Thermal arc welders?

[xgerstandtx]

Hey guys, I am looking to purchase a TIG welder and decided that I probably don't need an AC machine as I will doing mostly steel bicycle frames.

I have narrowed down my choices to:
http://victortechnologies.com/Therm...cess Welding System TSB_(84-1103)_Mar2012.pdf
This is a 3in1 machine (mig,tig,stick) I already have a reliable Hobart MIG so I don't think I need this one.
The input/output and duty cycle is very similar to this machine:

Products

I am leaning to the 161s any tips or experience? Thank you.

 

[Burntnuts]

If you start tiging you will endup wanting to do aluminum. So I'd get one that can do AC. Other than that I can't give eny recommendations for a certain one. I've always used then ones that my employers already have.

 

[sydneysdad]

Checkout the forum at everlastgenerators.com
I have the multiprocess machine with no issues at all.
It does dc tig, stick, and plasma cut. I already had a mig welder.
And since you have a mig as well the plasma will be handy to have.

 

[Harley]

I recently bought the Thermal Arc 95s, their smallest version. It is a lift TIG/scatch start setup. I had never ran a TIG before that but found it fairly easy to use. I wanted it to more easily weld the thin sheetmetal parts I wanted to start incorporating. Worked out pretty well so far.