Caoboy

My welder showed up!

Couple of pics of the work I'm doing.

Lastly, always wear your PPE!

2fast4u831

bout time that showed up!! lets see some welds now mate!

Caoboy

I'm hoping next Saturday .

I get off too late from work to get down to the gas shop to pick up an argon tank during the week, and they are only open on Saturdays from 8-12 and I work until 11 right now..(with a 45 min commute)

just my luck..lol.

Tjabo

That's cool that you received your welder, I thought they were out of stock! I ordered a 2016 model to replace my 2015 model so I can play around with high freq pulse. Maybe it will come sooner than I thought... :-)

LightningTeg

I ordered mine a coulpe weeks ago along with a new hood, tungsten, filler rods, and i think Im going to pick up a stubby gas lens kit from Weld monger. It says March 11-28 est =(. I hate waiting

Tjabo

Mine says something like that also, but I think when I bought my 2015 model they stated a date that was a long way out and then delivered it well before that date. It's kind of like the state the worst case scenario or something.

By the way, I have the stubby gas lens kit for the 17 flex head torch that comes with the welder, and it works great. I got a little wp9 flex head torch and an ultra-flex cable too, but really it wasn't necessary at all. The AHP accessories are night and day better than the Everlast accessories that came with my Everlast 250EX welder (that welder itself was pretty awesome, but the pedal and torch kind of sucked).

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Haven't had a chance to play around lately. Hopefully have a chance to finish up the design on my manifold and get it put together soon. Finished up my beater project. Just need to shorten the downpipe about an 1". It sits too low.

Still working on my aluminum welding.

Caoboy

My estimated delivery date was feb 22 - mar 8.
I received it on feb 17th..so hopefully y'all receive yours early too!!

Yeah the torch/hose is pretty nice! It's pretty flexy compared to the hoses i was using at school.

kr3w108

Hey got it earlier than you thought. thats awesome.

I have a Longevity 200sx tig welder. It works pretty well for the price. Got it off of amazon for a steal.

LightningTeg

Mine shipped today apparently 👍. Need to get some tube steel and start by building me a table

Tjabo

Did they give you a delivery date that is within the next week, or one of those ones that is several weeks out?

Caoboy

This welder is so awesome!

Yesterday I jammed home from overtime and got to the shop 15 mins before closing time. Rented an 88cf tank, bought some tungsten and stainless filler rod.

Ran the machine on 110v all day, no problems.

I was only using 60 amps max since I was playing with some 14 gauge stainless...testing out the pulse feature, and practicing tack welds, but this machine is perfect. No hiccups, no weird oddities, it's so worth the money!! HF start works well too!

2fast4u831

Good to hear mate! I will pick one up in the future. Show us some welds when you get a chance.

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Outstanding choice of rig Sir.

Tjabo

Mine showed up today too! Welds like "butta".... But I'm not sure it welds better than my 2015 model. High freq pulse will be fun to play with though.

kr3w108

My longevity machine does not have a pulse option. What are the benifits of using such?

Tjabo

Well, I'm not a great welder, but the pulse feature on my 2015 model helped me to really get control of my heat situation when welding the thin sections of aluminum tubes on the inside of a piecut bend. Without using pulse, I just couldn't get the heat quite low enough for easy welding and I ended up having to jam in more filler than I wanted to, just to help cool the puddle.

The high freq pulse on the 2016 model seems to really agitate the puddle, and the arc cuts down into the metal really fast so you can get rolling in a hurry. Which maybe isn't a huge benefit for me...

Caoboy

I think it will allow me to weld aluminium cans together.

kr3w108

Never tried to weld cans together but I have welded some saftey razor blades together . My filler was too big so it was hard to not get blades to hot ..... I think I did an ok job for no pulse.....

kr3w108

Just got to back off the pedal..... If part is too hot just stop all together and let it cool.

Tjabo

Why didn't I think of that?!?!?! Lol, JK, just being a smartass. I do appreciate suggestions!

I have read/heard that one problem with these AHP welders is that the pedal doesn't allow a very low end. In other words if you have enough pedal to have an arc, you quite often have more amps than you want if you are working the low end.

Along those lines, I've found that AC frequency makes a difference, and if you go lower than 60Hz with my 2015 model, it will allow for lower output amps. The problem is that the arc gets kind of "fluffy" when you get down there, so if you're trying to do fine work, it sort of doesn't work... The 5pps that the 2015 model allows really helped out a lot.

I did try stopping and letting the piece cool, too, but in some areas if once I would have an arc, blow-through occurred really fast without pulse. I'm considering trying a different pedal to see if there is better control of the low-end amps to be had. I have no personal experience with good pedals though, I've only tried Everlast (hated it) and AHP (like it a lot other than the low end). Do you guys have suggestions?

Caoboy

Nice! I want to try that too.

I tried cans in school but it gets so hot so fast even with only 12 amps that it's really easy to blow through. As soon as it blows through since it's so thin it the can starts burning away really fast.

Caoboy

Idk if it was mentioned in this thread, but there is a Miller or Lincoln pedal you can buy that fits the AHP machine. Idk which one offhand.

Tjabo

Thanks, I will look into that!

Caoboy

I assume it'll allow for better pedal modulation which would lead to better low end amperage control. Find out, buy it and let us know how it works out!