[John V.]

I'm no welder or welder tech, but I don't think knowing who manufactured the machine will help you much.

Looks like Eastwood designed their own unique features and the parts for it like the circuit board might be completely unique to them.

That said, it looks like other welders offered under the Real Gear and Northern Tools labels. Its been compared to a similar machine from Century but seems not to be as closely related to it.

But unless the internals are same, which I kinda doubt, even if repair parts are available for these others, might not have the parts to fix yours.

This thread includes some pic of the comparable Real Gear and Century machines along with photos of the internals of the Eastwood 175.

http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php...-Welders/page3

Do you have the Eastwood 135 or 175?

This link is to the Northern Tools 135 machine, thought it might help you since it includes a Parts List and schematics.

http://www.northerntool.com/images/d...als/164611.pdf

[1966geeto]

Originally Posted by John V.

I'm no welder or welder tech, but I don't think knowing who manufactured the machine will help you much.

Looks like Eastwood designed their own unique features and the parts for it like the circuit board might be completely unique to them.

That said, it looks like other welders offered under the Real Gear and Northern Tools labels. Its been compared to a similar machine from Century but seems not to be as closely related to it.

But unless the internals are same, which I kinda doubt, even if repair parts are available for these others, might not have the parts to fix yours.

This thread includes some pic of the comparable Real Gear and Century machines along with photos of the internals of the Eastwood 175.



http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php...-Welders/page3

Do you have the Eastwood 135 or 175?

This link is to the Northern Tools 135 machine, thought it might help you since it includes a Parts List and schematics.

http://www.northerntool.com/images/d...als/164611.pdf

You are correct after talking with Lincon they said I would be wasting money trying to see if theirs or other welder parts would work the internals are specific to Eastwood design ergo shorting out expensive parts would not be conducive to get back to welding I just hate the fact I spent good money and received no value if I had worked it to death I would not whine about it but I maybe have 10-15 hrs on it if that.
I would be more than happy to ship it back and have it repaired but that is not an option they replace them under warranty or you scrap them after that period.

[barrierblue66]

Originally Posted by 1966geeto

I would be more than happy to ship it back and have it repaired but that is not an option they replace them under warranty or you scrap them after that period.

Sadly, this is part of our overall economic problem today. Build cheap crap in China, when it breaks, not worth repairing, just buy more cheap crap. It's nice to be able to actually fix something that's broken rather than discard/replace.

[1966geeto]

Originally Posted by barrierblue66

Sadly, this is part of our overall economic problem today. Build cheap crap in China, when it breaks, not worth repairing, just buy more cheap crap. It's nice to be able to actually fix something that's broken rather than discard/replace.

So being a stubborn a hole I took this thing completely apart inspected every solder joint and connection found nodda reassembled and to my surprise it worked alas only for a few minutes had my hopes up there is a red led light when that goes out so does the motor I feel it may be a heat sink or something that controls the power for the motor the switch works correctly with variable resistance from 0 up when I cycle the on off switch the motor comes on then stalls sometimes will stay on longer than others but always the same ending so disappointed as I am disabled and on a real tight budget that's why I got it in the first place but it was never used and I figured I would get some svc out of it my friend has a cheap HF Gas welder that is 4 years old and still going wtf so at this point I will have to rob peter to pay Paul so I can get my car done the console will have to wait ho ho hum.