I know you won't read this, but it's March 2023 and I am watching this video again for about the 4th time. I've been going through your entire old catalog frankly. Your old content is far and away better than what RUclips is spouting out these days. The entire site has gone to hell in a hand-basket, but your content is timeless. Like watching reruns of MythBusters. A proper use of my spare time.
It’s 2024 and I’m feeling the same way and doing the same thing. TOT is probably the best channel on the platform, and is by far the most entertaining.
But, in the video, he didn‘t use it properly, because he said, that hes welding with 80 Amps. The meter didn‘t show amps, it showed the voltage! Hes welding with 0.80 V DC! He cannot measure the current, just because inside of the meter, there s a fuse with 10 amps.
greanstreakk04, I like the advice but I think it depends on how similar in makeup your belly is to that of a porker! A "one size fits all" approach doesn't work here! As a amateur inventor I think I might try to add a flat cooking surface to the welder so a person could multi-task with welding and cooking at same time ;-P You might even put the display to use doubling as a cook temperature indicator? The bargain factor gets better and better!
It has a 100% duty cycle if you put it on a 30amp breaker and use a piece of filler rod to wire the breaker locked out it also doubles as a shop heater if you don't mind the smell of magic smoke from the caps
@Hudson Yeah that's a good idea , needs to be 100% for commercial welding , this will make things a lot easier than dragging around some big old clunker .That thing can't weigh more than a couple pounds.
@@jmy7622 One of the accessories that came with mine was a shoulder strap! Seriously, you use short welding cables and a long 220 V cord and carry it around with you. Makes sense if you don't mind dragging a 220 volt cord around.
I'm late but, as a tiger welder, a good rule of thumb with scratch start is to not touch your tungsten to the work surface. Utilize the wire to drag across the work surface and tungsten quicky, at the same time. Takes practice, but will strike the arc, and save the tungsten
If jou can master scratch starting like this you can save some money on Tungstens and expensive welding machines by just using a cheap Inverter-welder. Unfortunately old oil bath machines won't work firstly because they have an AC output and no way to keep the arc going between each alteration in polarity unlike inverter machines that can use AC-TIG to weld aluminium. I think I ran away with my comment a bit but using your filler wire to initiate the arc helps a lot if you weld in akward positions where you cannot reach the button on a torch
As a tiger welder myself, the most important thing is to keep the dart gun handy. If the tiger wakes up and sees what you attached to her... well, One Leg Jimmy refuses to say what she did, but he's deathly afraid of alarm clocks now.
I’m late but, as a tiger welder a good rule of thumb with scratch start is to not let the tiger touch you while it’s scratching or starting. Utilize the large piece of meat on a wire and drag it across the enclosure of the tiger quickly, but without making yourself look like a snack at the same time. Takes practice, but will stimulate and feed the tiger, and save your legs from being eaten.
TOT Jr: "Hey dad, when can I get my own welder??" TOT: "Today's the day, boy. If you can weld with this, you can weld with anything. Also, let's talk about life insurance..."
I like to use garden shears with uncoated metal handles because they’re nice and sturdy. Make sure you leave the gloves at home too, you’ll want the extra grip your bare hands provide
@@kirkendauhl6990 Your helpful hints are appreciated... 🤭.. no worries in California tho, the insulation is already baked off the wire and powered down.... 🤓
Keep the torch resting on the nozzle with the tungsten tip about 2 mm from the workpiece then run your filler wire across the workpiece and the tip of the tungsten, its waaaay easier to strike the arc like that and its easier on your sharpened tip
The tip has a say 5mm tipout from nozzle, you are meaning that the torch must be at an angle say 60 degrees to the vertical. Then the torch will rest on the nozzle. You are correct.
@@FreeMind5094 ???? Did you watch the entire video, A large part of the 2nd half is TIG welding. The name of the video is even "will it TIG" TIG = TUNGSTEN INERT GAS welding
when i was around 12 i actually 'borrowed' my father's welder (huge transformer that i was struggling to carry with two hands). the welder had one of the wires missing in that moment for whatever reason so i have plugged the welder in the power socket, connected the 'wireless clamp' and kept asking myself why is not working ... looking back i could have died or go blind as i had no mask either so thank god for the 'wireless' clamp :D
The problem with that is this beast puts out 2 voltages with reference to earth so if you put the case in contact with earth when you weld you have a path for current to flow from the -ve to earth ....... and that can cause problems! Wierd spookines can happen ;0) That is IF I understood OT correctly ...... again one of us (or both) cold be wrong (coughs) Err ... Giving the wrong impression!
@Press tool Makers Not very helpful to an English speaking audience. There are no subtitles and only a couple of minutes of actual welding which is useless without understanding what you are demonstrating unfortunately. So for your blatant self promotion, you get a fail.
@@scottdrillinginc397 do you mean 6011 if that is the case you might now be the problem 6011 is a deep penetrating rod and even a good even bead will look kind of ugly just because of the nature of it i would try something like 7018 or like you said 6013 those will give you a nice looking bead and they are much easier to use especially for a beginner
Besides Tim Hawkins, this is the funniest, most entertaining video I’ve ever seen on RUclips. I really enjoyed the video. Information, humor, special effects. You’ve got it all. Lol. I’m a subscriber now. I rarely comment, but this was comment worthy! 😁👍🏼
6013 is a great rod for beginners and home owners,it is a little more forgiven with rust and breezes and for most projects 6013 is more than strong enough so for most just getting in this welder may be perfect.
Thanks for the video- lots of fun! This dangerous Chinese welder did actually produce a reasonable TIG weld but the cost of the added items like torch etc., was more than the welder. I remember ten years ago you could not get a proper TIG for less that €1,000. Now you can get a reasonable TIG for €450.
Yeaah, I can see why they are similar, both involve having the heat source from a sharp metal point in one hand while feeding the core with the other. And seeing it that way, MIG welding is like if stick and TIG welding had a baby boy. But, soldering is moke akin to brazing, only at higher temps, the metal from the cores serve more as glue than filler like in welding. I think your joke might have flown over my head, but screw it, I just wanted to explain that XD
A tip for perfect scratch starts: rest the cup on the surface. then rock the torch back and forth a bit until you touch. with the cup rim being a pivot point it gives you great leverage and no matter how heavy-handed you are, the electrode should never get stuck. I also noticed you can achieve way lighter contact and less contamination on the electrode (if less contamination is even a thing with scratch starts).
After scratch start welding for a few days you can get the scratch down to where you dont even touch it to the metal, just swipe it over so close that the arc starts. Very minimal contamination
I bought a 3-in-1, TIG, stick, and plasma on eBay and was really surprised. At the time I was taking a welding course so I wired it up and took it with me. The teacher put it through the paces and he said for the price he was going to pick one up. Stick worked awesome and I believe it is at or very close to the 200 amp rating. The stick worked awesome and the plasma cut through 1 in steel like butter. The price for goods out of China is phenominal.
It is funny how the commentary goes, I live in Thailand and this an everyday welder used 10s of thousands of times a day here. Little box twice the size of a coffee cup and they weld up to 1/2 plate with them all day long. A friend has maybe 10 of these with the tig units on them and welds custom gates for homes here all day with them. It is amazing how spoild one becomes in the USA with all the cool things like welding hoods and gloves. These cats weld all day in a pair of #5 shades and barefoot. Live long and prosper bro, thanks for the videos hard to make for little praise.
Hilarious…… but nice review on cheap death traps being sold online. You are correct in your summation that buying a complete kit from local suppliers is often wayyyy more cost effective and usually lots safer. Loved your improvised insulated “holding device” the piece of timber you used to hold the top of the welder as you removed the screws from the heat sink.
Personally I’d love to see you take a look at one of the import ‘combination’ machines - I can’t afford / justify a named brand or three dedicated machines and there are some perhaps better machines eg ‘designed in Germany made in xxx’ type. (I live in the UK). Wish I could go for a good brand but this is strictly a hobby for me so anything I do spend I need to get good value for. The type I’d love to see you look at is a combo TIG, plasma cutter and stick machine. Not knowing enough about the pitfalls I’d love to hear your thoughts. Please keep up the great videos 👍
I'm wondering exactly the same thing. A welder would be a "nice to have" giving me more options to do stuff, but it would be taken out at most a few times per year. So a big brand investment is definitely out of the question. I've been looking at "Stahlwerk" welders. It's one of those "designed, developed and quality controlled in Germany" companies. Their welders aren't even that cheap (but still less than 1000€ for a full AC/DC MMA/TIG/plasma combo including helmet and a few consumeables). They even offer a 5 year warranty, "tryout welding" at their german headquarters and Amazon ratings aren't the worst either, so they can't be that bad, can they? I'd really be interested to hear what an experienced welder would have to say about those. On the other hand they also have welders that look almost as sketch as the one in this video...
This experience might help you: 12 or 13 years ago I was in the same boat. My hobby is farming and I need to be able to fix/make equipment. I researched for quite a while and had a toss-up decision between 2 or 3 multi-process machines. I went with a GianTech because there was a rep with a good rep in my country. It's a TIG, stick, plasma combo. Everlast was one of my options then and I wish I had chosen them, but there was lots of bad mouthing about all of the import inverter machines at the time and I wasn't able to find a good rep. If I ever get a new one it will be an Everlast, though I'll probably go with a dedicated plasma cutter rather than a 3 process machine. My machine is cheaply made, and has all of the chintzy things you'd think it might. Very basic ground clamp, stinger, and cheap TIG torch. I run it on 220V. I've been using it regularly, about once a month, since I got it. I do everything from quick weld repairs to fabricating tractor and farm implements - metal from 1/16" sheet to 1" bar. This weekend I made a new grate for my outdoor wood boiler from 1" bar. For the ~$500 I paid for it, I have no complaints. I've never replaced anything on it, although this weekend did I break the air regulator off it dropping a bar on it. I'll get a replacement that allows more pressure and that should improve my cutting ability - it struggles with 5/8" - 1/2" plate, and I'm pretty sure that's my air pressure and quality (plasma likes lots of dry air). Also, I never did set up the TIG so can't speak to that (would like to, but I get by without it so can't justify the cost). I even still use the original crappy helmet it came with. Would I like a better machine? Sure. Do I need a better machine. No. If all you do is hobby/learning, you'll probably like the multi-process machine just fine. And the quality, features, and reputation of them has improved greatly since I got mine. As @Mr T says, check out Everlast. Lots of pros on RUclips use them so search around to hear their reviews. Their SuperUltra 206Si is about the same machine as I have except mine is only 160A stick, 40A TIG (IIRC), and it comes with a foot pedal and the plasma uses a pilot arch (mine does not and that's a pain sometimes). HTH.
Hey Nick, if you are going to get a multiprocess machine, don't get one with both TIG and plasma. They don't play nice with each other. I've had good results with an Everlast stick (MMA) welder, and MIG welder. They also make multiprocess welders too, but I haven't used them personally.
@@COBARHORSE1 What does "not play nice with each other mean"? It's not like you can use those at the same time. Otherwise the electronic function is quite similar for TIG and plasma: (realtively) low voltage and controlled current. Why would a combination of the two in one device make them work worse?
When you are running reverse polarity 1/3 of your heat is in your electrode 2/3 is in your parent material. Straight polarity reverses that so you are now getting 2/3 of the heat in the electrode which may explain why it appeared to weld better with the 7018. Another electrode you may want to try would be 6011 which is an AC version of 6010. 6010 and 6011 are the highest penetration rods that you can get. The surface characteristics are fairly rough but with practice they will be acceptable. Regarding the scratch start TIG, you might want to try pulling the torch head back towards the cup and touching down as you do. Sitting at a stand still or worse traveling away from the cup will be more likely to stick and break the point off the tungsten. Breaking off the tungsten can create another problem. Frequently, when you stick the tungsten down to the parent metal and you break the tip off the tip has partially embedded itself into the surface. You have to grind away the metal until you are sure that tiny piece of tungsten is gone. If you don't, you will have trouble welding over that area as the tungsten will not melt and it creates a pit in your weld with little penetration. If it is x-ray quality work that void will show on the x-ray which will require a repair. As far as not being able to control the heat without a foot control you might want to try lengthening your arc length a bit. This will raise your voltage and drop your amperage effectively cooling the process off a bit. And before you ask, yes, I am a qualified welder with a first class journeyman ticket and formerly a B pressure ticket.
BULLSHIT!!!!!! hen you are running reverse polarity 1/3 of your heat is in your electrode 2/3 is in your parent material. Straight polarity reverses that so you are now getting 2/3 of the heat in the electrode
It would probably work, but the 50 volts to the case is very distubring. You would have to do some testing, but you might have 60 volts open circuit for the 7018's.
I have had one of these (or at least a very similar unit) for a couple of years now and can say that the duty cycle is 100%. Or at least it will run longer than I have ever used it; at least long enough to burn 3 or 4 sticks in quick succession. Also, the built in leaf blower keeps mine from ever getting very hot to the touch. The low open circuit voltage definitely makes it a challenge to keep the arc lit, especially given my less than stellar welding skills. The first time I used it I IMMEDIATELY ordered another one as a backup. A couple of years and a couple of fairly big projects later the backup is still in the box!
lol my grandfather did the opposite. He stole some of his huge 300 amp welding cable for jumper cables. He worked on log stackers for a living. Those Huge machines that can pick up an entire semi load of logs on one grab and one tire is about 7 feet tall. Well your normal little car jumper cables are going to melt when you try putting as much current through them as you need to crank an engine that big so he made his own Industrial sized jumper cables. They're hanging in my dads shop now and they work awesome for jump starting cars.
You can attach the earth ground cable to the case. Indeed, you should always test for continuity between ground and the case before pluging cheap stuff to power.
Well to be fair, the type of people who actually work with something like this are probably already a lil shy in the digit department... Or at least they will be soon seeing the way this things grounded. 😬
I love the part where you unload your pocket, never know what the hell you will discover just before a 3am shower (I usually just let the clothes dryer unload my pockets). Them bataters shore come in handy once in a while, never leave home without one.
I can tell you’re a true professional because you remembered to put the plastic handle on the cable BEFORE attaching the cable to the stinger! A MASTER!!
my first welder belonged to my grandfather, it consisted of a transformer mounted in a wooden box. had about a 5 min,i duty cycle, 10 after I added a fan. I used that thing for 20 years.
I for one was pretty impressed with what this welder is capable of. Yes it’s not 200A but it does lay down a pretty good bead. I checked out a few other videos for more info. Apparently there is a separate grounding screw on the back. I can’t say that I saw it in this vid though. By nature of its design it does have an isolation transformer. The high voltage is rectified and converted to high frequency. This is converted to low voltage through a toroidal transformer.
To eliminate alot of danger, simply add a ground to the case. Should have been manufactured that way since it is not double insulated. Simply attach a piece of wire to one of the case screws, zip tie it to the existing cord and attach other end to the ground terminal inside a 3 conductor power plug. Try to match ground wire size to the power wire size; any size ground is better than none though. Or swap 2 conductor power cord for a 3 conductor cord and attach with same methods. Looks like it could use larger power conductors anyways, so I would upgrade that too while your at it.
Hopefully the metal case, resting on the metal welding table, is grounding it. That would be another option for grounding, piece of wire from outer case, clamped to welding table.
To discharge the caps in my amplifiers, I drilled a small hole in the back end of a carpenter's pencil, then screwed a wire to it with an alligator clip on the other end. Attach that end to ground or chassis, then touch the tip of the pencil to the positive terminal. If there's voltage, it discharges with a nice little sizzle, rather than a hard pop that can render a screwdriver useless.
Electrocute is a portmanteau, a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, electricity and execute. Electricity made its debut in America at the 1893 World Fair in Chicago. You could get shocked for a nickel and the line was long.
@@schannoman the new vulcan protig 205. Will tig 1/4" aluminum NO ISSUE. On dc with helium. And easily. Burn .188 on AC with argon. And do it all day long without kicking duty cycle unless your really jamming on it I use it in my boat building business along side my miller 350Pa . Was VERY impressed. Even with its frequency limitations but. 5086 dials in nicely about 90 hz and 65-70 % ac ballance
I've had one of these for over 20 years. I'm a professional welder and use it 23 to 25 hrs a day 6 to 8 days a week. I can honestly say this is the best welder I've ever used. I can weld anything with it. I highly endorse the LbGt model
Actually IGBT is the type of switch used, a very important basic technical information. It is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor. I know it was a joke, but it is an interesting bit and some important information.
But it does work like magic. Or at least the original red label flvaor does. I used to have a job where you would manually tap a lot of holes, slash do them with a cordless drill. I can say tap magic versus a bunch of different other brands made a huge noticeable and measurable difference in how will the tapping worked and how many taps are broken.
To scratch start and save on the electrode, use a piece of sheet copper. The electrode usually will not stick to the copper. Place the copper on the part right where you want to start.
i got one of these because of this video. and im not disappointed. i live in the uk and my one had cables and even an earth wire for the plug. for basic jobs you really cant knock it.
When did Isotoner start manufacturing welding gloves? I wouldn’t wear those to scrape the ice off my windshield! Imagine the torturous verbal ridicule the other pipelines would release if they ever saw the gloves or the welder he got with them...lolol
When I was young I learned about double insulated grounds when I bought my first motorhome...plugged into camper park power..walked around to the front and with a spring in my step and words of love to my new wife, TRIED to open the metal screen door...ZZZZZZAAAAPPPP..My wife refused to sleep, ride in, or have anything to do with my "budget motorhome" ever again...I respected her wishes and turned it into a car hauler...
@@randomguy93984 Yea..when I was converting it into a Car Hauler I found that all the electrical sockets and switches were either shorted or soon to be shorted due to poor quality electrics installed by factory. This is a HUGE problem with Motorhomes. They don't have "Boxes" around sockets etc. like a house. The plastic they are made of deteriorates quickly and they literally fall to pieces, shorting out and causing fires! ..I always replace all switches and sockets every 10 years now on any Motorhome I buy...I don't know why the Gov. hasn't stepped in and stopped this poor quality "time bomb" in the industry. I'm sure loss of property and lives lost are high for just this reason...
@@billrandell4641 If folks like you keep buying these cheap wired motorhomes and thereby support this timebome industry, then is that your business and none of the government to protect you from your habits.
@@Sideshowbobx Hey idiot..if you READ my comment, you'll notice I said "when I was young"...I'm 69 now, I was 27 when I bought my first camper...It was an Open Road (pretty good one then, but wooden framed) I have had 6 Motorhomes and 4 large (41 foot +) Boats..and the Government should have "Standards" for electrical wiring in Motorhomes that include "safety boxes" around outlets and switches, just like Houses!!!..I am/was trying to inform people that may never even realize about a clear and present danger to their pers ok ne and families..again..IDIOT!!!
A shepherd stick in my hand means nothing, but in Moses hands its a miracle wonder working unbelievable stick. LOL The production quality is in the hands of the man that's holding the torch.
Holy crap! I have not laughed this for a long time. Thank you. You’re going to want to explain the accessories you have for your Fluke or you’ll end up with hundreds of people asking why you’re using VDC to read amperage.
Absolutely love your editing style. When it wasn't working and flashing in and out with random letters and languages i thought was funny af! Awesome video!
@@lsx_moe dude get outta here with that shit, he said STARTER welder like a harbor freight tig welder. Decent price and pretty good quality using either their orange or green welders.
@@JM-yx1lm damn I just checked the prices, they are $1,700! I bought mine brand new for $900 last year! Cant believe how pricy they are. Definitely wouldn't spend 1700 bucks on one, the HTP is not far from it. I would recommend a used high end welder over a new cheap welder. I have also had great luck with everlast welders. I do love my Lincoln though
More people around the globe should be warned about it. These kinds of equipments are spread for every single corner in this planet. I'm not a native English speaker, but, luckily, I understand your good spoken English. Thanks for the free video class and the relevant warnings.
Tony, just wanted to chime in and give my 20 cents (inflation) let me preface by saying I am a total newbie when it comes to welding, first machine was an 80 amp stick welder and I was able to stitch to pieces together somewhat effectively although not pretty. Recently sprung for a mid priced multi process machine and tried my hand at flux core mig, so so. It came with a scratch start Tig torch with gas control knob, I have been hesitant to attempt using this process because of no high frequency start capability but after watching and the tips you gave I am determined to give it a go. I always enjoy your videos even if they do not pertain to anything I would consider attempting either for lack of experience or lack of equipment. I always learn something applicable or not. Thank you, and I always leave with a smile.
Hey Tony, love your videos! You mentioned "if you were measuring this wrong" during your amp testing, so.... looking at 10:39 in the video your amp measurements are measuring DC voltage. Not sure anyone has brought this up to you, but in order to successfully measure current with an ammeter clamp (or any ammeter) you must first plug the common lead into that other fuse protected slot (NOT the COM) and then turn your meter knob to the big "A" with the straight dashed lines (DC Amps). You could've really been pumping out that many amps but the device itself has that low voltage you mentioned, so the overall power being produced is minimal
I know you won't read this, but it's March 2023 and I am watching this video again for about the 4th time. I've been going through your entire old catalog frankly. Your old content is far and away better than what RUclips is spouting out these days. The entire site has gone to hell in a hand-basket, but your content is timeless. Like watching reruns of MythBusters. A proper use of my spare time.
It’s 2024 and I’m feeling the same way and doing the same thing. TOT is probably the best channel on the platform, and is by far the most entertaining.
God, I grew up watching mythbusters. A shame the slop kids are growing up with now.
When your multimeter costs 5 times more than your welder...
Never knew they made them to read that high of DC amperage.
MAX R.....They make external accessory jaw clamps that then plug into the multimeter low ac input. I have one
@@davidlawrence8085 👍🏼
David Lawrence amp clamp babyyy
But, in the video, he didn‘t use it properly, because he said, that hes welding with 80 Amps. The meter didn‘t show amps, it showed the voltage! Hes welding with 0.80 V DC! He cannot measure the current, just because inside of the meter, there s a fuse with 10 amps.
It doesn’t need a duty cycle test, the Circuit Breaker handles that.
Mate, the comedy in this video is worth the price of admission alone😂
2 years later: This video was gold. I had to send people clips because I was splitting sides
If it sounds like cooking bacon, you are welding.
If it smells like cooking bacon, you are on fire.
I always wanted to be on fire , but not so highly strung.
greanstreak04 Lol 😂
good one! lol
greanstreakk04, I like the advice but I think it depends on how similar in makeup your belly is to that of a porker! A "one size fits all" approach doesn't work here! As a amateur inventor I think I might try to add a flat cooking surface to the welder so a person could multi-task with welding and cooking at same time ;-P You might even put the display to use doubling as a cook temperature indicator? The bargain factor gets better and better!
A fellow AVE fan
The duty cycle could be calculated by measuring time spent resetting the breakers.
Bill Benedict
Or how many “doody” logs one drops down the “river”
Bill Benedict added time the off duty time
It has a 100% duty cycle if you put it on a 30amp breaker and use a piece of filler rod to wire the breaker locked out it also doubles as a shop heater if you don't mind the smell of magic smoke from the caps
@Hudson Yeah that's a good idea , needs to be 100% for commercial welding , this will make things a lot easier than dragging around some big old clunker .That thing can't weigh more than a couple pounds.
@@jmy7622 One of the accessories that came with mine was a shoulder strap! Seriously, you use short welding cables and a long 220 V cord and carry it around with you. Makes sense if you don't mind dragging a 220 volt cord around.
Woah woah, not sure how I feel about seeing your torso, let's not rush into things
You must be new here :) He's shown his face before! It's burned into my retinas for all of eternity.
@@bradley3549 please don't tell me the name of that video, I by no means want to see that video ;)
@@bradley3549 Funny case of the video you watch influencing the expressions you choose!
@@stueypooy22 Totally not his 100k subs video
Edu What have you done?!?! What did I just see?
Why would you post that, you knew we would go look!
You monster!
I'm late but, as a tiger welder, a good rule of thumb with scratch start is to not touch your tungsten to the work surface. Utilize the wire to drag across the work surface and tungsten quicky, at the same time. Takes practice, but will strike the arc, and save the tungsten
If jou can master scratch starting like this you can save some money on Tungstens and expensive welding machines by just using a cheap Inverter-welder. Unfortunately old oil bath machines won't work firstly because they have an AC output and no way to keep the arc going between each alteration in polarity unlike inverter machines that can use AC-TIG to weld aluminium.
I think I ran away with my comment a bit but using your filler wire to initiate the arc helps a lot if you weld in akward positions where you cannot reach the button on a torch
As a tiger welder myself, the most important thing is to keep the dart gun handy. If the tiger wakes up and sees what you attached to her... well, One Leg Jimmy refuses to say what she did, but he's deathly afraid of alarm clocks now.
Nah. Hf boys hf
I’m late but, as a tiger welder a good rule of thumb with scratch start is to not let the tiger touch you while it’s scratching or starting. Utilize the large piece of meat on a wire and drag it across the enclosure of the tiger quickly, but without making yourself look like a snack at the same time. Takes practice, but will stimulate and feed the tiger, and save your legs from being eaten.
Dang, we got a tiger welder in here
I see what you're problem is, you're trying to use a 4:3 welder at 16:9, I remember those days.
Holup ✋🤔
Nah, it's a PAL welder used as an NTSC one.
@@anotheruser9876 Never The Same Current?
but do you remember - round B&W?
@@palewriter1856 Ahh, you mean the old "Buzz and Whip" stick technique?!
TOT Jr: "Hey dad, when can I get my own welder??"
TOT: "Today's the day, boy. If you can weld with this, you can weld with anything. Also, let's talk about life insurance..."
LOL 😆
😂😂😂😂
This Young Tony
I just had an amazing Kung Fu the legend continues moment,
"You can have your own welder when you can snatch the Tig torch from my hand son."
Brian White if you can dodge a lawn dart or flowerpot you can be ejected from a vehicle without too much fallout
Why spend money on cable? there's tons of it hanging between those weird limbless trees outside my house.
😁.... 👍
Gotta watch out for the cable farmers though, they got pissed last time I went out to harvest.
I like to use garden shears with uncoated metal handles because they’re nice and sturdy. Make sure you leave the gloves at home too, you’ll want the extra grip your bare hands provide
@@kirkendauhl6990 Your helpful hints are appreciated... 🤭.. no worries in California tho, the insulation is already baked off the wire and powered down.... 🤓
colab with electroboom on how to correctly harvest the limbless tree cable?
Keep the torch resting on the nozzle with the tungsten tip about 2 mm from the workpiece then run your filler wire across the workpiece and the tip of the tungsten, its waaaay easier to strike the arc like that and its easier on your sharpened tip
The tip has a say 5mm tipout from nozzle, you are meaning that the torch must be at an angle say 60 degrees to the vertical. Then the torch will rest on the nozzle. You are correct.
Hadn’t heard this tip before. Just starting to
Learn tig.
@@LatinDanceVideos this is only for scratch start tig welders
there is no tungsten tip here this is stick welder
@@FreeMind5094 ???? Did you watch the entire video, A large part of the 2nd half is TIG welding. The name of the video is even "will it TIG" TIG = TUNGSTEN INERT GAS welding
“The stinger and ground clamp are *WIRELESS!!* “
You had me dying!!
It’s been too long since I laughed that hard!
Drew Tatum I about lost it when he spit the crunchy chip of slag out omg almost fell over so funny
raguhmuffin
It was definitely one of the funniest videos he’s made so far
Think they maybe Blue Tooth??
Drew Tatum what did you launch? A rocket? And how do you do it 'hard'?..........never mind.
@@glendooer6211 Nope, needs more power than that. Must be RF power off of an FM radio station transmitter
"WHOA THE STINGER AND GROUND CLAMP ARE WIRELESS!!!!" had me in stitches, you're so funny hahaha.
went back to 1:19 and read the list very funny.
Wow wireless! I've gotta get one of those! Very futuristic lmao...
when i was around 12 i actually 'borrowed' my father's welder (huge transformer that i was struggling to carry with two hands). the welder had one of the wires missing in that moment for whatever reason so i have plugged the welder in the power socket, connected the 'wireless clamp' and kept asking myself why is not working ... looking back i could have died or go blind as i had no mask either so thank god for the 'wireless' clamp :D
When you started wiring up that two prong plug I literally saw your life flash before my eyes.
First thing I would have done is wire in a case earth at the very least.
The problem with that is this beast puts out 2 voltages with reference to earth so if you put the case in contact with earth when you weld you have a path for current to flow from the -ve to earth ....... and that can cause problems! Wierd spookines can happen ;0)
That is IF I understood OT correctly ...... again one of us (or both) cold be wrong (coughs) Err ... Giving the wrong impression!
@@totherarf the other solution is if you get a machine with no built-in earth fucking dunk it straight into the bin (or back on eBay)
Dave W That’s why You should put live to the case instead =D (Don’t do it!)
Just use a good 10 rolls of electrical tape on the body of the welder. You should be alright
"Dont worry I took precautions, my fingers are crossed." Never laughed so hard watching welding vids. Subscribed!
Rofl That tickled me too.
Safety squint engaged, two condoms, mother on speed dial.
That Google translator made coffee come out my nose. "we have your 50$ lol"
We ha you fiddy dolla!
If that's how you make coffee, I do NOT want to know how you make cream.
lol, didn't even see that last one!
I paused it when he was showing the card and I was in tears at that point! lol
@@byron7165 OMG I cannot stop laughing!!!!
LGBT brand? That may explain the need to change the polarity.
I laughed so hard, that if I was drinking anything, it woulda come outta my nose... thx =)
🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAO have an internet cookie
Rofl!
It is not LGBT, it is IGBT. Stands for 'Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor' Part of the El;electronic switching circuit.
7:59 Those gloves alone are worth at least $60 of humour.
lol.
10 minutes later, I'm still giggling over the thumbs *
For a minute there I thought they sent gloves intended for the Simpsons.
@Press tool Makers
Not very helpful to an English speaking audience. There are no subtitles and only a couple of minutes of actual welding which is useless without understanding what you are demonstrating unfortunately. So for your blatant self promotion, you get a fail.
Possibly my favorite shop class I have ever taken. Best part the lectures are all online. Tony is the best professor.
And all for the low, low price of $7.99!
I so need a t-shirt that says "extremely danger" now
The man said "set the death toaster to maximum overdrive" and that's what you want on a shirt?
NO DUMB AREA
It needs the image of the electricity zapping the balls under the text.
I think expecting that welder to have a graceful automatic thermal shutdown might be a bit optimistic; more likely a full-on smoke-test.
Yeah, looks like it even the breaker thinks it smokes too many packs a day.
It demonstrated its "graceful automatic thermal shutdown" protocol twice... each time it blew the Breakers Hahahahaha
At 23:00 there is kind of termocouple mounted on radiator. So there is possibility for " graceful automatic thermal shutdown " without magic smoke :)
What do you mean? The smoke comes out to let you know it's overheated. It's a perfectly good indicator, no need to waste money on fancy LEDs.
@@jamesburleson1916 :D
Aaaaand since I haven't seen any mention of it, ToT: " I haven't stick welded in 3 years". slag comes of in 1 piece.
Its almost like he used a 6013
@@alexkasin4076 Yeah.... maybe I should start using 6013. I have been using 1109 and can't make it look good.
@@scottdrillinginc397 do you mean 6011 if that is the case you might now be the problem 6011 is a deep penetrating rod and even a good even bead will look kind of ugly just because of the nature of it i would try something like 7018 or like you said 6013 those will give you a nice looking bead and they are much easier to use especially for a beginner
@@alexkasin4076 I'm pretty sure it's 1109. Oh ... wait....
scottdrillinginc LOL try that with 7024.
Besides Tim Hawkins, this is the funniest, most entertaining video I’ve ever seen on RUclips. I really enjoyed the video. Information, humor, special effects. You’ve got it all. Lol. I’m a subscriber now. I rarely comment, but this was comment worthy! 😁👍🏼
It's official, I'm naming my next Welder "Death Toaster", I don't care what brand it is 😂😂
I love this crunchy intro, very creative
Agreed! Made me laugh lol
Too funny 😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
Yeah, when he ate the slag, I just about pissed myself laughing!
I thought this was the welder omg hahahah
New to this channel; that was a hell of a first impression. I was so taken off guard.
I have the exact same food list...
6013 is a great rod for beginners and home owners,it is a little more forgiven with rust and breezes and for most projects 6013 is more than strong enough so for most just getting in this welder may be perfect.
Really enjoyed the humor. You also showed skill by actually getting a few decent welds in spite of that extremely-danger cheap welder.
When you ate the "Metal Potato Chip" I pooped laughing
pooped! oh my.
Lmaooo me tooo!!!
I would also like to point out that at 1:30. I got a bit too uncomfortable with all tha airtime below the waist and stuff coming out of pockets.
@@noahwoods9916 I liked the _heavily used_ makeup thing
"Not sure what that means, but I would have been happier if that were zero." lmao
laughed till i had tears lmao
Goddamn hysterical!!!!!!!!!!!!
If it were zero: bzzzt.
Thanks for the video- lots of fun! This dangerous Chinese welder did actually produce a reasonable TIG weld but the cost of the added items like torch etc., was more than the welder. I remember ten years ago you could not get a proper TIG for less that €1,000. Now you can get a reasonable TIG for €450.
youve always been able to tig off an arc welder power source. nothing new there.
"Get out! The stinger and electrode are WIRELESS!" I about lost it at work. I love this channel.
I just realized Tig welding is just soldering with possible death involved. I also think soldering is weldings "cosplay"
Yeaah, I can see why they are similar, both involve having the heat source from a sharp metal point in one hand while feeding the core with the other. And seeing it that way, MIG welding is like if stick and TIG welding had a baby boy. But, soldering is moke akin to brazing, only at higher temps, the metal from the cores serve more as glue than filler like in welding. I think your joke might have flown over my head, but screw it, I just wanted to explain that XD
@@FourthWayRanch Its the same general process. I use a pointy hot thing to melt metal to bond two pieces of metal. It was a joke lol
@@omarh789 I USE LIGHTNING
No it's not. He did some brazing with TIG. ANY welding involved both base metals melting.
@@MrSticks9999 You missed his point. He was talking about the way you handle the tools, not the actual process taking place.
A tip for perfect scratch starts: rest the cup on the surface. then rock the torch back and forth a bit until you touch. with the cup rim being a pivot point it gives you great leverage and no matter how heavy-handed you are, the electrode should never get stuck.
I also noticed you can achieve way lighter contact and less contamination on the electrode (if less contamination is even a thing with scratch starts).
im going to have to try that
After scratch start welding for a few days you can get the scratch down to where you dont even touch it to the metal, just swipe it over so close that the arc starts. Very minimal contamination
I've used copper to start and drag it.over
The shop teacher got me to stop sticking the electrode by not letting me near the welding unit
Never underestimate the lack of capacity for some beings not to get the electrode stuck
I bought a 3-in-1, TIG, stick, and plasma on eBay and was really surprised. At the time I was taking a welding course so I wired it up and took it with me. The teacher put it through the paces and he said for the price he was going to pick one up.
Stick worked awesome and I believe it is at or very close to the 200 amp rating. The stick worked awesome and the plasma cut through 1 in steel like butter.
The price for goods out of China is phenominal.
That thing looks so dangerous that Bigclive probably wants one.
@thesledgehammerblog -
YES , the ordinary consumer equipment (like TV / Radio etc.) 230 V & 32 Amp UK socket should fit
As soon as you picked up that chunk of slag, I knew exactly where it was going.. I was not disappointed.
"I'm not gonna tell you how to live your live or how long" priceless XD
Live Long and Prosper
It is funny how the commentary goes, I live in Thailand and this an everyday welder used 10s of thousands of times a day here. Little box twice the size of a coffee cup and they weld up to 1/2 plate with them all day long. A friend has maybe 10 of these with the tig units on them and welds custom gates for homes here all day with them. It is amazing how spoild one becomes in the USA with all the cool things like welding hoods and gloves. These cats weld all day in a pair of #5 shades and barefoot.
Live long and prosper bro, thanks for the videos hard to make for little praise.
yikes!
I love the use of the translated instructions : "Extremely Danger!"
At 21:47, "I took precautions...." Made me spit my coffee. Thanks ToT! By far one of the best channels on YT!
The freaking gloves! I've not laughed like that in awhile. Bravo!
Right?!..
same here. I had to pause the video until I stopped laughing.
Made with only the _finest_ in rich, Corinthian leather.
they looked ambidextrous.
Omfg I was still laughing when I found this comment
Hilarious…… but nice review on cheap death traps being sold online. You are correct in your summation that buying a complete kit from local suppliers is often wayyyy more cost effective and usually lots safer.
Loved your improvised insulated “holding device” the piece of timber you used to hold the top of the welder as you removed the screws from the heat sink.
I got one of those mini units and got hammered with customs charges.
Fancy seeing you here :) What have you been welding?
Hi Clive did you get “hammered” or X-rayed?
Makes sense in Britain, where you are.
Murika has no such problems.
@@rollerskdude The fact we don't have those problems is the reason our economy is wrecked.
Personally I’d love to see you take a look at one of the import ‘combination’ machines - I can’t afford / justify a named brand or three dedicated machines and there are some perhaps better machines eg ‘designed in Germany made in xxx’ type. (I live in the UK). Wish I could go for a good brand but this is strictly a hobby for me so anything I do spend I need to get good value for. The type I’d love to see you look at is a combo TIG, plasma cutter and stick machine. Not knowing enough about the pitfalls I’d love to hear your thoughts. Please keep up the great videos 👍
I'm wondering exactly the same thing. A welder would be a "nice to have" giving me more options to do stuff, but it would be taken out at most a few times per year. So a big brand investment is definitely out of the question. I've been looking at "Stahlwerk" welders. It's one of those "designed, developed and quality controlled in Germany" companies. Their welders aren't even that cheap (but still less than 1000€ for a full AC/DC MMA/TIG/plasma combo including helmet and a few consumeables). They even offer a 5 year warranty, "tryout welding" at their german headquarters and Amazon ratings aren't the worst either, so they can't be that bad, can they? I'd really be interested to hear what an experienced welder would have to say about those.
On the other hand they also have welders that look almost as sketch as the one in this video...
This experience might help you: 12 or 13 years ago I was in the same boat. My hobby is farming and I need to be able to fix/make equipment. I researched for quite a while and had a toss-up decision between 2 or 3 multi-process machines. I went with a GianTech because there was a rep with a good rep in my country. It's a TIG, stick, plasma combo. Everlast was one of my options then and I wish I had chosen them, but there was lots of bad mouthing about all of the import inverter machines at the time and I wasn't able to find a good rep. If I ever get a new one it will be an Everlast, though I'll probably go with a dedicated plasma cutter rather than a 3 process machine.
My machine is cheaply made, and has all of the chintzy things you'd think it might. Very basic ground clamp, stinger, and cheap TIG torch. I run it on 220V. I've been using it regularly, about once a month, since I got it. I do everything from quick weld repairs to fabricating tractor and farm implements - metal from 1/16" sheet to 1" bar. This weekend I made a new grate for my outdoor wood boiler from 1" bar. For the ~$500 I paid for it, I have no complaints. I've never replaced anything on it, although this weekend did I break the air regulator off it dropping a bar on it. I'll get a replacement that allows more pressure and that should improve my cutting ability - it struggles with 5/8" - 1/2" plate, and I'm pretty sure that's my air pressure and quality (plasma likes lots of dry air).
Also, I never did set up the TIG so can't speak to that (would like to, but I get by without it so can't justify the cost). I even still use the original crappy helmet it came with. Would I like a better machine? Sure. Do I need a better machine. No. If all you do is hobby/learning, you'll probably like the multi-process machine just fine. And the quality, features, and reputation of them has improved greatly since I got mine.
As @Mr T says, check out Everlast. Lots of pros on RUclips use them so search around to hear their reviews. Their SuperUltra 206Si is about the same machine as I have except mine is only 160A stick, 40A TIG (IIRC), and it comes with a foot pedal and the plasma uses a pilot arch (mine does not and that's a pain sometimes).
HTH.
Hey Nick, if you are going to get a multiprocess machine, don't get one with both TIG and plasma. They don't play nice with each other. I've had good results with an Everlast stick (MMA) welder, and MIG welder. They also make multiprocess welders too, but I haven't used them personally.
@@COBARHORSE1
What does "not play nice with each other mean"? It's not like you can use those at the same time. Otherwise the electronic function is quite similar for TIG and plasma: (realtively) low voltage and controlled current. Why would a combination of the two in one device make them work worse?
I’ll add a vote for my Everlast combo box. What can I say, had it for years, and it works great! Not used in a commercial environment or anything.
I swear, when you changed the polarity it played "I want to break free" backwards.
When you are running reverse polarity 1/3 of your heat is in your electrode 2/3 is in your parent material. Straight polarity reverses that so you are now getting 2/3 of the heat in the electrode which may explain why it appeared to weld better with the 7018. Another electrode you may want to try would be 6011 which is an AC version of 6010. 6010 and 6011 are the highest penetration rods that you can get. The surface characteristics are fairly rough but with practice they will be acceptable.
Regarding the scratch start TIG, you might want to try pulling the torch head back towards the cup and touching down as you do. Sitting at a stand still or worse traveling away from the cup will be more likely to stick and break the point off the tungsten. Breaking off the tungsten can create another problem. Frequently, when you stick the tungsten down to the parent metal and you break the tip off the tip has partially embedded itself into the surface. You have to grind away the metal until you are sure that tiny piece of tungsten is gone. If you don't, you will have trouble welding over that area as the tungsten will not melt and it creates a pit in your weld with little penetration. If it is x-ray quality work that void will show on the x-ray which will require a repair. As far as not being able to control the heat without a foot control you might want to try lengthening your arc length a bit. This will raise your voltage and drop your amperage effectively cooling the process off a bit.
And before you ask, yes, I am a qualified welder with a first class journeyman ticket and formerly a B pressure ticket.
BULLSHIT!!!!!! hen you are running reverse polarity 1/3 of your heat is in your electrode 2/3 is in your parent material. Straight polarity reverses that so you are now getting 2/3 of the heat in the electrode
"Hey, I got $100"
[Wires up two in series]
While this might be a terrible idea, I kinda what to see what would happen.
@@GermanTopGameTV if you wire them in opposite polarity of each other it'll weld the clamps down
It would probably work, but the 50 volts to the case is very distubring. You would have to do some testing, but you might have 60 volts open circuit for the 7018's.
Great review.
I would never imagine that at some point in my life I will by crying from laughing watching a welding video
22:41 gotta love the "QC pass" sticker found on EVER piece of electrical equipment NOT worth owning
Fun Fact: Quality means "meeting specifications", even very-low specifications. hah.
I have had one of these (or at least a very similar unit) for a couple of years now and can say that the duty cycle is 100%. Or at least it will run longer than I have ever used it; at least long enough to burn 3 or 4 sticks in quick succession. Also, the built in leaf blower keeps mine from ever getting very hot to the touch. The low open circuit voltage definitely makes it a challenge to keep the arc lit, especially given my less than stellar welding skills. The first time I used it I IMMEDIATELY ordered another one as a backup. A couple of years and a couple of fairly big projects later the backup is still in the box!
you make me laught out loud, alone in my room 6am! "wireless clamps" "i was the five fingers freak all this time". you´re priceless!!
Yeahhh welding cable, I just stole the jumper cables from my wife her car.
"Stole from my wife her car!?!" EXTREMELY DANGER!!!
Dont forget the battery!
Funny that was my first thought too.
@@Mishn0 Much theft!
lol my grandfather did the opposite. He stole some of his huge 300 amp welding cable for jumper cables. He worked on log stackers for a living. Those Huge machines that can pick up an entire semi load of logs on one grab and one tire is about 7 feet tall. Well your normal little car jumper cables are going to melt when you try putting as much current through them as you need to crank an engine that big so he made his own Industrial sized jumper cables. They're hanging in my dads shop now and they work awesome for jump starting cars.
"when I cranked the death toaster all the way up" LMFAO 😂😆
You can attach the earth ground cable to the case. Indeed, you should always test for continuity between ground and the case before pluging cheap stuff to power.
200 Amps on a 14g lamp zip cord? That's called a Russian LED. Makes a great space heater :)
bxxj it’s Chinese 200 Amps, as we saw this translates to 128 western Amps ...
@@SmilingDevil with only 1/10th the insulation as well :)
@@SmilingDevil Honestly! It's just that American Volts are HALF the chinese volts. That's why the welder was struggling.
About 3/4 of worlds population uses 220 Volts and the U.S. is still struggling with 110V ?
I've never welded before, and this is one of the finest videos I've ever seen.
I really thought they'd sent Simpsons gloves
Well to be fair, the type of people who actually work with something like this are probably already a lil shy in the digit department... Or at least they will be soon seeing the way this things grounded. 😬
Fun fact...on the Simpsons there is one character with 5 fingers in his hands....God.
I love the part where you unload your pocket, never know what the hell you will discover just before a 3am shower (I usually just let the clothes dryer unload my pockets). Them bataters shore come in handy once in a while, never leave home without one.
I can tell you’re a true professional because you remembered to put the plastic handle on the cable BEFORE attaching the cable to the stinger! A MASTER!!
Old saying, "If you want it done twice, do it wrong the first time."
@@thzzzt HAAAAA!!! Love it!
1:25 "Hold on a minute there's something I gotta show you." Praying it doesn't involve a zipper.
Pro comedians haven't made me laugh out loud as many times in
Jeff Dunham is about the only one I still find funny. But remember, never take medical advice from Bubba J.
my first welder belonged to my grandfather, it consisted of a transformer mounted in a wooden box. had about a 5 min,i duty cycle, 10 after I added a fan. I used that thing for 20 years.
I for one was pretty impressed with what this welder is capable of. Yes it’s not 200A but it does lay down a pretty good bead. I checked out a few other videos for more info. Apparently there is a separate grounding screw on the back. I can’t say that I saw it in this vid though. By nature of its design it does have an isolation transformer. The high voltage is rectified and converted to high frequency. This is converted to low voltage through a toroidal transformer.
"Did you catch that when I cranked the DEATH TOASTER up to MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE?" HAHAHAHHAHA!!!
IM GIVING ER ALL SHE GOT CAPTAIN!!! SHE JUST AINT GOT ANYMORE!!! AND U CANT MIX MATTER WITH ANTI-MATTER U CRAZY BASTARD!!! Lol
To eliminate alot of danger, simply add a ground to the case.
Should have been manufactured that way since it is not double insulated.
Simply attach a piece of wire to one of the case screws, zip tie it to the existing cord and attach other end to the ground terminal inside a 3 conductor power plug.
Try to match ground wire size to the power wire size; any size ground is better than none though.
Or swap 2 conductor power cord for a 3 conductor cord and attach with same methods.
Looks like it could use larger power conductors anyways, so I would upgrade that too while your at it.
I have a feeling that if you were to ground the case on this machine that the circuit breaker will trip. 🙂
Hopefully the metal case, resting on the metal welding table, is grounding it.
That would be another option for grounding, piece of wire from outer case, clamped to welding table.
To discharge the caps in my amplifiers, I drilled a small hole in the back end of a carpenter's pencil, then screwed a wire to it with an alligator clip on the other end. Attach that end to ground or chassis, then touch the tip of the pencil to the positive terminal. If there's voltage, it discharges with a nice little sizzle, rather than a hard pop that can render a screwdriver useless.
"Tig welding is a lot less enjoyable when youve electrocute yourself to death" haha funniest shit ever man...really needed the laugh, thankyou
"You're never gonna believe this"
Tony places his live savings on the counter
….and the potato too......must be a left over munchie he had for brekky.
i remember my first welder you had to move a clamp along a length of coiled wire to adjust the amps
my first one was from the antique store and had a toaster and carbon rods.
Mine can change the AC waveform
Electrocute is a portmanteau, a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, electricity and execute. Electricity made its debut in America at the 1893 World Fair in Chicago. You could get shocked for a nickel and the line was long.
Death Toaster 😂
Just when you thought HARBOR FREIGHT was the sketchiest to use.
Incredibly the Vulcan line is fairly legit for hobby use
I have one myself. I was just kidding. They are a good machine.
@@schannoman I agree. I used the Vulcan 215 for a couple months. No issues whatsoever.
@@schannoman the new vulcan protig 205. Will tig 1/4" aluminum NO ISSUE. On dc with helium. And easily. Burn .188 on AC with argon. And do it all day long without kicking duty cycle unless your really jamming on it
I use it in my boat building business along side my miller 350Pa . Was VERY impressed. Even with its frequency limitations but. 5086 dials in nicely about 90 hz and 65-70 % ac ballance
"Like all good scientists, i changed two variables at once" i lost it
crunch crunch crunch cough spit ... crosses slag off the list the list you must go back and read the list. LMAO
I've had one of these for over 20 years. I'm a professional welder and use it 23 to 25 hrs a day 6 to 8 days a week. I can honestly say this is the best welder I've ever used. I can weld anything with it. I highly endorse the LbGt model
Statistically speaking - 107 out of 100 viewers will agree with your sound judgment.
A very advanced welder --that can even warp time.
@@thzzzt this level of experience warps every known material and rules of physics.
@@thzzzt so advanced it warped my mind as well🤣
Love it when I see a nice tongue in cheek review. :-)
"I opted for the lgbt version"
How post modern.
Actually IGBT is the type of switch used, a very important basic technical information. It is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor. I know it was a joke, but it is an interesting bit and some important information.
100 likes milestone
That's right, all LGBT is is a joke
so thats why the welders not what it says it is
You had too long cables:-)) It probablly is meant to be wireless.
As I understand longer wires mean more resistance. *understanding nods*
And lower voltage and current, yes?
You can also cross off tap magic from your list. Does NOT taste like peppermint.
Anchor Lube does
@@MattOGormanSmith how about MMO?
yoonki lol!
Loctite 515 is pretty good, but only in very small amounts.
But it does work like magic. Or at least the original red label flvaor does. I used to have a job where you would manually tap a lot of holes, slash do them with a cordless drill. I can say tap magic versus a bunch of different other brands made a huge noticeable and measurable difference in how will the tapping worked and how many taps are broken.
To scratch start and save on the electrode, use a piece of sheet copper. The electrode usually will not stick to the copper. Place the copper on the part right where you want to start.
"Dont worry Ive taken precautions. Ive got my fingers crossed." XD XD XD
This is third time I have watched this and just caught the excellent pixel work at 17:05. Nice.
Oh boy, I'm already 28 seconds late
I JUST got the notification and I am 6 minutes late! Shame on you youtube!
i got one of these because of this video. and im not disappointed. i live in the uk and my one had cables and even an earth wire for the plug. for basic jobs you really cant knock it.
I almost died, when he took out the gloves.
Really! I was like "WTH? 4 fingers?"
When did Isotoner start manufacturing welding gloves? I wouldn’t wear those to scrape the ice off my windshield! Imagine the torturous verbal ridicule the other pipelines would release if they ever saw the gloves or the welder he got with them...lolol
Lol
When I was young I learned about double insulated grounds when I bought my first motorhome...plugged into camper park power..walked around to the front and with a spring in my step and words of love to my new wife, TRIED to open the metal screen door...ZZZZZZAAAAPPPP..My wife refused to sleep, ride in, or have anything to do with my "budget motorhome" ever again...I respected her wishes and turned it into a car hauler...
My buddy's camper's door was electrified for no reason some days. Not a year later everything electrical caught fire
@@randomguy93984 Yea..when I was converting it into a Car Hauler I found that all the electrical sockets and switches were either shorted or soon to be shorted due to poor quality electrics installed by factory. This is a HUGE problem with Motorhomes. They don't have "Boxes" around sockets etc. like a house. The plastic they are made of deteriorates quickly and they literally fall to pieces, shorting out and causing fires! ..I always replace all switches and sockets every 10 years now on any Motorhome I buy...I don't know why the Gov. hasn't stepped in and stopped this poor quality "time bomb" in the industry. I'm sure loss of property and lives lost are high for just this reason...
@@billrandell4641 If folks like you keep buying these cheap wired motorhomes and thereby support this timebome industry, then is that your business and none of the government to protect you from your habits.
@@Sideshowbobx Hey idiot..if you READ my comment, you'll notice I said "when I was young"...I'm 69 now, I was 27 when I bought my first camper...It was an Open Road (pretty good one then, but wooden framed) I have had 6 Motorhomes and 4 large (41 foot +) Boats..and the Government should have "Standards" for electrical wiring in Motorhomes that include "safety boxes" around outlets and switches, just like Houses!!!..I am/was trying to inform people that may never even realize about a clear and present danger to their pers ok ne and families..again..IDIOT!!!
"Death Toaster" Jesus i just did a spit take.
A shepherd stick in my hand means nothing, but in Moses hands its a miracle wonder working unbelievable stick. LOL The production quality is in the hands of the man that's holding the torch.
Clearly the rated amps on the welder was "metric amps" :P
I don't think so - if they were "metric amps", they'd be 2.54 times the measured amps, not just roughly 1.9.....
@@noremorsewoodworking2258 😂😂😂 you're right....
Newton amps
Holy crap! I have not laughed this for a long time. Thank you.
You’re going to want to explain the accessories you have for your Fluke or you’ll end up with hundreds of people asking why you’re using VDC to read amperage.
came to ask why he's using vdc to read amperage
@@calinguga because he has a current clamp that outputs DC voltage proportional to current.
Absolutely love your editing style. When it wasn't working and flashing in and out with random letters and languages i thought was funny af! Awesome video!
I've watched this video multiple times over the past year, and every time the "pushing 200 amps through a lamp cord" bit plays I lose it
Those "gloves" though...I'M DYING!
Swearing in Greek This Old Tony?
You made me laugh so hard!
It would be good to see what you would recommend for a starter kit for TIG.
There are plenty of other people to ask that question with more knowledge of all the welding machines
@@xenonram but TOT is the only true source of enlightenment.
I love my lincoln tig 200 but next welder is a miller syncrowave or htp
@@lsx_moe dude get outta here with that shit, he said STARTER welder like a harbor freight tig welder. Decent price and pretty good quality using either their orange or green welders.
@@JM-yx1lm damn I just checked the prices, they are $1,700! I bought mine brand new for $900 last year! Cant believe how pricy they are. Definitely wouldn't spend 1700 bucks on one, the HTP is not far from it. I would recommend a used high end welder over a new cheap welder. I have also had great luck with everlast welders. I do love my Lincoln though
More people around the globe should be warned about it. These kinds of equipments are spread for every single corner in this planet. I'm not a native English speaker, but, luckily, I understand your good spoken English. Thanks for the free video class and the relevant warnings.
Tony, just wanted to chime in and give my 20 cents (inflation) let me preface by saying I am a total newbie when it comes to welding, first machine was an 80 amp stick welder and I was able to stitch to pieces together somewhat effectively although not pretty. Recently sprung for a mid priced multi process machine and tried my hand at flux core mig, so so. It came with a scratch start Tig torch with gas control knob, I have been hesitant to attempt using this process because of no high frequency start capability but after watching and the tips you gave I am determined to give it a go. I always enjoy your videos even if they do not pertain to anything I would consider attempting either for lack of experience or lack of equipment. I always learn something applicable or not. Thank you, and I always leave with a smile.
Another ToT masterpiece! I laughed, I cried, I nearly wet my pants! BRAVO!
Wet Pants cheap welder not good
I opted for the LGBT version brought a tear to my eye 😂
That explains why the reverse polarity worked.
@@316tomiller Maybe it should have only dual positives to combat all the negativity out there?
@@benbaselet2026 Nah, just use AC polarity. That way you can please everyone at least 50% of the time.
To be politically correct it is IGBT Insulated gate bipolar transistors.
Exotic Creature lololol
Hey Tony, love your videos! You mentioned "if you were measuring this wrong" during your amp testing, so.... looking at 10:39 in the video your amp measurements are measuring DC voltage. Not sure anyone has brought this up to you, but in order to successfully measure current with an ammeter clamp (or any ammeter) you must first plug the common lead into that other fuse protected slot (NOT the COM) and then turn your meter knob to the big "A" with the straight dashed lines (DC Amps).
You could've really been pumping out that many amps but the device itself has that low voltage you mentioned, so the overall power being produced is minimal