Chinese welders are ok but not for production in my opinion.

by Bryan Curry
(Aransas Pass Tx)

I bought a welder from harbor freight. it is an inverter tig and stick.
I have been using it for about 4 months now and it is stil going strong.

It is a small unit dont remember the specifics but its red. I like red.

Consumables are cheap from the store and you can get them online if you dont live near a store. It came with all the extras to use different sizes of tungsten.

I paid about 300 for it. I only use it in my garage fixing things I break. No production welding with a 300 dollar welder, be realistic.

It has all the features I need and works fine.

I also bought a plasma cutter from ebay. 200 dollars.

Again not a production machine for 200 dollars but it cuts everything I need. Came with more consumables than I will ever use.

Look at the made in stickers on every fking product in a harley dealer and see where its made. Every product they sell is made in china, no bs I looked.

even harley sold us out for a dollar.

thanks to nafta and the morons of all flavors in washington we dont actually make much here anymore.

The world we know was bought and sold to china by wal-mart years ago.

sorry for the soapboxing

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Great post.

Thanks Bryan,

jody-wtt