Tig break test.

[deereman75]

Shieldarc what do you think of your powerarc 200, I am thinking I might get one in a few months for dc stick and for portability. (ac 225 works great, but I want to try dc, and maby set up a tig rig) Also, can you please to a break test with a 7024 rod, I saw some welds with one on welding tips and tricks, and they look very nice, I am just wondering how the strenght compairs to like a 7018, or 6011.

 

[Shield Arc]

I can't say enough good things about my little Everlast PowerArc 200! For the money it's the best machine I've ever run. The sad part is it will out weld my $6,000.00 Dynasty on SMAW! And run 6010 right there with either one of my Lincoln Shorthoods, and run 7018 with either one of my Lincoln Red Faces! I will say my Lincoln Invertec 350 Pro has more control over the puddle. The hot start on the 350-Pro is so hot you cannot tack with it on the high setting! Seems as I remember reading in the manual if the hot start is set all the way up its 100 times the amp setting. The arc force on the 350-Pro is also more noticeable than on the PowerArc 200. But we're talking a machine that is 10 times the price. In the mid $300.00 range I'd like to see a machine that can run with the PowerArc 200!


I don't have any 7024, haven't run any since the late 1970's or early 1980's, wire feeders just about killed 7024 in my line of work.

 

[deereman75]

Hmmm Mark answered a few questions about it, and now that someone with as many top of the line machines as you says it is great, it looks like when I get the cash for it, I will get one. I am thinking I will use it for basically all my welding, and with my 25 foot extension cord for it, it will be great for portability. Also, how much better is dc then ac for stick welding.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

DC is as different as using real whole milk over powdered skim Milk.

 

[deereman75]

DC is as different as using real whole milk over powdered skim Milk.

OK that is a comparision I can relate to, I think I know what the next addition to my shop will be.

 

[Shield Arc]

You know I never thought about stick welding on AC before joining these tractor sites. I came right out of welding school into heavy civil construction, 99.9% of my welding was done with engine drives. In the 60's 70's and into the 80's AC on an engine drive was very uncommon, if ever. And why would you run AC when you had DC? Just doesn't make sense! Other than Tig on aluminum I have no need for AC.

I was going to reply to your conversation with Mark in the Everlast thread about your welding lead question. I had Tweco to dins adapters for my Dynasty when I got my PowerArc 200, so I just rolled up their leads and put them on the shelf. I'd suggest to you is cut their leads about two feet from the male end and and buy a set of male and female Tweco fittings. Put female Tweco fittings on the Everlast leads, then you have a short "pigtail". And male Tweco fittings on your leads.

 

[Shield Arc]

DC is as different as using real whole milk over powdered skim Milk.

OK that is a comparision I can relate to, I think I know what the next addition to my shop will be.

You guys got to stop talking when an old guy is trying to work this keyboard.:laughing:

 

[deereman75]

I already have a bernard shortstub 400 amp on my buzz box, so when I get an everlast i will probably switch the bernard over ot it. I like the idea of the tweco fittings, I am sure the local air liquide would have them. Also, would you make the stinger cable longer then the ground cable, because it is like that on my lincoln, and I find it quite useful.

 

[Shield Arc]

Yeah my stinger / whip / electrode holder cable is probably twice as long as the ground lead. Another reason I like the Tweco fittings is I have another 200-feet of lead in 50-feet increments I can add when and where I want. Just working on the welding table I use a short ground lead about 10 to 12-feet long, where as the stinger is over 20-feet long.

 

[deereman75]

How much do those tweco fittings cost? Also, do you think an auto darking helmet is worth it, I learned with an old school fixed lense helmet, and I am used to it.