Got a "New" Welder

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Actually its pretty old, but new to me.  I have been searching for over a year for a decent AC/DC stick machine and found one last week.  I bought a Miller Dialarc 250 off of ebay.  No leads, no plug, just the welder and a heavy duty dolly.  I took a chance that I was getting a 400 lb paper weight and paid $225.00 for it.  I rigged up some leads, wired up the plug, retapped the input, blew out 25-30 years of dust from the insides and fired it up.  I was running late for work so I only had a few minutes;  ran a couple beads on AC and one on DC.  It runs nice and smooth.  I'm pretty jacked to get to some projects I have planned to try my hand at DC. Attached Images
Reply:Nice score GLwelder.  Enjoy it!Not that I need it by any stretch of the imagination but if I ran across a smoking deal on an AC/DC Dialarc I'm afraid I'd have another welder in the lineup.MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1Syncrowave 180SDBobcat 225G Plus - LP/NGMUTT Suitcase WirefeederWC-1S/Spoolmatic 1HF-251D-1PakMaster 100XL '68 Red Face Code #6633 projectStar Jet 21-110Save Second Base!
Reply:Originally Posted by duaneb55Nice score GLwelder.  Enjoy it!Not that I need it by any stretch of the imagination but if I ran across a smoking deal on an AC/DC Dialarc I'm afraid I'd have another welder in the lineup.
Reply:GLwelder,Good deal.  Great welder.Never understood so many people's fascination with the Thunderbolt/Stickmate machines when there are so many used Dialarc's out there.  Feed that machine the proper juice, and she'll burn rods til the cows come home.  I've got one sitting next to a nearly new Syncrowave 250 DX Tigrunner, and for stick jobs, it's still my go to machine.  So much easier than changing leads on the Sync.  You're going to like the arc that machine has.Nice score.  Now on to more equipment.Syncro 250 DX Dynasty 200 DXMM 251 w/30A SG XMT 304 w/714 Feeder & Optima PulserHH187Dialarc 250 AC/DCHypertherm PM 1250Smith, Harris, Victor O/ASmith and Thermco Gas MixersAccess to a full fab shop with CNC Plasma, Water Jet, etc.
Reply:The Dialarc is a very sweet stick welder, indeed.  MM350P/Python/Q300MM175/Q300DialarcHFHTP MIG200PowCon300SMHypertherm380ThermalArc185Purox oaF350CrewCab4x4LoadNGo utilitybedBobcat250XMT304/Optima/SpoolmaticSuitcase12RC/Q300Suitcase8RC/Q400Passport/Q300Smith op
Reply:It is a good welder, nearly as smooth an arc as a Lincoln. I said NEARLY...All joking aside,  you have nothing to be ashamed of in that purchase.  Isn't it wonderful to be at the right place at the right time with the right money?   My problem is that I am often at the right place at the right time with the wrong money...Esab Migmaster 250Lincoln SA 200Lincoln Ranger 8Smith Oxy Fuel setupEverlast PowerPlasma 80Everlast Power iMIG 160Everlast Power iMIG 205 Everlast Power iMIG 140EEverlast PowerARC 300Everlast PowerARC 140STEverlast PowerTIG 255EXT