sbaker56 wrote:Have you actually heard anything about less than stellar stick performance with the Primeweld? Or is it merely that it doesn't have hot start/arc force and 6010 functions in comparison to the everlast models for example. Those features are nice, and definitely something i'd at least like to have, But in comparison to having more amps, not having to pay extra for a foot pedal and even having AC they're not as important, the 210EXT would probably be preferable for also having stick features, but it's twice the money.
I typically don't do this, but I will share the email he sent to me:
The discrepency in time is because he's EST, I'm PST, they are flipped for our emails.
Mike sent me the manual earlier, before I sent this to him. Also, Mike often replies
from Dustin's email I think that's the support email.
His first response, which he sent me the manual with was the following:
> Alan
>
> You are correct you will not be able to do 6010 and 6011 with this machine.
> However I do not know any machine that can offer what with offer with 6010 and 6011.
> Yes there are some but I think they would start around $3000
After I replied below after I read through the manual and his response follows mine.
> On Apr 9, 2020, at 5:48 PM, Alan DuBoff <
traditionaltoolworks@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> The only rod mentioned in the manual for SMAW is a general purpose 6013.
>
> I have seen comments online of people saying the machine does weld 7018, and
> some even say that it welds 6011 and 6010.
>
> Can I expect to be able to weld 7018?
>
> Alan
> On Thursday, April 9, 2020, 3:29:24 PM PDT, Dustin Gallaher <
info@primeweld.com> wrote:
>
> 6011 6013 7014 7024 It can work with these rods as well, we also have many people say that they
> do 6010 if you have a lot of experience. If for any reason the machine does not live up to what you
> want it to you can return it for a full refund and and we will pay shipping back. We will make sure
> you are happy.
>
> Just FYI the machines will sell out in the next hour. However if you want to think on it a little more
> our next 7 shipments are so in may.
>
> Mike Barnes
> CUSTOMER SERVICE
sbaker56 wrote:I'm also fairly disappointed by how you and occasional other reports I've came across say Everlast treat's their customers, regardless of it I'd need the warranty or not, I don't particularly like supporting companies that don't treat their customers with respect or patience and I've heard nothing negative in comparison about Primeweld.
All the gripes I see seems to reflect my own personal experience. There is clearly a problem with how they handle their service and support, IMO. This is just my opinion.
I have said several times on this board and will say it again, just as you I have said, I had never seen a bad thing about Primeweld, and looks at his response to me. Just so I'm clear here, there is no arc force, AFAIK, and nobody even Mike has claimed there was. When I searched online there was some people that said it will do SMAW for everything they try, but I don't place too much faith as I don't know them. I would like to see what someone that really knows stick says. There was a pic of a guy doing 7018 about a week ago on the Primeweld Instagram feed, but he wasn't using quite enough amps. The welds didn't look too bad, just not burned in enough.
Mike's response was actually good enough to convince me to pull the trigger, and a couple hours after I did they sold out just like Mike said. I had been on the waiting list and was waiting for about a month. I was alerted the day before and was on the fence. If you look through the Primeweld thread here in Product Reviews, you will see where I say I'm gonna bow out. For some reason towards the middle of the day I decided to try to contact Mike. He did get back to me promptly.
I have laid everything out on the table for you to see. Originally they put them on sale on the 9th, they said the machines would ship on the 16th-17th. My machine shipped on Monday, April 13th, so they beat their schedule by about 3-4 days. I have no stake in their company and haven't received my machine until Tues.
Here 'ya go, I grabbed it off Instagram with gnome-screenshot.
I looked a week or so ago and couldn't find any good example of stick, this was one of the first I saw. The guy got pretty heavily criticized, telling him to keep practicing and how their teacher would have never accepted a weld looking like that, etc...but he does some pretty good looking tig welds. IMO, there not the best 7018, but certainly not the worst. Looks like it could be a bit hotter to wet in, but not too bad. Others here might have a different opinion. This is a 3f, so keep that in mind, it's vertical.
- 7018 in the 3f position (vertical) done with a Primeweld 225
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