I finally broke down and bought a real TIG welder. The scratch-start
HFT TIG was just a bit too sticky for me to like any more. Looking on
Eastwood's site this Christmas, I saw their nice little TIG 200
machine and fell in love. $699 + $34 s/h. It arrived today and I'm
happy to say that it's both larger and heavier than I had imagined.
I'll play with it on 120v for now, while I grab a NEMA6-50 outlet.
https://www.eastwood.com/tig200acdc.html

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It will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A
nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and
prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved.
It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
--Benjamin Franklin

On Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:24:48 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

I finally broke down and bought a real TIG welder. The scratch-start
HFT TIG was just a bit too sticky for me to like any more. Looking on
Eastwood's site this Christmas, I saw their nice little TIG 200
machine and fell in love. $699 + $34 s/h. It arrived today and I'm
happy to say that it's both larger and heavier than I had imagined.
I'll play with it on 120v for now, while I grab a NEMA6-50 outlet.
https://www.eastwood.com/tig200acdc.html

Its had pretty good reviews from all the welding wonks on Youtube.

Let us know how it works for you.

Gunner


-
It will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A
nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and
prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved.
It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
--Benjamin Franklin
__

"Journalists are extremely rare and shouldn’t be harmed, but propagandists are everywhere and should be hunted for sport"

Yeah..with no bag limit.

On 1/2/2020 6:24 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
I finally broke down and bought a real TIG welder. The scratch-start
HFT TIG was just a bit too sticky for me to like any more. Looking on
Eastwood's site this Christmas, I saw their nice little TIG 200
machine and fell in love. $699 + $34 s/h. It arrived today and I'm
happy to say that it's both larger and heavier than I had imagined.
I'll play with it on 120v for now, while I grab a NEMA6-50 outlet.
https://www.eastwood.com/tig200acdc.html

-
It will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A
nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and
prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved.
It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
--Benjamin Franklin



In past tube reviews some guys do not care for that toe operated foot
pedal. I think a half measure might be to bolt it to a larger base
plate, but the guys at Weld.com had a different solution. They made
their own adapter for it so they can use it more like a full foot pedal
instead of a toe pedal. That was a big complaint about AHP as well.
They used to use the same type pedal as picture on the Eastwood link.
My 2019 AHP came with a different pedal though. Its a more conventional
full foot pedal.

Anyway... NICE NEW TOY! Congratulations.

On 1/4/2020 10:39 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 1/2/2020 6:24 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
I finally broke down and bought a real TIG welder. The scratch-start
HFT TIG was just a bit too sticky for me to like any more. Looking on
Eastwood's site this Christmas, I saw their nice little TIG 200
machine and fell in love. $699 + $34 s/h. It arrived today and I'm
happy to say that it's both larger and heavier than I had imagined.
I'll play with it on 120v for now, while I grab a NEMA6-50 outlet.
https://www.eastwood.com/tig200acdc.html

-
It will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A
nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and
prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved.
It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
--Benjamin Franklin



In past tube reviews some guys do not care for that toe operated foot
pedal. I think a half measure might be to bolt it to a larger base
plate, but the guys at Weld.com had a different solution. They made
their own adapter for it so they can use it more like a full foot pedal
instead of a toe pedal. That was a big complaint about AHP as well.
They used to use the same type pedal as picture on the Eastwood link. My
2019 AHP came with a different pedal though. Its a more conventional
full foot pedal.

Anyway... NICE NEW TOY! Congratulations.

P.S. I almost bought that same welder, but AHP had a preorder special
on AC/DC "pulse" rigs when he ran out of stock. The end of 2018. When
his containers came in from China in early '19 he was almost sold out
again.

On Thu, 02 Jan 2020 20:11:50 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:24:48 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

I finally broke down and bought a real TIG welder. The scratch-start
HFT TIG was just a bit too sticky for me to like any more. Looking on
Eastwood's site this Christmas, I saw their nice little TIG 200
machine and fell in love. $699 + $34 s/h. It arrived today and I'm
happy to say that it's both larger and heavier than I had imagined.
I'll play with it on 120v for now, while I grab a NEMA6-50 outlet.
https://www.eastwood.com/tig200acdc.html

Its had pretty good reviews from all the welding wonks on Youtube.

Let us know how it works for you.

She's a beaut. With the standard settings, I hold the torch switch
down and she starts purring up a storm. Works great on 120v, and now
I have the wire and outlet, so I'll swap that out and have a full 240v
30a circuit to crank 'er up.

--
There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action.

--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 10:39:02 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote:

On 1/2/2020 6:24 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
I finally broke down and bought a real TIG welder. The scratch-start
HFT TIG was just a bit too sticky for me to like any more. Looking on
Eastwood's site this Christmas, I saw their nice little TIG 200
machine and fell in love. $699 + $34 s/h. It arrived today and I'm
happy to say that it's both larger and heavier than I had imagined.
I'll play with it on 120v for now, while I grab a NEMA6-50 outlet.
https://www.eastwood.com/tig200acdc.html

-
It will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A
nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and
prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved.
It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
--Benjamin Franklin



In past tube reviews some guys do not care for that toe operated foot
pedal. I think a half measure might be to bolt it to a larger base
plate, but the guys at Weld.com had a different solution. They made
their own adapter for it so they can use it more like a full foot pedal
instead of a toe pedal. That was a big complaint about AHP as well.
They used to use the same type pedal as picture on the Eastwood link.
My 2019 AHP came with a different pedal though. Its a more conventional
full foot pedal.

I guess I'll see how that pans out once I get more room in the shop.


Anyway... NICE NEW TOY! Congratulations.

Thanks. I hope to increase my welding creds with it. I can tell
already that the scratch and sniff HF welder was distracting me.
Sticking the tungsten to the work a dozen times for every bad weld
=isn't= the way to do it, I've heard.

--
There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action.

--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

using several everlast welders

powerarc 200 sti purchase date: 2018

power mts 211 si purchase date: 2017

very satisfied with these welders


Charl Feb 2, 2020