Thermal Arc Fabricator 251 Mig Welder. Thermal Arc is a division of Thermadyne a multi line manufacture, They also own Tweco/Arcair, C&G Cutting Sytems, Turbo Torch, Thermal Dynamics Plasma Cutting Machines, Victor Cutting Torches, and Stoody welding products.

The Fabricator 251 is in the same class of machines as the Miller Electric Millermatic 251 and the Lincoln PowerMig 255C. They all have outputs in the 30-250 range but the real numbers when buying a machine is its duty cycle. The Miller and Lincoln both show their duty cycles to be 40% @ 250 amps. The Thermal arc is 50% @ 250 amps and it comes with other features that both Miller and Lincolns machines dont. It has Spot & Stitch Timer built in and also an Adjustable Burnback Control, and it has a Trigger Hold Switch for long welds. It has two positive stud to refine inductance to help adjust to a wide range of shielding gases. Now the best part is you can buy them for about $ 1200.00 on line @ weldersexpress on ebay.com