http://www.millerwelds.com/main/
http://www.centuryonline.net/catalogue/catalogue.asp?
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Luvmud, I just went through the process of buying a welder. I have a Lincoln 225A that I got at a farm auction for $35. It must be 25 yrs old but works just fine, bird poop and all. I used a neighbors MIG 110 V and was impressed on how forgiving it was. It was a wire feed with 25% CO2/ 75% Argon gas wash. I decided however to get a 220 Volt so I could attack 1/4" stuff. I went to Appleton where they make Miller with my heart set on a Miller MIG 210. That first link above, The Welding Mart is in Appleton and I needed to see several units side by side plus talk with someone and try for a package deal with a self-darkening helmet, extra wire and a few other 'consumables' like tips etc. Well, The Welding Mart is 3 people sitting in a little office working the internet. They order directly from the factory which ships it to you on a freight truck (200 lbs) so someone has got to be there when it arrives. Since I have a day job and my wife works that could be a hassle. The boss however really knew his stuff and thought Lincoln was more competitive on price, had a heavier wire feed mechanism and the consumables were interchangable with Tweeco, a big suppler of such stuff. I cruised several show rooms( this was 2 days before Xmas). At the Miller dealer a young guy was holding down the fort and kind of overwhelmed with the showroom traffic. At another showroom(Praxair) a Lincoln Power Mig 200 was next to a Miller 210 and ,yeah, the wire feed gizmo was heftier. The Miller however had 2 grooves, 0.30 & 0.35, for different size wire on the same wheel and you just had to flip it over. For thr Lincoln you would have to buy another wheel for the 0.30 size wire, a $50-60 item. The deciding factor was the boss was there and the Lincoln was $100 cheaper; he threw in a $185 self-darkening helmet for $125, 4 extra tips and a 20 lbs spool of wire. It was a $1322 deal, including 5% to the govenor. Later that day I spent $174 for a 5 yr lease on a 4 foot full tank of CO2/Argon (42 bucks a fill).
I decided to stick with Lincoln/Miller because of Made in USA, parts etc. I had an uncle on the farm who used a Lincoln 225A for 45 years with no repair on it. Hobart is a cheaper Miller brand with some plastic panels but supposedly the same guts as the Miller. Lincoln makes their own copper wire and the employees own part of the company. They also support a welding school in Cleveland OH and have manuels on welding that are the bible of the industry for $22. Anyway, I love it and cruise the local steel shop and junkyards with projects dancing in my head such as a people lifter a la Spencer for my FEL. I made a welding table, cord rack on the front of the welder already. It needs to warm-up a little tho to work out in the shop.