Phat, you asked for a photo of the new welder, here it is. You will recall the thread I started in the Paint and Body forum (that gave the impetus to start this forum). I shopped around, looked through the catalogs and finally took Ken's excellent advice to forgo the catalogs and buy local, even it were a little more expensive -- to keep the money local and to start a relationship with the local welding supply shop.
What great advice. Since getting the Hobart Champ 2060 welder/generator, I've been into all sorts of welding projects (my welding is improving everyday!) and the guys at the welding shop are super -- they invited me back every Saturday for MIG/TIG welding lessons (no charge). Good marketing ploy, because once I see how much betterer them fancy welders work, I may end up with one of them, too....Plus, it's just fun to stop in there and shoot the manure.
I really like this welder, although even with tiny rods, I'm still burning through sheet metal. Other than that, it's doing everything I need around the shop, farm and development that Peggy is the manager of (and you thought all she did was futz with this web site!). Excellent piece of gear. You'll notice that I added some castor wheels to the shipping pallet it came bolted to (why build something when that would work?) because this thing is HEAVY (about 300 lbs). It has a key start, too (WOO HOO!!!!). Hey, I can still do the he-man pullstart stuff with the chain saw...)
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