[TheForge] MIG Welders

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

That is helpful information.

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Sent: Tue 5/22/2007 2:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] MIG Welders




I think both Lincoln and Miller are good machines. Both are used 
every day in tough industrial situations around the country. So its 
kind of a Ford versus Chevy thing.

But I do know a guy who posts on another forum, who makes his living 
repairing welders, and he says inside em, Lincolns are a pain to fix, 
and not designed as well. He sees 50 or 100 welders a month, so I 
tend to trust his opinion.
Individual Lincoln welders are usually great- and the chances of it 
needing repairs are pretty small, so the differences are small.

Personally, I have a shop full of Millers, going back 30 years- from 
an AC/DC buzzbox, up thru a couple of migs, tigs, inverters, spot 
welder, push pull, and spool gun. They all work great, no big 
problems with any of them, ever. Total repairs for maybe 8 different 
machines, probably $500.

So I buy blue.


Ries Niemi
Industrial Artist
http://www.riesniemi.com/




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