This thread is silly. The risk of metal or other particles from a typical workshop (especially a shop with milling equipment) accumulating inside the welder and causing a problem or a fire is something to worry about far in excess of any cosmetic or liability issues arising from the cover itself, which are non-existant. I finally just cut a square piece of plastic drop cloth and put it around my PowerPro 256 with a bungee cord. Ugly but problem solved.
Dust covers are heavily marked up items, like undercoating for cars, with the idea that if you don't buy it you are risking your $$$$ actual device/car/sailboat/plane/whatever.
The idea that the raw materials are expensive is absurd. You can buy 4ft x 5ft transparent welding curtains from McMaster for $22, which as we all know is about 300% the cost you'd get for the same thing from China (or AirGas for that matter), who then also mark their stuff up to make a profit. And those screens are for use around welding, not as a mere cover, so any flammability concerns are moot.
I think Everlast just has other things to focus on, which is reasonable. Seems like every time I go to the everlast site there are new cool welders and accessories and all at great prices.
But I think they should reconsider spending some time to make SOME kind of dust cover..I don't even want to think about whats all over my welder circuit boards from the 4 years of that fan running in my machine shop before I made the dust cover.
LONG LIVE THE POWER PRO 256!!!
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