Replacement Airco Mig Guns

Airco Dip-Stik 160 Mig Gun Replacements With Adaptors

THe orginal Airco Dip-Stick 160 was one of the most reliable composite (where the power supply and wire feeder were in one case) It was priced very competively, They wee orgjnally manufactured by Midstates, Chicago. They wee eunique becaue you could burn a rod ang had hang on a tig torch.

They sold thousaands unde rthe Airco brand among others. You open the box, roll out the welder, it had it's own cart/bottle rack. Install the mig gun, add bottle of gas (it came with it's own regulator/flwmeter. Load a spool of wire (all of whice takes about 30 minutes. It is power by 240 volt single phase power, all you need is a 50 amp breaker (the same size breaker for a standard hot water heaters and normal cooking ranges.

The machine was designed to burn 0.250/ 0.030/ 0.035" and 0.045 mig wire wire, the most common welding wire sizes. To control costs the had a mechnical gas valve, it worked!

The Weldmart Airco Mig gun upgrade kit, fixes the problem and allows you to keep you Dip-Stik 0160 for the rest of your life. This machine is as totally analog machine. Unless you you nave the spot/stick modlue, There is One PC board that controls the weld speed. The board is simple and easily repairable, nothing exotic. Rheostats, relays, bridge rectifiers, that are avaiable on the open market. The orginal gear motor armatures can be rewound.

In short it works and can be maintaned for the forseeable future.

The Weldmart Kit is designed to be installed by most DYI (normally Dudes) You drill holes to mount The Euro adapter and gas solenoid (hard ware included), it comes with complete (as complete as my BB brain will produce), plus when you by a Weldmat kit you get lifetime phne Tech support. Call me up and bitch to your hearts content!

Airco version Dip-Stik 160

Air Products Re branded Dip-Stik