Caber
Cheap, used 150ish amp TIG welder? Wanted for home use. Needs to be cheap and 240v 1Phs Ready to go with torch and gas if possible.
WHY???
Steve
I've been looking at this one
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re and have been pondering. Unfortunately the fact it's made in China is concerning, but just look at the price!
[Edited on 6/11/06 by Coose]
I bought a new Chinese TIG last Christmas It has been wonderful, no problem and easy to use. It looks like the current Kempi Welders and the Clarke
TIGs come from the same factory the box is identical except the Clarke one is blue! if you get a cheap enough price it is worth it, even more so if
you can trust the seller to honour the warranty!
Caber
Someone on here bought one of them recently.. Wasnt there a group buy on the go aswell>?
the group buy one is similar to the ebay one but cheaper.
Has the group-buy been and have I missed it?
Ask CalvinX, he's the one in charge of it.
I'll agree on the Clarke and the others like Butters coming from the East but if you can find me a tig welder from China which is anything like Kemppi quality I will buy one tomorrow. Mitech do the Butters style welder and I've seen them for sale on ebay from shop-river along with some plasma cutters and helmets.
I think Miller's production facilities are a bit more advanced than that.
I don't doubt they are getting parts from China, that's where most electronic components are coming from these days isn't it? Miller
and Lincoln are built in America and Kemppi OY are built in Finland and are more highly featured than cheap inverters from China. Ask 907 if
he'll swap his Miller DX for a Chinese one and cash 
I haven't been in the Miller corporation HQ lately and don't move in such
auspicious circles so I can't contradict or verify where their parts are from. I've just got bottles for my portapack so I'll stick
with that for a while yet but if a Kemppi, Lincoln or Miller did come up at the right price I would be very tempted.
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
I think Miller's production facilities are a bit more advanced than that.
I don't doubt they are getting parts from China, that's where most electronic components are coming from these days isn't it? Miller and Lincoln are built in America and Kemppi OY are built in Finland and are more highly featured than cheap inverters from China. Ask 907 if he'll swap his Miller DX for a Chinese one and cash
I'd go with a Miller every time. Been around for as long as I have, and have a reputation of reliability and good service.
If you want to know what to buy, have a look in the door of any large fabrication company using TIG's. You'll see mostly those mentioned
above by others. Miller, Lincoln, Kemppi..............and most, if not all, will be transformer types, not inverters.
Cheers,
Syd.
Will second those points.
I spent £525 this year on my TIG machine, which is wired in to 240v single phase and is an ESAB machine (swedish built and having taken the panels
off, is built like a tank inside!!!! )
It is water cooled, uses indistrial torch bits which are dirt cheap s/h and easy to get hold of, came with foot pedal etc etc and will do AC and HF so
can weld ally.
Both Murex and Esab do similar machines that crop up regularly on ebay in the £500 region. They are really designed for 415v single phase but swap 1
wire on the transformer tapping as per instruction in the freely downloadable instruction manual and its fine on 240v