Subject: equipment ?

From: [email-masked] (Marc Davis III)
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 21:26:59 -0800

I'm looking for a small wirefeed, tanks and an tourch kit for piecing 
things together and bending, maybe light cutting. 

I'm thinking something like 120V 105A by Century
    I've got a price new for about $580 w argon co2 tank
and a Victor tourch copy, 4 hr tanks cart and accessorys 
    for about $499
This is a little steep for me right now. Does annyone know of any 
sources for used or mail order equip for a more modest price.

Thanks

Marc 3

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From: Steve Smith <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 96 9:57:27 MST

I'm currently looking at mig welders also (my big dc welder doesn't do
very well on sheet metal). It seems to me that there is something funny
about the welding equipment business. Virtually all other tools are
available at list price and at a discount--name brand or cheap
immitation. This doesn't seem to be true of welding supplies. I am not
aware of a place to buy name brand welding stuff at a decent discount.
Do they have control of the market, or what?

Anyone have any suggestions on where to shop? Sam's and such are fine,
but I'm talking about bigger discounts (40% is usually available on
many tools in woodworking).

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Steve Smith
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