Morning Russ,
I'm not that fancy/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif. I like things that are trick but simple as possible. And there is a time factor in my life. The projects are everywhere.
<font color=blue>By the way what type did you get?</font color=blue>
A <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.panasonicfa.com/welding/power_sources/gunslinger_260.shtml>Panasonic</A>.
It was was one of them thar deals. Dealer had brought it in cause a customer. Then the customer backed out and everyone else was afraid of it cause it's a Panasonic and not a Miller or a Lincoln.
So the dealer dropped the price from eighteen hundred to twelve and everyone was still afraid of it. I looked at it careful like and realized two things. First thing was all the consumables were TWECO which is the most common. And two was if it was half the welder that my Panasonic was a cordless drill then it was the best.
Then the dealer's gate broke taking out an employee for six months. I was called. Dealer got his gate fixed big time. I got the welder.
I have had a Panasonic fifteen volt cordless drill for a couple of years now. I gave away an eighteen volt Makita kit, saw, light, half inch drill, because it was such a piece of crap. When I got the Makita I had just given away a fourteen volt Dewalt similar kit for the same reason. I now have an eighteen volt Dewalt kit with a sawsall, six and a half inch circular saw, half inch hammer drill, and I hate it for the same reasons I hated the other kits, batteries. They suck.
But the Panasonic fifteen volt drill weighs about what a twelve volt Dewalt weighs. It has better balance. And it's got the torque and power of the eighteen volts and the batteries last twice to three times as long under load.
So I am excited about the new welder.