wise list,
I have a question regarding the rep of chicago electric. the time of good
will towards all men is fast approaching, and this means a hefty present
for me. I've decided this year to request the s/o skip the clothes,
shoes, self-improvement crap, etc. and instead concentrate her efforts
into something that'll _really_ make me happy: an official red rider
range rover air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing which
tells time...
no, wait. it was a <cue angel hymn> mig welder. a real one, not a flux
jobbie, but one with bottles an' everything. hoping to cut her some slack
I was looking through the harbor freight catalog and lo, I see many models
by 'chicago electric'. all 'factory reconditioned', but it'll get used
only a few times a year (after I'm done with the obligatory play/break-in
period, which should last several weeks), so I'm not sweating reliability.
so, though I know I'd _really_ like a miller or marquette, are chicago
electric any good? I ask, 'cause I see in the h.f. catalog that I can buy
things that I know are decent stuff (or at least decent manufacturers),
and I see some stuff that I'd be afraid to use, lest it maim me while
opening the packaging it came in, and I am completely ignorant of chicago
electric. but I was once ignorant of chicago pneumatic and s-k <cue
angels again> in the dark days before my enlightenment, and if the great
list can deliver a revelation before somebody blows major coin, well, my
praise and thanks would be profuse.
thanky,
scott
who a) just finished writing a survey religion text, and b) was
gang-kidnapped to the s/o's church's christmas ceremony/festival. amen.
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