Posted by Todd Wilson on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 at 11:45AM :
In Reply to: To gas or not to gas... posted by Gordon on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 at 11:33AM :
The 40$ is about what it would cost me to get filled up here. Our welding places either require you to buy your own bottle which is 150$ on average or lease a bottle from them which can include a deposit and a certain amount a year for so many years plus you pay to fill the bottle. Some welding places wont fill others bottles. Another place would not even sell me a bottle.
I spent over an hour on the phone calling these places finding out prices and how it all works to get a bottle. My parts store is an airgas dealer and they worked me a deal on a welder with the bottle and cart and helmet and couldnt pass it up. Comsumables can be bought at any farm store for the Hobart 135 and its like 4$ for a bag of tips. It comes ready to go with flux core wire but you can add solid wire and hook up your regulator and go with gas.
Todd