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the tig welder story .

Sorry, nothing to say about the tig you linked but have you considered non name brand? I have an AHP AlphaTig 200X and its flipping awesome. Granted I'm no professional welder, I've been teaching myself tig for about 3 years. I've had it for about 2 years now. I used it at least every weekend with zero issues, it has been my only welder until a few months ago when I picked up a Miller 211. A few of my friends have gone out and bought some after using mine. The only thing I can say isn't top notch about it is the pedal. It uses standard connectors and a 17 series torch so replacement parts are everywhere, comes with leads to do stick, and is multi voltage. I did switch over to a stubby gas lens.

This is two pieces of 3/8" I stuck together the other day.
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That Lincoln looks to be a nice little machine. Biggest thing I would add is water cooled torch setup vs the air cooled. If you're going to be doing stuff at the high amp range the torch not burning your hand if nice.
 
well lets just say todays trip turned in to a gilligans island 3hr tour . . . but we got it done . . . . and picked this up on the way . :weapon11:

the other ones look dinky now side by side. :rotfl:

pics in order
day/night i picked it up .
few in the shop that night & next to the other family members .
last is pic from c-list ad how i found it .

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in short i would have been o.k. happy with smaller one . but 6months or so later i would have wanted bigger anyways .

i found this like new private use only super clean unit for way less than new . guy even fired it right up on the spot and showed me how good she worked . i better get to practice and watching youtube videos .
 
sweetk30 said:
well lets just say todays trip turned in to a gilligans island 3hr tour . . . but we got it done . . . . and picked this up on the way . :weapon11:

the other ones look dinky now side by side. :rotfl:

pics in order
day/night i picked it up .
few in the shop that night & next to the other family members .
last is pic from c-list ad how i found it .

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The Lincoln's are good units. I had a 300 for damn near 25 years and I bought it used. It still runs smooth as butter.
 
I've used that machine, it works awesome. Be sure to read up on all the features it has as it can do some crazy shit. Worse thing about it is its physical size and it needs a massive breaker to feed it.
 
so I have played with this a few times and its FUN ! :weld:

now I have to build a good fab/welding bench table .
 
Welder porn dude!!So bad ass. I love the precision tigs. I too have a tig300 thats still running strong from 1991. Cool post man.
 
Damn, 275, sweet. What you have to give for that, if you don't mind?
 
private owned just down sized . super clean unit . no real dust buildup in the hard to clean area's .

i had to drive 2hr to get it . paid 3400 bucks . new with the optional fine adjustment panel its around 6000

my power mig 216 i got brand new about 1850 .

the 140c little mig got used local 500-550 if i recall . guy used it for 1 job and sold it . and it showed 1 job used also it was that clean .

just got a plasma . its got its own thread in the tool shed also .
 
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