Well I finally pulled the trigger.... on a Miller Dynasty 200
After I talked myself up to a Syncrowave 250 and spent several months trying to find a used one I came to the sad realization that my shop/garage just didn't have the space for it. Power yes, space no. So I figured as long as I was optimizing for space I might as well go whole hog. Plus with a small bottle of Argon I can easily take it over to friends' houses and run it off 120volt.
I fired it up for the first time yesterday, wired to my air compressor's 20amp/240 volt outlet (need a little more than that at some point to run it full throttle). Only had an hour so I just played around some but it was very easy to set up, strike an arc, and run a bead without filler. I had never used a TIG before, just gas welding. Feels pretty similar, I just have to break my habit of moving the torch in circles
