Miller xmt 350 VS good shape - $1100 - good deal or not?

[b.maker]

is it worth it ? I mainly want it for tig and stick (I have a mig). I'm not sure about the difference between this and the regular xmt 350 cc/cv. Any info before I agree to buy would be great. Thanks.

[mokicruz]

What types of welding do you need to/want to do? It's not a bad price if you have a suitcase wire feeder already. Look at the face plate to see all the available functions are what you have on your wish list. It's not a good deal if you don't get everything you want at any price.

[b.maker]

I need to keep up my certs for 2 inch 6g carbon and stainless in case they go out during dry spells in work. Other than that it will mostly be used for personal projects. I wouldn't mind having something that I could do aluminum but not sure how much more a machine like that would cost.

[cruizer]

Problem is that its a voltage sensing unit, so no 14 pin receptacle. Basically its a construction model. So its live all the time. Thats why you'd need a voltage sensing feeder.

Aluminum might be a problem since you have no contactor or even a way of hooking it up to the machine without a WC-115 with built in contactor.

Not a particularly popular machine, and the price reflects that.

[Tryagn5]

Even though thats an odd ball 350 vs, assuming it not stolen(be sure that model walks off many sites). 1100 for a inverter xmt 350 which will still run any feeder with a contactor is a good price. Be warned, if the case is beat up, it is very possible that welder lived a very hard life, I suggest popping the case off and looking at the internals for corrision.
Kevin

[b.maker]

Even though thats an odd ball 350 vs, assuming it not stolen(be sure that model walks off many sites). 1100 for a inverter xmt 350 which will still run any feeder with a contactor is a good price. Be warned, if the case is beat up, it is very possible that welder lived a very hard life, I suggest popping the case off and looking at the internals for corrision.
Kevin

The case looks to be in great shape. And the guy's small little shop is spotless looking. I think he is moving on to a more versatile welder. I'll probably buy it if everything checks out and maybe later do the same thing. I eventually want to be able to weld aluminum even if it's only for my home projects.

[cruizer]

Just remembered, I've got a wrecked standard XMT 350, so for $450, you can have the front face, the display board, breakers and wiring for the conversion

[b.maker]

Just remembered, I've got a wrecked standard XMT 350, so for $450, you can have the front face, the display board, breakers and wiring for the conversion

I've done a little electronic repair before, is this difficult?

[cruizer]

I've done a little electronic repair before, is this difficult?

Nope just remove and replace components, nothing really technical.

[b.maker]

I've also got a broken xmt 304 with 2 bad boards (213664 and 219820d). This was going to be a replacement. I'd like to have both machines (working of course) but the boards were listed as unrepairable and the upgraded cards that they need (240570 and 240500) are more than I paid for it. But it would be nice to have basically an equivalent machine as a replacement .