http://www.millerwelds.com/pro...0_sth/

ive seen my old boss use it on various things, its a badass for sure. Just seeing what you experienced guys think of it. What i saw and what you or others may have experienced can always be two different things. :-)
I have a chance to buy it for 900$. its brand new never used. They are normally 1300$ or so.

 

bump for a fellow LS1 RX7 owner.....

 

Its a good machine if you never plan on welding aluminum. If you do ever want to weld aluminum get a machine that can do AC square wave...

 

yea I might buy that one too, im so sick of my mig, I saw that one over at the welding shop I think I might buy it...looks decent

 

damnit, i wanted it so i could do aluminum. Is this one a bad choice for aluminum or it simply straight up just cant do aluminum?

 

If you want it solely to weld aluminum, it is a VERY BAD choice. You can weld aluminum with DC current, but you need helium gas, and it's harder to do for a beginner....and even with the experience I have, it's not what I would use for anything under 1/8".

I mean, there's some things that can be done, and some of those that are not a good idea...and getting this machine to weld aluminum is a bad idea. I'd NEVER reccomend this machine to somebody for aluminum work.

Also, $900 for the machine is no steal. You can get that price pretty regularly. The price on those machines are comming down a little. List price has stayed about the same since they came out new, but the dealers are selling them cheaper. I was at a shop just today and the guy threw out a figure of 850-900...and I wasn't even asking due to interest in buying one.

THe econotig is about the cheapest machine I'd reccomend for aluminum....or maybe the 180SD.

 

yah,i was just checking out the syncrowave 180 SD.... Its a badass

http://www.weldingmart.com/Qstore/p001790.htm

Pricey at just under $2k

 

i just got ordered that machine but I ordered a STL model instead, it doesnt have HF start nor pulse, but it will be a big step up from a mig.