Smiley TIG/Mitec mayhem... anyone still using these?
 

Answer pls.

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Lol cmon JD

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yessa, 250 dollar non combo unit

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Yes. Had it for about a yr now, and gets fairly decent use.
Actually, I used it for about 2min to blast some ---- w/ the plasma. My brother does all the welding.

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ive had mine fore over a year and ive only used the plasma once and never used the tig yet :l So mine still works mint :6

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like i said, get a real welder. you get what you pay for.

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I still have mine and use it to cut things mostly. I actually just built a ladder rack in SS for a guy at his house and brought the Smiley because its smaller than my Thermal Arc and it has a finger control. Mine still works great and I have probably used mine more than anyone I have ever talked to. With that said, LSD Mike's ---- the bed after only a few uses. Having a really good ground is key with that thing.

P.S. I built a complete header back, dual, stainless exhaust for a built SSR with the smiley and it performed well.

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Mike has a spare, huh?

My personal one got plugged into an outlet where ground and common weren't tied together and now it won't arc over. HF spark still works, but no juice. I think I know what is needed to fix it.

I just picked up 96turboracer's for $50, I dunno if there was some defect in the control circuitry or if the duty cycle was exceeded, but some of the copper power transmission bars/fusible links are melted through. I'm off to buy a burly soldering iron so I can heat the joints enough to use a regular desoldering bulb, and some braid. I think I can fix his no problemo.

:)

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If Mike still has his he will sell it cheap I would think. The HF was dead on it. As soon as you hit the trigger the OC light will come on.

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Yah, I just PMed him. 8)

I'm just to the point I feel confident fixing ---- on this level. Should be fun... and a pile of loaner welders for my friends.

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Throw a pedal mod and a gas lens on that bitch and it will weld nickles.

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Yah, just need to hijack the power knob controls to the pedal. I have no idea why they didn't come that way in the first place.

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Would it be a good idea to do a pedal mod with 2 potentiometers inline? Like keep the first potentiometer on the welder, so you can set the maximum amount of amps, then run another pot off of the signal to have a variable control of amps in that range?

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You could throw it on a switch.

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they make pots that have a mechanical switch built in and can be used for 2 circuits, that would be good for the gas button. :)

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The switch function could also be performed by a simple op-amp circuit. It takes more time to do and do neatly than it does to sketch the circuit required.

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i still use mine to tig / plasma on a pretty much weekly basis.


when i did that last turbo v6 camry a month ago at one point it probably welded for 3 hours almost non-stop without cutting off or frying.
that 16-20 gauge pipe simply doesn't take enough heat to warm them up on the inside to toaster level.

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What amperage were you set to? Thanks.

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no idea. there's no digital gauge, and my pot was taken out of the face & i dropped it in an old dremel foot control pedal i have. all i can tell you is that it was done on 110v (instead of 220v, love the automatic line switching :D) and the only times i likely ever passed 1/2 output is welding all the flanges up. (5 flanges, 2x 2" 3x 2.5")

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Attachment 24929
mine is the rebadged rhiland CT-416D
http://www.rilandusa.com/#Riland_CT416_Machine + dual voltage

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Ah, slightly different unit.

Good to know, though.

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kamils has been going strong for like 2.5years

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on .065 wall 35-40amps if the fit is great, if there are any gaps that need to be filled i usually back down to 30. for flanges (or anything 1/8" thick or more) 70amps is good

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I was asking that thinking he had one of the Smiley/Mitec combo units, and wanted to know the power level at which he was getting away with 100% duty. Not knowing what unit you have, 'Tweek, and not knowing how long you weld without pause, doesn't tell me so much.

PS - LSD Mike's unit arrived today, got some sweet LSD shirts for the Spring Creek Raceteam as packing material. :)

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I plan on getting one here when I finally plant my ass in the US for good. Looking forward to using it. I dont plan on doing much except small ---- like exhaust's, maybe a roll cage, etc...

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so would the 2 pots work?

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Like Dave said, make sure the ground circuit where ever you plug it in at is good. It kills them.

Sky's has some fusible links burned up, I suspect he might have exceeded the recommended duty cycle. Easily fixable.

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when i weld, the welder doesn't get a break any longer than it takes for me to reposition, or align parts so... it had a full days worth of work on that one. i put it through the ringer

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How much did it set you back, and was that the going price or a hookup?

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would there be anyway to hook up a guage to check amperage on one of those machines wile you are welding??

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ah, bout $650 shipped, but that was very early after they got here b4 the price dropped alot.
id say save for one of the more advanced units. kills me not having AC!!!

• Tig200WSE
• Tig200ACDC
• Super160 Ultimate

but they're almost all 60% duty cycle units. so at half pedal they all oughta run 100% easy enough.