Dialarc HF

[tailshaft56]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...512523671&rd=1


Any Opinions in this. Thinking of puttin in a bid if I can get the wife to sign off and the fools don't rush in and bid it through the roof. Looks good at around this price but if it goes up a lot I think a new 180sd would be better.

Dennis

[Mike W]

It looks pretty clean. It would probably last forever but it is no light weight, can you pick it up?

[leeave96]

I just bought one of these and am still touching it up a bit - new paint and new input and output wiring. I could be wrong, but the paint on that machine looks like "new" blue, but the decal looks like those I've seen on "old" blue Miller welders. I don't really think age is a problem with the Dialarc HF as it is a very simple machine in terms of parts and complexity. Most of it is a BIG transformer. Mine came with running gear, so it's pretty easy to move around.

I knocked out the dents on my sheet metal and repainted it and bought new decals for the sides. Another area that I beat to death on this forum was my input wiring. I think you can get by with a 50A dryer plug arrangement, but being hard headed, I am going with #4 input cable and a 125A breaker per the latest Miller Dialarc HF manual from their site. I paid about $250 for mine and just found 66 ft of SO type #4/4 wire for all of 66 cent a foot - so I'm happy about that.

Though I could have gotten by easily with a buzzbox, for what I have paid and with the addition of TIG, I think I can live with the size of this unit.

Good luck,
Bill

[tailshaft56]

It looks pretty clean. It would probably last forever but it is no light weight, can you pick it up?

Will have to rent a truck but it's doable. Good side is the goes with it for local pickup.

Dennis

[tailshaft56]

Welder sold for $ 2001.. Too rich for my blood.

Dennis

[Terry Lingle]

That is way to high for e-pay. At that price you want a dealer to stand behind it. I got mine 15 years ago. It is just a basic dial arc for $250 with about 350 feet of 1/0 welding cables and a dozen sets of connectors . I have a friend that just bought two new ones for his shop will check on the price he paid . Terry

[tailshaft56]

Yea I lost interest real fast after it went over $ 1300. Even though I want a Miller I'm beginning to think the TA 185 may be the way to go. Save on the electric bill without spending quite as much as a 2000dx. Meantime I will keep on looking.


Dennis