Welding Tips and Tricks

I picked up this today for $100.00 (not tested) its from a school they are getting a upgrade so far everything seem ok the wire feeds and the pulse works although the gauges don't move Ill see if I can hook it up to gas to see if the solenoid has something to do with it!

$100 - hard to go wrong.

Well done!



Kym

MosquitoMoto wrote:$100 - hard to go wrong.

Well done!



Kym

Thats what I thought too and it came with .023 wire!

With any luck, a bit of TLC and that machine will serve you well for life.

I love stories about finds like these. Makes me feel like there is still some decent value to be had in the world.


Kym

I hope so I'll get to play with it tomorow and hook it up to argon just to pressurise the solenoid I'd hate to buy a tank of co2 for nothing! it will look good next to the 351 though as we have space now in the garage after a major purge!

Well I hooked up the argon and tryed welding and magic smoke appeared so I took off the cover and it is coming from the capacitor bank. A trip to a electric shop for welders these ones are from around the 90's with a 140,000 rating that are extinct so I ordered ones for a 250 machine that has a 150,000 rating for $301.00 Canadian he says the difference will just make it a bit smoother and I could take out the bad caps and try it.

The new capacitor bank did the trick she's a runner although I haven't tryed the spot or pulse feature yet due to the next project reskining the garage and new siding so everything is in the middle of the garage!
Parts came to about $375.00 because of replacing the liner and new parts for the gun so about $500.00 total for the machine, not bad $290.00 for bottle and gas.
Crappy weld as a test its been about 20 years since touching a mig