kirkepc wrote:Its really hard to weld using TIg....

I had the same tough after my first hour or so, but soon go the the hang of it...Now as along as I have some to rest my hand on I can put out a pretty nice weld

gold is 1.5 % lanthanated

seems to have also done ok with 250amp in ac...now its just a question of how it stands up to years of use

ok 250amp dc tig is pretty hot stuff - The machine held up well for as long as I could go. My hands just got to hot, the #8 cup was glowing read about half way up on the wp18 torch that it came with. Going to cool down for a bit and then switch over to ac and see how she does.

I did run it in stick mode maxed out...with no problems, but sure made a lot of sparks. I will try running tig at 250 and see how she does tonight. Also getting a new ck200 tonight so I have lots of thing to try

it took 2 months to get the machine - not the best communication from everlast. The machine seemed to survived shipping ok and work out of the box ok. I had to make a few adjustments and after opening the case I found a cap had been knocked off the board at some point. It was not cut off, you can se...

If that is the case I would have them call and get the order in ASAP before they run out and you stuck waiting. My welder in come in yesterday and its got a few rough spots finish wise, but the stick and tig functions seem to work ok

being a weekend welder it was hard to justify the price of a 200DX, so I ordered the 250ex...I am just hoping I dont have problems, from what I have seen and read the machine seems to do a dam good job

I have had an everlast machine on order since 2/22 an bunch of missed dates and not much info from everlast. Hopefully I do not have to send the machine back in for service since they now make you pay shipping both ways and getting the work done looks to take a few weeks.

wish I could help ya out - but I am still waiting for my machine to show up. paid for it back in February and the ETA keeps slipping. If my refund get here before the 205ex, I might just cancel the everlast order and get the 200dx

where did you find the 11" tong vice grips - I was going to stop by later this week to pick up some more filler rod and a few more cups

weldingsupply.com has them for 18.99 a 10 pack

Weldcraft Tungsten, 1.5% Lanthanated, 3/32" x 7" Details $18.99

watch out for the dealer locator - it seems like it just picks random places around your location. Looking at the web site they have 2 dealers that are based out of there house and 1 in a self storage building. That aside I took a gamble and bought a 250ex back on 2/22 still waiting for it to ship.

Looking to get a get/lease a bottle myself in the 125 - 180cf range. What the going rate now a days for tanks and leases, as will as a refill with argon?

ok then, and I thought pulse was good for aluminum to help keep the heat down

New to tig welding and still not sure which machine to go with. I have it down to 2 machines, and 1 has a pluse rate up to 250, while the other only goes up to 20. Most of the work I plan to do will be .125 aluminum boat work