I just got some money back, so I decided to buy that Tweco 181i Multi-Process machine. It has more power than my old Hobart 120 (130A machine.)
I figure that if I don't like it, I could sell it for close to the $599 sale price.
Well I hate to rain on your parade BUT ...
$ 599. is pretty much the "every day" price. Nobody sells at MSLP.
That's a DC only machine - you won't be tigging any aluminum. And that is one of the reasons its an inexpensive welder (notice I didn't say "cheap").
This was a Thermal Arc machine but somewhere along the line Victor bought Thermal Arc and Tweco bought them or who the hell knows. Anyhoo, that machine is made in China. BUT that's no big deal because its been around for years as the Thermal Arc 181. I have the TA186 tig which is comparable to the Miller 200DX but at less than half the cost! Likewise with this machine you'd probably have been looking at double that money for a "blue" box.
