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They look very similar, but there are some differences. I owned a Longevity 256pi which was a multiprocess machine. It tig welded very nicely on aluminum and steel. But unfortunately i was trying to use the plasma cutter part of it on my cnc plasma table and it just fried a bunch of components on my cnc controller panel, because it uses the same high frequency start as the tig section. As a hand plasma cutter it worked well too.
I sold it to raise some cash for a Hypertherm plasma cutter, which is like a mercedes benz of plasma cutters, especilly for mechanized cutting.
I'm waiting for a good sale on a tig welder. I miss not having a tig for the small fussy stuff. I would buy a Longevity again. I've also been looking at the Everlast tig welders, both are very similar.
A 200amp ac/dc tig should be good enough to suit my needs. Anything thicker than a 1/4" can get done better and quicker with my Lincoln DC250 mig.
I'll probably pull the trigger on a new tig before this year is over, I'm sure!
Tony let us know on that Eastwood unit, I'm curious too.
Marcel