12 Yr Old Syncrowave 250

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Hey All,I have a chance to pick up a barely used Syncrowave 250 for around $1000.It was purchased new, used a few dozen times then stored for 12 years. Anything to watch out for? Anything I will really miss compared to the newer or newerish Sycro's?I know there is no "Lift-Arc', no pulse like the newer DX models. It doesn't have the optional volt / amp meters or preflow features.I will have to buy a Argon Cylinder and water cooler (previously used the garden hose water cooler technique), but it's supposed to have the torch and other cables, but I haven't seen it in person yet and won't be able to power it up.I will be doing a little of everything, Stainless, Alum, Bronze,  Steel, some light fabrication work. I was kind of holding out for a good used Dynasty 200DX but this may be too good to pass up.I should be able to wrangle a 100 amp circuit for power. I understand these older machines are just about bullet proof, but is there anything else to watch out for on a teenage Syncrowave?Thanks - Mark"Never trust anything you read on the Internet" - Abraham Lincoln
Reply:I've had mine (same era as the one you're looking at) for over a year and I use it every day. The one I got spent most of its life in a working machine shop, pushed into a dusty corner and generally neglected. The only thing I did to it was blow it out real well and clean/gap the contact points for the HF. I paid a little more and it came with a cooler, K-size tank, foot pedal, a torch and about 20 lbs of various filler. Yours still sounds like a good deal. Used Syncro 250s of that age are going for around $1800.00 - $2000.00 up here in my part of the country.I never missed the meters on mine, you can find Miller pulser modules (external, I think) that plug right in between the pedal and the welder on CL for around $250 - $300 if you have to have one. Lift arc? Its got HF...Buy it and you'll be happy.EricAWS D1.1 Certified SMAW 3G Unlimited, Open Root                             FCAW-G 3G Unlimited, w/BackerCellular Tower Reinforcement Welding on the frozen tundra of the greater Mid-West
Reply:Buy it!!!,You can't go wrong. I bought one and will get to some more practice after my table is finished. Here is my post. http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=87771Syncrowave 250MM130
Reply:Thanks for the input, I should be able to check it out before the weekend"Never trust anything you read on the Internet" - Abraham Lincoln
Reply:Check ac & high frequency.Turn the amps up and see if she poops outMiller Dynasty 200DXMiller Spectrum 250DMiller Millermatic 200Bunch of old blue dinosaurs....
Reply:I bought a used one built in 1987. Sanded and painted the skins, new decals and used the snot out of it over the past few years. Nice machine.  Let us know how it works out for ya weld it like you own it