YESWELDER MIG-250 PRO Aluminum MIG Welder, 250Amp 220V Advanced Digital Display, MIG/Pulsed MIG/Flux Core/Spool Gun MIG/Lift TIG/Stick 6-In-1 Multiprocess Welding Machine, Spool Gun Compatible

I use this for aluminum welding at my job I'm a collision tech and this little thing is bad A. i actually enjoy it over the more expensive welders that the company has. I wanted my own dedicated aluminum rig because i despise using welders other technicians use. The pulse feature is fantastic, it is lacking in features as far as really being able to dial in alot of parameters but i still give it five stars it does an excellent job.

I've used this welder for MIG and bought the lift TIG torch, but mostly stuck with MIG. Regarding 'wire welding', i've used this with both standard wire with shielding gas and flux core. The synergistic settings must work because picking up the welder after ~20 years later I was able to put down some decent welds. I bought the lift TIG to see if it would spot weld like a TIG can do but doesn't work that way since you can't adjust the current while it's flowing, would need an expensive foot pedal control method to do that. Haven't used the Stick welding option but like that I could if i needed to.

So far the yeswelder 250p mig welder has been great. However I had one hiccup first one didn’t work out the box so took a week to return and get credit towards the one I got now. I will say this now that I don’t care how expensive or cheap anything is from any brand you can and will get a bad egg period sadly which sometimes leaves such a bad taste and experience for some people they end up with epic horrible stories. I just was smart and lucky returned mine same day I got it since it failed out of the box and sent back for credit. But if I did go through customer support from yeswelder for it I don’t know what would have happened. With that part out of the way moving on.Next from the first unit I did learn real quick the stock mig gun is meh at best. I have a cheap harbor freight special 90 amp flux core with only 6’ gun and thought 10’ would impress me but it didn’t either plus it felt cheap. But upon getting my credit the welder went on sale even more from the 100 to 160 or 140 off. So I threw down a bit more and bought yeswelders tweco #2 mig gun for some esab machine since it was 15’ and euro connector which is soso hard to find guns for just have to look and have patience. But ya my biggest issue is I barely understand fcaw and I have yet to do gmaw (flux core and mig welding types) I just use it for flux core so far and the settings are my big issue not because this machine is hard to use if anything this is very user friendly it’s I know CC welding which is amperage based settings for control. CV which is fcaw and gmaw welding type run off voltage and wire feed speed for resistance. Not sure if the amperage ever changes with those but it does have a handy chart that gives you a basic idea of what amps said settings are and those settings it lists are good starting point for said thickness/metal type and welding type.Quality is solid so far. I have used it for 1/4” and 1/8” to 1/4” steel and I haven’t really had any issues. Just learning the settings and it falling into place with all the amp based settings I know and use so far. I only have run .030 wire so everything I do is manually adjusted. Can’t say anything about it’s auto settings mode. I like my control. Oh and it’s speed is metric only no inch or feet per min setting swap I can find or read about. So be prepared for that if you read online or watch vids in the US. Easy way I go with is whatever inches per min they say I divide it by 39.25 which I think is about perfect.I’d most definitely get the yeswelder tweco #2 15’ euro esab gun. It was like 115/116 considering I’ve always seen this welder on sale for 100+ off I’d spend the extra and grab it. Really nice welding gun and the 5’ extra is nice. At least you can set the welder in the middle of a car or truck and go feont to back

I'm new to mig welding, but i had a need to do some sheet metal work, and some heavier work on a jeep project.I have been doing some stick welding using a Lincon ac/dc welder with some decent success before this.Using C25 and this welder, I started off doing some 22 gauge mild steel to get a feel for the machine.After some tinkering and some YouTube videos on this welder (mig 250 pro), i got a feel for the settings and gas flow.The chart that comes with this welder only goes down to 20ga, but i used 22ga for my tests.Overall, it went well, and I had some pretty decent looking seams.Then I started on some 1/4in mild steel plate.Things started going well, so I kept at it.It almost seemed as if the machine got hot, the welds got inconsistent.Then another thing that bugged me started getting my attention, the welding leads.Especially the ground lead.The weight isn't right, and it won't lay on the ground like solid copper does.Looking at the strands it was clad, aluminum strands coated in a copper-colored substance.The ends that plug into the machine appear to be a nice solid brass, and you can reuse them.So, I went down to the local welder supply store and picked up a 2ga lead to replace the ground cable with.Things got much better afterwards.So I opted to attempt a removal of the case cover to see what else I can upgrade.Inside there are two leads that go to the board to the front of the unit, and another that has a plug in the front that's used to switch the polarity.I couldn't get the top handle off; it looks like they glued a bolt cover there.So I replaced what I could, the lead that's used to switch polarity.Good enough, I was getting much better with the welder and things are much more consistent since doing the wiring upgrades.Next while welding in some gussets and sleeving my front axle, I ended up burring the gas cup and one the only .035 tip it came with.I'm stuck, it's nearly Christmas and I want to install the suspension this weekend, so I went to tractor supply to see what they had.I found the tips are metric, and Hobart has a tip and a gas cup that have the same basic length, but they are noticeable beefier!I got home and found the tips and the gas cup is a perfect match!!Back to work, and either I'm getting much better, or it's now easier to control?!Anyways, good overall welder.Aluminum leads are silly, but it got the price down enough in order to get me to buy it... lolFuture mod will be to upgrade the rest of the wiring, but the ground lead seemed to be the easiest thing to upgrade, and it made the biggest difference...And Hobart has some compatible consumables!!(They also had a set that wasn't compatible, so it's best to look at them side by side)Update: Added Compatible Hobart consumables.Hobart Nozzle: PN #770203Hobart Tips: PN: #770181Update 2/12/2024I have continued to use this welder with good success.I finally got the handle off so I could replace the remaining aluminum leads.Using a plastic welder, I sliced through one end of the handle/bolt cover caps, it looks like it's just snapped on there.Once I had it sliced open, I had little difficulty getting enough leverage to pop it off, so I think a screwdriver would have done it.Once I had the cover off, I was able to easily upgrade the remaining leads that go to the board with some actual solid copper ones.I haven't used it on thicker material since upgrading 100% of the leads, but I have been doing some thinner sheet metal.The manual showing settings vs metal thickness only goes down to 20gauge, but I needed to do some 22gauge to fix some rust holes on my Jeep project.Testing with some scrap I had some good success using thinner wire, but it's still a little too powerful for something that thin.Just using some .035 wire that was already loaded I had some decent success, just doing quick taps and slowly building it up, then grinding off the excess when done.I'll play with this later, but it got the job done in the end, my main use for this is with 1/4in steel anyways.I also have the tig setup for this welder and some 100% argon, I was a bit disappointed to find out that this machine does not support a foot pedal, it's on or off like a stick welder.If I had the option for a foot pedal, I would have tried thin sheet metal using that instead, but oh well.Later down the road I'll probably pick up their dedicated tig welder.I also see that others complain about wire feeding, I haven't had any issues.However, there is a switch just above the wire spool to disable the wire feed when using a spool gun.The machine came with this set for spool gun, if left in that position I can see that causing some confusion for those that didn't read the manual or watch YouTube vids on this machine.