[DavesTent]

Hello everyone!
I've been reading (lurking) this forum for several years now. I'm a hobby MIG welder, building mostly trailer frames, some furniture, and odd & ends repair work for friends and family for the past 20 years or so. I
've recently found myself in need of the ability to weld AL, so have been watching many hours of YT videos, reading books and forum posts, blogs, etc. I found a lightly used Everlast TIG machine locally to me for a good price but have been struggling to get the beads how I'd like. The other night I stumbled upon a thread about testing the Pot in the foot pedal, so pulled out the multimeter and found out that my pedal is shot (0%/100% no ramping up/down!), so I've ordered a new one and I hope that will fix it, or at least be less frustrating!

Thanks for all the great info here!

Dave

[BillE.Dee]

Hi Dave and welcome. Good luck with your endeavor and let us know how you make out with the new pedal.

[DavesTent]

Thanks BillE.Dee! New pedal arrived today, my goodness what a difference! Now I can feather the heat to keep the puddle how I want it! Of course now it’s obvious that my Left and Right hands are not working together at all!

Practice, practice, practice!