Hoggyrubber, my Synchrowave 200 cost about $1800 delivererd to my doorstep. An old friend of mine in the auto industry bought it for me at a SEMA show in Las Vegas. There was no sales tax or shipping charge. I did have to add an argon cylinder. Otherwise it was complete.
When I learned tig the first time in the 1960s the machines were much more primitive and hard to use. For example, it was necessary to scratch the tungsten against the workpiece to get an arc. That often contaminated the tungsten. With my new machine I just bring the tungsten close to the workpiece and an arc starts.
I like using the machine so much that I often wish for some aluminum or stainless item to break so I can fix it.
