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$40 Father’s Day Rebate on Hobart’s Handler 125 EZ
In order to encourage you to consider their new Handler 125 EZ as your “big” present for Dad this Father’s Day, Hobart’s offering a $40 mail-in rebate on the unit through June 30, 2006. The EZ,...
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How-To: Build a Game Chair with a $380 Wire Welder
In yesterday’s comparison post we gave you the information you need to select an entry-level flux-core/MIG welder for your shop. In today’s follow-up, we’ll walk you through using one of the welders...
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Hands-On: Hobart’s Kick-Butt Welding Gloves
It’s rare that we really gush about a product, but this is going to be one of those times. We’ll probably be embarassed about it in the morning, but tonight we’re gonna unabashedly tell you: these...
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Where to Find Hobart’s Kick-Butt Welding Gloves
Back when we originally wrote about them, we promised to check in with Hobart and let you know where you can find these great gloves. Well, we’re a bit late in doing so, but here ’tis: You can buy...
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Preview: Hobart’s Handler 187 Welder
Most starter MIG rigs offer tapped voltage settings instead of continuous adjustment, both because it’s less expensive and because it simplifies things for beginner and intermediate welders. But...
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Finds: Hobart’s XTV-Series Auto-Darkening Welding Helmets
When it comes to welding helmet decorations, we live by a simple credo: flames = good. So when we heard about Hobart’s XTV-series auto-darkening helmets, our first question was, “Do they come in...
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Hands-On: Hobart’s AirForce 250A Plasma Cutter
So you’ve set up shop at home, but for some reason the home owners association won’t let you keep a tank of acetylene (next to a big tank of oxygen) big enough to turn the neighborhood into a crater....
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Protect Your Hobart Handler Investment
If you picked up one of Hobart’s portable “Handler” series welders a while back to try some projects of your own, you might want to consider protecting it with a custom-fitted cover. Sawdust, bugs,...
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Hobart’s New Plasma Cutter: The AirForce 250ci
We’ve written quite a bit about Hobart’s AirForce 250, and it’s a formidable addition to any shop. But this week Hobart announced its new replacement – the AirForce 250ci — that weighs half as much...
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Preview: Hobart’s New Handler 210 Wire Welder
The newest model in Hobart’s ever-bigger Handler line, the 210 plugs into a standard 230V outlet and delivers up to 210A of power — enough to successfully weld 3/8″ mild steel and up to 1/4″ thick...
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Hobart’s New Website
Hobart just launched their new, redesigned website. Their press release says, “The re-design improves navigation, offers enhanced product information and enables viewing in a wide-screen format with...
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TM’s 2007 Favorites: Hobart’s Welding Gloves
You may notice that my Hobart welding gloves, pictured above, look like they’ve been through hell. That’s because that’s exactly where I put them (instead of my bare hands) damn near every time I use...
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Hobart Shows Their FFA Welding Pride
For all those steer-raising, cow-punching folk that learned to weld in the FFA, Hobart has got your welding helmet — auto-darkening, metal flake blue, with FFA spirit literally scrawled all over it....
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Hobart’s Handler 210 Is Now Available
We mentioned a while back that the Hobart Handler 210 was going to be available soon, and now it is. One the newest models in the Hobart line, it looks like a sweet unit. The 210 plugs into a standard...
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Hobart Prowler Full-Vision Auto-Darkening Hood
Hobart is reskinning their OpticArmor auto-darkening hoods to appeal to the off-roading crowd. The new welding hood provides the same protection as the rest of the OpticArmor line but now sports some...
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It’s Just Cool: Hobart Monster Mixers
I dunno; it’s just something about seeing monster versions of standard kitchen tools that I find fascinating. Every so often, while channel surfing, I catch some show with people either using or...
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Hobart Trek 180 Cordless Welder
If you want to know how the welding supply industry is reacting to the cordless market, take a gander at the Trek 180 battery-powered MIG Welder. It’s awesomeness in a 52-lb. box. We’re not saying...
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Hobart’s New Starter TIG Rig
Hobart wants you to venture into TIG, and to help you along they’ve introduced a new model in their EZ line: the EZ-TIG 165i. Like Hobart’s other EZ models, the 165i features a single knob control,...
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New Spool Gun: Time To Try Your MIG On Aluminum?
Though you’ll hear lots of weekend warriors spouting the “you have to have a TIG rig to work aluminum or stainless,” that’s not entirely true. In fact, most commercial apps don’t go the TIG route for...
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The Nicest Drum Smoker I’ve Seen
Long-time Toolmonger and friend Joel Miller sent me some pictures and a link to a blog post about a project he took on to get familiar with his new Hobart Handler 140 MIG welder: a 55-gallon drum...
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