Thread: Welder Reccomendations?

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Put a couple of bucks extra and buy a Hobart 140: Good machine for the money. I just sold a 135 Hobart because we didn't use it anymore since getting the Miller 210, but the 135 built a lot of stuff in the 4 years we had it.


Hobart MIG Welder - Handler 140 (115 Volt)
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Mfg Industrial Price: $607.00
Cyberweld Price: $509.00


I've bought a few welders from these guys, they are top notch in all respects and tough to beat on price. Here is their website:

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

Don

Ya , It will be hard to find anything good for 250, It will definitely be USED. IMO ,save a little more to buy something better. I think you can get a small welder for about 450 dollars that will weld up to 1/4 thick out of a 110 wall outlet (flux core wire), and will weld thin sheet metal up to 3/16" thick. I have a Lincoln that I bought new and used it to weld some floor pans in my truck but ended up buying a big Miller mig welder and never used the smaller one again. My point is buy the best one you can afford.

Bigtruckdriver makes a very good point. There is no other piece of equipment that you will outgrow as fast as a welder, so buy one that will last your needs for the forseeable future, even if you have to save up a little longer. Everybody says they are only going to use it occasionally and only weld thin stuff, but it never ends up that way. Once you start using one the handiness of them makes you want to do more and more stuff.

I realize we all have budgets and not all of us need industrial quality equipment, but for a hundred bucks or so above the figure you mentioned you will get so much more use out of it.

Don

I also was low on funds but I needed a welder bad. See if you can get a credit card at one of the hardware retailers.Thats what I did and bought a Lincoln weldpak 3200 HD.I have abused the snot out of it with no problem as a flux welder doing bodywork welding.Never used the CO2,,,maybe don't know what I'm missing,,,,,,,,.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Put a couple of bucks extra and buy a Hobart 140: Good machine for the money. I just sold a 135 Hobart because we didn't use it anymore since getting the Miller 210, but the 135 built a lot of stuff in the 4 years we had it.


Hobart MIG Welder - Handler 140 (115 Volt)
pad
Mfg Industrial Price: $607.00
Cyberweld Price: $509.00


I've bought a few welders from these guys, they are top notch in all respects and tough to beat on price. Here is their website:

Hobart MIG Welders

Don

Just bought it from Northern tools. 459.00 free shipping great deal. I'm using engine money for now, because my welding stuff and air grinding needs to get done before I can put the engine in anyway. Thanks for this old thread. It was very helpful!