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Old 11-25-2013, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by sblack View Post
There is a time and place to save money. Cheap out on an angle grinder or a drill press maybe at HF (and you will probably regret it), but not on something like this.

I tried a $50 auto darkening helmet for tig welding. No, actually I tried 3 different ones. They would cut out and flash me, or not work at all, or whatever. Then I bought a miller for $250 and it works perfectly. So I didn't save any money in the end (spent over $450) and I put my eyes at risk. Dumb.

At least I was smart enough to buy the TM2000 and I find it works really well for 4130 and mild steel as well as aluminum. It is a lot of money for a small thing that fits in your hand and I am a Scot, and we are notoriously cheap. But I don't have time to become an expert in this stuff and I don't want to become a test guinea pig to save $100.

Yeah, with family from Glasgow and Goven I can relate to canny spending, too.
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