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I think that the 4 wires for this machine my be the same set up as other that I have had. The 4 wires from the peddle to the machine are for only amp control, and out of that 4 3 are for the amp control and the last one is for the ground. Most amptrols are wired the same red,white,black and ground b...

I had the same problem years ago, I raised up the pedal by mounting it to a swivel base at the bottom of my stool. This allows the cable to be below the pedal action.

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Bernie

No mine is a square wave tig 275, its about 5 years old and is single phase.

Scott
Never tried a Miller, but my lincoln is great.

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Cope i thought that a guy named Finch wrote a pretty good book that explained in easy detail about all aspects of welding.
The book itself was a real easy read, and really explained and ansewered a lot of questions about tig.

Bernie

Marty
Here is a pic of my 175 on a cart that I build for pipe gallery work.

The carts have to be narrow to get into position, and I like to carry everything on them.

Bernie

I dont know guys, but I am from the old school and these new helmets that change remind me of being in the twilight zone. They change quick but I still cannot use them. The last time I tried my nephews I went nuts with the thing, and he has a speedglass. I will just have to keep my Fibersteel wide g...

Nice job on the cart Marty, I like the hooks on the sides on mine I used round stock and added large balbearing to the tops of the hooks to give it a little look. The cooler looks great, real nice. I always seem to have problems with the swivel wheels, on some carts I place the swivels on the back s...

Hi I would like to know why they do not make a mahine that does both the welding and the plasma cutting, to me the machines are redunted ac - dc super heated materails to be melted together, cut apart. I have taken both machines apart and they both have what looks like the same parts, transformers a...

Hi Cope, this is a photo of the powcon unit and wire feeder, along with the cables and gun. The cart is one from another machine that I scrapped a few tears back, I will have to refit it for this machine. Thanks for the chart, I will try out some of those settings and give it a run later today. Than...

You guys were right, it is PowCon and like you said it has a red plastic fiberglass case. The machine is 200 amps, and has a 60% duty cycle. Also in the sale I got the wire feeder assembly that set on top of the machine. The machine needed a new gun and liner which I had from another machine, funny ...

Has anyone used or seen one of these machines? I was at my steel supplier the other day and he had one used for sale, the machine looks great and welds super I was going to buy it however I had never heard of this brand. My gas supplier sells Lincoln, so any brand other than Lincoln is junk. So he w...