On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:25:32 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 15:15:37 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 20:31:42 -0700, "Howard Beal"
wrote:

Been on the list for a while.

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/5058972602.html


Best Regards
Tom.

These are pretty much bullet proof machines. Only issues generally are
the arc starter block and thats a simple adjustment.

Good price and good selection of accessories.

Gunner

The DialArc lacks the more modern features of the Sychrowave etc.
There's no square-wave duty cycle control, no pulse frequency. It's
either AC or DC.

Anecdotal input for what it's worth: I've had several weldors tell me
that they had problems when "the boss" traded out the DialArcs for
Synchrowaves. Guys who could TIG aluminum fuel tanks leakproof every
time with the DialArcs had a LOT of problems with the Synchrowaves.

I don't know because the only TIG I've ever had is my DialArc HF. I'm
pretty sure I wouldn't trade it, though. It does everything I want it
to do.

As Gunner notes, there are about no essential electronics in a
DialArc. It's about 400 lb of copper and iron, about impossible to
break.

For perspective: I'm just a hobby craftsman, not a production shop. I
am not a professional weldor.

Ive got (2) Airco 300 Squarewave tig welders. One is my working
machine, the other is a spare in unknown condition. Ive never plugged
it in. They are about the size of a half a full size fridge. Big
transformer machines. With coolers on top. Hell..they are so big I
have a Benzel cooler on one side of the top of the machine..and my
Miller 2050 plasma cutter on the other side of the top.

They have every option known to man for tig welding..will weld from 3
amps up to 375 amps. Pulse, foreground, background you name it. I use
the working machine ever week or so, everything from Aluminum to
titanium, to bronze through CRS to 4140. Ive had this old girl hooked
up and running now for about 13 yrs or so. And as I recall..I needed
pulse (2) times. To weld beer cans together..bottom to bottom.
Through the thin ends. Just to see if I could do it. Took me an hour
to get the hang of it..figuring out what would work and what wouldnt.
,040 electrode, .040 wire, etc etc. The other time was to weld up an
aluminum boat for a friend.

When Id welded two cans together without burning through..I tossed em
into the trash, wiped my hands and went and had a cold Monster.

Ive never needed to do that ever again. Shrug...Id have been just as
well off with a Dialarc HF. I should mention that my stick
machine..is a Dialarc..without the tig functions. Once a year I give
the fan and all the slots a long blast of air ..blow out the dust
bunnies and the spiders and whatnot and then use the snot out of it
for stick welding. 1/16" right up through 5/16" rod (the Airco will
run my 3/8 rod). The Dialarc is probably a mid 80s machine..still
works just handy dandy. The High/Low Range switch was snapped off
flush with the face of the machine..so when I need to go to High..dig
out the screw driver and carefuly flip it to high. Ive done that maybe
20 times in the 17 yrs Ive had the machine. Shrug. Dont need anything
else. Works like a champ and is a sweet machine to use.

Hard to beat a Dialarc..seriously. Inverter machine? Maybe if I was
making a living as a production welder..Id consider buying one...but
for what I do...the Dialarc and the 25+ yr old Airco work just fine.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1040422...02975647183106



Gunner