Vintage vs Modern welders -- advice for a novice.

[MossRoad]

At that price, jump on it. You would have a hard time buying the cables for that price.

Aaron Z

No kidding.... I had 2 fifty foot leads at my grandparent's garage where I worked on cars that seem to have disappeared when my dad rented that house out for a while about 25 years ago.... grrrrrr. You price 100' of #4 lately?

 

[russkat]

For that price, I wouldnt. You should be able to get your investment back out of the cables even if the welder dies.

Aaron Z

That's what I thought...

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

I've read that Arc Products no longer supports PowCon... should that be a concern ?

Nope, there are people who work on them and advise how to fix them too.
Plus, if it died in a year you already got your money out of it and leads too.

 

[Big Barn]

I THINK PowCon may be the predecessor to Miller's XMT series of welders. (Not that that necessarily means anything). I really like my XMT though ....

Terry

 

[Budweiser John]

Geez, the leads. By themselves are worth a hundred bucks.

 

[Reverser]

They're highly spoken of. I've heard only good things about them.
But I don't get out much. :laughing:

 

[yomax4]

We always used to call them KaPOW Cons. They were notorious for shucking boards. If the unit is still working it may be ok but would be too costly to repair.