Hey guys, I was just looking at a few welding machines. I was thinking about a push/pull mig elder so I can weld alluminum. DOes anyone know any good welding machines for under $1000? Im just curious. I probably wont get around to buying one, but it woupld b nice

Personally, I wouldn't weld aluminum with a MIG, just too much of a pain in the ass.

I don't think you'll find a push/pull welder for under $1800, but it's been a while since I've looked.

You can find a decent 200 amp MIG used for 8-900 and a spoolgun for 3-400. You wouldn't be able to do any AL under 3/16"

OR find a used AC/DC TIG for ~1,200-1400 if you're lucky. It probably wouldn't be able to do AL over 1/4" though.

I enjoy using my spoolgun on my MIG for AL although it takes some getting used to. Talk about welding on Fast Forward!!!

Personally, I wouldn't weld aluminum with a MIG, just too much of a pain in the ass.

I like tig too, but it just takes too much time sometimes. We dont have a tig welder with the adjustment on the hand either, and sometimes the pedal cant go in certain places.

You need a good tig welder to do al work thats worth a darn. But if your just starting out get a mig welder for steel and start making your own exhaust and IC piping its fun and easy.

The miller 350p is an awsome machine for AL mig with it's pulse function. Costs About 4 g's with the push/pull setup though. Check ebay. You may get lucky.

DOH, oh well, Ill see if my boss buys this stuff, we have a Tig already at work. A mig setup for steel. We got a push pull welder already, a Cobramatic. I dont know the model #, but hte guy at Airgas claims they make good setups. Thanks for the input