Buy the Lincoln. I've had mine for 15 years and the extra cash was well
spent. They still stock parts for it. Try that with a $200 imported
MIG.
Paul
On Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 08:21 PM, jeffrey fenwick wrote:
> After taking a course at the local college, I'm considering
> buying a gas MIG welder. Tomorrow night I'm going to look
> at a "PowerMIG" unit. The seller didn't know the rating, but
> it is 115V which is what I was looking for (no 220V in my garage)
> Any experience with this brand, availability of parts, apparently
> it is made in Italy?
>> From what the seller described, it has several voltage settings,
> then of course the wire speed dial. How necessary is continuously
> variable voltage for bodywork? Are the discrete steps harder to
> work with? Lincoln has a nice variable voltage unit, 115V, but it
> is close to $CA 1000 :(
>
> Thanks for any advice
> Jeff
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