About me... I'm pretty much a hack part time hobbyist weekend welder, but I love creating stuff so I keep at it. A while back I was browsing the interweb looking for a mig welding cart. I didn't find anything that motivated me to make the plunge but I did see a weld cart/tool box from Northern Tools...

Unfortunately no fuse. There is a circuit breaker button on the back but that's not the problem. Checked the trigger plug a few times and everything is connected. I'm going to take the unit into the local Lincoln service shop to have it looked at. The shop tech explained that it's either in the gun ...

So I'm working on my latest project in my garage and out of no where my welder stopped welding. I'm running a Lincoln Electric 180. The machine is only 2 years old and has been subjected to only light at home hobby projects. While working on my latest project I had been making sporadic 1 inch welds ...

Thanks for the feedback. I ended up going with a Lincoln 185.

I am a complete noob when it comes to welding. I have an Oxy/Ace set up and have been teaching myself how to weld. The misses asked me what I want for Christmas and the first thing that comes to mind is a mig welder. Since I'm just lern'n this stuff I figured I'd turn to folks who know what the heck...