attn.TIG welders: miller syncrowave 250

doctorhomo · Mar 6, 2008

i found this on craigs list and picked it up in meridian,ID

anyone else know how to TIG weld?

boxboy · Mar 6, 2008

doctorturbo said:
anyone else know how to TIG weld?

So does this mean you know how to tig weld?

Nice find. Does it have the water cooled torch?

doctorhomo · Mar 6, 2008

ive been tig welding for 8 years now

it does have the water cooled torch.the cooler is built into the runner cart

boxboy · Mar 6, 2008

You are in Yakima so you work for a food processing plant as that looks like stainless steal?

darius · Mar 6, 2008

boxboy said:
You are in Yakima so you work for a food processing plant as that looks like stainless steal?

That would be my assumption.

Look's like an older model 250dx. what you pick it up for?

doctorhomo · Mar 6, 2008

magic metals dosent do any"food processing work"
mostly aluminum and stainless for:semitool, novellus, NW technologies,Genie lifts,and more
the welder is 6years old
show me some of your tig welds boxboy. i love to talk shop on the TIG process

War-Jeeper · Mar 6, 2008

lucky bastard! i really want to get a TIG but would rather have a tow rig and trailer to go wheeling at this point in time

you should let me borrow it for like a month

doctorhomo · Mar 6, 2008

aluminum fuel cell plumed to fit stock efi pump

boxboy · Mar 6, 2008

Well I haven't touched a tig torch since I quit the job down in Hermiston working at the simplot plant all stainless. I now **** at a desk all day... Let me see what i can dig up I think I have some old pictures someplace.

doctorhomo · Mar 6, 2008

its just like riding a bike
once you have the skill you have it for life. (i guess)
so i bet you still have it.:smile:

War-Jeeper · Mar 6, 2008

ive still got all my practice plates from here at school in my garage somewhere i will have to dig somthing out later when i get home

doctorhomo · Mar 6, 2008

darius i paid $2000 extra torch extra pedal and cylinder

War-Jeeper · Mar 6, 2008

doctorturbo said:
darius i paid $2000 extra torch extra pedal and cylinder

thats a good deal man!

doctorhomo · Mar 6, 2008

the guy bought it new and used it in his garage for light fabrication

War-Jeeper · Mar 6, 2008

doctorturbo said:
the guy bought it new and used it in his garage for light fabrication

very nice!!!

like i said if i wasnt buying a tow rig and trailer i would be looking into buying one myself, its my favorite style of welding:awesomework:

doctorhomo · Mar 7, 2008

that first pic is a jack stand notched to fit my supra for oil changes

Brian H · Mar 7, 2008

doctorturbo said:
magic metals dosent do any"food processing work"
mostly aluminum and stainless for:semitool, novellus, NW technologies,Genie lifts,and more
the welder is 6years old
show me some of your tig welds boxboy. i love to talk shop on the TIG process

Crazy daze on here will smoke anyone in tig welding.......Napoleon Dynamite
got skills.:awesomework:

War-Jeeper · Mar 7, 2008

Brian H said:
Crazy daze on here will smoke anyone in tig welding.......Napoleon Dynamite
got skills.:awesomework:

:corn:

i got the opportunity to weld titanium this last quarter at school, that was some very cool stuff ran the smoothest out of any other metal ive ever welded:awesomework:

TigTorch · Mar 7, 2008

Very nice Turbo. Looks well cared for. Be proud of her. :awesomework:

Tig is a cool process as you can do impossible things with it. Unless you want to run very heavy aluminum sections she will do anything you'll ever need. I would pull the sheet metal and blow the smoke and dust off the transformer and circuit cards, maybe change the coolant. That would be about it.

I've been Tig welding for 20+ years. Had a side business for a few years building custom motorclcle and ATV parts. Two jobs was too much.

You will find your self able to weld things you never have before. Read up on metalurgy and platings, also be aware that many of the electrodes are radioactive. Watch out for zink and cadmium plating. Over the years I've breathed some **** I wish I hadn't.