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it's easier to see what you're doing with gas- FC makes a mess and doesn't lay a pretty bead. if you're gonna be welding in the shop, use gas wire. 70S6 is the standard for gas wire. Don't forget to change machine polarity when changing to solid wire from flux core, and set gas flow to...

I wonder who makes them. I can't help but laugh when people bring in Snappy stuff that isn't a hand tool - like they make their own welders, air tools or cordless power tools. You're overpaying to have some different plastics put on the same tool. Then they're upset when we can't get parts, and...

im pretty disgusted by some of yall. no shame, i guess. :rolleyes2 i dont understand how you can take advantage of a widow's ignorance, or anything like that. i'll haggle with a man all day when we both know the price and value, but to take advantage of someone like that and then gloat makes...

I just saw the multi-process part. You can get an affordable machine that will spoolgun aluminum and do the other 2. If you insist on TIG aluminum, you're obv looking at more expensive. The lincoln powermig 210MP will be a grand, 110/220, good duty cycle, MIG/TIG/Stick but aluminum will be...

What are you working on that's so huge you need that big of a machine? Diversion 180s are good AC/DC machines. For that price range, could you swing a little more for a Syncrowave 210? Those are studs.

Those look like Mag Drill bits. They're pricey. Very pricey, but they're tanks. Norseman is a fantastic drill bit brand, I'll add.

That's a great price, but Crescent is basically a value brand anymore. Apex pretty much delegated all their "old world" brands to being just that - brands with names stamped on very cheap tools. A 3/4" kit for that little is bound to be low quality Chinaman made junk.

Dewalt has a 20V cordless impact, too. I'd go with the Makita one, since you already have the battery system. They have the greatest breadth of tools, and the biggest complaint I've ever heard from guys is the batteries. You're already invested, better just spent a few bucks now than a boatload...

what the hell this is like a beanie baby collection, but it's hammers, which makes even less sense

Milwaukee is all China since TTI bought them out and moved production overseas. They're starting to make stuff here again, but they still betrayed American workers once they got control of the company. In any case, onto the Dewalt, I own the DCK296M2 kit, which has the DCD995 and DCF885 and...

Thermal cutmaster plasmas kick ***, saw one do over an inch (was a CM 42, rated @ 5/8). They're solid machines, really. Cutmaster 52 would do the ticket for you, rated 1/2 and max @ 1-1/8. Hypertherm would be my choice, as they're american, but the Thermal units are affordable. For a 220V MIG...

looks like a clone of the CMAN and Channellock set, available at sears and home depot, respectively.

new Great Neck is all chinese trash anymore. I've seen some OLD great neck USA stuff that's good, but anymore, I think they're just a company that imports and throws their name of stuff. Like Pearl Abrasive, for those who do metalworking. (Not to say that Pearl is junk, but they don't actually...

Send it back. The part code is not American. I have newer CMAN stuff and it's all V-*** or VVXXX, with USA stamped right next to it. When they don't put COA on the tool, you know the COA is CHINA

PROTO since you insist on USA. I had a ~2011 Craftsman set that was USA, and the ratchets sucked. They're not imported, but they're junk. I have some newer Williams 1/4" stuff, ratchet + sockets that are nice, but they're imported. I've been more than happy with my proto stuff. Don't be afraid...

Millermatic 180, Lincoln 180, Powermig 210, Tweco Fabricator 181 all have fine heat control. hobarts and home depot/lowes units are on tap settings. Millermatic's AutoSet feature might be helpful for you as a beginner. on the note of overkill, why not go for a Sub Arc unit...

the company that owns hobart owns miller too. Miller is the industrial line, Hobart is the consumer line. Lincoln keeps their cheap stuff and expensive stuff under the same name. The easiest way to tell will be that the industrial units are under the POWERMIG name. Might be out of your...