secretsmoker
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Just this week acquired an Xcalibur Eurotorch 150.
Bought from BOC who advised that it is a rebranded Cebora; heard that from a couple of people, however others have said it looks suspiciously Chinese in origin. Spelling and grammar in the manual would back this up. There isn't very much information out there about these so I haven't been able to verify either way.
Main selling points for this machine were it's sturdy construction and the fact that it came with a proper regulator, very decent looking torch, nice big copper plated earth clamp and has a continuously variable knob for wire speed which some of the cheaper ones I looked at did not.
I am fairly new to this welding lark and this is my first machine, so I think me commenting on the use of this machine might be a little unfair given my limited abilities. I will say however that between this and the Clarke 160TM which I was about to buy for a similar price, the fact that this doesn't come with toy accessories and also seems to be extremely rugged means I am very pleased with my purchase as I won't be buying any extra bits for a while hopefully.
I have used the Eurostar 150 fairly extensively over the past few days and have been very happy with the results having gotten my technique in order after a month or so of forgetting everything I learned at college. To begin with I was having all sorts of issues with wire feed, burnback and fusing the power supply. I think most of the problems have been to do with improper setting up of the feed roller tensioner screw and lack of ability.
Overall it is difficult to say without getting someone with more experience to have a bash with it; Based on results so far I am happy. I would be happier if I was better at welding but we can't blame the machine for that! Nearly exhausted my first gas bottle so I think the next size up might be in order when I go for a refill.
Bought from BOC who advised that it is a rebranded Cebora; heard that from a couple of people, however others have said it looks suspiciously Chinese in origin. Spelling and grammar in the manual would back this up. There isn't very much information out there about these so I haven't been able to verify either way.
Main selling points for this machine were it's sturdy construction and the fact that it came with a proper regulator, very decent looking torch, nice big copper plated earth clamp and has a continuously variable knob for wire speed which some of the cheaper ones I looked at did not.
I am fairly new to this welding lark and this is my first machine, so I think me commenting on the use of this machine might be a little unfair given my limited abilities. I will say however that between this and the Clarke 160TM which I was about to buy for a similar price, the fact that this doesn't come with toy accessories and also seems to be extremely rugged means I am very pleased with my purchase as I won't be buying any extra bits for a while hopefully.
I have used the Eurostar 150 fairly extensively over the past few days and have been very happy with the results having gotten my technique in order after a month or so of forgetting everything I learned at college. To begin with I was having all sorts of issues with wire feed, burnback and fusing the power supply. I think most of the problems have been to do with improper setting up of the feed roller tensioner screw and lack of ability.
Overall it is difficult to say without getting someone with more experience to have a bash with it; Based on results so far I am happy. I would be happier if I was better at welding but we can't blame the machine for that! Nearly exhausted my first gas bottle so I think the next size up might be in order when I go for a refill.