The twelve positon tap switch has screw terminals on all the wires for easy replacement. Half the electrical parts are on the shelf in my store room. Its a pretty bare bones machine with no PC boards, run-in, or burn back control, but its been working good for me. Maybe because its a Snap On people didn't really have any interest, it lingered on Craigs list for about a month. None of the millers I saw was below $1800 dollars, and the one linde 250 with bottle,and spool gun was sold in an hour for $500. Originally I was looking for a millermatic 250, or even a migmaster 250 on craigslist. He threw in a 40 ft #8 sjotw cord and some extra blue demon wire with it. I asked a little less than he was asking because the wire feed wouldn't work below #2 setting on the Heat potentiometer. Got good welds on both in about 2 minutes with. When I went to test it out I brought a 3/4" round and 1/2" thick plate, and a piece of 16 Ga.
He said a spoolgun cost too much, and he couldn't figure out how to run it well without a door chart. Guy bought from owner cheap, wanted to do aluminum. I own a year's salary worth of Snap-On hand tools, I wouldn't buy one of their welders at any price.Story was that it came from an autobody shop that had it for a long time (lots of primer spatter on it) got replaced by something with LED's and digital read-outs. His wife ended up selling it at her garage sale. The tool man tried repeatedly to sell me the unit, each time the price dropped several hundred dollars. Machine is sold two more times, both buyers unhappy with performance. Next buyer fries the machine, off the the service center for 4 months. The first guy he sold it to decided it was too small and got a refund. My Mac man toted a plasma cutter around on his truck for over two years. By the time you add interest to the inflated price, you could probably buy TWO Miller machines with similar specs, or ONE big machine that will actually get the job done and last forever.Īnother thing to consider is parts/service. Some guys will buy their welders because they already have a credit account with the tool truck guy. The tool companies are selling their name. Probably OK for light use, but not up to the task for fabrication work on anything over 1/4". They mainly sell the machines to body shops. Snap-On (and Mac) buy the cheapest imported welders they can find, slap their name on them and inflate the price by 500%.
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