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2 May 2010
Everlast
Welder Review. Click here
I will post my long term results,
and also the cart once its built.
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22 May 2010 Cart |
| Cart is finally done.
I must confess its mig'ed together in the interest of
speed and getting it done. I used the plasma cutter to
cut the tank bracket. I also put the electrical
receptacles inside the shelf area. Yellow cord is 10 ga
20 feet and I shortened the welder cord to about 2 feet |
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| Update on the welder,
no issues so far, I used it recently to weld some small
steel car parts together and the used the plasma cutter
to cut a few brackets. And, have been practicing my tig
welding time permitting. That tank was about 1/2 full when I
started, its almost empty now. |
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| The blue mesh keeps
the tank from clanking, ask your tank supplier for a
piece. |
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| 6 June 2010 Everlast Water Cooler |
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| I cut a large hole in
the bottom shelf of the cart for the drain cap on the
cooler, easier to wrestle it out of there when its
empty. For now its filled with tap water in case of
leaks, and sure enough the torch seeped a few drops of
water, have to take it apart and take a look.
I have some Anchor blue coolant
to put in it later. Cheap and works well. Good
to 19 degrees F, so if you live at the North Pole you
may not want to use this stuff. There is also a red
coolant for more money, but it is good to almost zero.
The torch hose is just a foot too
short. Lowes has some braided 3/16 ID back fuel line
which is a close match to the torch hose. I used SS
safety wire for clamps -- good to go. Be sure to file
the sharp ends. Next time I order from McMaster I
may get some pinch clamps to make it look better
I cut the cord to about 2 feet as
with the welder and attached a plug. The water cooler is
just as loud, if not louder than the welder, need
earplugs along with a welding helmet. I ran a few
beads with it and it seemed to work well, the torch did
not heat up at all |
 
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| 6 June 2010
Duty Cycle Chart
I found a formula for duty cycle
interpretation on
Ezine and created the chart to the right. Its give a
truer picture of the welder's capabilities. It assumes
the max duty cycle is the same for all three functions. |
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GTAW (35%@250A) |
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Duty Cycle |
Amps |
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100 |
148 |
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90 |
156 |
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80 |
165 |
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70 |
177 |
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60 |
191 |
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50 |
209 |
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40 |
234 |
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35 |
250 |
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SMAW (35%@200A) |
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Duty Cycle |
Amps |
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100 |
118 |
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90 |
125 |
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80 |
132 |
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70 |
141 |
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60 |
153 |
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50 |
167 |
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40 |
187 |
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35 |
200 |
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PAC (35%@60A) |
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Duty Cycle |
Amps |
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100 |
35 |
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90 |
37 |
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80 |
40 |
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70 |
42 |
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60 |
46 |
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50 |
50 |
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40 |
56 |
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35 |
60 |
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| 25 June 2010 Replacement
Torch |
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| Everlast sent a new torch to
replace the leaky one. I was pretty disappointed when I
got it. It could not have been a new torch, but one that
was laying around. The torch was the same model
but the the rubber connector covers were missing, the
water line fittings on the welder connector came off at
an angle vice parallel to the hose, and the blue handle
looked like had been assembled by a 2 year old, it was
not assembled correctly and one of the screw heads was
stripped out. In addition the gas fitting had to
be moved to the correct line. Anyway, Its a good
thing they let me keep the old torch, because I used
some parts from the old torch to patch it up a little
and it works fine. |
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| 3 July 2010 Hi
Freq Failure |
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| Went to get caught up on several
overdue projects over the weekend and the hi-freq start
has failed. I can scratch start both the plasma torch
and TIG though if need be. Have not been able to get in
touch with anyone yet at Everlast because of the
holiday. |
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| 7 July 2010
Troubleshooting |
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| I was able to get in touch with
Mike at Everlast, we adjusted the gap on the hi freq
points inside the unit and checked a few other things.
The spark jumps the gap and you can see it, but no pilot
arc or hi freq at any of the torches. |
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| Here's a few pictures of its
internals. The hi frequency points are under the board
to the front of the unit in the first picture - behind
the red wires attached to the front of the board, the
points are not visible in the picture. |
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| 9 July 2010 Sent
Back |
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| Its on its way back to California
for replacement - $75 to return it via FedEx - insured
for the full amount of course - with my luck it would
get lost on the way back. Good thing I kept the original
box - on a whim I tossed it in the attic. |
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| 9 Aug 2010 New
Welder |
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| Received the new
welder today, the only function I was able to try was
the plasma cutter as I have a need for it on a project
for my front end loader. It seems to be working well. Kudos to Everlast for getting
a replacement machine out to me |
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