I love mine, its an 04, 3800.00. I love the way it tig's aluminum.

 

so if i wanted to i could hook up a helium bottle to my scratch start, or get a 14 pin foot pedal i could weld aluminum?

 

The only thing youll be scrathing is your head looking for a bottle of helium these days. Straight argon little buddy!

 

For 1800 buy it, I bought mine new and love it, Aside from my little board malfunction I havent had any major problems. If you get it, pull the tin and blow the boards off and everything else thats in there.

 

Are the 301's different from the 302's ?

Because I have lift start tig with auto stop or auto crater fill modes..Which is way better than scratch start particularly when doing thin material

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I just got mine out of the shop. Went to use it a couple of weeks ago and it acted like it was full blast on the amps and would not turn down. Ended up replacing a couple of components on the voltage control board. Cost was around $570. Other than that love how it welds. There are other threads on 301G's if you do a search. I would get another if needed.

Dan

 

well guys this 15 year old is gonna suck it up and buy it. going to the bank in the morning and getting out 1800 from the ol savings account. the seller is not including leads though. anybody got a good source for welding leads that can push 300 amps. id like to have about 75ft on the work and stinger.

 

Be sure you have some leads to test the machine before you buy it.

 

Yes test the welder and the generator before buying!!! The welding generator is separate from the power generator. I made the mistake of running a grinder when I got mine for 1500.00. I didn't weld with it because he didn't have leads( how convenient for him) it needed both boards changed. Cost me another thousand. Now it needs the front board again. It only has 179 hours on it. It currently will weld 3/32 and 1/8 with no problem but nothing bigger. Generator still at full power though.

 

I've never looked at the circuit boards on a 301, but I would be willing to bet they just have generic components that can be easily replaced. Probably $50 total in electronic parts on the boards. Don't throw your old boards away if you end up replacing them.

 

If you can fix this one, it is yours......

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Yeah it is sitting on the exciter of my SA200

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Well guys as my luck would have it with my bipolar family, dad changed his mind about it cause apparently my 3.4 GPA isn't good enough to get an engine drive

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They only did that because they know your full potential, and somewhere you are slipping. You will thank them one day. Amazing how life goes, maybe they'll surprise you with a bran new vantage 500 one day.

 

Well said ! Just show em a 4.0 next term and say "well... whaddya say bout that ?" They are just wanting your best, so give it to em.

 

Doubt it. Ill just suck and buy a new one after I get a good diesel rig setup

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