Welding with wimpy little rod.

[k0ua]

Look at these guys stick welding with some wimpy little rod:

 

[Gordon Gould]

 

[jasonzee]

I dont think my little everlast welder has the juice to weld with it!

 

[Oldpath05]

That was interesting didn't know there was 3/4" electrodes, the biggest rod I use is 3/16, even then .045 mig wire is lot faster.

 

[k0ua]

I dont think my little everlast welder has the juice to weld with it!

Nope, mine neither. Doubt I could even get it stuck..

 

[4570Man]

Nope, mine neither. Doubt I could even get it stuck..

Well if you did manage you’d have to get the cutting torch out.

 

[k0ua]

Well if you did manage you’d have to get the cutting torch out.

Can you imagine the heat coming off of that welding process...

 

[gsganzer]

I love seeing some of the cool welding processes. A buddy of mine runs a pressure vessel fabrication shop. They welded a vessel a while back that had a 9" shell thickness. It was a 60" diameter vessel and it took over 2200 lbs of filler metal just to weld the head on it, all 304 stainless steel. They used MIG for the weld process.

 

[groundcover]

If that’s the wimpy one can’t wait to see the heavy one !

 

[kenmac]

I dont think my little everlast welder has the juice to weld with it!

I barley keep a 3/32 rod lit with my everlast... tried 6010 and 6011, no difference. I'll take my transfomer machine any day over this everlast
If you're just learning to weld, you sure don't want a machine like this

 

[k0ua]

I barley keep a 3/32 rod lit with my everlast... tried 6010 and 6011, no difference. I'll take my transfomer machine any day over this everlast
If you're just learning to weld, you sure don't want a machine like this

Yours is broken. Mine welds great.
I got rid of my Lincoln AC225 after getting my Everlast PA 160

here is some 1/8 rod 125 amp welding.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

I barley keep a 3/32 rod lit with my everlast... tried 6010 and 6011, no difference. I'll take my transfomer machine any day over this everlast
If you're just learning to weld, you sure don't want a machine like this

Remind me which unit you have?
Don't hardly ever have any complaints. We sell to new guys learning all the time. They don't seem to have issues. But guys who trained on transformers trying to long arc do have problems sometimes as they have to unlearn things that have led them to be lazy with the arc length.

 

[Oldpath05]

3/32 6011 needs at least 50 amps, should run good on 70-90. I think starts easier on DC-R but I think the puddle spreads out better on AC.

 

[stuckmotor]

Yours is broken. Mine welds great.
I got rid of my Lincoln AC225 after getting my Everlast PA 160

here is some 1/8 rod 125 amp welding.

Mine welds great too. I still have my Lincoln but the Everlast has taken it's receptacle.

 

[5030]

My Lincoln has it's own receptacle, it's a Weld and Power.

 

[aczlan]

Mine welds great too. I still have my Lincoln but the Everlast has taken it's receptacle.

Same here, my Lincoln AC 225A buzz box hasn't been plugged in since I got the Everlast PowerArc 200sti setup. I have had no issues with it running various sizes and types of rod (3/32nds to 5/32nds 6010, 6011, 6013, 7014 and 7018).

Aaron Z