OK,ILL admit it IM totally addicted to aquireing nice tools, I can,t seem too grasp reality at times...
example
Ive got a nice 230 amp hobart, ac/dc arc welder
a lincoln 130 amp mig
a lincoln 300 amp ac/dc stick welder
a miller 330 amp tig
a miller 180 amp mig
youll be thinking about this time...
"this guys nuts...whats he need with all those welders"
but thats not the crazy part, I got offered a VERY good deal on a new 250 amp miller mig welder and I can,t seem to think of a ("LOGICAL" reason to pass on the deal)
SEE IM addicted! I know it! IM fighting it!
darn this hobby gets you just as addicted too TOOLS as it does to ENGINES :rotfls:
there may be some hope??? Im willing to sell the 130 amp lincoln mig, and miller 180 amp mig ..to close friends who need them bady (DOESN,T EVERY HOTRODDER???) if I get the miller 250 amp mig, so IM not totally ...nuts.....well.... maybe thats not exactly true..... but I keep telling myself that....besides my friends encourage this addiction, they are willing to buy those older migs in a heart/beat, and are encouraging me too do the deal,
they WANT to get addicted TOO!....
SEE ID HAVE FEWER WELDERS SO THAT MEANS IM GETTING BETTER ...RIGHT??
"There are poor kids all around the country who are dieing (not literally) because they don't have welding machines!!"
SEE! IM PROBABLY GOING TO BE HELPING OTHERS LESS FORTUNATE, IM ALLOWING TWO FORMERLY WELDERLESS GUYS TO GET A MIG....
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...-diy-project-video-well-worth-watching.15647/
http://www.welders-direct.com/mercha...ct_Code=907321
IF....I decide to purchase it, Im getting a better deal than this, (above)
on the same NEW IN THE BOX, mig welder and the old migs will be sold to friends at a deep discount (hey thier friends) will cover more than 1/2 the cost
"Nice collection, where do you find those kinds of deals?"
being successful in this hobby requires making lots of contacts and spreading good will, by doing little things to help out other guys....its surpriseing how often you get info and deals if you make the effort to help others and not look for repayment
YES IM well aware you don,t NEED all those welders, you can get by with a decent TIG or perhaps a MIG...
I plan to keep just the lincoln engine drive arc welder,( with/10,000watt generator) the miller 330 amp TIG and the new miller 250 mig,
the hobart arc welder Im just giving to the Brother-in-law, (he needs one) and IM probably selling the two smaller migs too (deeply discounted) partly to pay for the larger mig, but mostly to help out friends and UPGRADE my welders at the same time.
your correct a decent tig and a good mig will serve under 99% of applications and the engine driven lincoln arc welder will serve as emergency back-up power & welder
see ..THERE MAY be a CURE for this addiction??........force my self down to only three welders, but MAKING SURE THEY ARE GOOD WELDERS
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example
Ive got a nice 230 amp hobart, ac/dc arc welder
a lincoln 130 amp mig
a lincoln 300 amp ac/dc stick welder
a miller 330 amp tig
a miller 180 amp mig
youll be thinking about this time...
"this guys nuts...whats he need with all those welders"
but thats not the crazy part, I got offered a VERY good deal on a new 250 amp miller mig welder and I can,t seem to think of a ("LOGICAL" reason to pass on the deal)
SEE IM addicted! I know it! IM fighting it!
darn this hobby gets you just as addicted too TOOLS as it does to ENGINES :rotfls:
there may be some hope??? Im willing to sell the 130 amp lincoln mig, and miller 180 amp mig ..to close friends who need them bady (DOESN,T EVERY HOTRODDER???) if I get the miller 250 amp mig, so IM not totally ...nuts.....well.... maybe thats not exactly true..... but I keep telling myself that....besides my friends encourage this addiction, they are willing to buy those older migs in a heart/beat, and are encouraging me too do the deal,
they WANT to get addicted TOO!....
SEE ID HAVE FEWER WELDERS SO THAT MEANS IM GETTING BETTER ...RIGHT??
"There are poor kids all around the country who are dieing (not literally) because they don't have welding machines!!"
SEE! IM PROBABLY GOING TO BE HELPING OTHERS LESS FORTUNATE, IM ALLOWING TWO FORMERLY WELDERLESS GUYS TO GET A MIG....
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...-diy-project-video-well-worth-watching.15647/
http://www.welders-direct.com/mercha...ct_Code=907321
IF....I decide to purchase it, Im getting a better deal than this, (above)
on the same NEW IN THE BOX, mig welder and the old migs will be sold to friends at a deep discount (hey thier friends) will cover more than 1/2 the cost
"Nice collection, where do you find those kinds of deals?"
being successful in this hobby requires making lots of contacts and spreading good will, by doing little things to help out other guys....its surpriseing how often you get info and deals if you make the effort to help others and not look for repayment
YES IM well aware you don,t NEED all those welders, you can get by with a decent TIG or perhaps a MIG...
I plan to keep just the lincoln engine drive arc welder,( with/10,000watt generator) the miller 330 amp TIG and the new miller 250 mig,
the hobart arc welder Im just giving to the Brother-in-law, (he needs one) and IM probably selling the two smaller migs too (deeply discounted) partly to pay for the larger mig, but mostly to help out friends and UPGRADE my welders at the same time.
your correct a decent tig and a good mig will serve under 99% of applications and the engine driven lincoln arc welder will serve as emergency back-up power & welder
see ..THERE MAY be a CURE for this addiction??........force my self down to only three welders, but MAKING SURE THEY ARE GOOD WELDERS
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