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<blockquote data-quote="BReeves" data-source="post: 1547558" data-attributes="member: 10973"><p>In My opinion the best bet for the home shop is actually two welders. Get an inexpensive Buzz Box ARC welder something like a Lincoln AC 225, if you shop long enough, yard sales and Crags list you can pick one up for around a hundred. If you luck out and find one that is both AC and DC that much the better. Use this to get started and for the heavy stuff... 1/4 and up.</p><p></p><p>Then while you are playing with the buzz box save up 5 to 600 and get a 220 volt mig, doesn't matter, Lincoln, Hobart just get a name brand that parts will be available for. This will do the fine/small stuff up to and including 1/4. Nothing wrong with intershield wire, it's a good start till you figure out what you're needs will actually be. It's all I use because I don't want to mess with bottles.</p><p></p><p>If you shop well you can have less than $800.00 invested and be able to weld anything made from steel. I have a Sears 225 AC Buzz box I picked up for under a hundred and a Lincoln Pro-Mig 175 I picked up off eBay for under $500. Have made everything from small yard ornaments to a tandem axle trailer.</p><p></p><p>I also have an O/A cutting torch but don't use it very often, mostly I cut material with a cheap B&D metal cutoff saw.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BReeves, post: 1547558, member: 10973"] In My opinion the best bet for the home shop is actually two welders. Get an inexpensive Buzz Box ARC welder something like a Lincoln AC 225, if you shop long enough, yard sales and Crags list you can pick one up for around a hundred. If you luck out and find one that is both AC and DC that much the better. Use this to get started and for the heavy stuff... 1/4 and up. Then while you are playing with the buzz box save up 5 to 600 and get a 220 volt mig, doesn't matter, Lincoln, Hobart just get a name brand that parts will be available for. This will do the fine/small stuff up to and including 1/4. Nothing wrong with intershield wire, it's a good start till you figure out what you're needs will actually be. It's all I use because I don't want to mess with bottles. If you shop well you can have less than $800.00 invested and be able to weld anything made from steel. I have a Sears 225 AC Buzz box I picked up for under a hundred and a Lincoln Pro-Mig 175 I picked up off eBay for under $500. Have made everything from small yard ornaments to a tandem axle trailer. I also have an O/A cutting torch but don't use it very often, mostly I cut material with a cheap B&D metal cutoff saw. [/QUOTE]
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