Torch line to regulator fitting for 140ST

[RichardH]

Only the LWS had it. Apparently, compressed gasses use their own fittings. The hardware store had a barb that was almost right, but as far as I could tell, it had tapered threads, and the ones on the regulator were straight.

Yup. And to confirm your K.I.S.S. solution, I took my regulator to the LWS and they matched it to a 3/16" hose barb with the proper thread. Didn't even charge me for it, since I'd just bought a tank and a bunch of consumables.

(To Don's point, while the 1/4" barb seems to be standard on flow regulators, it wouldn't cost much for Everlast to add a 3/16" barb in the box to match the welder's fitting.)

No surprise, but the LWS didn't have other adapters (like to convert to pipe thread), but I've found those elsewhere.

Cheers,
Richard

[Rambozo]

The 140ST is kinda the odd man out as most of the other welders hook the regulator to a matching barb on the back of the machine. The 140ST goes straight to the torch, so the hose is smaller. As they sell worldwide, hose barbs make more sense than other fittings. metric or inch you can mix and match pretty easy, 6mm or 1/4" hose and 8mm or 5/16" hose.

[RichardH]

Hmm. I pretty much ran into the problem Don described when I unboxed the 210 EXT - the quick disconnect on the welder used a 3/16" hose barb, but the regulator was 1/4" barb. I was just agreeing with Don that tossing a 3/16" barb in the box for the regulator would seem to make sense, so it matches the welder end.

Cheers,
Richard

[Rambozo]

Hmm. I pretty much ran into the problem Don described when I unboxed the 210 EXT - the quick disconnect on the welder used a 3/16" hose barb, but the regulator was 1/4" barb. I was just agreeing with Don that tossing a 3/16" barb in the box for the regulator would seem to make sense, so it matches the welder end.

Cheers,
Richard

That is true. They get closer, but getting everything matched between different factories is not quite there, yet. The first 210EXT models shipped with a male QD fitting on the back and nothing to mate with it. Now it has a barb, but not the same size barb as the other models. It seems like just when things get all sorted out, something changes like the new regulators or new welder models, and it's back to square one.