Harbor freight tig welder?

[kneedownnate]

Has anybody used one of these?  It's cheap enough I may just take the chance if I sell enough parts soon enough:  http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91811

[Duffil]

haven't used one, but i've seen it in person  (i feel dirty just saying that) and it is tiny.  I'd be worried about cooking it.  I saw the duty cycle rating, which surprises me, but I don't know...

buy it and let us know.

[boggerunner]

if its a clark, id recomend giving me half your money and we can go outside and i'll kik u in the nutz, then u can call it a day, ive had 2 of thier welders, a mig and stick, and they both ended up in the trash in pieces

[kneedownnate]

Yea, I went in and checked one out the other day and they're super small!  I was kinda at the duty cycle too, but you never know.  I don't know if it's a rebadged clarke or not, but it has chicago electric all over it.  I would have asked an employee about it, but I'd probably get better feedback if I went in the back alley and asked the bum instead.

[ninja turtle]

man, i would save your money.

[Pat]

my buddy bought one a few years ago..  He is a SUPER skilled welder by trade..  And it was very surprising how well it works...  I used it also  it worked well..

[kneedownnate]

Very intriguing

[uriedog]

 

waste of money

[toby]

Nate...you get what you pay for.

[Willy Mammoth]

http://www.millerwelds.com/products/tig/

Think of it as an investment. not just throwing money away like the one you speak of.

[kneedownnate]

Mark, if I could afford one of those I wouldn't have started this thread    I wish I had the money to buy any welder I wanted, but I just don't make enough money.  I have to search for bargains and hope they work for a little while.  And yes, I've been watching craigslist for a used one for quite some time

[jimbo74]

nate, are you looking for any welder? i have a flux mig harbor freight welder, and i need $. i can't weld for beans, so no reason in keeping it..it's 110v and is not gas compatible, jsut flux..

[kneedownnate]

Thanks jim, but I have a hobart handler 135 now, just wanted to pick up a tig and practice a bit.

[Tool Pimp]

There JUNK save your money and get a good unit 

[kneedownnate]

I can't save   If I don't spend the $200 on that I'll just buy something I need for the truck or put it toward bills. 

On a related note, sort of, we're going to have a matco truck coming to work to compete with the mac truck   Can't wait to see what kinda deals he pulls comparatively, and I'm hoping he's a little more energetic about getting you what you want, even if it is just a dang beanie

[Tool Pimp]

  Just send me the $$$ and Ill hold it for you  Ill even send you a hat 

[kneedownnate]

  I was almost thinking about buying a hat too, but I'd feel kinda like a tool wearing it since I don't have any matco stuff yet   I'll try holding onto the money by leaving it in my paypal account for a while, but I'll definately end up buying something with it anyway.

[Willy Mammoth]

Why don't you just put it in my Pay Pal account, then you can't spend it. 

[unclejpl4x4]

ya it seams al of HF welders have low dutie cycles            my flux core welder i got for 99$ on sale   has 10% at max  1min on 15 off.      I havent had any problems yet   but it dose weld like 100$

[kneedownnate]

It actually has a pretty decent duty cycle of 35%.  I think that's better than my hobart. 

Tell you what mark, you send me your tig machine and I'll put the money in your paypal acct.....

[Willy Mammoth]

I have the Maxstar® 150 STH, it has 150 amp output at 100% duty cycle.

I used it to weld up a good portion of the exo and it will go non stop till you can't hold the torch anymore.

Tools are a source of income, don't cheap out unless you only plan to look at it.

Somebody else said already, You get what you pay for.