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KemppiFrog
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Hi Cassidy,
Looked around and the US sites are a bit down on Snap On welders. Seem to be made by Century if older or possibly Cebora if newer. Cebora have a good name. General opinion is that Snap On buy cheap stuff and sell it on much more expensively. But this is the web..... BTW, this was 2 minutes of search, so not difficult.. It would also appear that it might be 3ph only, but that is in the US on 110/230.
General recommendation is to buy a known mark, Hobart, Lincoln etc. BUT big price difference to the less know generics.
I have a 3ph Cebora Plasma. Well made, no probs in 20 odd years. But it has their name on it. Going to flog it now as it is too much trouble to get 3ph here. The plate says 230/380, but that means 3ph at two voltages., not single/three. (I had it checked out by an electrical engineer)
KF
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=22490
Hey!A few people have them around here
Looked around and the US sites are a bit down on Snap On welders. Seem to be made by Century if older or possibly Cebora if newer. Cebora have a good name. General opinion is that Snap On buy cheap stuff and sell it on much more expensively. But this is the web..... BTW, this was 2 minutes of search, so not difficult.. It would also appear that it might be 3ph only, but that is in the US on 110/230.
General recommendation is to buy a known mark, Hobart, Lincoln etc. BUT big price difference to the less know generics.
I have a 3ph Cebora Plasma. Well made, no probs in 20 odd years. But it has their name on it. Going to flog it now as it is too much trouble to get 3ph here. The plate says 230/380, but that means 3ph at two voltages., not single/three. (I had it checked out by an electrical engineer)
KF
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=22490
Hey!A few people have them around here
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Thought the model no sounded familiar, so just gone out to the garage and checked what my welder is, guess what its a 3180 
I bought it off Snap On 12 years ago and for the first 3 years it worked every day welding land rovers up, for the last 9 years it only gets used 2 days a week, never had a problem with it apart from a couple of new torches.
I was lead to believe that it is a Cebora with Snap On stickers on it ??
Would I buy another one, Yes definitely,
Oh and its single phase
Hope this helps
I bought it off Snap On 12 years ago and for the first 3 years it worked every day welding land rovers up, for the last 9 years it only gets used 2 days a week, never had a problem with it apart from a couple of new torches.
I was lead to believe that it is a Cebora with Snap On stickers on it ??
Would I buy another one, Yes definitely,
Oh and its single phase
Hope this helps
Yep it's a single phase I figured from the guy it's in mint cond and I'd be using it for diy / small projects..
It's £300 no gas etc
But I still thought It was a good deal for the name
It's just generally said nearly anywhere snap on are the king of tools..?
Well do you think it's a good deal if so I would probably pick up on saturday
It's £300 no gas etc
But I still thought It was a good deal for the name
It's just generally said nearly anywhere snap on are the king of tools..?
Well do you think it's a good deal if so I would probably pick up on saturday
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New or secondhand?, used to be made by Cebora at one stage and rebadged and I always got the impression they were highly priced.
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What welding are you doing?, if it's mostly car work you are into the new Clarke 150amp price range there, a popular machine with good spares back up
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You are probably going to use a 150amp machine at it's upper range most of the time then, which is not really the best bet and a machine around the 200amp range would be more suitable.
May be worth giving the Snap on a look and try, for a 180amp machine if in nice condition then I suppose the price is about the norm.... you may even be able to haggle a little.
May be worth giving the Snap on a look and try, for a 180amp machine if in nice condition then I suppose the price is about the norm.... you may even be able to haggle a little.
My brother uses a Snap-On Pro 180 and loves it (does a lot of bodywork/steel bumpers/chassis etc) even though they are perhaps a little over priced for the spec, you're really paying for the support, same day engineer etc.
Not sure how the support would be for s/hand products though.
Not sure how the support would be for s/hand products though.
