http://content.lincolnelectric.com/pdfs/products/literature/e757.pdf - this ones a powermig 350Mp, page 5 has the front panel
http://www.completeweldingonline.com/Qstore/Apdf/PowerMig_255.pdf - this is a 255 with the spot timer on page 4
The machine im thinking of looked alot like the 350 MP, the olny diffrence is that there was another big black dial on it right below the other 2.
Given that, and knowing that designs change alot before they are released, mabey the 350 was the machine I saw.
I saw the picture around 2001 and im not sure when the 350 came out, but mabey Lincolns marketing department jumped the gun a little?
the PDF for the 350 is dated 9/07, but I dont know if thats when the PDF came out or the machine its self...
aevald, thank you for the clarification,
Simplified or not it helped me figure out that what im looking for either doesnt exist yet or is way more complicated than I was hoping for...
still, ive figured out what I needed to know and given that, Im off to go acquire a little buzz box wire spitter.
It might be cheating, but im going to use it with my TIG so that I dont have to worry about feeding wire by hand... ;)
Ill let everyone know how it turns out.
thanks again for the info everyone,
Clif