Welding Calculators

[Grizzly1944]

Howdy Folks,

This Everlast website has an excellent welding calculator. Miller does also.

Since it's not adviseable to fuse metals together with a computer nearby, I find that is more convienient to keep some Miller welding calculators handy.

You can order up a 3 pack that handles Stick, Mig and Tig for 4 bucks shipping included to the lower 48.

The link is: http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/tools/#calculators

Don't get me wrong! This is not an endorsement for Miller except for the functionality of thier welding calculators. If Everlast offered these calculators, I would use them instead.

Best Regards

Don

[Canada]

Grizzly1944

Thanks for the link. For the little bit they are asking for those calculators I am going to order them up. I agree having a quick reference right in the shop is a huge benefit.

[Grizzly1944]

Canada,

I have been reading elsewhere on this forum about an Everlast app for the iphone. Maybe a welding calculator could be included.

I have no plans or need for an iphone myself. Anything with a large video display that fits in my pocket usually meets with destruction soon after I get it dialed in to fit my needs.

Don

[worntorn]

Don't know about the Everlast Calc, but I have the three pack from Miller. The stick calculator seems close in most cases , but the TIG calculator is always way high on amperage, I would say about 20% or so. When I started at TIG I was wrongly informed that the Miller TIG calculator was the Gospel. I burned a lot of metal before figuring out that the amperage numbers given were much too high for my Welder.

I had to drop about 20% on the amperage to get silver welds. Now I tend to ignore amperage settings, just use the pedal and watch the puddle.

Glen

[Grizzly1944]

I also notice that with the Everlast 250EX if you drop about 20% from the lowest # on carbon steel and 1/3 on stainless, it works pretty well.

I started this thread because it isn't that functional to drag my laptop into the shop so that it could easily get broken.

Just gets you into the ballpark.

Don

[worntorn]

yes that's true, it does get you in the Ballpark. In fact I think it gets you right on with all the numbers other than the amperage and even then, it's really only the TIG amperage that is way out.

Weird that the numbers would be so high, but part of it may be that the Calculators were made for transformer welders rather than inverter.

Or maybe Miller likes to sell everyone a big welder! The are in the business of selling AMPS afterall. Kind of like the oilchange companies who insist you change your oil every 5K when the car manufacture says 8K and it is still very clean even at 8K, spotless at 5k.