I've bought cylinders online several times. It's usually easy to find new, empty cylinders, but filled ones are harder to get online. It seems only certain gases can be shipped common carrier (?). Also, the last time I bought a full cylinder, it wasn't actually full. It came pressured to about 1,300psi, which is fairly low. It was a new gas for me (pure Argon for the TIG machine), and I just thought Argon has some trait that required a lower fill pressure. However, when I took it to my local gas supplier, they filled it to over 2,000pis, and I realized I'd been bamboozled. If you buy gas online, check the pressure when you get it!
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I'd definitely add Everlast to your list of reasonably priced welders.
Only downside I see from them is a lot of their consumables are metric.
-Mac
Only downside I see from them is a lot of their consumables are metric.
-Mac
I apologize bbaldwin237 - very poor choice of words on my part.
So often around here that's just a conversation killer. I am very much open to input. If I wasn't I would've just walked into HF or gone on Amazon and bought the first thing I could find. I've read countless forums and online writeups and watched more YouTube videos than I can count. The struggle is filtering through the scams, paid reviews, fluff, and sometimes flat out lies.
I have started looking at their 200ES. One downside is that it doesn't include some things that others do in the same price range. For instance, it only comes with a single drive roller up to .030 with .035 being one of the most common wires for the work I'm interested in doing. That also means it doesn't include any flux core rollers. It also doesn't seem to include adapters for different spool sizes (let me add that this part is unclear). While those are all relatively cheap, they add up and make some other machines more enticing.
For the record, my Millermatic 250 didn't come with many extras. I had to buy rollers for .023/.025 and .045, and I made a spool adapter to run 2lb rolls (just a piece of PVC pipe cut to length). Sometimes, you don't get what you pay for.
Yes, I realized that and decided an apology was in order. I don't wanna be "that guy."
I'm only on this forum for two reasons: to learn, and to help share my knowledge. The rest of that post stands, though. Really, to me the big question is how much you'll use it.My Millermatic is a 250MP - the first Miller MIG machine with computer-controls. I liked the computer controls because the settings are usually spot-on, so I don't have to consult a chart to set it up (my memory isn't good enough to remember settings between uses). Believe it or not, but I paid less than $2k for it, brand new, and the regular 250 was about $500 less than that. Of course, those are 1992 prices - inflation sucks. It's crazy that fellers are getting $2k for them used. Too bad, it's a wonderful machine. Mine's paid for itself ten-fold over the years, I'd guess.
Anyway, good luck as you begin your welding journey. It's a fun and very useful skill to learn!
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