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Hello all,
I recently bought a Old Miller 320 ap/b stick tig machine. It’s big and heavy.
We’ll bolted to the side of the machine was a home built cooler. It’s nade from an old ac condenser and a furnace blower and oil pump. I know the gentleman who made it. He is an engineer and mad scientist. I asked him how he thought it performed. He told fare better then the miller radiator 1.
Let’s rewind a bit. I did not purchase this welder from the man who built the cooler. It had been passed along a couple of times since it was owned by him. When I got the machine the cooler was toast. Someone ran water through it and left it in. Well I guess it froze. Large leaks in the condenser and the pump was seized.
Well after talking to the original owner and fabricator of the cooler. I decided it was worth rebuilding. I got a second hand oil pump and a new condenser. Added a coolant tank. Made some new brackets for mounting and replumbed. I haven’t used it yet. I am flip flopping on what coolant to run. Expensive miller or dex cool.
I’ll report back after using. For now I am interested in what you all think.
Cheers,
Mike
I recently bought a Old Miller 320 ap/b stick tig machine. It’s big and heavy.
We’ll bolted to the side of the machine was a home built cooler. It’s nade from an old ac condenser and a furnace blower and oil pump. I know the gentleman who made it. He is an engineer and mad scientist. I asked him how he thought it performed. He told fare better then the miller radiator 1.
Let’s rewind a bit. I did not purchase this welder from the man who built the cooler. It had been passed along a couple of times since it was owned by him. When I got the machine the cooler was toast. Someone ran water through it and left it in. Well I guess it froze. Large leaks in the condenser and the pump was seized.
Well after talking to the original owner and fabricator of the cooler. I decided it was worth rebuilding. I got a second hand oil pump and a new condenser. Added a coolant tank. Made some new brackets for mounting and replumbed. I haven’t used it yet. I am flip flopping on what coolant to run. Expensive miller or dex cool.
I’ll report back after using. For now I am interested in what you all think.
Cheers,
Mike