Mr. TIG with a CK Steady Grip TIG Amptrol for Everlast EXT Unit

[Buggy Chief]

Any updates...Did anyone get the CK Steady Grip to work with the 7 pin 47k Everlast yet?

[christian]

Well, I haven't done any more follow-up on the topic, and instead just got the optional series 26 amptrol TIG torch from Everlast, with the Migatronic-style arc initiator button and the amptrol dial as a separate function. And even though the pictured item on the Everlast website showed the vertical dial style (which I thought I may have preferred), it arrived with the horizontal dial style (which I'm now pretty convinced I do or would prefer, since it seems my index finger comes to rest right there, without having to reach it up and over a bit to actuate the dial as the vertical model undoubtedly causes people to do).

Apparently, this horizontal style is the only type available from Everlast, which may be a good thing. The torch itself is a bit of a handful, but I'm getting used to it. I put a super-flex hose on it too. I'm using it with a dual function/selection on the 210EXT of 4T and Pedal mode (I don't know if most Everlast units can do that or if it's just the Digital ones that do), in which I set the amps on the panel a little above what I'll probably use and the dial of the torch all the way to the stop at 10 (so, initially, it can only go one way, i.e., lower amps, which is making it a little simpler to use at first, and then I just use a 4T method without any up or down slope. But I'm just a newbie when it comes to the 4T method and amptrol torches, and these settings are still new to me.

I'm thinking that I like my current arrangement well enough to set the interest in the SteadyGrip aside for a while. But I do hope customers keep banging the proverbial drum about this, as Mr. TIG has shown in his video to the world that it's perfectly doable and would undoubtedly be a great option for Everlast customers from any source.

Peace be with you,
C. Livingstone