When I was making this decision a few years ago, having never welded, I
decided to buy a quality machine from a local welding supply place. I
wanted to be sure that I wasn't having issues with the equipment since I
was just learning to weld. Plus I can get free advice from the experts
there... BTW, what I bought was a Hobart Handler 180.
HF has some good products for occasional users like myself. I wouldn't
use them if I had to depend on making my living with them though...
One product they have I've been curious about is a little 220v TIG
welder for about $200. Anyone ever use one of these? If so, can you
comment on their usefulness? Do they work well enough for occasional
hobbyist use? Obviously there's no foot pedal, but I think thats
probably fairly easy to remedy...
Uh oh, hope I'm not hijacking this thread...
Marc
Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
> When I was shopping for a welder a while back (I *still* haven't
> bought one), the usual big 3 were recommended, along with
>
> www.htpweld.com
>
> Miller and Hobart are same company. Hobart is their consumer product, Miller
> is their commercial product. Both are excellent machines. Lincoln is also a
> name brand machine and a good choice. Parts are easy to find on a saturday
> afternoon at the welding supply store!
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