hf for stick welding using a syncro 250

[dieselpro160]

i do a lot of maintence welding in hard to reach places my machine does not have hf in the stick weld mode is that the way all miller machines are or is my machine not working wright

[Wheelchair]

This is a joke right.

Wheelchair

[ccawgc]

HF is not used in stick welding and the syncrowave disables it in stick mode.

[wronghand]

You don't do a lot of welding ANYWHERE if you're wondering about HF mode with SMAW

[thehat]

hf for stick welding using a syncro 250

Hi Diesel, It's been a while but I think I've used HF on Al stick to make restarts easier in tight places.Give me a couple of days to get out in the shop and try it and take notes on set-up.By the way I have a 250 Syncro 98 vintage transformer machine. Bill

[usmcruz]

Ive welded in hf mode with a stick electrode jammed in my tig torch. Got lazy and didnt want to change out the whips!

[Daniel]

Ive welded in hf mode with a stick electrode jammed in my tig torch. Got lazy and didnt want to change out the whips!

Did you do that in Walmart ?
I couldn't resist.

[usmcruz]

Did you do that in Walmart ?
I couldn't resist.

Wal-mart?

[dieselpro160]

hf for stick welding using a syncro 250

i purchsed a airco heilwelder 251 made by esab new in 1996 i can use hf in stick and tig mode as for my syncro 250 i am going to change it to work like my esab all i need is a miller engineer to tell me how

[SundownIII]

WHY?

Guess I'm in Wheelchair's and wronghand's camp on this question.

Why do you THINK you need HF for SMAW?

[con_fuse9]

I always assumed there was a safety issue involved. Swapping out rods while the HF was on would seem like a pretty hot proposition. Add in phrases like 'tight confines' and I suspect Darwin will be proven right again.

I can say the older welders (in particular the Dialarc HF) didn't have a stick mode per se, just a switch to turn HF on, start-only, or off and another switch for remote contactor and remote level. You could turn these on in any combination you wanted (hey, its your life).

I've used the remote contactor and voltage control a few times (worked a lot better just setting the amps right and using remote as a contactor only.

More modern machines seem to vary the open circuit voltage more so there might be a real need to weld stick in 'stick mode'.

[dieselpro160]

-hf for stick welding using a syncro 250

i was talking a miller engineer today and he told me buy a 14 pin cannon plug then put a jumper across pin A and B then your hf will work in stick mode

[Markswelding]

-hf for stick welding using a syncro 250

i was talking a miller engineer today and he told me buy a 14 pin cannon plug then put a jumper across pin A and B then your hf will work in stick mode

Hi, yes, years back there was a machine out that ran on a gas mixture like a chain saw, gas oil mix, 200 amp, light weight enough to carry around, and yes it ran stick, what it was designed for and impopsed hifreq in the circuit.
Used it for pipe welding in the Fuller plant Caty, Pa. on an air line, tell you what welded like a charm. Smooth.
And I worked with another guy an artist who used the 250HF for portable tig on motor drives, or stick machines, and ran his stick leads thru it welded like a charm.
For those guys that never tried it, you may just like it, smaw never acted so good.

[cruizer]

Hi, yes, years back there was a machine out that ran on a gas mixture like a chain saw, gas oil mix, 200 amp, light weight enough to carry around, and yes it ran stick, what it was designed for and impopsed hifreq in the circuit.
Used it for pipe welding in the Fuller plant Caty, Pa. on an air line, tell you what welded like a charm. Smooth.
And I worked with another guy an artist who used the 250HF for portable tig on motor drives, or stick machines, and ran his stick leads thru it welded like a charm.
For those guys that never tried it, you may just like it, smaw never acted so good.

That was a "Mosa", pretty nifty little machine, like to get my hands on another.

[Markswelding]

-hf for stick welding using a syncro 250

That was a "Mosa", pretty nifty little machine, like to get my hands on another.

I believe your right. Gonna see what google comes up with