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We have made the case for lift start process, but many will be confused or unconvinced about the technique.  To begin, each brand works slightly differently during lift starting.  Some prefer one technique over the other.  Some have no preference for technique.  After working with the lift start function for several years now on our welders, I have found that the units are technique sensitive.  You can’t just stab the tungsten down and lift up as the name suggests.

Well, by now, if you’ve had a month or two of use on your welder, you should start to think about servicing your welding unit. It’s a critical part of protecting, and prolonging unit life. The most important part of servicing any unit is blowing it out. Yes, that’s right, it’s normal to open up your welding unit on a regular basis and blow it out.  It’s time to inspect things for overheating, rubbing, and general condition.  We’ve seen several cases where people failed to maintain their unit and that was the primary cause of failure.

IP21S. That may seem like a meaningless word or designation, but for us at Everlast, that denotes the level of protection the units have against water “ingress”. The units are certified for operation where occasional light dripping water is possible. This is not a recommendation to operate in these conditions, but rather a protection standard set forth to standardize a minimum level of safety to the operator protection.

Once again, spring time is almost upon us.  If you are in the South, or South West, you probably already have seen the pollen and the saucer magnolias in full bloom. Temperatures are already hitting the 70’s and 80’s if not higher. Spring cleaning is going on all over the place, and for a welder, it’s a good time to do a little of your own. For a welder, there are several types of cleaning that should take place. Overall a good full dusting down of the welding shop is in order.

Slag is the arch nemesis of a welder. It’s as much of a struggle as the joker was for batman.

I’ve welded in all kinds of conditions, from the bitter freezing cold where the wind would cut you in half to the days where the temperature was over 100 degrees and the humidity in excess of 90% without the slightest breath of air stirring.  These extremes are dangerous working conditions for sure.  But if you ask me which one I prefer, I’d rather be cold because the welding will warm you up at least a little.

A lot of our customers seek us out because our products make good financial sense. No doubt we save them money, but factoring in the warranty and other factors, we really do offer a good product value. Unfortunately we get a lot of calls from customers shopping for the lowest welder price they can find on a welder, unknowingly trying to compare apples with oranges.

We’ve looked at various aspects of the problem of maintaining your plasma cutter before.  However, it’s a good time to visit this topic again. We’ll have customers complain from time to time, that their welding consumables are wearing out at a rapid rate. Granted, there are times that a consumable could be mis-machined or something, but these instances are relatively rare. Changing out the single consumable will fix this problem. If it does not, the problem can be generally lumped into any or all of two categories.  The first is operator error.

If you have dreamed of having it all, well, now you can, at least as far as welders are concerned. The all in one welding machine has been available from Everlast for some time now. We were one of the first companies to offer a portable GMAW/GTAW/SMAW welder on the market.

As you make a multiple pass weld, several things happen for you. The first is that you will experience greater puddle control. In reality, for most steel welds, anything over 150 amps is wasteful energy, particularly in TIG.