Miller Electric 229895 Gage, Wire Metal Sizes

Nice qulity

Easy to use. Sturdy construction, will last a long time. Measurements are laser-engraved and easy to read (even for my 46 year old eyes). Allows you to quickly measure eleven (11) different gauges of material, as well as your (3) wire sizes. Whether you're a DIY welder or a professional, this gage will come in very handy. Key ring allows you to carry/have one at all times. I hang mine on my welding cabinet for quick and easy access.

One of these came with my new Hobart welder, it was printed Hobart not Miller. I thought it was a cool key chain. I lost it when I left it on the trailer and took off down the road. Don’t care about the keys but didn’t want to lose the key chain. I was surprised to find one on Amazon. So now I got my favorite key chain back.

The gauge is made of metal and the numbers on the item can be seen, but need to be more legible. The item will help confirm the size of metal being worked with to determine how the metal should be welded.

Now I can specify the sheet metal gauge that I'll need for my metal projects.

This gauge is great for carrying to the steel yard to hunt for drops. It has the typical sizes most people would look for. The larger, circular gauges have more sizes but I'm really only looking for a small handful of plate and this smaller, easier to carry gauge fits those. The large circle gauges don't fit my pockets well at least without tearing up the material in my pants! Don't you hate that? TIP - When you're shopping for just a couple sizes, draw marks around those gauge spots with a sharpie pen. Makes it easier to quickly see the appropriate slot when you're upside down, holding a big piece of steel out of the way, sweat in your eyes etc. When you're finished, wipe the sharpie off with rubbing alcohol if you don't need those marks any more. NUTHER TIP - Write notes on the back of the thing with that same sharpie. Decimal to fractional equivalents, weight of various thicknesses of steel, phone numbers of cute girls that work at the steel yard etc.

I use this product for measuring thicknesses of sheet steel and tubing. I keep one at my desk for reference when reviewing plans or mockups for welding. This tells me at a glance immediately what type of wire and setting on a welder should be used - within a range. Miller includes one of these in every welder they ship, although I purchased this independently. While it is not micrometer accurate, most metal fabrication does not require that level of precision. This is just a tool to quickly identify metal thickness. The chart on the welder spool door should still be reviewed and then a test weld done to dial in the speed and voltage.

Handy and accurate. Good size and weight for carrying around in your pocket. Maybe the version I got is different than what everyone else is getting but I have a hard time reading the lettering on mine. The etching is very light, and I usually have to tilt the gage around until it catches the light just right so I can read it. This tool would be a lot more useful if they would just engrave it a little bit better.

Si lo recomiendo

Very good for those Monday morning and very helpful when you have abbey with your buddy's on sheet metal sizes I'll be picking up 5 or 10 more just for the odd time I'm forgetful

muy bueno

Very nice product for quick metal size chart. But very slow shipping from this seller.

Buen producto y te permite hacer las mediciones de muera manera, si tienes el circular podrías comparar tu mejor opción.