Want a MIG welder, but what kind?

[Oldpath05]

3k, wow wee!!!!! Can Miller really justify that price, why is it so much....... Is This Your Forever Welder? Miller Multimatic 22 Review - YouTube

 

[dragoneggs]

3k, wow wee!!!!! Can Miller really justify that price, why is it so much....... Is This Your Forever Welder? Miller Multimatic 22 Review - YouTube

Looks very nice... love how you can easily and quickly switch from one process to the next. If it were a thousand less, I would consider selling my MIG and getting it instead of saving for a dedicated TIG as is the plan now. With shop space a premium, all in one on a single cart with multiple tanks would be ideal.

 

[Oldpath05]

Looks very nice... love how you can easily and quickly switch from one process to the next. If it were a thousand less, I would consider selling my MIG and getting it instead of saving for a dedicated TIG as is the plan now. With shop space a premium, all in one on a single cart with multiple tanks would be ideal.

Yeah its nice for light duty welding and if one wants or needs to tig. I have a 7 year old Miller Matic 211, it does most of the welding that I need, then a 1980s Miller Dialarc for the heavy welding and gouging.

 

[dragoneggs]

Yeah its nice for light duty welding and if one wants or needs to tig. I have a 7 year old Miller Matic 211, it does most of the welding that I need, then a 1980s Miller Dialarc for the heavy welding and gouging.

I probably have the same 211 transformer as you... a little newer and I like it. I have a Hypertherm for gouging. But crave a TIG.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

Leaving this right here for comparison to the unit just mentioned above. 30% less price, and a quite a few more features. Could this be the best MTS welder yet? Everlast Lightning 225 Review - YouTube

 

[Ritothebull]

Leaving this right here for comparison to the unit just mentioned above. 30% less price, and a quite a few more features. Could this be the best MTS welder yet? Everlast Lightning 225 Review - YouTube

Mark do the new Lightning machines hold your settings where you left off when you power them down or do you have to save them?

 

[Richard]

OP here. Still looking. Am interested in some you guys mentioned such as Everlast, Miller and Hobart. Not sure about HF, just a little gun-shy about their expensive stuff. I want 110 and 220 so I can use my generator for remote area welding. I am kind of a sledge hammer for a finishing nail kind of guy. But, I need to talk to my neighbor to see how gas works and where to get it along with the cost of keeping a supply on hand.

I finally got a little money to play with but I would figure about $700 would be all the fun I need at this time. Taking a trip soon and all my projects are done so after Sept I will start looking at sales more closely.

Thanks for the tips,

Chuck

Welp, Deer Dude.... very near me (in Lenoir City) is a metal fabricating shop that last count, had something like seven (7) Lincoln 256 MIG welders....NO LEADS, just the welder box. Their most expensive one was $900 and as I recall, their least were $700 with $800 probably being what's left.

Another TBN'er bought two of them for himself. I'm contemplating one but my wife says no more toys.....

I've been there, they exist. They also had/have chop saws, some kind of self loading screw gun, BOXES AND BOXES of flux core wire for the welder. They offered to fire one up for me (didn't do it) so they're very nice about this and want to move these things out.


Here's the thread I started with the info.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/parts-repairs/428985-lincoln-power-mig-256-under.html

 

[Deere Dude]

Welp, Deer Dude.... very near me (in Lenoir City) is a metal fabricating shop that last count, had something like seven (7) Lincoln 256 MIG welders....NO LEADS, just the welder box. Their most expensive one was $900 and as I recall, their least were $700 with $800 probably being what's left.

Another TBN'er bought two of them for himself. I'm contemplating one but my wife says no more toys.....

I've been there, they exist. They also had/have chop saws, some kind of self loading screw gun, BOXES AND BOXES of flux core wire for the welder. They offered to fire one up for me (didn't do it) so they're very nice about this and want to move these things out.


Here's the thread I started with the info.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/parts-repairs/428985-lincoln-power-mig-256-under.html

Thanks for the tip. They sound like a good enough deal. I sort of lost interest in welders the last few months. If they were an hour away I would check them out closer but that seems like the other side of the world to me.

 

[Richard]

Well...you know.... I was thinking Hohenwald was outside of Chattanooga. Seems I was confusing it with Ooltewah.

My bad.

 

[MossRoad]

No idea why it got locked. Opened it up again. Please continue discussion. :confused3: