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Originally Posted by Tom '74 911
I have a Miller EconoTIG that a friend gave me and Jim2 is correct, the bottom end is still pretty hot to be useful on really thin stuff; at least with my limited skills. I bought a another Miller machine, a Dynasty 200DX I think, and its low end is great... but it was not cheap!
I'm not familiar with Lincolns, but if sheetmetal and car stuff is on your to do list, I'd definitely look into the specs for the low end on the machine.
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All true statements here I have a DX 200 with a water cooled torch it's fantastic low to high range excellence. You can weld razor blades with it. However your talking a bout $6,500.00+ for that set up. I use mine for side income and teaching.
Hobby TIG machines should be under $1,500 in my opinion. The offshore brands that it competes with the higher end machines are more. The support is a crap shoot if you have trouble with it.
Lincoln and Miller are both very service oriented if you have trouble. You don't need all the features until you have the fundamentals. Good Tig welding takes some time to learn.
A simple machine early makes things easier.