Scott, look at the duty cycle and you will see these are not worth the
metal they are made of. In addition I doubt if you would be able to find
parts for it in a few years. Bite the bullet and get a good one(HF has the
Hobart Handler on sale for $499.99) A year from now you won't remember
what you paid but you will notice how crappy the cheap thing is and won't
forget that.
...Art
On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Scott Hall wrote:
>
> wise list,
>
> I have a question regarding the rep of chicago electric. the time of good
> will towards all men is fast approaching, and this means a hefty present
> for me. I've decided this year to request the s/o skip the clothes,
> shoes, self-improvement crap, etc. and instead concentrate her efforts
> into something that'll _really_ make me happy: an official red rider
> range rover air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing which
> tells time...
>
> no, wait. it was a <cue angel hymn> mig welder. a real one, not a flux
> jobbie, but one with bottles an' everything. hoping to cut her some slack
> I was looking through the harbor freight catalog and lo, I see many models
> by 'chicago electric'. all 'factory reconditioned', but it'll get used
> only a few times a year (after I'm done with the obligatory play/break-in
> period, which should last several weeks), so I'm not sweating reliability.
>
> so, though I know I'd _really_ like a miller or marquette, are chicago
> electric any good? I ask, 'cause I see in the h.f. catalog that I can buy
> things that I know are decent stuff (or at least decent manufacturers),
> and I see some stuff that I'd be afraid to use, lest it maim me while
> opening the packaging it came in, and I am completely ignorant of chicago
> electric. but I was once ignorant of chicago pneumatic and s-k <cue
> angels again> in the dark days before my enlightenment, and if the great
> list can deliver a revelation before somebody blows major coin, well, my
> praise and thanks would be profuse.
>
> thanky,
>
> scott
> who a) just finished writing a survey religion text, and b) was
> gang-kidnapped to the s/o's church's christmas ceremony/festival. amen.
>
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