Just a wee tad bit WAY out of my price range.. the $350 one was pushin it..

I was thinkin of the Lincoln one for $275 since it comes with the gas kit, seems like a killer deal

 

I agree with the asshole in the BMW ,him and I do the same kind off work

 

it will break in a year or less.

 

and how does mr. weldergodofdoom know this.....

 

I just think he just might have used a few in his time. That just might be me if not carry on.

 

you forgot drag va western rule number 1...as posted in SPO....fc735 is an ass...(jk jk)...

but on a good note


http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=06098

this one anygood ??

 

Yea its good for light duty.. But its cheap so you may be getting what you paid for.. Cheap made shit

 

how about there off name sockets.........i bought a few of there 307 socket sets for work...cus for 179.....on sale for 150.

 

main reason i say that, is cause of the way the lincolns are made. their boards are made in one piece, with the transformer mounted to the board also. i have seen three of them (1 110v and 2 220v ones) fail within a year of doing light fab work.

Miller>Lincoln

Hobarts are made by miller, as Adam said before, and for a less expensive unit, they are pretty damn good. the ones at Sears are made by Lincoln last i recall, and suck balls.

flux core wire sucks ass, get a small bottle and run CO2 for most shit (stargon works better for most metals, but for the cost difference, you will be better off with CO2) you can do aluminum MIG with the lincoln without buying anything seperate (the wire feed is increased like hell with it, but you dont have to get a spoolgun) but its still a rather shitty welder.

just get a Synchrowave 180SD. only 1800 bucks.

 

I think I am gonna get a Clarke 130, its like $265 or so, and it has a 10 year warranty on the transformer and rectifier, and a 2 yr warranty on everything else, so if it breaks, I don't give a shit