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WEBSITE OFFERS "CLICK-FIX" FOR WELDING PROBLEMS, CONNECTING GENERATORS FOR EMERGENCY POWER

- On-line owner's manuals filled with helpful diagrams, troubleshooting info

APPLETON, Wis., November, 2002 -
Picture this: You absolutely need to fix a trailer hitch, but the welding arc just pops and spatters globs of metal in the joint. After 15 minutes of fiddling, you still don't know what the problem is or how to fix it. You rack your brain trying to remember where you stored the owner's manual. Frustrated when it can't be found, you waste even more time calling the store where you bought the machine - assuming the problem occurs during business hours - and waiting for help.

Miller Electric Mfg. Co., a leading U.S. manufacturer of welding machines and combination welder-generators, offers a "click-fix" for annoying welding problems and machine operation: free owner's manuals available on-line with 24/7 access. Just click on MillerWelds.com and you can download owner's manuals for some of the world's best-selling welding machines.

This includes Millermatic MIG welders and Bobcat welder-generators, which are owned by millions of do-it-yourselfers involved with farms, ranches, cars, planes, art, home repair and equipment maintenance. It also includes the industrial machines used by professionals. Many manuals are also available in French and Spanish.

Diagrams Galore

The Millermatic and Bobcat owner's manuals contain more than 15 pages of universal MIG welding guidelines, such as holding and positioning a MIG gun, conditions that affect weld bead shape, proper gun movement during welding and process control settings. Further, the troubleshooting section provides solutions to common problems associated with MIG welding: excessive penetration, lack of penetration, incomplete fusion, burn-through, waviness of bead and distortion. And, of course, both contain information related to safety precautions and machine troubleshooting.

The Bobcat manual also provides information on engine-driven welder-generators (this machine has 10,000 watts of generator power to run tools, lights, appliances and motors). Information includes power requirements for common home, farm and construction equipment, how to use a Bobcat for emergency power and basic generator power guidelines.

If an ice storm or hurricane hits, can you run the furnace, freezer, TV, microwave and kitchen lights all at once? You might, but only if you start everything in the right order æ and section 11-9 of the manual shows you how. In addition, it has general information on Stick welding (the Bobcat can Stick, MIG and TIG weld).

The general information available on MillerWelds.com can get you welding again, even if you don't own a Miller. By the way, that trailer hitch problem with excessive spatter could be caused by something as simple as welding with the wrong polarity. To correct it, see sections 3-4 and 3-5 of the Millermatic 135 manual.

On the Product Page

To find owner's manuals on MillerWelds.com, simply access the product page, click-on the owner's manual button under the "For More Information" heading and you'll be able to download the entire manual. For those who use a high-speed Internet connection, the download takes less than a minute. For those with a 56 K modem, the download will take one to seven minutes - but the information available makes it well worth the wait, especially if you need help when experts aren't available.

You can also order an owner's manual on-line by sending an e-mail to info@millerwelds.com. If you don't have Internet access and want more information about owner's manuals, call 800-4-A-MILLER (800-426-4553), fax 877-327-8132, or write to Miller Electric Mfg. Co., P.O. Box 100, Lithonia, GA 30058. When ordering owner's manuals, please indicate a specific model.

With headquarters in Appleton, Wis., Miller Electric Mfg. Co. is a leading worldwide manufacturer of Miller and Hobart brand arc welding equipment and related systems for metalworking, construction, maintenance and other applications. Miller is a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW), Glenview, Ill. ITW is a diversified multinational manufacturer of highly engineered components, equipment and systems.