im looking to buy a welder for maintenance around work dealing with steel and all kinds of metals.
but i am having trouble finding one for a good price.
if anyone know where to find one i will appreciate it .
heres one from home depot i am looking for some thing like thishttp://www.homedepot.com/webap...95926
or this one but i dont now the diffrences http://www.homedepot.com/webap...93231

 

I've been running a Miller 175 for about a year and a half and love it. I'm not sure what your budget is, but make sure if your getting a wire welder to get one that can support gas. You should be good with either Lincoln or Miller 135's or 175's.

 

is the licncoln 175 a good choice for the price.
it says it supports mig also

 

stick mig tig flux core? ac-dc pentration? type of welding. aluminum? stainless. high carbon low carbon?

 

Simple piece of Advice Buy The Most Expensive Welder you can afford you wont regret it one bit.

Dont Buy a Flux Machine get Gas for your MIG
If you buy a tig get it watercooled

youll thank me later

If you got 3 phase power I got some nice millers in stock just pulled from service

 

Don't buy anything from harbor freight, everrrrr.
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The Control broke the first day, heat range is non adjustable now.

 

What machine did you do that with now?

 

with the harbor freight, see how burnt the edges are, the control goes crazy and heat goes up randomly

 

I was on this site for years. Always hearing about buying the best. I have to agree go with what you can afford. I finally JUST purchased a welder. I got a lincoln 3200HD. Its the one right below the lincoln 175. It does mig.

I did my first welding and its ******* fabulous. Cant beat the price.

 

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Or, you can go out and buy a replacement potentiometer (varistor) for it, and mount it in a foot pedal... It'll be an upgrade and your welder will work again!

 

Really, where would i get that and how?

 

i got my lincoln 175 for homdepot and love it and the price was great!

 

I love my dynasty 300dx, very capable machine.

I had a millermatic 175, great starter mig. Just bought my dad the new millermatic 180 a few months back soon after it came out, great machine.

 

Kemppi Mastertig is the best I've tried.
I have a Kemppi Eka with LHF-3 tig unit myself. Its great but DC.
Both machines run off 400V 3Phase.

 

how much did u pay for ur lincoln

 

OTC Mini Tig 150 is what i use.. I love it