On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:27:56 -0600
Tim Wescott wrote:

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My suspicion is that for what I want, a new el-cheapo welder will be
better than a nice older machine -- I suspect that if I were doing normal
stuff in a normal shop (i.e., not really thin stuff) that I'd feel
differently.

I was looking and drooling awhile back too. I really liked the looks of
the Thermal Arc 186 AC/DC:

http://store.cyberweld.com/tharc186tigw.html

I figured around $2000 to be safe, get it ready to go with argon, some
consumables and such...

Sure are a bunch of almost affordable choices nowadays ;-)

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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