There is nothing proffesional about a 90A mig welder no matter who's name is stamped on it. Personally the name Snap On on a piece of welding stuff is a liability, might as well say Century.

 

I am looking for a good 110 volt mig welder for body parts and exaust to, any suggestions between $200 amd $500

 

Hey! I use a Century just use it for patch panels works what more can I say. I use the arc welder for everything else

 

I am not saying Century wont work but its certainly not a resale asset. SnapOn has some great tools, I like some of the Blue Point specialty stuff and have a couple sets of wrenches but some of the other things leave a lot to be desired especially in the power tool areas. I saw the man sell a battery impact with the snappy name on it, the guy could have certainly bought a better one from Miluakee for over 200 less. They give payments on this stuff like welders and plasma cutters,, and they just dont work that well compared to the regular brand name products in the same type of tool. The old Fart Franz that post here a couple times will be glad to elaborate as he has seen most of them pass thru. I saw a plasma the other day, big bucks that the customer could have got twice the machine at the welding shop, snappy was none too helpful when the thing developed problems early on, what about later? The snappy dealer doesnt really impress me that much either, I bought cash, you would have thought some discount would have been in order,, no,, I am a walk on customer so I get the greasy finger treatment,, screw him. Its like he is doing me a big personal favor selling a couple wrenches. I havnt come across a better business philosophy recently that Miller/Hobart has and it means something when they arnt trying to gouge and do the work it takes to sell machines.

 

My next purchase is a plasma unit. What's the recomendation there.? My lincoln arc welder is 30 years old never gave a ounce of problems. So I might lean there first.

 

damn good unit................Lincoln

 

I am not quite as up on the curve with cutters as I am small welders but the Hypertherm 380, which I think is similar to the Miller Spectrum 375 has been getting good reccomendations. I have a Lincoln Pro Cut 60 which I am happy with other than some glitches with the torch. It is a forerunner of the current Lincon models and is a big ole thing, not an inverter type. Most of the guys in this forum are interested in light machines which the Lincoln 25 is,, similar in output to the Spectrum. It will cut 1/4 or 5/16 well enough. They make some smaller ones but if it wont cut 1/4 it hardly seems worth the investment. Thats one reason I am not too keen on the 120V wirefeeders. They are so marginal on material that thickness that if a guy wants to build a lifting bracket or light hitch they can produce dangerous quality welds way to easily. For another 100 bucks you can get into the 175 range. They aproach their limitations soon enough too, just not as quick as the smaller ones.

 

Hey sberry if u walked on my truck with that attitude i wouldnt be to interested in doing bussiness u with either. Cash or not i dont know if u own a bussiness or not it still takes x amount of dollars to run it if he gives u a discount he has to give everyone a discount. As far as the batteery powered impact that we sell i would put it agianst any millwaulke or any other unit u can find and probally turn it backwards. As far as the welders are concerned that particular welder is a century but most of the other welders snap on sellls they are made by ck systematics wich is a company of snapon and i would put one of those welders against any miller, hobart or any other one in its class and compete very well. Get a better attitude man lighten up.

 

hey could you tell me what the duty cycle on it is?

 

I am not the only one that thinks down the same line about Snapon but it really doesnt matter. I didnt say anything to the guy, I just dont buy from him. I dont personally owe any snapon guy anything and as far as attitude thats my point,, its like I am being done a big favor. If I dont carry a montly bill with him at some astronomical fee I am not worth doing business with. 30$ for a 7/16 end wrench. Spappy sells a variety of tools including some welding equipment, however it isnt their main business. I do have some legitimate expertise with welding machines and for the cost it certainly isnt worth it to me paying 2500 or more for a 1500 machine to have that logo on it and locks me into consumables and parts. There is a reason you dont see them in welding shops where that is the primary business.

 

if possible stay away from the small ones , you will be dissapointed ,as i was with mine

 

I own an old Norton. Its Canadian made, its 110-195 amp (115-230V). I run it at 115 volts. I have rebuilt/helped on 3 vehs. The only problem is pushing the max at 115v. I have gone and tryed some new ones, at the Lincoln dealer. The best one for home is the 135 (230v). It runs 800$ Cdn for complete kit. Welder, Bottle, cart, gages. The 175 is about 1100$Cdn. I would buy it, try it , to get started on, then trade it in. Some weld shops trade up.