Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB
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Well I am finally getting a chance to unwind the "stuff happens" stack and get back on track with the lathe.

The welder issue ...

One of my last notations about the welder mentioned a ~$2,150 bill. I was lucky enough to get in touch with the local Miller rep and plead my cast ... yes, it was 8 years old but it had less than 4 hours of actual use. Is there anything you can do to help.

He said he would call Toll Gas and see if they could work something out. He called back a couple days later and they had worked things down to a number that I was comfortable with. I was not expecting it to be a "no cost full warranty repair", and it wasn't, but it was a number much more palatable than the original number. Both Miller and Toll Gas contributed to the bill reduction an I am very appreciative of their efforts.

The lesson learned, at least for me, is "when looking to make a significant tool purchase be sure to take the local vendor and the manufacturer into account in the price". Yes, I could have purchased a different TIG unit from an internet supplier for less but in this case the investment in what appeared to be a top shelf machine thru a local welding supply seems to have paid some dividends 8 years after the purchase.

I brought the machine home, used the engine hoist to put it back in the cart and pushed the cart into the garage. It sat there for about 4 weeks and I was finally able to get the time to reconnect the gas and water cooler and put it back with its friends.


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I had mentioned that the TIG, MIG and plasma cutter were on the same circuit. I thought I would pass along a picture of my non-OSHA non-NEMA approved extension cord. This is the business end, with two 4 wire 20 amp 220v plugs and three 2 wire with ground 50 amp plugs. It is on the end of a 25 foot 4 ga 3 wire with ground cable that plugs into a 50 amp receptacle next to the 100 amp garage breaker box.

   

The garage is small so shuffling the 3 devices around and plugging and plugging into a single 50 amp receptacle would have been cumbersome. As long as I was going to mitigate that issue by putting in 3 50 amp receptacles on the single breaker [I am the only one that works in the garage so 'using all three at the same time' was not an issue and therefore a single breaker would be adequate] I might as well use a flexible cable rather than inflexible wiring in the wall. After having justified the project [at least to me] I spent a day making it happen. That was at least 10 years ago and I have not had an electrical fire in the garage so I am satisfied with the results.

Now maybe I can get back to the lathe.
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Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 11-23-2014, 01:11 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 11-23-2014, 02:38 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 11-23-2014, 06:10 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by stevec - 11-23-2014, 06:31 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 11-23-2014, 06:42 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by f350ca - 11-23-2014, 10:42 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Mayhem - 11-24-2014, 05:38 AM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by dallen - 11-24-2014, 10:16 AM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 11-27-2014, 10:42 AM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Dr Stan - 11-27-2014, 12:01 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 11-27-2014, 12:13 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Lordedmond - 11-27-2014, 01:13 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Dr Stan - 12-02-2014, 02:19 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 12-14-2014, 05:24 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 12-21-2014, 10:19 AM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Highpower - 01-16-2015, 05:18 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 12-21-2014, 12:21 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 12-21-2014, 01:03 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by the penguin - 12-21-2014, 01:39 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by vtsteam - 12-21-2014, 06:48 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 12-22-2014, 09:12 AM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 12-22-2014, 12:44 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 12-22-2014, 04:15 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 01-14-2015, 05:07 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 01-14-2015, 05:55 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 01-14-2015, 06:23 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Highpower - 01-14-2015, 10:30 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Mayhem - 01-14-2015, 11:54 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Highpower - 01-15-2015, 11:32 AM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Mayhem - 01-14-2015, 07:51 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 01-14-2015, 11:31 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 01-15-2015, 11:42 AM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by f350ca - 01-16-2015, 07:23 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Mayhem - 01-16-2015, 08:42 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Highpower - 01-16-2015, 09:31 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 01-16-2015, 09:36 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by Mayhem - 01-16-2015, 09:50 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 02-15-2015, 01:12 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 02-15-2015, 01:18 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 07-07-2015, 07:13 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by arvidj - 07-07-2015, 07:44 PM
RE: Precision Mathews PM1440E-LB - by EdK - 07-07-2015, 07:48 PM



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