I'm looking to buy a good, reliable used MIG welder to do some sheet metal work/rust repair, fabrication, etc. I'm looking to spend right around $200 and I would really like a decent brand like a Miller or a Lincoln.

I would like to know if or what usually goes bad with welders or what brands offer decent welders for my price range. I already have a welding mask, gloves, and other necessary accessories, so the money will be going solely to the welder itself.

I've been welding off and on for sometime now, I've even had a few welding certificates at some point in time from my college, and I would like to say I'm some what familiar with welding, but I would really like to get something of my own.

 

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You're not going to find much for $200. Maybe a cheap Lincoln but that's it.

 

check your local craigslist, you might run across a deal. me, i just have a cheap harbor freight 90amp flux core, and i run lincoln wire and lincoln tips. works fine for sheet metal work, and exhaust. i only went with that because of the price, and that i do all my work outside so flux core is the way to go with that, no risk of your shielding gas blowing away in the wind.

 

Uhhh, that it works. For 200 you can't ask much more.

 

Yeah, I knew off the bat I wasn't going to be able to find anything real nice.

Maybe something like this and I could possibly talk him down a bit?
http://panamacity.craigslist.org/tls/2536787820.html