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I live in so cal and there are tons of places to rent however It gets costly to rent unless your going through bottles weekly/ bi weekly or on a commercial contract. most home hobbiest and enthusiast sit on a bottle for months and that adds up fast

 

im wanting to pick up a tig machine with my taxes this year, im not looking to spend over $1500 and i want DC/AC, and post flow, I want something that can handle 1/4" and has an MVP plug. Any ideas?

 

Bought this the other day. Wondering what else do I need to get it working.

 

Thermal Arc 186 is the cheapest quality AC/DC tig you are gonna get that will do 1/4" and it doesnt have a MVP plug. 220 only. With out a foot pedal you can get one for a little under $1600.

Their are some chinese brands that are cheaper but their customer serive might as well be nonexistent. Also machines dont get repaired, you have to pay shipping to the company head quarters then what happens next is questionable.

 

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

 

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If I were in the market for an introductory AC/DC TIG, that would be my machine of choice.

 

i like everything im reading except for the finger control, im not sure how i feel about that. and i want a 110 plug so i can have a portable unit. i have a feeling im going to pick up a used one because of my price limit.

i also wanna get a plasma cutter so i can start building some of my own stuff at home

 

egh not really into to tig for me. i just dont like the idea of finger tip control, and its a china made machine

 

I would definitely buy the foot pedal for it.
I wouldnt be too worried about quality. Thermalarc makes solid machines. I have 2 Thermalarc MIGs in my shop that we run every day and I've only had one of them have an issue- main power board on one, but it was covered under warranty (they have one of the longest warranties in the industry which should say something) and they sent me an entirely new machine in the end.

 

i didnt realize it was available with a foot pedal.

now wonder why it takes so long to get bumpers out the door, you only had one machine.

I like this but a little pricey

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200381870_200381870

 

LOL 17 months in the case of a friend of mine. I'd never order a damn thing from him

 

to each his own. custom fabrication doesnt happen in the blink of an eye, and i know hes takin strides to bump up his turn around time

 

I've never had anything take remotely close to that long

 

That's the last of it...back to your guys welding thread!

 

PMed in order to keep the clutter out of this thread. I'm interested to hear more.



Back to the scheduled discussions.

 

yeah ill side with you on this one, i dont believe you would have something take almost a year and a half to get out of the shop.

i havent read a bad thing about relentless. Proof or it didnt happen.

 

Don't worry, he has a short fuse. According to him I'm a douche bag for telling him I'm going to knock him the fuck out in response to his post stating he was going to kick another members ass, that member being a friend of mine. And I'm the douche bag in this scenario

 

You are the asshole! everyone knows the second guy in is the asshole!

 

Thanks man. And if you're really interested, I do know of one that blew up pretty good and I can even send a link. But that was a couple years ago. Lots of info in that thread regarding both sides of the complaint.


OK, back on topic.