On Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 11:16:00 AM UTC-8, slow eddy wrote:
At the Fabtech show in Chicago last week there were 525 welding
exhibits. It's hard to believe how many little companies (many from
China) are building little scratch-start TIG/stick boxes these days,
but the big guys aren't dropping prices. Instead, they're building in
some pretty amazing technology.

One that caught a lot of attention is the new Rebel from ESAB. It's so
adaptive that it's amazing. They grabbed students off the floor and
had them weld with it; it made the kids look pretty good. It only has
a few controls. You don't even have to adjust gases for MIG (although
it has regular controls for the experts).

http://www.esabna.com/us/en/dare/

It's worth a look. The price for being a welding dummy is pretty high
these days -- this one is introduced at $1,700 -- but it's nice to
know what it is you'd like to have if you could justify it. It's not a
hobby machine but it's perfect for well-heeled hobbyists.

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slow eddy


slow eddy is a ****ing moron:

Many Chinese affordable welders have hi-frequency start for TIG.

Miller has been pushing "welding dummy" tech for years now with their Auto-Set technology:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_UaYKse_Z4