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I have have a large Lincoln and had millers in the past. Both are good. Nowadays everything is coming from overseas anyways. No doubt miller and Lincoln will be around in 10 years when you need a part. Maybe they won’t have the part. It’s all a gamble. Worth paying 2x or more for the same warranty or ease of finding part .... that’s all in the eye of the OP.
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Agree^. More so if residential use. Sounds like Everlast has dialed things in and is well backed. I have a hankering for an inverter tig so I can have frequency adjustment. Is nice to be able to tighten up the arc in corners. Might take a look at the smaller inverters now that they are mature tech and common.
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Thats something else I've been ready (too much) about. General line of thinking seems to be the inverter gear is the modern, more efficient, more adjustable approach. But also more $$ to fix when it needs it, sort of like a simple set of points and condenser vs coils and ecu or control boards. There seems to be a pretty good market for name brand gear, but you have to be quick, know what you are doing and be a lit lucky I think.
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Name brand is more than just Big Red and Big Blue now too. just not the stuff tool truck stuff or Horrible Fright.
I have not been machine shopping or on the welding forums for some time but a bit ago was thinking about a small inverter tig. Something I can focus a better than the copper winding Syncrowave and move around with something smaller than a forklift.
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If anything upgrading for a better duty cycle and power consumption. A lot of the new inverters can run on 10awg or 12awg. My Lincoln requires a dedicated 6/2 feeder.
I almost bought a used diversion unit years ago. It was a transformer machine. The size and power usage was enough to look at a inverter. The pulse and freq control is nice. More so for welding thin metal. I’m a firm believer that everyone should learn to weld without any advance controls. Learn technique then expand to the advance settings. Again all depends on your goals and needs.
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All about the puddle!
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