cheap welders here in the usa

[dugndeep]

here in the states our cheap welder of choice is the harbor freight brand-chicago electric welders made in china-comparable to the sips I reckon,just thought Iwould put my 2 cents in.I am slowly upgrading my chicago electric 90 amp mig,it's called a mig but not really a mig just a flux-core or gasless welder.I think it is called a mag welder in china where it is made.Hard to find parts but some of the sip welder parts are very similiar.Right now I am using a sip knurled drive roller because chicago electric gasless welders do not come with a knurled roller for flux-cored wire,GO FIGURE

 

[dugndeep]

here in the states our cheap welder of choice is the harbor freight brand-chicago electric welders made in china-comparable to the sips I reckon,just thought Iwould put my 2 cents in.I am slowly upgrading my chicago electric 90 amp mig,it's called a mig but not really a mig just a flux-core or gasless welder.I think it is called a mag welder in china where it is made.Hard to find parts but some of the sip welder parts are very similiar.Right now I am using a sip knurled drive roller because chicago electric gasless welders do not come with a knurled roller for flux-cored wire,GO FIGURE

I also made the strap for the sip wire feed mod out of 1/8 inch stainless steel