Miiler Machine

[murphy1244]

What do your friends weld with?

Only guy I know Welds bought his from HF and his welds are Bad. I would not trust my life on it. Why you ask?

 

[Arc weld]

Are these the same guys telling you not to spend over $200? I hate to say it but you might have missed out on a really great deal by listening to someone who has no knowledge of what they're looking at. What do you get for $200 at HF?

 

[murphy1244]

Are these the same guys telling you not to spend over $200? I hate to say it but you might have missed out on a really great deal by listening to someone who has no knowledge of what they're looking at. What do you get for $200 at HF?

Read the thread, Posters on here said 200.00 is about it.

 

[IslandTractor]

Are these the same guys telling you not to spend over $200? I hate to say it but you might have missed out on a really great deal by listening to someone who has no knowledge of what they're looking at. What do you get for $200 at HF?

I would be very happy to have the little 110v 5-80amp inverter stick machine for $149 from HF. It is literally the size of a small lunch box and weighs about as much. Not good for building bridges but could do a decent job with most stuff under 3/16" and would certainly be a handy device to have for tacking and making small repairs. And, whatever welding experience one gets with it is directly transferable to a more serious stick machine if the need arises.

 

[Arc weld]

Shield Arc posted what people were asking for similar machines. I thought $900 was a little high and without even seeing the picture I suggested about $750. After seeing that it is a 1984 and appears in excellent condition, it's for sure worth more than a few hundred dollars. Dial-Arcs are generally trouble free machines. The only time I ever saw a problem with one was when I could smell it but couldn't blame the machine. I worked in a tank shop and one of the welders was using a Dial-Arc burning 3/16" 7024 one after the other welding the inside seams on a 10' diameter tank. That's a heck of a lot over the duty cycle.

 

[murphy1244]

I'll be asking you and others on the next one. it seemed 200$ was the place to stop but its gone now.

 

[Willie B]

I finally tried mine tonight. No telling what the frequency is, it sounds hi, a very smooth arc, welds aluminum well. To me at least, with experience with now 2 tig machines neither having arc balance adjustment, this having "High Frequency" whatever that means, The other being 60 HZ? Not too sure about that. This seemed a great welder, No torch heating problems, and it never runs short of heat. I think I could weld all day.
I've not yet tried the stick welder, I can think of no reason it wouldn't be wonderful for stick.I paid considerably more than the auction, but I know the history, and felt confident it was in good condition. The seller used it to TIG 1" stainless.
Do these things work better with balled tungsten?

 

[mikehaugen]

You should always ball the tungsten with ac tig.

 

[Arc weld]

TIG aluminum welding has been around for a long, long time, way before inverters, square wave and balance control. You don't hear of too many aircraft falling out of the sky because of bad welds. If it works don't worry about the frequency or AC balance. You should use pure or Zirconiated tungstens on your machine. Zirconium can handle more heat than pure tungsten. The tungsten should pretty much ball on it's own. If it gets contaminated, take 2 pairs of pliers and break it off. If it's only slightly contaminated, you can switch the HF off, put it on reverse polarity and strike an arc on a piece of copper for about 2 seconds at the most. The extra heat will burn the contamination off. Learned this trick from a very experienced aircraft welder.

 

[Willie B]

Actually aircraft do fall out of the sky with alarming frequency, it isn't fair to blame the welds. Thank you. Somewhere I've seen how to ball it. It didn't seem to do it on its own.