New tig machine on order but.....

Well, I put a tig machine on my wish list this year. I was going to get with the Everlast team here on the board and order one but my wife went ahead and ordered one up on Amazon. Is this still going to be an okay way of getting a new machine? I never thought to tell her that it might be best to order directly.

Headed to the hardware store tomorrow to pick up some electrical items. I plan on putting a 240 volt plug on the machine cord and making up a very short 120 volt cord to plug into this for those times I want to use 120 volt.

Coming up on my 3rd 20th birthday and still feel like a kid before Christmas!
Take care, Bill

Congrats on the new toy,,,oh to be 60 again,,,the things I could do when I was 60,,,but that's in the past,,,time flies by and a year only seems like a week ago,,,don't get old it's bad for you...lol..

As I understand it, Amazon is just another distribution mechanism for the SF office, so there should be no difference. Congrats on the new machine! And good on your wife for Christmas presents that make you wait for Christmas like a kid!

Wowsers! The big brown truck dropped off an Everlast box this afternoon. The gubberment should take a couple lessons from Amazon. Less than 36 hours from order to arrival here in N Michigan. That is a fast and smooth interweb experience for sure!!

Geezer, ever read "My pretty pony" by Stephan King? It speaks to how time goes faster as the years pile on, in a bit of a twisted way of course. Thanks for the above comments. I will toss some photos up after I get a few beads laid down probably after the first of the year.
Regards, Bill

Now for the big question: do you have to wait for December 25 to open the box and tried it out?

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Now for the big question: do you have to wait for December 25 to open the box and tried it out?

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Well, I still need to run some service to the area that I plan on using to plug the machine in and still have to pick up a cylinder of argon. It will be a couple weeks before I am ready. If some time frees up I may ask to open before the 25th but that does seem to fit my time line of when I will actually ready for it.

Hey Bill,

Welcome to the Everlast family.

What model did you go with? Also, look on craigslist for combos being sold (welder and tank). Sometime you get lucky. Swap the tank (if with a MIG) and sell off the welder. If not rent a large tank, it will save you money in the long run.

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Hey Bill,

Welcome to the Everlast family.

What model did you go with? Also, look on craigslist for combos being sold (welder and tank). Sometime you get lucky. Swap the tank (if with a MIG) and sell off the welder. If not rent a large tank, it will save you money in the long run.

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Hey Mike,
I got the little 140st. I have an area set up to fiddle with it over the winter in my basement. A booth with a "squire cage" blower unit from a furnace for exhaust with sheet metal sides and such. My main work area is unheated and looking at the temp right now it is 15 degrees out. I have a couple mig machines, arc and gas outfits waiting for warmer weather in my pole barn. Hoping to have a floor poured and some heat by next fall in a corner it to use in the future.

I have no real need for a tig but wanted to play with one. I have an argon set up that is borrowed to use with a spool gun on my mig set up but I have to get that back to the guy I borrowed it from. When I get my own I can then swap it back and forth between my mig spool set up and the tig machine. It will also be sweet to be able to have the little Everlast to use here and there with it's dual voltage option.
Thanks for the welcome!
Bill

Congrats on your new welder, Bill. At least someone on here got a new welder for Xmas. I was hoping to upgrade to an AC/DC dual voltage tig by the end of this year, but things didn't work out for me. Plus I figure the second I spend money on one, Oleg will announce that I actually placed in the top 3 for the contest, and I'll have already spent the money I could have otherwise saved (just my luck!;)). Next on the list after that is a Mig with a spool gun, and I plan on doing a set up like you have, where I use one cylinder for multiple purposes. I have aluminum projects from 8 years ago that I want to weld...can't wait til I get the chance to finish them!

Anyways, enjoy your present once you get to open the box and use it. And try to act surprised when you open it on Xmas morning...Santa doesn't want you to think he isn't real!:O

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Hey Mike,
I got the little 140st. I have an area set up to fiddle with it over the winter in my basement. A booth with a "squire cage" blower unit from a furnace for exhaust with sheet metal sides and such. My main work area is unheated and looking at the temp right now it is 15 degrees out. I have a couple mig machines, arc and gas outfits waiting for warmer weather in my pole barn. Hoping to have a floor poured and some heat by next fall in a corner it to use in the future.

I have no real need for a tig but wanted to play with one. I have an argon set up that is borrowed to use with a spool gun on my mig set up but I have to get that back to the guy I borrowed it from. When I get my own I can then swap it back and forth between my mig spool set up and the tig machine. It will also be sweet to be able to have the little Everlast to use here and there with it's dual voltage option.
Thanks for the welcome!
Bill

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It is a small little thing so portable is the word and you can run on a smaller generator. We we the IMIG200 all the time on a 5500watt. We also throw a spool gun and argon in the back for mobile MIG aluminum welding (on clam days). I had the 160, the HF start was nice, but the 140 price point, is hard to beat.

I pole barn at 15 degrees could be a bit rough, welding jacket or not :)

Snap up some pictures if you get some time, projects are always fun to view. Best of luck and yell or post if you need anything.

Thanks Mike! Never thought of giving it a try on a generator. I have a Honda 3500 watt that I fire up once a month (Man, really crappy gas these days!). Next time I do that I will plug in the little Everlast and give it a go. If that won't do it my brother in law was hinting he wanted to sell me his 5500 watt gen as he moved to town and didn't feel he would have need of it. Be kind of cool to toss my welding goodies in my little 6 x 10 covered trailer to do some mobile welding.