What do you weld with ?

J & L Creations · Jun 16, 2019

lehman live edge slab said:
Very nice I like vintage stuff, only thing might be getting tough to find some of the older Onan parts. My uncle has a craftsman gas drive with an onan 16hp but if I remember you can’t get anything for the motor anymore

Parts r still available, but very expensive. So I go to the Onan forum, find used serviceable parts. I also mod and change engines to another manufacturer.

Lightning Performance · Jun 16, 2019

J & L Creations said:
Parts r still available, but very expensive. So I go to the Onan forum, find used serviceable parts. I also mod and change engines to another manufacturer.

Do you mod the cooling, heads or anything to run in the Texas heat?

J & L Creations · Jun 16, 2019

Lightning Performance said:
Do you mod the cooling, heads or anything to run in the Texas heat?

Generally not neccessary.

lehman live edge slab · Jun 16, 2019

I actually really like welding with that old craftsman welder it’s very smooth.

Lightning Performance · Jun 16, 2019

lehman live edge slab said:
I actually really like welding with that old craftsman welder it’s very smooth.

DC drive and good frequency control add to the smoothness.

angelo c · Jun 16, 2019

Lightning Performance said:
Still running a Mac 120v mig with a Tweco gas gun.
Maybe after a roof over muh head I can step up to a spool gun machine with a pedal for non ferrous alloys.

Like one of these ?

Dustin4185 · Jun 16, 2019

Finally getting the Bobcat 250 on a trailer. I’ve had the trailer frame built for a little while now. Couldn’t decide the rout I was going with it, so it got put on the back burner.

pgk1 · Jun 21, 2019

Here's some of mine, had most of them for years.
Miller Passport 180
C&K WF5 Cold wire feeder
Esab SVI300
Esab 4HD feeder
Miller 30A spool gun
Miller Dynasty 300DX
Miller Coolmate 4
Miller Spectrun 2050
Primeweld Tig 225 acdc
Air and water cooled torches.
Angelo I believe the spool gun you have pictured is a Miller 30A, they do work good for doing aluminum, just a little bulky to use.
Pete

Moparmyway · Jun 21, 2019

pgk1 said:
Here's some of mine
Miller Dynasty 300DX

I’ll bet that’s a machine you could play around with all weekend !!

I’d consider trading the Syncrowave 350LX for a Dynasty 300DX

angelo c · Jun 22, 2019

pgk1 said:
Here's some of mine, had most of them for years.
Miller Passport 180
C&K WF5 Cold wire feeder
Esab SVI300
Esab 4HD feeder
Miller 30A spool gun
Miller Dynasty 300DX
Miller Coolmate 4
Miller Spectrun 2050
Primeweld Tig 225 acdc
Air and water cooled torches.
Angelo I believe the spool gun you have pictured is a Miller 30A, they do work good for doing aluminum, just a little bulky to use.
Pete

exactly what it was used for ....guy made fence railing. I bought a bunch of stuff with a syncro 250. that was in the pile.

Moparmyway · Jun 22, 2019

angelo c said:
exactly what it was used for ....guy made fence railing. I bought a bunch of stuff with a syncro 250. that was in the pile.

Syncrowaves are great TIG machines, Dynastys are a whole-nother level !!

angelo c · Jun 22, 2019

Moparmyway said:
Syncrowaves are great TIG machines, Dynastys are a whole-nother level !!

that's what all the rich guys tell me....us po boys we can only run syncros and eat bread and water....warm water.

Simple Jack · Jun 22, 2019

I have a Syncrowave 200. It has worked great for me. It's the only machine that I have tig welded with, so I have no clue of what I am missing.

angelo c · Jun 23, 2019

Simple Jack said:
I have a Syncrowave 200. It has worked great for me. It's the only machine that I have tig welded with, so I have no clue of what I am missing.

"Missing ".... ?
Hell I got no idea what I'm "doing"....

rocketnorton · Jun 23, 2019

i too, have sync 200, have used 250 @ work, tho. nice machine. more/easier adjustments.
200 good nuff for who it's for, and home use.

pgk1 · Jun 24, 2019

Moparmyway said:
I’ll bet that’s a machine you could play around with all weekend !!

I’d consider trading the Syncrowave 350LX for a Dynasty 300DX

I've had a couple of Syncrowave 250's, sold both of them and really wish I would have kept one they a great machines, I would keep your 350LX it's a sweet machine! Dynasty's are nice and do come in handy from time to time but if one of the boards go they are stupid expensive to repair. There are a boat load of pro's out there that still use transformer based power supplies and their welds look robotic.

Moparmyway · Jun 24, 2019

pgk1 said:
I've had a couple of Syncrowave 250's, sold both of them and really wish I would have kept one they a great machines, I would keep your 350LX it's a sweet machine! Dynasty's are nice and do come in handy from time to time but if one of the boards go they are stupid expensive to repair. There are a boat load of pro's out there that still use transformer based power supplies and their welds look robotic.

I absolutely love my Synchrowave, I'm looking forward to really messing around with frequency and high pulse rates one day, and for that, its the Dynasty 280DX or the Everlast PT325EXT .............. less than 1/2 the cost of the Dynasty

pgk1 · Jun 24, 2019

A friend of mine just picked up a 280DX oh my!! It has a much better low end arc than my 300 and just about as powerful, my 300DX is quite a few years old I think they have refined the performance of the Dynasty's now days. My brother picked up a 210DX tig runner pgk. and it has a super smooth low end as well, does 1/4 " aluminum no problem with straight argon, with a little helium mixed in I'm sure he could do 3/8ths. Cool thing on the 280 I believe it's pretty much the same size has the 210? My brother had the Everlast prior to getting the Miller 210 and he said there is no comparison. He bleeds blue. LOL To bad the name brands are so freaking expensive..

pgk1 · Jun 24, 2019

angelo c said:
exactly what it was used for ....guy made fence railing. I bought a bunch of stuff with a syncro 250. that was in the pile.

Angelo, Are you taking about the spool gun? If so they are used mostly for doing non ferrous "Aluminum" it's so soft the the wire doesn't feed well in most mig guns unless you replace the liner with a teflon one. HTP makes a couple of Mig units that can be bought with mig guns set up for doing aluminum "teflon liners" and I have heard they work very well. Actually HTP's line up of Tig welders are very nice as well.

hseII · Jun 24, 2019

J & L Creations said:
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Just finished the restoration on this Miller Bluestar 2E. Welds really good. I repair and rebuild Miller, Hobart and Lincoln engine driven welders.

There’s one of those at the house you need to get a hold of, along with a 200 AEAD Legend & an SA250 with the Perkins.

That Legend welds so much better than a Bobcat.

What do I weld with? Whatever is close.

Millermatic 250/251
Dialarc 250
Idealarc 250
Miller Bobcats, Legends, Trailblazers,251D
Stinkin’ Lincoln SA200, 300, Yad, Yada, Yada.

That’s dad & little brother’s main gigs.
Dad owned & ran his fab shop for 30 years: he’s now the Chair for the Tech School Welding program.
He has to tote all his certs in a wheelbarrow.

Little brother is a gasline rig wella.

Me, I just wear the hats & weld when I need it.

What do you do besides restore cool welding machines?

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