[Shop-talk] Eastwood Welder: made by Lincoln?

[Doug Braun]

Hello,

I saw an ad from Eastwood announcing a new MIG welder:

http://www.eastwood.com/mig-welder-110vac-135a-output.html

The interesting thing is, both outside and inside, it looks exactly like a Lincoln model.  Has Lincoln made an EM deal with them, or are both Eastwood and Lincoln getting them from some third party?

I have had a similar model from Lincoln for 6 years or so, and it has served me well.  Considering that Eastwood stuff is generally somewhat overpriced, their price on this unit seems unusually low.

Doug