I have been stick welding for the past year now and was in the market for a mig welder and didn't have a whole lot of cash and happened to find a older Airco dipstick 160 that can mig tig and stick so I gave the guy $300 bucks untested and took a gamble that it would work and sure enough it did. I haven't been able to use the mig side of the machine yet as the mig gun was old and parts couldn't be found, so weldmart out in Texas is building me a 10ft whip with a new gun using the orginal power pin and it uses tweco consumables.

The welder also has a spot and stich function that was optional from the factory which I thought was cool. The stick welder side of the machine didn't come with a lead so I picked up a 10ft 2g lenco stinger and had to make a plug to fit into the electrode jack. The tig side of the machine I'll prolly never use as it doesn't have a HF box. This machine is about 220lbs and has a 60% duty cycle.

I was testing it out today and comparing the 7018 welds vs my lincoln ac/dc buzz box. The sound is different it doesn't have the bacon frying sound of the lincoln and creates a lil more splatter. I tried using both DC+ and DC. Only downside to this machine is drive rollers are impossible to find so I'm stuck with 0.030-0.035 and it only except's 12 or possible 10' spools as the wire feeder is offset to the opposite side of the machine. I'm hoping in the next week or 2 I'll have the mig gun back and can practice, hopefully it has good arc characteristics like people say. I got my new tank of 75/25 mix and a profax regulator already hooked up.

I have got an airco dipstick 160. Stock #1346-6040 code #0037 serial # DG908028 I am looking for a owners manual. Would appreciate any help. Hello, There is an airco dip/ stick 160 for sale near me. Did miller make these for airco? The reason I ask is that It's dimensions and case look really similar to.

Maybe someone with a old machine can tell me if there stick welder sounds different then the newer machines. I'm having trouble uploading pictures, I clicked on the camera button and took a picture but it just kept saying loading and never uploaded. I also tried uploading from a website and putting in the thing and it said something and wouldn't let me. I did figure out why the welder sounded funny using the 7018 rod I had it on dcsp and not dcrp, the funny thing is on my lincoln I always left it on DC +. Target Shooting Pc Games here.