Thanks for the reply Mark L. I've just played with the machine for the past two nights both on dc and ac. Everything seems to be going as expected. I was wondering about one thing though. I've noticed when I step on the pedal I get about a one second pause before the arc initiates. I was originally ...

I thought I would report back. I went ahead and picked up the Lincoln. If anyone cares or perhaps someone is considering a similar dilemma , my thought process was this. The Lincoln is a high quality machine that should be more reliable than an import. If anything goes wrong I have local support-I p...

Regarding the opstflow of Argon - typically these machines set 1 second per 10 amps of postflow. This is important to cool your tungsten, and/or protect your weld (depending upon metals being welded). Recently someone on here did an analysis of how many seconds of argon a 300 cu.ft supported, divid...

Hi Kym,

What kind of welding do you do where you take advantage of all the advanced features ? Just curious...

Thanks for all the replies so far, I'm hoping there's more. While my budget is $1400, I don't have to spend all of it. Like I said I've had good luck with my Everlast but do wonder how long I'd be without it should it break. Do you all think the Lincoln would be a better buy then the Everlast 200dv ...

Hi all, new to the forum but have been lurking and learning here for quite some time. I'll try to be brief. I got into welding with a Tig just over a year ago because I wanted to learn how to do it. My first and only machine is an Everlast 160sth. I've learned a lot and feel like I'm pretty good hav...