Scared of it

[sledsports]

I've been reading a lot of the Dynasty threads especially the 280 and 350 threads. I'm wanting one but all the adjustability scares me to death. I can see myself playing around with this and that and the next thing you you know my machine is rendered useless because I've got it so far out of wack I couldn't figure out how to put it back. Is it really that intimidating or am I making something out of nothing? What was some of you first timers experiences with the transition from a transformer machine like my Syncrowave to a inverter? Nightmarss and horror stories are welcome.

[H80N]

I've been reading a lot of the Dynasty threads especially the 280 and 350 threads. I'm wanting one but all the adjustability scares me to death. I can see myself playing around with this and that and the next thing you you know my machine is rendered useless because I've got it so far out of wack I couldn't figure out how to put it back. Is it really that intimidating or am I making something out of nothing? What was some of you first timers experiences with the transition from a transformer machine like my Syncrowave to a inverter? Nightmarss and horror stories are welcome.

Yes it can be intimidating... and sure you can get way out of Whack....

BUT.... you can always do a reset that will put the settings back to factory defaults and safe ground...

The factory default settings will get you going.. and familiar with the machine... as you get more familiar and comfortable.. you can expand your universe... by adjusting parameters..

Remember... no matter how goofed up the settings get.. you can always reset...

[FusionKing]

The first thing you have to get used to is the sounds it makes.
Then you need to read the manual pretty much entirely. Its not that hard.
Find out what the default settings are so you know where to go back to if you get to far out of adjustment.
Having used a synchrowave I would start off close to how it was......use soft squarewave, set balance around 70 to keep a point but not be entirely strange, set frequency around 95 for pretty much the same reasons.
Then just weld awhile like that. After that play with settings as needed or wanted.
It's really not all that different from the stuff you use to watch TV.....lots of buttons to play with, but yet you can turn it on and watch. You have to try pretty hard to screw it up entirely.

[cruizer]

Just as the above posters said, ya screw up somewhere, merely reset the machine and start over

[H80N]

You might spend some time watching the youtube videos on the Dynasty series..

I think you will find that the visuals will help take a lot of the mystery out of the extended features offered by these inverter machines..

https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...miller+dynasty

aside from that you have a pretty good pool of us knuckleheads who have already made most of the mistakes with these machines to ask.... I know I sure doodled them up in 1st class fashion when I first got them...

Do not believe you can hurt the machine.... and I am pretty sure that no operator ever died from embarassment or bruised ego.. (I survived..)

[sledsports]

Thank you guys for making it easier. So if I decide to go with the 280 am I going to miss the power of the big 350? 3/8"and 1/2" is pretty normal in my shop along with billet cylinder heads. When engines digest valves there's a lot build up work and padding. I'm not sure if I can get over the price shock of the 350. The 280 sounds like a fine machine.

[H80N]

Thank you guys for making it easier. So if I decide to go with the 280 am I going to miss the power of the big 350? 3/8"and 1/2" is pretty normal in my shop along with billet cylinder heads. When engines digest valves there's a lot build up work and padding. I'm not sure if I can get over the price shock of the 350. The 280 sounds like a fine machine.

I really like my Dynasty 350DX Tigrunner....

If you regularly do heavier stuff... the extra power of 350DX sure could not hurt..

will admit that I have not used the Dyn 280 though..

[sledsports]

I'm gonna go ahead and start looking for a 350. Thanks y'all.

[Burnt hands]

sledsports,

Here is a chart showing some possibilities.
As you can see, if the pulse option is not selected, the number of combinations is greatly reduced.
I only use about 3 settings on my Dynasty 350.

You can always reset the Dynasty to factory defaults so play and have fun.

[sledsports]

I know this is a old post but I thought I'd bring some of you guys up to speed. I am a proud new owner of a Dynasty 400.

[griff01]

I know this is a old post but I thought I'd bring some of you guys up to speed. I am a proud new owner of a Dynasty 400.

Great!!

Griff

[ryanjones2150]

Sweet!!

[snowbird]

bummer, for a moment i was delighted to see h80n on line....(hope he'll be back soon) congrats on your high tech machine ;-)

[sledsports]

Thanks

[DougM]

SS, so how's it going with the new 400? It's not too complicated, is it? I have been drooling over some older syncrowaves, but they're a fracking power sink compared to the inverter types. A while ago I was just this close ( || ) to switching the flip and ordering an EverLost tig machine. I think I'll save for a while more for a Miller Dynasty. But anyway, I had viewed LOTS of instructional vids so that I could reasonably operate and test a newer inverter machine if I found a used unit somewhere. It didn't appear too daunting to learn the ins and outs.
Did you purchase new or used?