Eastwood Mig

[Big Barn]

The OP is prepared to shell out money for new and is asking for opinions on the Eastwood.

Given his needs and price range an Everlast would be a good choice. IMO of course.

Mark at Everlast should be able to hook him
up.

 

[yomax4]

I'm wondering what OP means by his welder is fizzling out? People are talking about repair. What's fizzling? Also yes Hobart is the less cost internal parts equipment offered by ITW ( Miller.) Miller doesn't own Hobart, Miller doesn't even own it's self. Both are only assembled in the states but that may be a good thing?. No-one makes a USA welder anymore. All are pretty much imports. Phone tech support is only better than no phone tech support.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

The OP is prepared to shell out money for new and is asking for opinions on the Eastwood.

Given his needs and price range an Everlast would be a good choice. IMO of course.

Mark at Everlast should be able to hook him
up.

Yes. We definitely can.
The Power i-MIG 140E is a great choice with 25% duty cycle at a full 140A.
Power i-MIG 14E - MIG Welders | Everlast Generators

 

[Doofy]

Yes. We definitely can.
The Power i-MIG 140E is a great choice with 25% duty cycle at a full 140A.
Power i-MIG 14E - MIG Welders | Everlast Generators

Sure can't beat the price.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

Sure can't beat the price.

Or 5 year warranty.

If he is comparing to the 135 E.W., the unit is probably not going to have but about 20% duty cycle at 90A, and is not going to have the output of the Everlast. The E.W. unit is listed in the clearance section. Along with several other units. I'd doubly check on support long term...and try to read through the bravado by the sales people to make sure. Ask about buying spare boards at the time of purchase and see how much hem-hawing around they do.

 

[WranglerX]

I was looking at the Hobart dual voltage. A couple of people (not experts by any means) said they heard of problems with that particular machine where one side of the voltage goes down and takes the rest of the machine with it...Any truth to that?--The dual voltage seems like a good thing to me. I don't know anyone who has one.

Never heard that rumor and I frequent Hobarts forum...

Dale

 

[WranglerX]

The Hobart is rumored to be Miller痴 imported model. They have a good reputation and warranty. I知 no expert but I haven稚 seen the Hobart issues.

Assembled in USA from foreign and domestic parts, Hobart is owned by same parent company as Miller and many parts are interchangeable...

Dale

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

Hobart has gotten Miller cast-offs. They used to be fairly one to one, but now that Miller has gone to mostly inverter MIGs Hobart is stuck with the older transformer designs.

As far as made in USA, or assembled in USA, this is one of their units they say is made in Wisconsin, the new multimatic 220. Look at the Mex, and Made in Mexico on every board.

 

[dragoneggs]

Not always. Buddy JUST informed me this morning he’s been talking to Miller for a week. The board in his Syncrowave is toast and obsolete. He then took (all 300 pounds of it )to the authorized service center to pay them $240 to tell him they couldn’t do anything.

Ouch! And weren’t you wearing a Miller jacket today?

 

[Big Barn]

Ouch! And weren’t you wearing a Miller jacket today?

YES. And I will have to do something about that!

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

Not always. Buddy JUST informed me this morning he’s been talking to Miller for a week. The board in his Syncrowave is toast and obsolete. He then took (all 300 pounds of it )to the authorized service center to pay them $240 to tell him they couldn’t do anything.

Send him here. Likely he'll find just what he needs. If not, they can probably fix the one he has.
Innovat Corporation - P.C. Board Repair Price List

 

[Doofy]

Ouch! And weren稚 you wearing a Miller jacket today?

Miller High Life, maybe.

 

[Big Barn]

Send him here. Likely he'll find just what he needs. If not, they can probably fix the one he has.
Innovat Corporation - P.C. Board Repair Price List

Thank you, Mark. I just passed that along.

 

[Big Barn]

Miller High Life, maybe.

Miller ....Check

High Life .....haha

 

[WranglerX]

Hobart has gotten Miller cast-offs. They used to be fairly one to one, but now that Miller has gone to mostly inverter MIGs Hobart is stuck with the older transformer designs.

As far as made in USA, or assembled in USA, this is one of their units they say is made in Wisconsin, the new multimatic 220. Look at the Mex, and Made in Mexico on every board.

Care to show us pictures of your circuit boards?

Dale

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Not always. Buddy JUST informed me this morning he痴 been talking to Miller for a week. The board in his Syncrowave is toast and obsolete. He then took (all 300 pounds of it )to the authorized service center to pay them $240 to tell him they couldn稚 do anything.

How old of a Syncrowave?

 

[Big Barn]

How old of a Syncrowave?

Don’t know for certain.

 

[yomax4]

The older Syncro's were actually made in Appleton WI. That ship sailed 10-12 yrs ago. Still a formidable unit that changed everything. Nothing like the Dynasty or the Lorch 301 of today but.. Too bad it popped a board. There are bazillions of them out there in various stages of repair so If you send me the S/N and board info I might be able to find a used one. Who knows..

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

Care to show us pictures of your circuit boards?

Dale

Dale,
No Problem.
I don't have a lot right now on my computer since I had to put a new hard drive in, but I went back and found a few on a back up disk from 2016. These are I think of the PowerMTS 252STi. (DC MIG TIG Stick)
We make no bones about ours being made in China. But they are made from name brand components, many with home bases here in the USA, and the part numbers are common and visible. Edit: I went back and found one of the MTS 400 I had posted here years ago, (the last one) and is probably from around 2011 to 2012.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Don’t know for certain.

Well, if it is something out of the late 80s your point loses a bit of its edge. What I can tell you is that I've never had better customer service than with Miller.