I have the 300 amp unit great machine don't use it much but when i do it
works nice. I use a sump pump in a bucket of water to cool my torch, not
fancy but it gets the job done.
"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
ews.com...
Is this a good machine? Will it suit my needs for basic around the
workshop puttering, gunsmithing, small aluminum welding and perhaps a
bit of small cast iron welding?

I already have a Miller Dialarc 250 AC/DC welder for the gnarly stick
stuff, but was wanting this for mostly TIG welding

Ive very little experience with TIG and the price of this machine is
right...$200.

Any comments, suggestions, hints, warnings etc?

I have nearly the same machine, an idealarc 300/300. It has been a great
unit, I use it all the time. Its done tons of weld repair work on my 6000
feet of AL irrigation pipe. Thin parts that must hold 150 psi I've
never bought any repair parts (yet) but they are all readily available.
Lincoln has all the manuals in .PDFs on their web site.

Good luck

Karl