LuckyLeeFPV wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:47 am Also when I do decide to purchase my AC GTAW suggestions?

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I would: 150A at the machine, control/modulate at the pedal 3/32" in anything but pure tungsten should work, best probably 2%Th, 2%La, 2%Cer, LaYZr, E3. #7 - #10 cup 2 to 2.5x the size of the cup for the argon flowrate. The pedal does not "integrate" a HF-start, so if your machine doe...

Pulse mig really seems to be the future, especially for those 200 amp class machines without enough grunt to run stick electrode sized dual shield wire or stable spray transfer, but have more power than it takes for simple self shield or short circuit mig. Especially If I'm remembering Oscar right ...

lol, probably! nice accomplishment!

After spending a few minutes digging, I did stumble across a couple references to gouging requiring higher arc voltage than standard stick welding typically does. While I couldn't find any sort of chart saying gouging at X amount of amps generally requires X arc voltage. I've read from several sour...

My reasoning is like this: It doesn't matter how often you want to cut 3/4". If you want to cut it cleanly, then anytime you need to do so, you need lots of amps. It's like wanting an 8 second drag car, but only racing it every 5 years. That doesn't make it any cheaper. To make it an 8 second c...

It's kinda amazing what is available out there now a days at the current price points. Even with inflation, material costs rising for all sorts of stuff, these things get cheaper by the hour. Tomorrow you can buy a 500A stick welder the size of 1-liter bottle of soda pop, but it will only put out 35...

air- or water-cooled?

Let's all pitch in so I can buy one and test it out!

Yea I was talking to one of the HTP rep's and production and shipping/importing from Europe is very slow right now. Slower production + slower activity at the shipping ports is killing them atm. That 200E is not a pulse-model so without going into spray mode you might have incomplete fusion if you a...

I hardly use the my Klutch 7x12 bandsaw, but when I do need it, it was worth every penny, even if it sits for months at a time. Most of the time I use the EVO 14" metal chop saw with a Diablo Cermet II blade Here I'm doing a lot of cuts at the same time due to needing many strips of flat bar fo...

I'll take my cut of that check please

On my Troy Bilt 7000XP, I can run MIG at about 180A or so, and that pulls just shy of 30A IIRC, so to minimize the overall load on the generator, yes 10,000 running watts would be ideal even if you can support 200 welding amps with less generator power. That being said, I think this is a pretty good...

Check out Jody's videos on TIG welding aluminum inside corners.

Oscar, thanks! Yep, out of stock back order! I looked at the htp 220 and read several reviews, looks great! so I don’t need a spool gun to run alum? I’m pretty sure I don’t need all that it’s capable of, at this point. The Thickest alum i mess with is .09” to .125”. But I’m torn between getting wha...

If you plan do 1/4" either often or physically long welds, your best bet is a 300A class machine. Otherwise an HTP 220MTS would be a perfect fit IMO, once it comes back in stock. Website shows out of stock right at now.

IMO, your best bet for a pulse-MIG in the 200A "class" is the HTP Pro Pulse 220MTS (it does MIG-TIG-Stick, so it is indeed multi-process). You can do pulse aluminum MIG without a spoolgun, using an aluminum-dedicated MIG gun. Aside from Everlast, no one else really offers a reputable pulse...

Oscar,,,,do you use any particular glove to operate your torches that you equipped with the "button" ?? I try using mine with the thinnest glove I have and still get erratic results. Kinda like getting fly poop out of pepper. Now a day's I only use the Tillman 25BMs. TIG, MIG, or stick, A...

If I was buying right now, Victor Firepower 350 kit.

What's so special about them that makes you want them??

Yea that would cause some sag! What material is the shelf made from? Wood? Or particle board like mine? I've added four 50lb tins of rod in addition to those 5lb boxes, and still no visible sag. It probably has a little bit, but I can't even tell just by looking. I just need to get more 1" flat...

Around here, nobody does this kind of work at this level of quality. So I guess it all depends on your location. I'm not so lucky.

I already had these from a few years ago; not looking to acquire more Thanks!

Got the blades back from W.D. Quinn. As before, excellent work. https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1hKQ-ES6ezZxIHA48sfMDDZ3jDoqHQHso Two teeth that were replaced on the 72-tooth Tomax blade https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1hEc7STkPGAAK8klwjDGjc4JjD_GL-vs1 Nice job on the E...

there have been a number of discussions here and elsewhere about how flow meters are calibrated, and the output pressure is a factor. Since the gauge/scale on the flow meter is calibrated for the output pressure of the regulator I would think you'd get a different number if the peashooter wasn't ca...