pwrtrip75

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Im buying a TIG welder for my personal use. just not sure what brand is better. the Lincoln precision 185 is $1650 w/ running gear and all accesories, and the Miller syncrowave 200 is $1843. same options and accesories.

Ive always used a lincoln squarewave 355. and sometimes a miller syncrowave 350 at work. Not really much of a difference.

what is everyones opinion?

thanks.

Louis

iTrader: (7)

Miller

I had one lincoln, and it had to go after a month. Then again, the PT185 I use for another client works fine.

We now have 4 millers, one is 35 years old!

kp

iTrader: (34)

Look into a Thermal Arc 185, its not blue but man I love this little thing And you cant beat the price..

lt1camaroman93

iTrader: (7)

I just bought the syncrowave 200 and love it so far.

99.9percenter

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The miller is better

Keith

Voted for the Precision Tig 185 because it is all that I have used. Dad got one and we hooked up a home brewed watercooled torch setup and the thing is awesome.

Dave_62

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I've had my Lincoln 185 for about 8 months now. I couldn't be happier with it. Welding thin stainless tubing that I'm fabbing my headers and exhaust out of is a piece of cake with the Microstart feature.

sho-me speed

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They are both dependablwe welders. How you use them and maintain them makes a big difference in longetivity.

cbrich

I got my Precision 275 over 4 years ago, and it has been very good machine.

pwrtrip75

iTrader: (8)

Thanks for all the opinions. I just ordered the syncrowave 200. Probably isnt muh difference, but the miller is taller, and I an set more stuff on top of it. haha.

smokinHawk

iTrader: (48)

ive had my lincoln for over a year, hasnt missed a beat, love it.. Id go with more amps though, might come in handy.

y2khawk

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3 Millers at the shop for us, 2 big one little. Plasma and MIG are both miller as well.

We like blue metal boxes

coors light

miller syncrowave is what i use at work and it is awsome


james

TaylorL572

i just bought a sync 200 and it works great I have welded steel and aluminum so far and have had good luck. Your going to like it!

Hodge

iTrader: (2)

As an engineer who began his career at an automotive supplier where we welded/brazed aluminum, I purchased both Miller and Lincoln equipment for use in the plant. Both are good equipment in general.

My personal welder is a Linde Heliarc 250HF. Overkill for home use but the price was right…. FREE!!!!

Silverback

All the major welder manufacturor’s have good products and bad products, to a large extent it’s more of a matter of choosing/figuring out who makes the best setup in the range that you’re looking at.

terabyte

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HTP Invertig 201
http://www.htpweld.com/products/tig_welders/tig201.html

I did a lot of research when going to buy my welder and I ended up with this unit. This machine has almost the same specs as the Miller Dynasty 200 DX and is some regards it's even better. When I called their pre-sales support was awesome. When I had some questions afterwards they were also very helpfull. I ordered mine with a water cooled torch and got a used water cooler from ebay. Some times you can even get machines the factory uses for demo\training on ebay too.

I have welded from aluminuized steel exhaust pipe, aluminum intercooler pipe, to magnisium oil pans with this unit and I am one very happy camper.


I just noticed that a well known tuner in the Miata community also uses them.
Look under their bench
http://flyinmiata.com/projects/curre...flip.php?x=631

Phil99vette

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I've been using the Synchrowave 180 for 4 years and absolutely love it.

BADD SS

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I just purchased a lincoln precision tig 185, and its awesome, really really nice machine for the $. Its my 6th lincoln machine......

Zeus

In a good way or a bad way?