Been a long time lurker on this group, a lot of knowledge and experience.
> I have been welding for a living since 91, wanting to set up my own
> shop at home. Due to power issues and portability I am leaning toward > the inverters.
> Spoke to a rep at HTP about my needs, mig, tig and stick.
> Later this year they are going to be offering a combo unit for around > $1300.00
> Heres the link from the
> manufacturer:
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> Can any of you experts decipher the stats on that thing and give your > opinion?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Driftpin
>
Very interesting. Now that is the ultimate hobbiest machine. I was wondering when CC/CV inverters would move downscale from the 400 amp versions that Miller, Lincoln and Thermal Arc have been selling for years.
Not bad specs.
40% duty cycle at 160 amps.
100% duty cycle at 110 amps.
It has a built in wire feeder, and can use a spoolgun.
What it doesn't say is if it also has AC TIG output, or a pulser. I doubt it does. But this looks pretty cool anyway.
At $1300 that is quite a deal.
Basically a baby version of Lincoln's Powermig 300 without all the fancy pulse-on-pulse stuff.
Hopefully it will kick Miller in the ass, and get them to make a better version. If they could just add CV output to the Dynasty 200DX they would already be there.