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Welding Tips & Tricks Reviews the Everlast 250 EX
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Thanks Charlie,
I knew they had a unit, I did not know about the review being posted.
Great video quality and great instruction for part one. He sounds like me after a tech call, all the freak'in knobs.
Thanks for the link.
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That's quite a video! I will be great if they continue with the 5-6 more videos, a picture/video is far better to learn from than a mediocre manual.
Everlast I hope you can work with them to do continued weld education using your Great welders.
dwdw
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We have no control or "working" relationship, other than the welder is featured, since it is his. Now, of course, we will have some videos as well. But the point is that he is independent of us and has a long history of doing these type videos. I have often referred people for a quick "schooling" to this site since he is really non "partisan" well before I knew anything about him. lol. Yes, the unit is an Everlast, and yes we knew that he was going to be using it to find out what all the hullabaloo was about imported welders. But the video was his thing. He does this as an independent entity. It keeps things honest. The purpose of the video, if you will listen is to explain functions and he happens to be doing it with our welder. :) But I am content to sit on the sidelines and watch him continue to do his thing. Or be involved more if he requests.
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The great part is, Jody already knows what everything is supposed to do so having him configure settings and explaining them will shorten the learning curve.
I'm gonna fiddle with the pulse on butt joints on 1/8" SS.
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Part 2 could really be viewed as part 1, since it backs up and gives an elementary definition of AC current. In fact, I think anyone interested might want to view part 2 first.
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Yeah I am glad you posted this I was about to last week but forgot. I have read/watched most everything on his site about tig and mig. Great help. I also am on his mailing list for the tips and tricks.
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I have sent a lot of people to his site and been there many times. Since everyone knew before us, I guess we better signup on the maillist.
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Final installment and review and recommendations on the Everlast 250EX by Jody on Weldingtipsandtricks.com
Hello Welder,
This is the last page about inverter tig welder settings using an Everlast Inverter tig welder for the demonstrations.
I have received quiet a few questions about this Everlast tig Welder asking if I would recommend it.
So Here is my two cents worth ...
• I cant speak to how it will hold up because I have only had it a few months
• I have not needed customer support so I cant speak to that either.
• I love the arc. cant say enough about the arc. you can light up on a gnats butt. and its a smooth arc at all amperages.
• I dont like the torch that came with it much...I like small torches and will be changing to a #20 torch soon.
• The foot pedal amperage control needs to be heavier duty.
• The flowmeter that came with it seems to work fine, but looks a bit cheap.
• Comes with a good ground clamp
• I bought the water cooler too...it has worked great.
• I like the knobs since everything is out in the open, but knobs dont read out quite as precisely as digital touchpads
• All things considered, Is it worth what it costs? I would say most definitely yes.
See Part 5 of Inverter Tig welder settings here
or....if the link is not working , just paste this address into your browser.
http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/...r-reviews.html
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There are a few more aspects to cover, but I think he is done with the video series on inverter settings. He has done a great job for the general public, not just Everlast.
In the next month or so, we will have some more videos covering the inverter welders and I think we will have a little different take, more of an operator's guide and a more specific look at each individual function. As you can see, from his videos, which cover almost 45 minutes of so, it takes a lot to scratch the surface of tig welding.
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can't wait.
By trial and error, My settings are almost identical to the video 'cept my AC frequency is a little lower.
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Its important to point out that in his video, he is referring to "65% DCEN" for AC balance, while it was showing a 35% setting. As some other manufacturers do, we refer to the percent of positive (cleaning) that the balance is set to. Miller refers to percent negative. We refer to the percent positive because it can also be referred to the "amount of cleaning" when configured this way without a conflict with terminology. So the 65% setting he is referring to in the video is a Miller setting and not an Everlast setting. Our setting should be properly referred to as 35% DCEP. If customers will take notice, there is a - and + sign referring to the direction of the favoring polarity.
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Got another Video from welding tips and tricks about using pulse
http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/...ss-tubing.html
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awesome instructional! think i finally got the aluminum settings down!
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His recommendations are a good starting point. Finding your own setting for each situation, with more or less oxidation and with different type joints is still something that you need to figure out to hone your skills to an optimum level.
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performance
His recommendations are a good starting point. Finding your own setting for each situation, with more or less oxidation and with different type joints is still something that you need to figure out to hone your skills to an optimum level.
General post but quoting Mark's post. It's very true, his frequency range is the same range I use for most things and his information is spot on, but you might find you'll be fine tuning it a bit for yourself. Practice and feel will get you dialed in.
They are a great starting point and I thank him for the videos (saves us a lot of time on the phone sometimes). Far as cleaning, you'll find that is a persons preference even more.
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In regards to the balance, if you look below the values there is a - and a +. To the left is EN, and right is EP. To much EP your tungsten will ball up. Pay attention to tungsten size with the inverter. Use one size bigger with a semi sharp point. Also preheat, the better a metal conducts, the harder it will be to get a puddle started.
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Well good news , Jody is doing a new series of videos on the 256 starting soon.
I just recieved his latest video and at the end he says he is doing a teaching series again but using the 256 so he has a 250EX and a 256 combo now..
Gary
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Gary
Well good news , Jody is doing a new series of videos on the 256 starting soon.
I just recieved his latest video and at the end he says he is doing a teaching series again but using the 256 so he has a 250EX and a 256 combo now..
Gary
I just came here to post the same thing, but you beat me to it. :wink:
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This is a great Video series. It was one of the things that swayed me toward the 250ex that I have on order and am eagerly awaiting ( just sent Oleg Cashiers check today ). I have watched all of the videos a couple times and will probably watch them all a couple more times as It is giving me a better knowledge of the machine even though I don't even have it yet. When Jody talks about an adjustment I already know the knob he is talking about and kinda what it does. I have used Other peoples tig welders in the past but have never owned one of my own and I am excited to put the knowledge gained from these videos to use on my own 250 ex.
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Aside from his review of the 250EX he also tries out the PP256. It gets a pretty high mark as I recall.
I think the one video of Jody's that shows the Everlast off the best is one that might not get much notice. This is the video where he welds a bead on the bottom of some aluminum beer cans. Lots of people weld beer cans, but he puts a beautiful little ring bead right around the raised part on the bottom.
The kicker is that he does this with the former pride of his welding fleet, his $3.5K Miller Dynasty and also with the 250EX.
The bead done with the Miller is OK, but the one done with the Everlast is a beauty.
He leaves it to the viewer to figure out which machine came out on top.
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I dont know what davidster is talking about up there /\ /\ Its just kinda out of left field. Anyway I wish there was more videos on the 250ex. Mines not here yet so... I need vids.
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The4th
I dont know what davidster is talking about up there /\ /\ Its just kinda out of left field. Anyway I wish there was more videos on the 250ex. Mines not here yet so... I need vids.
This thread it a couple years old. Any Everlast TIG videos will apply to our TIGs. The 250EX just has most features. What are you looking to learn?
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He always had both.:) His first video he did on the Everlast was the PowerTig 250 ex.
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performance
He always had both.:) His first video he did on the Everlast was the PowerTig 250 ex.
All those freakin knobs. :D
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everlastsupport
All those freakin knobs. :D
I'm curious, and since you have both maybe you can answer this. It seems another plus to analog controls is that you can make adjustments while the weld is taking place. Nice when using automation. Will the 210EXT allow things like frequency, balance, or pulse adjustments during the welding process, or is that locked out?
Having all the freakin' knobs makes it possible to even have a free hand adjusting, while you are welding. I can't see that being easy to do that with a digital unit while wearing a helmet.
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You should be able to, but honestly even though you can do it on the other machines, you probably shouldn't.
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everlastsupport
This thread it a couple years old. Any Everlast TIG videos will apply to our TIGs. The 250EX just has most features. What are you looking to learn?
Just more videos showing the 2013 unit. I know most are just waiting for the digital version (255ext correct?) but I thought I might find some videos of the 250ex on the Everlast youtube page and didnt find any. Hopefully Ill have my 250ex soon then it wont matter as much to me, but when you dont have one its nice to see all the parts your getting or thinking about buying. I mean I dont expect you to go out and make me a video or anything but was just wondering if there was more videos out there of the unit?
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I will admit I have done it on our MIGs while someone was in the middle of a weld, but it is not recommended to be changing the settings while welding.
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I was thinking along the lines of MIG controls and how that might be nice for TIG, too. I have often adjusted the wire feed and inductance while welding a test piece to get the machine dialed right in. And looking at Jody changing frequency, on the lathe, I can see how that might be handy on occasion for setting up a tricky job. The one thing I had in mind was when welding polished aluminum, running a test bead and setting the balance to get the cleaning as close to the edge of the weld as possible. I see on my Lincoln and Hobart machines they do mark some controls as 'do not switch under load' and I seem to remember Miller did that too. But it was only for a small subset of controls. It's certainly not something I would do often, but I was curious as to if Everlast had any controls besides amps that were ok to switch under load, occasionally, and if that was even possible with a digital machine, or if the panel was locked out during welding.
