[greglepore]

No. I had an inexpensive Chinese welder (Harbor Freight) and while it could be made to work, the torch and wire feed were total crap. The power supply was ok, even w/ the limited adjustibility, but every wire change was a major pita, and with a mig you'll inevitably birds nest wire and need to refeed. I mean cheap torch-no switch, just two exposed metal contacts, no real wire liner blah blah. It was a nice power supply for 200 bucks tho.

Just went out and bought a Miller 180-about 4x the cost of the HF unit, and about 100x more usable.

A guy with the kind on money you've dumped into various turbo permutations shouldn't even think about it.Get a real mig and be done with it once.