Horror Freight Titanium Mig 140---Seek Honest Assessment from the Pro's
Well,
I certainly appreciate all the replies, showed up at HF an hour before closing to take a closer look and wouldn't ya know they had sold out of them. Not to worry... pay now and take a rain check I was told.
Rain Check in hand for my $300 welder I started looking at the spool gun that was required to mig the Alum....Another $220, Welding Helmet another $50-150 clams, Wire was a bargain I thought @ $15 bucks, of course I'd still have to buy the Argon and not sure how much that'd be. Buddy recently showed me a pic of the welding cart he made out of a dolley so that would have been cheap and my first project.
Cha-Ching, Cha- Ching, Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching...Ah Hell I don't need a welder I decided and proceeded to the checkout with my can of PB Blaster, another moving blanket and some Hex Drill Socket Adapters....Grand Total $15 and as I was talking the gal up at the checkout she did mention (as others did) that the HF coupons were not usable on welders so it would have cost me $400.
Actually felt pretty good walking back to the truck with a jingle still in my pocket, knew momma's gonna be happy and though I didn't mention it, We have a really top notch Welding Dept. at work where they weld Inconel or Tungsten or something else really wear resistant to Cast Iron to create Hardened Safety Valve Seats (Oil Patch Stuff) and just about damned near anything else that's needed throughout the plant. Kinda tuff to drag the car in the plant but Guess I'll just continue to send my little G-Jobs thru there till I either Get or Get Over this urge to own a Welder thing.