Everlast I-Powermig 200
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:25 am
just ordered one for 650+$25 shipping. since moving to Texas, I haven't had a welder and I'm now restoring a fleet of old 60's Saab's (the 3 cyl two-strokes) and I needed a welder that will run off the 5000w generator he's got. nothin' like moving from a high-end restoration shop to a barn with a generator 
anyway, I plan to get a nice watercooled tig torch and cooler in anticipation of getting an everlast 250ex and trying it out on scratch start TIG w/ the stick output on the MIG machine. the sheet metal on these old saabs is pretty thin by automotive standards and for the super thin stuff like this I used to weld pretty solid at about 28A, so I think the lack of foot pedal will be ok. I bought a foot of 1/8" copper strap a while ago that I plan on cutting up so I have a place to snap the arc off on w/o distorting the sheetmetal. I've never run tig w/o a foot pedal, it might be unnecessary, but I've got it.
anyway, I plan to get a nice watercooled tig torch and cooler in anticipation of getting an everlast 250ex and trying it out on scratch start TIG w/ the stick output on the MIG machine. the sheet metal on these old saabs is pretty thin by automotive standards and for the super thin stuff like this I used to weld pretty solid at about 28A, so I think the lack of foot pedal will be ok. I bought a foot of 1/8" copper strap a while ago that I plan on cutting up so I have a place to snap the arc off on w/o distorting the sheetmetal. I've never run tig w/o a foot pedal, it might be unnecessary, but I've got it.