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[MAC702]

Those look sturdy! Thanks for the pictorial!

[MAC702]

Nice pictorial. Thanks for sharing the project. Hopefully the rear-ender had to pay for it all.

[MAC702]

What happened to each when they quit working, or did they just die between one day and another? Or did you acquire them in this condition and are starting from scratch? What diagnostic tests have you already done on the machine that doesn't power up, to find out where the power stops?

[MAC702]

Unless you really know how to do your emissivity calcs and calibrations, IR-type thermometers are best used for just making comparisons, not for absolute temp measurements. Like using them for checking the temperatures of engine cylinders or circuit breakers. I don't care what the actual reading is,...

[MAC702]

Please slow down and use capitalization and punctuation. It really does make things easier to read. You will also not skip words. You said: "when i turn it off and start to weld."

Why didn't you give us a model number to work with? Do you have the manual? How old is it? How...

[MAC702]

Excellent write up and observations! Thank you for posting. I've not done any spray in a long time. Used to do it with my old PowCon 300SM, and I did get my HH210 to spray with .023 and C3 gas, but only as an experiment, not to really use it for anything.

[MAC702]

Once again, Miller's picture loading ruins a thread. I see nothing but tiny thumbnails. While attaching is usually better, this forum works better if you hyperlink to a hosted picture somewhere else.

Three years isn't usually a long time for welder storage, unless the conditions were...

[MAC702]

That's a very good point.

As for being an ancient thread, at least it was bumped on topic, instead of spam, like usual....

[MAC702]

Nope. Still thumbnails. But it's not your fault. None of us know why Miller has to be so difficult about putting pictures in here. It's the only site I frequent where I've given up on it.

[MAC702]

Discovered that? We've been talking about it for as long as you've been here....

[MAC702]

Miller's photo attachment strikes again. Nothing but thumbnails on my end.

[MAC702]

Many of us have done this with old transformer-based machines, with the right electrode....

[MAC702]

We use them all the time!

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[MAC702]

I have, however, often not had enough to drink....

[MAC702]

"Too much" is a relative term. I've never drunk too much. ...

[MAC702]

That was pretty much my reaction, too. I was just tired of responding to it. As is his norm, none of his claims have citations. It's the Berkeley way....

[MAC702]

Depends on output. It will pretty much use the same power as any other machine, BUT it has the capability to do jobs bigger than what many of us do, meaning it will then use more. It will also do the "normal" jobs at a higher duty cycle, so make sure you use appropriate wire sizes for any...

[MAC702]

It should, however, drive the hell out of a voltage-sensing wirefeeder for monster FCAW....

[MAC702]

Here is a thread from a few years ago on another forum. I don't see the actual manual posted, but I didn't peruse it. There is some contact info for the company that made the collets: https://www.polytechforum.com/weldin...ual-50734-.htm

[MAC702]

No possibility of magnetic arc blow with AC.

Why didn't you link to the video? What did they say the specific advantages were?