buying a tig welder

[courtjester]

HI
I bought and Everlast PM256 and it seems to work fine for what I do.
Check out the youtube videos this guy has done it may help move you off the fence.
http://www.youtube.com/user/weldingt.../4/y5di20Mtlpk
He has many talking about different aspects of tig welding in general.
have fun
Tom

[derekm]

I bought mine from a company called Corbel Welding who advertise and sell on Ebay.



If was was to buy one now I would use these people :-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AC-DC-TIG-Weld...-/150521437779

Exact same welder but they do offer support and repairs. If you look at the small plasma they do on ebay there are better photo's of the test setup gear.

I/ve just bought one thesefrom these people I will let you know how it goes

[John Stevenson]

Dereck,
Did you get the foot pedal with it ?

I was going to do some sample welds with it today but it was that cold the arc kept going out

[rolland]

Courtjester
Thanks for posting the web site lot of information there.

[mf205i]

John, I have been wondering about those units for some time.
Thank you for the information, Mike

[derekm]

Dereck,
Did you get the foot pedal with it ?

I was going to do some sample welds with it today but it was that cold the arc kept going out

yes you get a footpedal included.
With these sets the footpedal is metal bashing wrapped round a std 47K pot and a simple switch. so you could rig up just about anything to emulate the footpedal action.

[John Stevenson]

Derek,
Any idea what the pin outs are?
Mine has a 3 pin socket, can supply photo tomorrow if needed.

[jugs]

Dereck,
Did you get the foot pedal with it ?

I was going to do some sample welds with it today but it was that cold the arc kept going out

Get the Mrs to pedal the genny faster

john

[lazlo]

Any idea what the pin outs are?
Mine has a 3 pin socket, can supply photo tomorrow if needed.

If the connector only has 3 pins, it sounds like they're using the rheostat to turn the arc/gas solenoid on and off.

So three terminals should be the rheostat: two ends of the resistor and the wiper. So buzz-out the lines while you vary the foot pedal. You would think the wiper would be the middle terminal

Doesn't your manual have the pinout for the pedal?

[Rustystud]

A few months ago I too was looking for a Tig welder. I considered going the less expensive route. After talking to a number of very good welders I changed my plan and bought a high end Tig Welder "Dynasty 200". After spending many hours learning how to use this machine and it's features I am glad I spent the extra bucks. Much of my welding is on guns and gun parts.

Remember you get what you pay for.

Nat Lambeth