Anything new on foot pedal designs???

[worntorn]

If I get time this month I might make a new foot pedal for the Everlast.

I made one for a bead roller project and I'm pretty sure something similar could be done for the Everlast, although the function is a bit different.

Will post it as a project if it happens soon enough.

Glen

[jtybt]

I'd like to know how it's done. Is there a wiring schematic that shows what wires to connect to what terminals on what switch/terminals or pot terminals etc???

[Timberwolf]

take a look at your pedal and pin it out. There's a microswitch to activate the arc and the POT to vary the amps.

[jtybt]

This is a pic of the sewing machine foot pedal



This is a pix of the actuator lever at rest. Notice the short green, forked lever that swings the rheostat lever. This changed vertical pedal movement to the horizontal.



This is a pic of the rheostat lever when the pedal is depressed.



You can see, with relatively little pedal movement, quite a large sweep of the rheostat lever is made.


Anybody got an ideas how to convert this to a TIG pedal? I got no idea what the rating of the rheostat is. It's the movement that may be of interest.

I hope someone at Everlast can come up with an adaption that will make such a small pedal design available.

[performance]

You'd need to pretty much trash the pedal and use a 47 k pot and create a cradle that would slide onto the shaft for the arm to rid in. It looks as this is a multiple step, not a continously variable pedal.

[jtybt]

Yup, stepped design. Is there some kind of rheostat that can be placed in the position of the existing rheostat with the required rating?

If Everlast were to design a new pedal, a broader base would allow more movement and raising the base from 1 1/4" to 2" or more would still give you a very low profile. I bet you could sell thousands of these alone.

[jakeru]

I saw someone post a custom made footpedal project on the internet somewhere, out of heavy aluminum scrap stock they had. They used an unusual method of translating the pedal motion to pot travel. It looked effective, and "reliable" / "bulletproof". I wish I could find the link.