Lincoln 180C

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I am new to this forum and have a question on my Lincoln 180C.  I was in school this last quarter taking welding and could not continue this quarter due to work.  I am going to have to learn as I go from here on out.  I just bought a Lincoln 180C from praxair at a great price.  I unpacked it tonight and found that the torch is a real cheap looking POS.  It might work well, but I figure I would like to upgrade this soon.  Are there any upgrade torches for this welder?  The Lincoln website doesn't specify.  In school we used tweco's, and I found them to be good quality.  The lincoln used a plastic end in place of the nozzle for FCAW.  I cant see that lasting long.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks
Reply:that gun is a very good gun for that machine. you can use the gas nozzle for flux cored welding as most people do. profax does make a 180 amp gun that will work on this machine but i would recommend sticking with the factory gun i have sold dozens of these machines and have never had gun problems.
Reply:I had the Lincoln gun, I think it was a 100, I got a bernard Q gun for mine, I like it much better, it has centerfire technology. I had the SP175Plus.I would recommend the Bernard.Guy_48Welding is an art......Millermatic 252Lincoln SP175PlusLincoln 225 AC/DC
Reply:I guess if you compare the gun to what you learned to weld with the gun would look cheap.  It does what it is supposed to do for the type/class welder it is.  Just curious what upgrades would you want?The plastic tip is consumable.  Better than messing up diffuser threads.