I'm at the point in my project where not having a welder is holding me up. I went to night school to learn stick & mig years ago, really want to play with tig on aluminum & stainless now. I've shopped around quite a bit with the following goals:
My only hesitation is the $4,100 price (before cart/tanks/etc) as I see you guys raving about other smaller/cheaper machines. Like Harbor Freight's machines seems to be getting a lot of love on here. I'm wondering if it makes more sense to buy two cheaper dedicated machines vs the singe unit and what those would be.
- to have a mig machine
- have a tig machine
- quick dial, auto settings adjustments
- able weld steel & aluminum
- price
- small footprint is key, if it's not 1 unit then a cart both machines & tanks can stack on.
My only hesitation is the $4,100 price (before cart/tanks/etc) as I see you guys raving about other smaller/cheaper machines. Like Harbor Freight's machines seems to be getting a lot of love on here. I'm wondering if it makes more sense to buy two cheaper dedicated machines vs the singe unit and what those would be.