"Bandit" (2bandit) 10/12/2013 at 14:29 • Filed to: None

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Exchanged the broken welder for a presumably working one. I hate harbor freight.

Frank Grimes > Bandit 10/12/2013 at 14:46

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Why not just buy an old lincoln AC/DC stick welder?

tromoly > Frank Grimes 10/12/2013 at 14:57

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I was going to say, his first mistake is buying a welder from Harbor Freight. Hand tools and stuff are fine, but welders, no.

Bandit > Frank Grimes 10/12/2013 at 14:57

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I found one I wanted to buy, but was told "no, it's too old. I'm not allowing you to buy that." I don't understand parents.

Argent > Bandit 10/12/2013 at 15:01

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The funny thing is, the HF one is probably more dangerous than the "old" one.

Frank Grimes > Argent 10/12/2013 at 15:06

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And the old ones are built like tanks and work for decades.

Bandit > Frank Grimes 10/12/2013 at 15:07

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I know, that's what I told them. My school where I learned to weld uses 40 year old Lincolns.

ddavidn > Bandit 10/12/2013 at 15:40

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I love Harbor Freight, but I don't buy any items that are worth over $50 there...

Frank Grimes > Bandit 10/12/2013 at 17:46

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Maybe you should just tell em to buy you a MIG.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lincoln-Elec…

Bandit > Frank Grimes 10/12/2013 at 17:47

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I started practicing MIG last week. It's so weird!

Frank Grimes > Bandit 10/12/2013 at 17:51

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Yea get used to MIG and then try up TIG it is so eerily quiet and calm and there is no sparks or balls of molten metal burning your skin. IT'S LUXURIOUS!