Video review of PowerArc 160 STH TIG

[Rambozo]

Well before you do more searching for a coupler nut, you might have a look. By floating a second nut you will get even more support from a longer MOI and it will be easier to spin from fewer threads engaged.



And PART II

BTW the way to insert a video tag is
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzPhqvQl78Y[/video(with a closing square bracket here)

[youngnstudly]

That video was just what I needed! My idea was very similar to Jody's design, however he put more thought (or experience) into his stool, so I will be rethinking my idea to incorporate a few of his! The use of the floating nut is definitely the way to go, and I never would have thought of that. My top portion of the seat was drawn up exactly as he did his, so either I'm smarter than I think, or Jody's not as smart as I thought (Haha-Kidding!)! Thanks for posting that!

And thank you for the tutorial on inserting a video tag too! I'm as green as the welder when it comes to that stuff. It's not that I am a complete idiot, I just don't care about all this technology as much as a lot of other people! It's over my head a little and I don't have a problem with that!

[youngnstudly]

So this was supposed to be my third video for the contest. I was really bent out of shape that this video wouldn't upload by 11:59 last night due to the computer freezing up twice, especially since I stayed up late to link it to my ending post for the contest!

Anyways, I figured I would post it here today just for fun. I know it's not the best quality but I was moving fast trying to get this done so I could get to bed. Even shivering like crazy I didn't contaminate the tungsten, which was surprising! This proves my welder does in fact work at least, and it's not loud at all (running in the background more quietly than the shop lights). Enjoy!

BTW, I did almost grab the hot round block in the video but was able to catch myself a millisecond early (would have been the icing on the cake)! I managed to make for that by dropping the camera at the end though. I'm not an idiot, but I play one on youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wduV4...ature=youtu.be

[Rambozo]

You need to shield the camera from light leakage around the shade. All you really see are reflections. Maybe go to a darker shade, and lock the camera not to use auto settings.

[everlastsupport]

You need to shield the camera from light leakage around the shade. All you really see are reflections. Maybe go to a darker shade, and lock the camera not to use auto settings.

Yea, first 6 minutes were all reflection for me too, but the camera drop save the video for me . You could see all the scratches on the face shield, that was sort of cool.

Last part was good though. How cold was it? I still miss my 160STH. But like my 210EXT a lot...

[youngnstudly]

Like I said, not the best quality video but I made it at like 9:00 that night for the contest, so it was a "quickie" video. I wasn't even going to use the face shield, but then I remembered all the videos I've seen where the person welds and you get (arc) flashed. Things got blurry when I zoomed in, but the idea was to show that this welder can thick or thin stuff smoothly.

I first tried mounting the camera inside my welding helmet (right in front of my face), but that didn't work out well. The face shield is only a shade 6 or so which didn't work out either. A big peeve of mine is the "hum" of the shop lights though!

I don't even know all the settings on my new camera yet, so I will have to check into setting things manually.

The last few nights the temp in the shop has been warmer but still only 48-50 degrees...hey it's better than 40 degrees if you're an optimist (which I'm not!).

If I had the 210 EXT, I wouldn't miss the 160 STH at all!

[everlastsupport]

Like I said, not the best quality video but I made it at like 9:00 that night for the contest, so it was a "quickie" video. I wasn't even going to use the face shield, but then I remembered all the videos I've seen where the person welds and you get (arc) flashed. Things got blurry when I zoomed in, but the idea was to show that this welder can thick or thin stuff smoothly.

I first tried mounting the camera inside my welding helmet (right in front of my face), but that didn't work out well. The face shield is only a shade 6 or so which didn't work out either. A big peeve of mine is the "hum" of the shop lights though!

I don't even know all the settings on my new camera yet, so I will have to check into setting things manually.

The last few nights the temp in the shop has been warmer but still only 48-50 degrees...hey it's better than 40 degrees if you're an optimist (which I'm not!).

If I had the 210 EXT, I wouldn't miss the 160 STH at all!

I have a Sony camera, still do somewhere, that I could record welding with no shade over it. Was shocked the first time I tried it.

50 is a little cold, but it was in the 50's here in Florida when I woke up today. I was plasma cutting scrap for my son in shorts

True, the 250EX and the 210EXT I have are nice, but minus the AC, the 160STH is a dynomite machine. Jody in a video mentioned he has one under his bench. I liked it a lot, just no room for all the welders and it went (to a friend at a great price).