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On 6/4/2015 11:31 PM, Howard Beal wrote:
Been on the list for a while. http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/5058972602.html Best Regards Tom. "...had it serviced twice with intent to use it but never got around to it." If it was serviced once and never used, why did it need a second service? |
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"Larry Kraus" wrote in message ... On 6/4/2015 11:31 PM, Howard Beal wrote: Been on the list for a while. http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/5058972602.html Best Regards Tom. "...had it serviced twice with intent to use it but never got around to it." If it was serviced once and never used, why did it need a second service? Most likely the seller considers the new wheels and powder coat as service? Only way to know for shure is to ask the seller. Best Regards Tom. |
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On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 23:44:37 -0400, Larry Kraus
wrote: On 6/4/2015 11:31 PM, Howard Beal wrote: Been on the list for a while. http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/5058972602.html Best Regards Tom. "...had it serviced twice with intent to use it but never got around to it." If it was serviced once and never used, why did it need a second service? It was always stored inside, but needed powder coating, too. Say, y'think old Honest Al Babbler into this one, too? -- It takes as much energy to wish as to plan. --Eleanor Roosevelt |
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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 |
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"Gunner Asch" wrote in message ... 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 Yep, i owned two of them when i had my shop in chiraq. Copper windings and no fancy electronics. Never needed any repairs in the 20 years i owned them, just vacume out the inerds once a year. A very good machine for GP welding. Best Regards Tom. |
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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. |
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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 |
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