good migwelder for $300

[SSD20V]

NBC315 sounds like a 3phase welder,is this correct Webmaster?

[SSD20V]

Well to be fair how many guys on here have 3 phase power,so you cant really count that one.I personally cant knock a product I dont know about or have used,so if you say they are good quality welders,then I would take your word on it.How many rollers on the wire feeder,whats the duty cycle like on these welders?

[SSD20V]

Sounds like some quality welders Nick.I personally wouldnt even rate the Uni-Mig,they are the biggest piece of shit I have come accross,Cigweld are now made in Thailand and the quality have dropped big time.Lincoln are pretty good machines especially the SP170T.Has all the settings you want inside the panel and its as easy as picking voltage 1-10 I think and wire speed A-G or something like that.My personal favourite is Kemppi.Yes I do sell em at work but this is not a plug for em.You now dont have to guess the settings its as easy as picking what material your welding,then dial in the thickness eg 1.0mm,6.0mm and hit the trigger all is automatically adjusted from amps,stick out,burnback and wire speed.still not happy with the settings hit a button and you can now go manual.Who do you work for Nick?

oh and my name is Telly

[SSD20V]

Best thing bout working for companies like these are all the tools at your disposal.What I do is when I need say a welder or a plasma cutter,I get em for demo purposes for my customer to use,little do they know that the customer is my little Hatchi sitting in the garage patiently awaiting repairs.

[JUG-HEAD]

how would guys rate the cigweld stuff?? never used them personally, have only ever used there electrodes. but im currently looking at getting a Cigweld Transmig 135 just for some light fab and panel work. you guys think they will be fine?

[SSD20V]

The welder ur talking bout the Transmig 135 is a not bad machine,but its a pain in the ass to get your welding currents right.It has a switch that says fine/course then you have about 5 settings to go off that,so in total bout 10 settings.If you take a look at the cradle that holds the wire drive mechanism its plastic,which flexs not giving you constant wire speed,this in turn give you shit looking welds.Gp for one of the ones Webmaster was talking bout,they are cheap and from what he reports back on em are a pretty good machine.

[JUG-HEAD]

do u think it will still be alright for panel work? as its not like i will be needing long consistent welds, just spot tacks

[SSD20V]

should be fine for spot welds just might need to crank her up.Another thing that plays a major role is the type of Argon mixture you are using.Boc has Argoshield light and Argonshield Universal.Argoshield light is goog for 1-6mm anything over that and you will have to use Argoshield universal whick had more oxygen in the mixture thus giving greater penetration.If you dont get your gas from BOC(Yes I work for em) get the other company you go to,to do a cross reference or if you want to open an account with BOC and live in the St.George.Sutherland shire areas I can hook you up with good prices as Iam the rep for these 2 areas.

Hope this info helps ya.

[JUG-HEAD]

yeah thanks mate helps heaps. i should be able to get a good deal thru work with BOC down here in adelaide so all good on that front

[Mr Awsome]

lincon 170 is a dope welder