very good advice from you and nice folks at SSC to deal with.

[ytmachx]

@reflectionlabs The tungsten can be extended as far as you need provided that the gas shielding covers the arc sufficiently. More gas flow or a larger cup can be used to get the tungsten out as far as 1 inch past the cup. ( I usually run my tungsten sticking out the same as you do at 15 cfh gas flow)