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    1. #1
      Join Date
      Jun 2005
      Location
      Raleigh, NC
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      466

      Gah, this Hobart welder is pissing me off!

      I used it for about 30 minutes and the circuit board went bad on it. Just a click and no wire feed. Hobart fixed it under warranty although it took me two weeks to get it back. I have used it maybe an hour or two since. Tonight I went out to weld on the spring perched on my mockup axle so I can get the suspension and frame installed in the Patriot Dream car, and CLICK - same ****ing problem.



      I had planned on having the rear suspension and frame done this weekend and then the front suspension done next week and have it rolling soon, but now looks like the welder is going back for warranty work again.

      I am pissed, Shawn is now coming home a month early and I just lost two more weeks on the car.


    2. #2
      Join Date
      Apr 2006
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      1,027
      most lincoln/miller repair places have lenders they lend out, i would check into it,
      jake

    3. #3
      Join Date
      Jun 2005
      Location
      Raleigh, NC
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      466
      Jake, they better this time. Last time they told me they didn't have any.

    4. #4
      Join Date
      Nov 2000
      Location
      O-town
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      I have a 140 and they sent me new parts right away,
      Steve68- 1968 Camaro SS LSX T56, 12bolt 3:90's, 18" Fikse Profil 13s, Deep Fathom Green paint, Spearcos, just bunch of old junk because another member said so, LOL



      70 Nova SS street/drag 454, T400, 3:55, ugly!

    5. #5
      Join Date
      Sep 2006
      Location
      Southern Indiana
      Posts
      4,699
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      Thermadyne baby.
      Or my old reliable Astro Pneumatic

    6. #6
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      Sep 2006
      Location
      Southern Indiana
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    7. #7
      Join Date
      Sep 2006
      Location
      Southern Indiana
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      Also for smaller jobs Thermadyne has a unit called the Dragster 85 very sweet 110 Tig

    8. #8
      Join Date
      Apr 2002
      Posts
      777
      Country Flag: United States
      What's the duty cycle of that unit? Duty cycles on welders are based on 10 min increments, 30% duty cycle = 3 Mins continuous use.

      --JMarsa

    9. #9
      Join Date
      Jun 2005
      Location
      Raleigh, NC
      Posts
      466
      I am not sure, but I've just been tack welding. It has never really seen more than one minute of continuous use. Last night I literally welded for about 15 seconds before it crapped out.





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