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Airco 350 TIG opinions sought.
I recently found a guy selling an Airco 350 TIG welder with
accessories local to me. The thing looks almost new and comes with a bunch of accessories (water cooler, torches, pedals, regulator, AL, stainless and steel filler rod, and a cart). He's asking $1200, but a quick google search brings up almost nothing about this machine. Everybody tells me to get a Miller Syncrowave, but I don't have enough money for one comparably equipped. Anybody have opinions about Airco? Or this welder in particular? FWIW this Airco was made by ESAB thanks chuck- |
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Charlie wrote:
I recently found a guy selling an Airco 350 TIG welder with accessories local to me. The thing looks almost new and comes with a bunch of accessories (water cooler, torches, pedals, regulator, AL, stainless and steel filler rod, and a cart). He's asking $1200, but a quick google search brings up almost nothing about this machine. Everybody tells me to get a Miller Syncrowave, but I don't have enough money for one comparably equipped. Anybody have opinions about Airco? Or this welder in particular? FWIW this Airco was made by ESAB I would find out if ESAB supports this machine with parts *before* you buy. Also, is that a real huge machine? I know a Syncrowave 350 is a very big machine indeed. No tanks, either, be sure to figure that cost in. GWE |
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Charlie wrote:
I recently found a guy selling an Airco 350 TIG welder with accessories local to me. The thing looks almost new and comes with a bunch of accessories (water cooler, torches, pedals, regulator, AL, stainless and steel filler rod, and a cart). He's asking $1200, but a quick google search brings up almost nothing about this machine. Everybody tells me to get a Miller Syncrowave, but I don't have enough money for one comparably equipped. Anybody have opinions about Airco? I got a Lincoln Square Wave TIG 300 on eBay for $1295 plus shipping. I am VERY happy with the machine. It was similarly equipped (water cooled torch with fingertip control (which I converted into a pedal) new regulator/flowmeter, cart, cooler, just no filler rod). The shipping was huge, so you are lucky to find one local! The Lincoln is a HUGE old-style transformer welder. I don't know the Airco machine. Jon |
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:33:12 -0400, Charlie
wrote: I recently found a guy selling an Airco 350 TIG welder with accessories local to me. The thing looks almost new and comes with a bunch of accessories (water cooler, torches, pedals, regulator, AL, stainless and steel filler rod, and a cart). He's asking $1200, but a quick google search brings up almost nothing about this machine. Everybody tells me to get a Miller Syncrowave, but I don't have enough money for one comparably equipped. Anybody have opinions about Airco? Or this welder in particular? FWIW this Airco was made by ESAB thanks chuck- $1200 for a 20 yr old tig is a bit steep. Airco went tits up in the late 80s, though the machines they rebadged were as you indicated often made by many other companies..Miller being one of the biggest suppliers. That being said..have had several Airco welders of various types and they are decent machines. Im in trading negotiation for a Airco 300 Squarewave with digital readouts at the moment, with chiller,etc etc etc. Cash price is $500. And no..its spoken for. We are still working out the swap/trade details. G Where are you located? I might be able to find you a tig. Gunner "Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules. Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner |
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