PrimeWeld MIG285 Update! All New Manual Mode

Customers spoke! PrimeWeld listened!
The PrimeWeld MIG 285 has been updated to include a manual mode so the user can adjust wire feed speed and voltage independently. In this video, I install and test the new control board.
As of this video, PrimeWeld tells me all machines coming from the factory will have this installed by default. If you are a current owner of a MIG 285, you can call PrimeWeld and they will send you a new control board and some instructions on how to install it.
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[@Precivilization]

Your video quality and editing is by far the best I have seen in all the videos talking about this machine

[@MyLilMule]

Thanks for those kind words!

[@mikeduhm5325]

Thank you for the video. I ordered the upgraded board on Monday, received it wed. Excellent customer service from primeweld. I installed mine today. Went ok especially considering I did it on a lift table while be temporarily handicapped. Used a wheelchair to sit in and managed to wrestle the machine around enough to install the board. Looking forward to more videos. 18:18

[@MyLilMule]

Good deal! PrimeWeld is the best. I can't see me ever buying a machine from anyone else.

[@mikeduhm5325]

@@MyLilMule I also have the 225x tig, excellent machine for the money . I also have a razor weld 45 plasma, which if I didn't have I would buy the primeweld 60 plasma cutter . I have been very impressed by primeweld.

[@charliehuntsman9827]

That makes me want this welder even more than before

[@MyLilMule]

I don't think you'd be disappointed in it.

[@bearsrodshop7067]

I to like the way my older Lincoln 175 has manual controls. Bear

[@MyLilMule]

I like the simpler synergic mode for 99% of the welding I do. Just set the wire speed, and let the voltage land where it needs to based in wire size and process. But it's nice to have the full manual mode for the times I need it.

[@tonyp9609]

Wonder if PrimeWeld offers a way to make my 180 synergic. That would be a nice option. Thank You

[@MyLilMule]

They need to hear from us customers. Maybe not possible in the current edition of the 180. Maybe the next iteration will have something like that.

[@tonyp9609]

Prime Weld has good consumer service. Bought the 180 and the Cut 50 but wanted to up the amps to over 200 and the duty cycle, from 30% to 60 % that offers a Synergic function and have a spool gun option , so have been considering Hynade brand.

[@timteffeteller1889]

Guessing all the new model 285s being bought come with this already?

[@MyLilMule]

Yes.

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

GReat Greg, I don't mean to tell you what to do but your wire extention [stoick out] is too long...try for 1/4 -3/8 " max tip to work.

[@MyLilMule]

You’re not wrong. The nozzle on this gun is pretty big. Plus trying to make sure the camera picks up something for the yootoobs.

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

@@MyLilMule Got it, That Prime Weld is a great MIG machine.

[@MyLilMule]

@@AWDJRforKZbin It is a really nice machine. Mind you, I haven't used a lot of machines, just a couple Hobarts and a smattering of the red ones, big and small. But both my TIG and MIG machines from PrimeWeld have never failed to impress me.

[@davidgroskopf7898]

Will it Spray?

[@MyLilMule]

I'm told it will, but you need a gas mix of greater than 80% Argon. I've thought about getting some 90/10 just for fun. But the voltage and wire feed speeds suggest it will do it. Might be near the upper limit of the machine. I think you need 24-28 volts and around 200 amps, IIRC from welding school.

[@SukunaTrolling]

Try 27 volts and 400 wfs for spray transfer with solid wire.