miller 161 stl

[fabandfirewood]

i friend of my uncle has a miller 161 stl taht he wants to get 700 for. is that a good deal and a decent welder. if so ill see if he’ll will through in the tig torch for 700 and if not offer 600.

 

[Twankie]

What are you wanting to use it for? If tig welding I would pass.

I have never run one but I imagine all of the small dc inverter welders are on about the same playing field.

You can do the same work with a sub $100-200 inverter stick welder.

I have a longevity 140? Amp that I have beat on for almost 10 years

 

[kf4zht]

Thats not a bad price. Usually see those going closer to 800-100 for the STL version. Good little portable welders.

But like Twankie said, its not the best bang for your buck if you just need a fixed location tig welder. DC only, not a ton of options. For 700 bucks you can get an AHP Alphatig that will do ac, pulse, balance control, all the stuff.

2 different welders for 2 different purposes. If you are building hand rails on site or need something to run while on a boom lift that 161 isnt a bad deal. If you need a shop welder there are better options

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

depends on what OP is using it for
specs look lite in my book, but that is for my shop, not yours

 

[speed bump]

They are a decent pack around stick welder. We have 2-3 of them in the plant and they will burn a 3/32 7018 on 110v more reliably than my cheap primeweld will. If I had a decent number of jobs where I needed a light 110v welder I would buy one.