I want/need a welder for my home shop and also would like to be able to have some mobile capacity and some, maybe even much of the work will be outside. I'm mainly looking at doing some light fab and automotive type work, mainly 1/8" to 1/4" mostly, but would really like to have capability for auto body and maybe chromemoly steel if possible. Was originly going to get a MM175 mig and use fluxcore for outside, mobile work, but the more I think about it the more I think a stick welder would be a better choice. I got a flyer about this Maxstar when I was at the dealer checking into the MM175 and it sounds like it could be just what I need. I really like the lite weight and the ability run on either 115 or 230, and the dealer says it handles 1/8" rods great and maybe even 3/32". The ability to tig on top of that, if it does a decent job would be great. I'm wondering if the touch start will be a decent performer and reasonably easy to learn on. I'don't really have tig experiance but I do have a quite a bit of stick and gas welding experiance, though most of it was a number of a years back. If any one could give me some info on this rig I'd sure appreciate it.
Also: is the Hobart STI 150 the same machine? If so what kind of amp control does it have? Sears has one in thier catalog that I can get for a good price with a discount and I have some gift certificates that would really help out.
Thanks,
Manny
Also: is the Hobart STI 150 the same machine? If so what kind of amp control does it have? Sears has one in thier catalog that I can get for a good price with a discount and I have some gift certificates that would really help out.
Thanks,
Manny
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