Recent content by SidecarFlip

Check the capacitors, I believe you have a bad one.

Actually used it for spray arc transfer at 215 amps, with 30 CFM of shielding gas.

Depends on what size spool your machine will accept. I use 10 pound spools on my Hobart but some machines will only take the smaller spools. Industrial machines will accept 50 pound spools. I use INE wire myself on 030 gage.

Try Motorvation Engineering in Sibley, Iowa. I just happen to own one of their sidecars and it's mounted on my Centennial Triumph Bonneville but they most likely will sell you what you require and they have the knowledge and expertise to assist you. Nice folks. In fact I drove out there from...

2-4K is light. The Lincoln Square Wave TIG, weld pak I sold cost me new, 5 grand and the Hyper Therm 75 amp plasma cutter I also sold was just north of 4 grand. My issue with the Hyper Therm was the insane cost of consumables. The HF Titanium plasma cutters actually have reasonably priced...

I'm 100% sold on the Vulcan Pro-Tig 205 myself. The arc with TIG is extremely smooth and it's HF start so no touching the Tungsten to the workpiece (which caused inclusions). The foot pedal is very linear as well. Only thing I don't like about it (and I did replace it) was the TIG torch...

Found out the hard way that the CK water cooled torch requires 'special' consumables as in the ones I have for my gas cooled torch won't fit so I had to order consumables that would and they aren't cheap. Oh well, should be in this week sometime. I also ordered 25 feet of stranded copper...

I'm curious about what brand of plasma table you are looking at as that will be impacted by unlevel / not level floor. The smaller tables like the Langmuir's are adversely impacted by uneven - unlevel floors.

Nice thing about HF for me at least is their extended warranty. I just applied the extra cost 3 year warranty on both my Titanium 45 and 65 amp plasma cutters and my Vulcan 205 TIG machine. Basically, if any of them fail within the 3 year warranty, HF replaces them with a new machine or a...

The Hobart plasma is a bit light on it's feet for the price I'd say. Much better options out there for much less money. Just not a HyperTherm. Good machines but the consumables are way over priced. I had one and sold it. The HF Titanium 65 is much less cost wise compared to both Hobart and...

I should probably add that the Everlast cooler didn't arrive unscathed. It was well packed in the box with foam and bubble wrap around it but the box looked like Fed-Ex used it for basketball practice. The output QD was bent down and the cabinet had a large dent in it, all fixable which I...

I only run 75-25 on MIG solid wire. No exceptions unless it's flux core which I never use.

The only difference between OA welding and TIG is you must keep the filler rod in the gas envelope of the weld will become porous and if you touch the tung with the filler rod, it will foul the tung and you will need to regrind the tip. OA welding is a very good primer to TIG because both are 2...

Bought a new CK Worldwide 250 Amp flex head TIG torch from Weldfablulous and a TIG cooler from Everlast. Have a big aluminum plasma table job coming up that has to be cut and welded and the torch that came with my Pro-Tig 205 isn't capable of delivering the required amperage for big aluminum...

Still the same. My O2 bottle is a 240 but they will still exchange because I have (own) it but you cannot get one now. Everything else is 180 but the acetylene