You forgot one step: to quickly crack open the gas bottle valve to release any dirt or debris before you attach the gauge hose. I know the bottle is new, but it is a good habit.

You were the only site, and I saw a half dozen all big name professionals, but only you showed me how to adjust the gas. Thank-you so much. Great job and very informative video

Hey chris thank you so very much for the demo. you are by far one of the only people who are very thorough in explaining with video all the details of setting up a machine from cables, gas, advise, the works. yes I was a navy man who did aluminum and steel welding and depending on who you worked for they did not always explain all aspects in working just get the job done you had to read, network, and learn on your own.

Awesome video for LE 180 Pro. I really like how you are real and to the point. No BS to the point. Thanx for taking the time to make the video.

Best set up video I have seen, you pay attention to the details which is what I need. Thank you for taking the time to do this video.

Excellent tutorial. Just bought a used Lincoln MIG Weld Pak 100 last week. That was a really good review for me. Thank you

Thank you very much. This video about the unpacking, setup, and assembly was exactly what I needed.

Thanks for the video. I’m strictly welding flux core and upgrading from a basic Canadian Tire cheap welder. This LE 180 is amazing and well built!

I am a beginner and this video really helped put everything in perspective. Kudos!

Excellent video! I have exact same welder and have not had chance to set it up yet. Your video saved me lots of time. Really appreciate it. Thanks.

Thank you for making this video it is just what I needed tonight. Thanks for your time you spend making videos.

Thanks for this video too Chris. Relevant info, no dribble, helped me get sorted.

Just watching this because I am picking up this exact welder soon. Kudos to you for a great DIY setup for a newbie!

you da bomb. after watching numerous videos on how to set up the machine your is what taught me how.

Just a quick thank you to you, Chris for putting this video out. Gas settings is what I came for. Thank you for the clear explanation and helping to close the gap between unboxing the welder and using it for the first time. You made the process very approachable. That's a sign of a good teacher! PS - Ignore the hate. There's some good advice in some of these comments, other comments are lame. You can be the judge of which is which. :)

This is a good video. I have a pro mig 175 ive had for a bunch of years, and never used it. I was restoring a 1966 Divco. milk truck . cheers

Great video as always!! I couldn’t help but laugh out loud when your gun tip had a 0.35 because mine had the same thing in it. Thanks video helped out a lot thanks again. I really love your work keep it up!

Thanks just what i need and found it when i need it to prepare for going back into welding and start my gear. great channel content too.

great video man! so many out there skip so many steps. Good job with this, im an experienced welder, LA county certified and this helped me out.

Great video thanks bud, I started a new job, and this baby was collecting dust in the tool room!

Thank you Chris Craft you are a good teacher, and you explain everything well..

Great video sir. Best I have seen so far. Good walk through and tips for beginners like myself.

Just bought the same model. Good straight forward instructions. Lots of little details on a not too long video. For safety, wear gloves! and yes, crack the bottle open to clean debris out before connecting the regulator. good job

This video was very helpful for me setting up my new Mig Pak 180. Thanks for simplifying the explanations for us "newbs"

Great video! I’m about to buy this exact welder so it was super helpful.

Exactly the video I was looking for with the exact welder I just purchased ! Thank you for the crash coarse sir!!

Can’t wait to try my new welder. Trying to use it for sheet metal on my 70 Jimmy. Great video!

I had a choice between buying a bottle and renting. I decided to rent for now. On a 125 cu ft bottle, same size as yours I think, $100 deposit, $7.50/month, and same $ for gas as a bought bottle. Works for me right now. Some places rent bottles, some do not. You did a great job with the basic startup instructions! My only criticism is that you need to protect your skin. Cover hands and arms. Think “skin cancer”. I say that cause I’m an old dude with skin cancer.

Chris nice video a quick tip for you that magnet is what’s giving you fits with your arc, just use the magnet to hold them in place then lose the magnet your welds will look a lot better

Great vid for beginners. Thanks for making this man.

Great vid. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Great video very informative great explanation of setting up and getting the machine ready for welding. I will definitely be following your channel for more videos Im just starting to learn welding as well. I purchased a used Lincoln SP135 special with the smaller tank filled I bought it from a 80 year old gentleman who only welded together. a welding cart for it.The machine sat till I bought it cant wait to start MIG welding Im doing rocker panels I understand 18 gauge is a good sheet metal to use with 0.23 wire. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. Thanks 👍

Awesome video. Very helpful for me the beginner Mig welder. Thanks so much.

Great video for a beginner. Just a couple things always purge your new bottle before putting the regulator on. Always have the black nob or t screw all the way out before cracking the bottle open. Soap and water your connections from welder to the bottle to check for leaks. I'm a certified welder this is what we are tought in school and is a good safe practice.

been welding for 30 years, one hint for you is not stand in front of the regulator when opening the bottle the regulator could fly out and hit you.. och al

Thanks, Chris. The cylinders can be re-qualified for service after the ten year period.

Sure liked this video. Was great help setting up my first new Lincoln 140.

I really beg to differ regarding building your own welding cart. Go on craigslist, kijiji, thrift store, etc etc and buy one of those folding steel bed frames with castors for 10-20 bucks and you have more than enough angle iron to make the cart with and it even comes with the castors. And you can make it however big you want with however many shelves you want etc etc. You own a welder, USE IT.

🇺🇸👍👍 I have the Hobart Handler 190 absolutely love it I've been welding for 40 years when I got my welder first thing I built with a welding cart out of an old deer stand came out very good the most I had and it was time and what's $20 for the wheels then I end up buying a hypertherm plasma cutter 30 XP I had to add to the welding cart up came out nice Bob Elkhart Indiana

Excellent video. Looking forward to picking one of these up soon

I really appreciatte your explanation,,, and i like your style of explaining,, just enought info,, to help me get started,, i already bot the red box welder, but was trying to understand the MIG Process and you explained it very well, and i liked pace of video and your talking was very helpful,, Peace out..

Omg your funny good instruction like the way you beat the tin found it funny great detail I learned a lot from you as a beginner bought the new lincoln 180i dual.

Nice and useful video for any beginner. Many thanks.

Great video, thanks for the help!

Excellent video. I've been welding on and off for years but I was always borrowing equipment that someone else had already setup. Just got a Lincoln 175 that not setup and this video was exactly what I needed. Thanks for taking the time to make this very informative video!

Great video. Just bought the 180 and very helpful.

Great advice. Great attitude. Great video. Thank you!

Great video this will help me with my new power 210

Thanks,great video, enjoyed watching, great teaching skills!!!!!

Years ago I hydrostatic tested tanks like yours. It was required every 5 years. Best place to get it hydrotested is small fire extinguisher service companies. Cost years ago was not too bad.

Great info, I wasn’t sure what the gas should be set at. Just a little info, I went back and forth for years about where to get the 140 or 180. I ended up buying a used 125 with regulators, tank cart and shield. Wow I have done so much auto body panel fab and welding and even this little guy can get things done. I wished I had bought the 140 long ago! Now I’ve just finished fabricating a rotisserie for my car body and could only just barely tack weld the 1/4” plate to the 1”x3” square tubing. Tomorrow I am taking it to a weld shop to properly weld it. If I had the 180 I could have done it all myself. So if you just work off 115 volt it is more convenient than 230 volt except in this scenario. Today, I would take the hit and pay up for the 210MP... the best of both worlds!!! Thanks for the excellent vid Bro!!!!

GREAT WELDER ,I GOT ON A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND IAM A BEGINNER AND IT'S EASY

LITTERALY The very best welding instructions. I've seen yet on KZfaq. it's cool that your humble honest and yet generous with your level of experience. I do feel alot more well versed in what might welding is all about might welding is all about auto and auto body repair hseet metal etc.. the D.Y.I. Life. Jesse James monster garage baby!!!!! GET SOME!

Great info, thanks.

Before opening bottle. Back the regulator knob all the way out. Once open pressurize the system. To avoid blowing up the gagues.

Sweet video Chris! Keep up the great work.

Thank you for the video homie 👍👍👨🏻‍🏭💯

Thanks for the video .two thumbs up

GREAT A$$ VID Bro!! I learned so much, I just got my 180 Pro, Thanks again

Really good vid. I have the exact same one. Thank you

Very Good Chris Good explanation

VERY GOOD VIDEO MANY THANKS !

Great vid He is straight up Gives it to u real

Great video just what I was looking for👌

Good video nice info👍

I don't know where you live at but I live in Huntsville Texas when I went to Praxair for the tank same size as yours, they wanted 300 bucks total with gas, my local welding shop was $255 total with gas, when I picked it up and I got to look at the bottle, it says Praxair on it, and you're right they like big accounts.

Everlast 140 is a damn good mig. Imo best bang for ur beginner buck. Very informative video

great video!! Thank you,

That is the Harbor freight cart. I got if for 30 the last week. I like the vid keep it up!

Great video This video is going to help me out a lot. I just purchase this welder from Lowes And I will be doing the floor pan on my 85 chevy camaro Going to at least try.

I need to come over for welder 😁

great video. The only thing I would change is I would back the regulator all the way open when first opening the gas valve and then adjust regulator. For safety reasons, I have also heard you can send the adjuster knob on the regulator flying if you don't loosen it first.

Nice video man thank you for sharing

Dam, built my own cart out of scrap, cost me a pound of flux core.... actually that came with the machine. Lol. Great first project to teach my son and I how to weld with mig. 😁

I really wish Lincoln would list the inches per minute on the wire feed, really helped me to dial stuff in when going off of processes I read or learned about. Knowing the IPM really helps. Checked my Linc Power MIG 180 Dual; #3 = 180 ipm, #4 = 225, 5 = 300, 6 = 350 and 7 = 390 ipm. I wrote it right on my machine. Should be the same for the 180C or 180HD. (Start a stopwatch and the gun, release the trigger at 6 sec., multiply length by 10)

Thanks,I learned a lot from this video

Excellent instruction

great video

Don’t use channel locks on the brass it will destroy it over time. Use a crescent only.

Good job, subscribed! Thanks.

Love the video thanks

Good video. If you turn your mig pliers around they are made so you cut the wire off at the proper length, no guessing.

finally best viedeo i found!

I just inherited a weld pak 100 HD and was scared to try it out but after watching your video I am hot to trot to get it welding. Your video has everything a guy needs to get it going and thanks for your time in setting this up and the extra info on where to look for bottles and such are a plus. Love your grass roots attitude too~! Chalk me up on the big board as a new subscriber.

I know that I'm way late with this comment but besides not blowing the debris out of the gas bottle I would have also turned the regulator all the way out before turning the gas on. That way the gas isn't coming out of the regulator wide open. You can bring it up slowly from 0#'s of pressure to the desired pressure. Not critizing, just giving an opinion. Otherwise a great video. 👍

Definitely watch out with the magnet will cause alot interference or deflection if noone has commented on that yet idk exactly why just something from polarity an differences of dc and ac

Excellent video! The 144 haters that gave this video a thumbs down are just jealous. I'm ready to out to the shop and fire up my Lincoln 140 and start MIG welding. Thanks!!!

Shoot, I got on here so I didn't have to learn the instructions. Great content by the way, thanks.

great job

I regularly see bottles with date stamps from the 1930's. They last a LONG time.

At the 7:00 mark, that looks like the cast aluminum drive that the higher end models are know to have. Did Lincoln make a change lately? Or am I seeing it wrong?

Hey buddy good video thanks 😊 I have the same one and lost my instructions Good Information 👍

Absolutely, even if you have to get bifocals in order to read, do it!

Good vid. Btw that body metal is just called 20 gauge... i know it spec'd out at .040, but normally they just say 20 gauge... I guess its like a 2x4 isnt 2"x 4" Lol

Hey man that was great video & most of all well explained & short , really I like that you explain your best is how we learn, is a good feeling when teaching so others so they can make a difference or even go & do better in their jobs, some jobs they don't want you learn. Have a blessed day. I'm wanting to buy a welder. I want to buy the one that does not need the gas bottle but I don't know if it's better with the gas. I need a suggestion Thank you

nicely done.tu

To get your end apart you need to get you a good pair of welding pliers. it will help you out alot.

Perfect thank you

Thanks much. Very good Diyer video. Enjoy your channel lots of very good clear precise info. Happy New Year. Would you still recommend👍 That Welder? Have been looking for a good Diyer set-up.

I got a Handi MIG from Lincoln still in the box for now until I get gas and a circuit for it