Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "50 Year Old vs Modern Welder Tested" video.

@danw1089 - I had a German-made inverter plasma cutter, it got light use for about 7 years before it became unreliable it cost me about €1700 at the time. I replaced it with a vintage solid wound unit with an internal air pump that cost me €600 and has twice the cut depth. The great thing about the vintage one was I could literally strip it completely and service it.
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@danw1089 - I 100% agree. My iMac computer is an amazing tool. But my 1970's washing machine does a better job of washing clothes than my sister's €2000 Seimans that she has had repaired about 4 times in 5 years and was literally complaining this morning her clothes still smelled unclean after being washed.
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@Dev1nci Add to that the missed deadlines cos your computerised thing developed a random - usually intermittent - fault. The great advantage of intermittent faults is they only appear after a lot of work near a deadline and not at the service centre
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That's exactly how I learned to weld - with my farmer uncle screaming at me "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG...!!!"
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ITS ONLY DONE with a massive generator cos you bought a welder you don't have an outlet for - thats a YOU problem not a WELDER problem
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