I was wondering if anybody ever used one before and what you thought. I'm considering it because there's one fs locally for $500 and he's including a full tank of argon and the tig kit. Here's the link to the craiglist's listing:
http://appleton.craigslist.org/tls/495603654.html

 

m in the market for a tig myself. i would like to know the same.. up for info

 

i bought this tig to learn how to weld before i droped 2k on a good tig.

it is 110v so i was able to just plug it into my wall. also it is scratch start so your welds will be contaminated for sure. but it will do the job of learning to weld. and that is what i used it for.

overall i was happy with mine and it held up fine for a year no problems at all. so it isn't a peice of junk.

 

thanks for the feedback. I normally wouldn't be interested but it's for sale locally and I just need it for smaller stuff. I'm not trying to start selling manifolds or anything like that.

 

I personally would wait to get a larger unit but that's just me...