Finds: Miller’s Passport — Welding To-Go
By Chuck Cage
How often have you wished you could pick up your MIG welder and carry it over to a friend’s place? Or to a job site? Sure, there are lots of “portable” rigs you could use — but they never really live up to the quality of your unit at home.
Try this on: The Millermatic Passport is completely self-contained and requires only power for full-on MIG welding. It holds 12 oz of CO2 and an 8″ spool of wire internally — all in a suitcase-sized package that weighs in around 55 lbs completely ready-to-weld. Read past the jump for a diagram of what’s going on inside the little blue box.
The Passport’s designed to use either 115V or 230V single-cycle power, and ships with Miller’s “Multi-Voltage Plug (MVP)” that adapts to all sorts of outlets. Under 115V power, the Passport can deliver 110A at 19.5V with a 20% duty cycle, while 230V jumps that to 150A and 21.5V.
It’s also got dual-groove drive rolls for .024″ wire — for sheet metal – and .030″/.035″ wire for general fabrication. It ships with the power source, cord, MVP, 10″ MIG gun/cable assembly, an empty CO2 gas cylinder, drive rolls, and two contact tips — you add wire, gas, and a project that needs work.
Street pricing starts around $1350.
The Millermatic Passport [Miller]
Street Pricing [Froogle]
November 17th, 2006 at 11:21 am
That is a nifty little machine. I wonder how long that little gas supply will last for though.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:31 am
The diagram suggests 25 minutes at a standard flow rate. For something that portable, that doesn’t seem too bad. You could certainly perform a repair or build something small within those limits.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Brilliant! This is probably the best use of a Pelican case ever.
November 18th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
[…] Finds: Miller’s Passport — Welding To-Go I remember back years ago when Compaq released their first portable computer. It was slightly smaller than the only other “portable” of the time, the Osbourne. Compaq ran an ad that featured a picture of a sumo wrestler with an Volkswagon on his back and the text, “Anything can be ‘portable.’” Portable means a lot of different things to weldors, too, but Miller’s Passport just seems like a great idea. It’s a total MIG unit — including a small gas bottle — in a small, sub-50-pound, Pelican-like briefcase. Instant MIG, just add power. […]
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