On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:11:58 -0400, "Proctologically Violated©®"
wrote:

I had a "continuously variable" sears buzzbox, w/ a cupla other
bells/whistles, I think ""rated"" at 295 A. Thought I was movin up from my
plain-jane Lincoln tombstone.
Someone eventually stole the sears, and I'm glad they did. It was
miserable, like virtually everything sears makes, except for some hand
tools.

Their DieHard battery sucks beyond belief as well, not bothering to get weak
(so's you can have a clue), but instead dying precipitously.
And then they have the nerve to prorate the warranty...

I think mebbe the Sears peeple don't like electricity, or sump.

Well, I had on OLD craftsman 230 (or possibly 280) and it worked just
fine. A lot bigger than my Emmerson, which was older and is still in
use (my brother has it at his shop) The Craftsman had a crank to move
the core to adjust the current, and the Emmerson has a bank of "jacks"
- you have 3 positions for the ground cable and six? for the stinger.
----------------------------
Mr. P.V.'d
formerly Droll Troll
"Keith Marshall" wrote in message
.com...
Most or all of the few Craftsman welders that I've seen were made by
Century. I've only actually used one. It belonged to a friend and he
asked me to weld something for him and drug this thing out. I kept having
problems and looked up and realized that the current setting had changed
so I reset it where I needed it and it changed again.

It had a lever sticking out of a slot in the front that you move up or
down to set the current and there was a hand lever on it like a brake
lever on a bike that you squeeze to release it for adjustment. Every time
I started welding it would let the lever slip down. I finally got the job
done by having the friend hold the lever in position.

It can probably be fixed with an adjustment but I'd be sure before I
bought one like it. Aside from that it worked well enough.

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"


"Art" wrote in message
...
Hi.
Im still searching for that elusive under $100, 180+ Amp AC 220v stick
welder, and came across an 1980's vintage Craftsman 35-230 A AC
machine for $85. Havent bought it yet. Was wondering if any one can
tell me who manufactured these for Craftsman, or offer an opinion on
the welder itself.

Thanks for any info.
Art

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