Last week I wrote to this board about my old Dialarc 250 that had a welding problem. And thanks to Cruzier and others , once parts are here it should be back up and running once again........bought it New in 1986 and learned to TIG and Weld Aluminum with it.& along the way Built several race cars and lots of other things........ Being Old School I really never looked beyond my old Blue machines capabilities as it always served me quite well and when you have nothing different to compare it with you just deal with what ya got...........
Once fixed I'm kicking around buying a more modern machine.......one that is a Square wave vs a Sine wave , one that is not quite as power hungry as what I have now (although I have 100 amps in the panel) one that has more Arc & balance control and also one that can also weld aluminum much better than what I have dealt with the past 30 years..........I hardy do any stick welding anymore as I have a 211 here also.
Most of my welding is Chro-Mo and mild steel and need to weld up to 1/4" quite often...........due to the irregularities of AC welding aluminum with the Dialarc I don't do much but would like to expand upon that with a more modern machine.
So educate me on the Dialarc vs the Syncrowave vs the Dynasty 280 DX. Of course do to the fact that the Dialarc has served me well for the past 30 years I do not want nor need a new machine that is hard on parts or spends allot of time in the repair shop..........So hopefully some folks will chime in with real world welding experience with either of these machines....
I am also somewhat concerned with having to use a larger sized water cooled torch on the Dynasty as opposed to the WP-20 on the Dialarc and Syncrowave. Also your opinion on the Remote Pedal's Good or Bad?
Question: Is the New Syncrowave 250 a Transformer or Inverter type machine.........and how is it's reliability ? Same question for the Dynasty 280 DX.
I am looking at these two machines do to the fact they both will weld up to 3/8" material.
Thanks for your responses .
Once fixed I'm kicking around buying a more modern machine.......one that is a Square wave vs a Sine wave , one that is not quite as power hungry as what I have now (although I have 100 amps in the panel) one that has more Arc & balance control and also one that can also weld aluminum much better than what I have dealt with the past 30 years..........I hardy do any stick welding anymore as I have a 211 here also.
Most of my welding is Chro-Mo and mild steel and need to weld up to 1/4" quite often...........due to the irregularities of AC welding aluminum with the Dialarc I don't do much but would like to expand upon that with a more modern machine.
So educate me on the Dialarc vs the Syncrowave vs the Dynasty 280 DX. Of course do to the fact that the Dialarc has served me well for the past 30 years I do not want nor need a new machine that is hard on parts or spends allot of time in the repair shop..........So hopefully some folks will chime in with real world welding experience with either of these machines....
I am also somewhat concerned with having to use a larger sized water cooled torch on the Dynasty as opposed to the WP-20 on the Dialarc and Syncrowave. Also your opinion on the Remote Pedal's Good or Bad?
Question: Is the New Syncrowave 250 a Transformer or Inverter type machine.........and how is it's reliability ? Same question for the Dynasty 280 DX.
I am looking at these two machines do to the fact they both will weld up to 3/8" material.
Thanks for your responses .
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