The case is not uber quality but will last you a heap of time. And will keep the welder immaculate in most conditions. I have the same case for my decade old rooter. It looks abit like the welder too. ;) Just smurfed up a bit :? If it is similar it will be bulletproof and accurate for many years. I...

I looked at this machine a while back but was put off by the duty cycle (from memory it was only around 20%). I ended up settling on an Everlast MTS lightning 225 as it came with a pedal already and in my opinion better accessories for about another 400$ over the Lincoln (the price of a pedal anyway...