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mark turik
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QUESTION ?!? i use a millermatic 252 for my mig and i thermal arc 225 for tig. the thermal arc also does stick. i dont want to "use up" my tig machine doing sick so if i plan to pick up more on the stick welding, do you think i would be well advised to buy a lincoln tombstone/buz box, for stick and use the thermal arc for just tig? i dont know how much wear and tear stick really does to my tig/stick machine. stick seems so aggressive that it make me wonder. thank you for any advise you can give me. mark turik
Use up your tig machine? Is it a delicate flower or something? I have an Everlast Powertig 200DX and the stick function
works really well. Much nicer than both the Hobart ac/dc Stickmate and the Miller Thunderbolt that I had. (btw. I did a lot of scratch start tig with those machines too)
If your tig machine is not robust enough to handle stick welding then get rid of it and buy a better unit.
The idea that you need separate machines for each and every process is total BS. Technology has taken us out of the
dark ages. These new inverters are very versatile so don't be afraid to use them.
works really well. Much nicer than both the Hobart ac/dc Stickmate and the Miller Thunderbolt that I had. (btw. I did a lot of scratch start tig with those machines too)
If your tig machine is not robust enough to handle stick welding then get rid of it and buy a better unit.
The idea that you need separate machines for each and every process is total BS. Technology has taken us out of the
dark ages. These new inverters are very versatile so don't be afraid to use them.
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Thermal arc welders are some of the nicest **STICK WELDING MACHINES** available.
Use it for stick as well as tig....
Just my opinion, for what it's worth.
Use it for stick as well as tig....
Just my opinion, for what it's worth.
Just a couple welders and a couple of big hammers and torches.
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I prefer more than one machine too.rake wrote:Use up your tig machine? Is it a delicate flower or something? I have an Everlast Powertig 200DX and the stick function
works really well. Much nicer than both the Hobart ac/dc Stickmate and the Miller Thunderbolt that I had. (btw. I did a lot of scratch start tig with those machines too)
If your tig machine is not robust enough to handle stick welding then get rid of it and buy a better unit.
The idea that you need separate machines for each and every process is total BS. Technology has taken us out of the
dark ages. These new inverters are very versatile so don't be afraid to use them.
I'm not going to stop working just because something breaks - I'm going to turn on another one.
Even good machines, from good companies, break on occasion.
I also keep spares of tig torches, (needed them bunch o times), tig cables, and extra tungsten, cups, torch parts, mig tips, mig nozzles, replacement cylinders, etc, etc.
For the OP, I doubt you'll be impressed with the stick arc from a little buzz box when compared to your nice machine
Dave J.
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Syncro 350
Invertec v250-s
Thermal Arc 161 and 300
MM210
Dialarc
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Syncro 350
Invertec v250-s
Thermal Arc 161 and 300
MM210
Dialarc
Tried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
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I was wondering which ones have you done stick with? I have yet to try stick on my TA yet.AKweldshop wrote:Thermal arc welders are some of the nicest **STICK WELDING MACHINES** available.
Use it for stick as well as tig....
Just my opinion, for what it's worth.
Been so long since I did stick I wouldn't be able to tell a bad machine from a good machine. stick is not one of my strong points anyway.
why use standard nozzles after gas lens where invented. Kinda of like starting fires by rubbing sticks together.
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I've used Atleast 50 different welders for stick welding.dirtmidget33 wrote:I was wondering which ones have you done stick with? I have yet to try stick on my TA yet.AKweldshop wrote:Thermal arc welders are some of the nicest **STICK WELDING MACHINES** available.
Use it for stick as well as tig....
Just my opinion, for what it's worth.
Been so long since I did stick I wouldn't be able to tell a bad machine from a good machine. stick is not one of my strong points anyway.
I don't think my memory is deep enough to recite all of them though.
But I've used a lot.
Any questions, just ask.
Just a couple welders and a couple of big hammers and torches.
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ak
i haven't done any stick in many many years.
i have a htp invertig 221 syncrowave 250
that are both capable. have you stick
welded with either? if so what do you
think?
craig
i haven't done any stick in many many years.
i have a htp invertig 221 syncrowave 250
that are both capable. have you stick
welded with either? if so what do you
think?
craig
htp invertig 221
syncrowave 250
miller 140 mig
hypertherm plasma
morse 14 metal devil
syncrowave 250
miller 140 mig
hypertherm plasma
morse 14 metal devil
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I had a sw250 about 3 months ago, and for a transformer, it ran 7018 pretty nice.motox wrote:AK,
I haven't done any stick in many many years.
I have a htp invertig 221 syncrowave 250.
That are both capable. Have you stick welded with either? If so what do you think?
Craig
I have no experience with the HTP.
Just a couple welders and a couple of big hammers and torches.
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I have a older mid 90's syncrowave 250 and it stick welds very, very well. Much better by a damn far sight than the AHP alphatig I had, and quite a lot better than the Hobart Stickmate LX I had. The arc control/dig function makes a HUGE difference. I set it to about 50 for excalibur 7018's and it runs them like BUTTER! almost impossible to stick the rod. I crank it up to 70 for 6011, and runs that stuff really nicely as well. I really, really enjoy stick welding on this thing, maybe even more than TIG'ing.
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There's no other settings on a syncrowave that pertain to stick. Set your polity, switch on for arc force, set you arc force where you want it. HF to "off", contactor to panel, amps to panel, crater to "off". Pre flow, post flow, balance, spot and crater don't really don't apply to stick.
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Yes - basically you can run all DC rods on DCEP, and the AC rods too.motox wrote:DCEP for excalibur 7018, right?
craig
Dave J.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~
Syncro 350
Invertec v250-s
Thermal Arc 161 and 300
MM210
Dialarc
Tried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~
Syncro 350
Invertec v250-s
Thermal Arc 161 and 300
MM210
Dialarc
Tried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
guys
one more question
looking at my 250 the lug to connect
the torch doesn't look like it has enough
thread to leave the tig torch hooked up
and put the connector for the stick torch.
is there something someone makes to
be able to do this or do i need to figure
out something?
craig
one more question
looking at my 250 the lug to connect
the torch doesn't look like it has enough
thread to leave the tig torch hooked up
and put the connector for the stick torch.
is there something someone makes to
be able to do this or do i need to figure
out something?
craig
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htp invertig 221
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miller 140 mig
hypertherm plasma
morse 14 metal devil
syncrowave 250
miller 140 mig
hypertherm plasma
morse 14 metal devil
I don't have a good answer for you other than just switching them back and forth. On mine I have a water cooled torch, so my set up is different. I made a short tag lead with a DINSE connector on one end and a ring terminal on the the other. When I want to stick weld I unplug the torch from the DINSE and plug in the stinger.
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