Lincoln Pro-mig welders

mjk · Apr 30, 2007

In Delaware Lowes is updating their Lincoln mig welders to the new models. Current floor stock and displays showed up in the clearance table.
These are the T models, not an endorsment, just passing on info for those who would want to know.
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macona · Apr 30, 2007

Be careful with these machine. The drive mechanism is even worse than the normal lincoln machines.

There are two major differences between a home depot/lowes machine and one you get from the weld shop. No gas valve and a much cheaper drive assy with plastic gearbox and a tiny motor.

mjk · Apr 30, 2007

No gas valve?

macona · Apr 30, 2007

Yep, they are set up to run gasless flux core wire only. Then if you want to run gas later they sell you a gas kit consisting of the gas valve, a couple wires, plastic tubing, and a flow guage. All for about $150.

mjk · Apr 30, 2007

The 135and 175 come with them.
I had bought a 135 a couple of years ago. It came with the "flow" valve regulator. It was ready for mig w/gas out of the box. The 135 is a 110 volt machine. Since most of my work was limited to 10-15 minutes,the low duty cycle wasn't a big issue. Lowes had the floor display 175 in clearance (just the machine) and I got that for $200.00. The gun, work lead and regulator are the same.
I'll keep the 135 as my backup.

macona · May 1, 2007

Ah. I have never seen a 135 or 175 at lowes. Always the HD series. The 220 versions usually have has valves but the 110 versions are gasless.

Duty cycle is rarely a problem. I know of full size fab shops that use these in production welding aluminum.

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