tweake wrote:Louie1961 wrote:thats fine if your in shop with it all ready set up and use it on other things.
but on a farm thats unlikely. hes going to have to buy a rather expensive roll of wire thats probably going to sit around for 20 years.
even then by the time hes dialled it in he could have welded with stick.
We'll have to agree to disagree. Lincoln 71M in 25 lb spools goes for $3.50/lb vs $3.07 for 25 lbs of Lincoln Excalibur 1/8 7018 rods. To me that difference is not very significant. And I believe once he uses it, he will like it and use it a lot more. Its just so much more productive. But different strokes for different folks as they say.
for a production workshop i would agree.
however you have to factor in the type of use which in this case if farm/repair which is a different ball game.
i can buy sub $50nz packet 7018 but the cheapest dual shield is $150nz.
My farmer friends tend to work in their shops for actual repairs and fab, mosy anything done in the field is simply to get the machine home.
