In early June 2007, I made an unbelievable Ebay deal. A poorly written ad, no detailed description, and pickup only. Was only 6 miles away. Here's the only picture in the ad:

So, there was very little interest in the ad. If they had posted the model nuumbers, serial numbers and a list of all the accessories included, it would have gone for a lot more. I picked it up for less than one of them would sell for scrap. I could not lose on the deal. I knew the Airco could run on house current; the others were 3-phase. I figured I'd fix them up and sell them.

Here's the haul: about 1700 lbs of stuff.

Equipment in deal:

  1. Miller CP-250TS Welder, 330A @ 60%, 250A @ 60%
  2. Airco 300 amp Heliwelder stick and TIG welder, 5-465 amps
  3. Lincoln Idealarc R3S-325 welder with dolly. 325 amps 100% duty cycle.
  4. Lincoln LN-7 Wire feeder, 25' cables
  5. Arc electrodes
  6. Gouging electode
  7. One ground clamp with 20' cable
  8. Airco Wire feeder
  9. Airco Spool gun with 50' cable
  10. 4 power cables
  11. Lots of 0-gauge wire to feed power to wire feeders, Both feeders have 25' cables.
  12. Two Tweco #4 MIG guns with 15' cables
  13. Two Crous-Hinds power connectors

These are industrial welders that are more than I would ever need.

Equipment state:

  1. Miller CP-250TS had blown fuse, only other issue is voltage control was gummed up.
  2. Lincoln Idealarc R3S-325 was working perfectly. Just needs cleaning
  3. Airco had leaky capacitor in high voltage section, missing fuse and a burned out resistor.
  4. Airco wire feeder has half cover missing and broken front panel; still works fine
  5. Lincoln LN-7 wire feeder worked fine
  6. Airco spool gun is missing cover, badly rusted and is beyond repair.
  7. The two Tweco MIG guns were dirty and need new tips; otherwise are fine.

The Airco, Miller and Lincoln were restored to working condition, cleaned up and repainted. The Lincoln was sold. So, I have the Airco and Miller for free with some extra money to boot.

Some of the extra cables, gouging electrode and connectors were sold on Ebay.

The Airco and its restoration is described here.

The Miller was restored and converted to single-phase and modified for short-arc transfer. It's is described here.

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