Fabricators and welders whats your weapon of choice?

[ccracin]

Originally Posted by gearheads78

You are not allowed to answer my posts any more. You are just going to cost me more money

Greg will do it to you every time!

[E.rodz]

I myself was on this fence you are on to .I was at a local welding shop and was loking at the new miller inverters and asked the guys at the welding shop what tig machine that they would buy and both the guys pointed to the miller syncrowave 250 and both replied that machine is tried and true and if anything goes wrong with it they could fix it in nothing flat but they could not even remember the last one that was in to be serviced. I looked around on the service benches and saw 3 new miller inverters and asked whats the most common thing that goes wrong with theese i wanted one because of the physical size was alot smaller with more options and after he showed me the stack of circut boards inside and told me they just keep throwing boards at it until they are fixed.needless to say i bought the oldskool syncrowave 250 the only thing that i don't like is the size of the welder but it is awsome.try this before you buy though.alot of contractors rent machines like this all the time and you can buy them for what ever the asking price minus the rental fees.i bought mine after the contractor that i work for rented the machine for 9 months and i bought it for 1200 bucks ask your local welding shop if they have any rental returns.remember if you want to weld aluminum you want nothing less than a 200 amp machine.

[gearheads78]

Wow you stole that thing. The least expensive 250 I have seen is 2500.00.

[GregWeld]

Just remember another thing about INVERTER machines -- you use a sharpened tungsten on an inverter machine - not balled! I use 2% Ceriated (Orange ends) for my Aluminum work. So if you're going to compare machines -- don't forget that... it DOES make a difference!

For the Syncrowave machines - you'd still ball the tungsten (Green).

[68protouring454]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Just remember another thing about INVERTER machines -- you use a sharpened tungsten on an inverter machine - not balled! I use 2% Ceriated (Orange ends) for my Aluminum work. So if you're going to compare machines -- don't forget that... it DOES make a difference!

For the Syncrowave machines - you'd still ball the tungsten (Green).

we use sharpened ends on our tig welding of control arms and chassis's
we use 2% thoriated for most everything, in the lincoln 185 unit we have and miller syncrowave 250

[The WidowMaker]

brand new dynasty 200dx sitting in my closet for the last 6 months. i havent got it fired up yet, but when i bought it i wanted to do it once and do it right. i looked hard at the diversion, but knew it wouldnt last with what i wanted to do.

btw, make sure you get the newest model of the 200dx. they didnt change the model number or appearance, but from what i read there is a pretty big difference. the only way to tell is by the serial.

Tim

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 68protouring454

we use sharpened ends on our tig welding of control arms and chassis's
we use 2% thoriated for most everything, in the lincoln 185 unit we have and miller syncrowave 250

Huh.... I thought with the "non inverter" machines you HAD to ball the end... Apparently I'm WRONG. First time that's ever happened!!

[abadsvt]

Another vote for the dynasty 200dx!!! Its an amazing machine! I think the big difference between the syncrowave and the dyansty is the pulsing feature which i like to use especially on alluminum. One thing to add to the "got to get list" is a water cool attachment. When i bought my setup i thought i wasted money on the water cooled attachment but i use it soooooo much. Well worth every penny in my own opinion. Just thought i would through my 2 cents in!