im in the market for a new welder in the near future and was wondering what welders people are using and the input about the welders ?

 

miller syncrowave 180 (not big but does most what i need it for)

 

eventually the synchrowave 250 when i get the $$$ sucks building a turbo project

 

i am purchasing a syncrowave 250 next week!
that is what i trained on in weld school and i fell in love with it!if you are willing to shell out about $2400, it is the best bang for your buck!

 

We use a Syncrowave 250 and it's great.

 

Esab compact 2000.

Aluminum and steel.

 

well a 70 AMP ARCH WELDER FROM WALMART....LOL IKNKOW BUT IT FIXED MY EXHAST...LOL

 

thanks for all your input
do you guys have the new syncrowave welders or the older models
would it be worth it to get the miller Syncrowave 350 LX ?
thanks

 

I don't think the synchrowave 350 is worth it but the 250 for sure

 

Syncrowave 250.

I started with the first gen Econotig and never could do clean welds. In hindsight it may have had a leak in the argon line since contaminated welds happened all the time. No such problem with the 250 and I've never regretted the purchase, though the money stung a bit at the time...

 

Ok i dont have the 2g + to spend on a welder.. BUT i want to do things like tig welding intercooler piping, weld a morotmount, possibly weld a frame together for a jeep... what can you sudgest for that?
i have a 90 amp wire core mig with no gas now.. and i used it just for practice but i cant weld clean welds to save my life.. but i dotn know what motion i am saposed to do either with wleding..

 

as long as you dont need to weld anything more than sat about 1/8th of an inch, then the 90 should be fine with a gas set up for it.
p.s. i use a miller 225D plus

 

i don't even know that the 250 is worth it for automotive fabrication. I don't do any heavy / frame work, but i've never maxxed out my 180SD.

I've welded on all the miller and lincoln tigs before and I like mine just as much as the $5000 dollar 355 amp machines and ****. For constant duty cycle work i would buy myself a water cooler. but i don't need it so whatever.

'04 miller synchrowave 180sd.

 

Lincoln pt185 works great for me.

 

OK, 1st post from a newbie forum member in Australia. My day job is repairing and fabricating sprintcar chassis' and specialist Tig welding on all sorts of materials.
We've got 3 Tig machines at work, a 20 year old Esab DTA 200 AC/DC an 8 year old Miller Syncrowave 250 and my favourite an 18 month old OTC AVP300 which has literally all the bells and whistles. It's so good I haven't even turned on the syncrowave for over 3 months.
Regards Andrew.

 

Lincoln Pro Tig 175 about $1300

 

Lincoln PT 185
Lincoln PM 255
Newley added, Lincoln Pro-Cut 80, cant wait till it gets here so i can cut stuff

 

i've never heard anything bad about the lincoln pt185, i'll be picking mine up in a week or 2

 

lincoln pt185. Lovin it

 

miller syncrowave 180 here too.