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Hello all,
Long time lurker, just signed up finally.
I purchased a Syncrowave 300 about 7yrs ago and have loved it since. After seeing a friend's welds change over night when he got a newer Chinese inverter machine with pulse options, I have been thinking it would be a great feature to have on my ancient box. I tend to use the pedal to vary voltage, but it's no where near the same as a more square or sharp triangular wave looks with the pooling. Not sure if that conveys properly via text, but some of you might catch my drift?
After some research I have seen the various pendants, external boxes, TIG Perfect etc, I think I would like to convert my machine. It is a 1985 models, so it already has the cut outs in the front panel, and even the printing for it - call me nostalgic if you like, but it would be accurate after all. I happen to like my vintage equipment. Heck, my CNC milling machine is a 1981 Kitamura (you have no idea how many people didn't know CNC even existed back then, lol).
Anyways, that brings me to the question. How would I go about getting the internals to convert it? I thought about purchasing a "parts" machine, but that seems wasteful and expensive. Is there any retro-fit kits or the like that would make this an easy swap? Would it be simple to use something like a Miller Pc-300 and retro-fit it inside? I am fairly proficient with electronics, so the installation itself doesn't scare me, it's more about cost vs final product.
On another note, my serial number does not come up on the Miller Manuals/parts page. Is this common for older machines? The serial number is die stamped on the front upper left for the control panel. It starts with "JF" so I know the year, just found it odd the rest of the numbers don't come up. Maybe there's another place inside that it's stamped? I have cleaned it out and looks a bit when open, but haven't found anything obvious.
Thanks,
John
Long time lurker, just signed up finally.
I purchased a Syncrowave 300 about 7yrs ago and have loved it since. After seeing a friend's welds change over night when he got a newer Chinese inverter machine with pulse options, I have been thinking it would be a great feature to have on my ancient box. I tend to use the pedal to vary voltage, but it's no where near the same as a more square or sharp triangular wave looks with the pooling. Not sure if that conveys properly via text, but some of you might catch my drift?
After some research I have seen the various pendants, external boxes, TIG Perfect etc, I think I would like to convert my machine. It is a 1985 models, so it already has the cut outs in the front panel, and even the printing for it - call me nostalgic if you like, but it would be accurate after all. I happen to like my vintage equipment. Heck, my CNC milling machine is a 1981 Kitamura (you have no idea how many people didn't know CNC even existed back then, lol).
Anyways, that brings me to the question. How would I go about getting the internals to convert it? I thought about purchasing a "parts" machine, but that seems wasteful and expensive. Is there any retro-fit kits or the like that would make this an easy swap? Would it be simple to use something like a Miller Pc-300 and retro-fit it inside? I am fairly proficient with electronics, so the installation itself doesn't scare me, it's more about cost vs final product.
On another note, my serial number does not come up on the Miller Manuals/parts page. Is this common for older machines? The serial number is die stamped on the front upper left for the control panel. It starts with "JF" so I know the year, just found it odd the rest of the numbers don't come up. Maybe there's another place inside that it's stamped? I have cleaned it out and looks a bit when open, but haven't found anything obvious.
Thanks,
John
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