Nice! Have you gotten to play around with it yet? For the price it has the same capabilities as machines that are 5 to 10 times more! Mine has been through plenty of big projects to prove itself!
great vid, I just got one of these so trying things out. Had the same issue with start, runs for a couple secs and arc dies. I'll try adjusting the cable and see how that does. Thanks!
Great question! It really depends on the thickness of the material and the type of joint. When filling bigger gaps or on thinner material I find myself letting off the pedal, adding filler, then hitting it with some heat to let the filler melt in. This also helps keep my weld profile consistent on those types of joints. If it’s a perfect fit-up and consistent material I usually ease into the pedal until I’m melting into the base metals, then keep it there and add filler consistently with the same travel of the torch. Then I’ll almost always pulse a little bit at the end of a weld to finish clean and prevent burn through at the end.
This is a great machine for it! I just posted a RUclips Short today showing a weld repair on a pontoon that I did this morning. So far I’m very happy with this machine.
Nice job looks great to me. I need to learn to Tig weld. But my spool Mig welder did great on my pontoons welding the transducer and livewell pump bracket on the toons.
TIG has its places where it can do what MIG cannot. Repairing leaks with a MIG can be a nightmare, but TIG can melt the parent metal evenly and seal things right up, even on real thin aluminum like pontoons. Plus it can look really pretty too!
@@omieyouknowmeMIG is great for certain stuff, but if I could only have one it would be TIG. More control and can dive right in and weld no matter thickness. Plus nothing beats beautiful stacks of dimes on aluminum!
It’s the YesWelder foot pedal. It’s sold separately. Lots of guys tell me to use the trigger function or get a finger trigger to lose the foot pedal but I love the foot pedal…not ready to change that yet!
Thanks for tuning in to the channel! This welder has high frequency starts instead of lift starts or scratch starts. I prefer high frequency starts as you can really get into position and hit it with precision. I think this welder can lay in the same welds as any high end welders. I weld with a Miller Multimatic at a local marina for lower unit repairs and it is amazing to weld with, BUT I can lay in the same quality looking and penetrating welds with my YesWelder.
Funny you ask! I just welded up a Kohler lawn tractor engine crank case today that was cracked. I used my Miller Syncrowave on that but I know 100% that I could have used my YesWelder TIG200. Turn the balance up to 80% and the frequency up to 130 hz to get best cleaning action. The TIG200 will work great especially if it’s thicker cast.
I just bought one of these
Nice! Have you gotten to play around with it yet? For the price it has the same capabilities as machines that are 5 to 10 times more! Mine has been through plenty of big projects to prove itself!
@ I just ordered it won’t get it until Tuesday.
@@faronmastin8683oh nice!!!
Great video. I have one ordered.
I've used the heck out of mine and it's been performing great!
great vid, I just got one of these so trying things out. Had the same issue with start, runs for a couple secs and arc dies. I'll try adjusting the cable and see how that does. Thanks!
I haven’t had an issue with it since. Been using it a lot on my current boat builds and pontoon repairs.
When your feeding in filler do you give it more pedal and let off a little or once you get to your desired heat you just move and tap filler in ?
Great question! It really depends on the thickness of the material and the type of joint. When filling bigger gaps or on thinner material I find myself letting off the pedal, adding filler, then hitting it with some heat to let the filler melt in. This also helps keep my weld profile consistent on those types of joints.
If it’s a perfect fit-up and consistent material I usually ease into the pedal until I’m melting into the base metals, then keep it there and add filler consistently with the same travel of the torch. Then I’ll almost always pulse a little bit at the end of a weld to finish clean and prevent burn through at the end.
I want to try and learn to weld so I can make brackes, repair cracks or holes in the toons. Good intro to it.
This is a great machine for it! I just posted a RUclips Short today showing a weld repair on a pontoon that I did this morning. So far I’m very happy with this machine.
Hey which way does the collet go I think I'm restricting my gas flow couldn't tell in the video thanks !
Should only be able to go one way, there’s a collar on the back portion that stops it from sliding in too far.
Nice job looks great to me. I need to learn to Tig weld. But my spool Mig welder did great on my pontoons welding the transducer and livewell pump bracket on the toons.
TIG has its places where it can do what MIG cannot. Repairing leaks with a MIG can be a nightmare, but TIG can melt the parent metal evenly and seal things right up, even on real thin aluminum like pontoons. Plus it can look really pretty too!
C4TT!
Sold my alum tig. Use the MiG way more. But there are times a tig comes in handy for really thin stuff
@@J.W.W.thanks!😊
@@omieyouknowmeMIG is great for certain stuff, but if I could only have one it would be TIG. More control and can dive right in and weld no matter thickness. Plus nothing beats beautiful stacks of dimes on aluminum!
what foot pedal do you use? did it come with
It’s the YesWelder foot pedal. It’s sold separately. Lots of guys tell me to use the trigger function or get a finger trigger to lose the foot pedal but I love the foot pedal…not ready to change that yet!
Hello, like your vids. Does it do scratch start? And is it good for practice pipe welding? Thanks
Thanks for tuning in to the channel! This welder has high frequency starts instead of lift starts or scratch starts. I prefer high frequency starts as you can really get into position and hit it with precision. I think this welder can lay in the same welds as any high end welders. I weld with a Miller Multimatic at a local marina for lower unit repairs and it is amazing to weld with, BUT I can lay in the same quality looking and penetrating welds with my YesWelder.
@@tomspontoons okay thank you so much. And I meant like can it do scratch start or only HF start?
@@LouHemi Only HF start for AC TIG as far as I know. I haven't seen the option to change that when scrolling through the settings.
What about cast aluminum on a transmission case? Has anyone tried that with this welder
Funny you ask! I just welded up a Kohler lawn tractor engine crank case today that was cracked. I used my Miller Syncrowave on that but I know 100% that I could have used my YesWelder TIG200. Turn the balance up to 80% and the frequency up to 130 hz to get best cleaning action. The TIG200 will work great especially if it’s thicker cast.