Newbee from Seattle

Hello,
Well, I'm a relative newbee on the welding side.. I'll be an official "customer" once I can actually get my order for the PM256 in.. (phone tag hell).

Professionally, I'm a software Architect. From a hobby perspective, I like to work with my hands.. I'm a woodworker and about a year ago started working with metal.. I've got an Emco Maximat V10P Lathe / Mill combo, a heat treatment oven I built myself and a bunch of the usual tools that keeps growing.

I did some welding in high school and Tech college but that was about 40 years ago. Looking forward to picking up the skills again and taking advantage of the newest technologies that these cool new Everlast systems have to offer. I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions and hope to be able to use this group to find answers..

Thanks
--marcel

Welcome aboard nanoplane. Enjoy the unit and post up some project picture if you get time.

Got my Powermaster 256 and the matching cart.

After a few initial issues to deal with (things others have seen already, plus some relatively minor shipping damage, it's all up and running and ready for me to melt a bunch of metal trying to learn to weld :-). (Everlast support is great... they really didn't have to send me a new case, but they did!!).

It was asked that I post a few photos, so here they are:

The first is of the PM 256 on its cart in my shop. It fits on the cart nicely, the cart is sturdy.
http://rivard.org/marcel/_NIK8729.jpg

This second picture shows how I set up the air/argon valves on the back. By having one ball valve horizontal and one vertical, I need to either have both vertical or both horizontal to have a valid configuration (Vertical = Argon).
http://rivard.org/marcel/_NIK8724.jpg

This is a shot of the Power panel I put in... I drew in 6Ga wire for the welder along with 220 and 120 x20 lines. The welder is on a 50A circuit.
http://rivard.org/marcel/_NIK8726.jpg

This picture is an overview of the shop, looking over the recently acquired welding table (Boeing auction). In the background is the Emco Mill Lathe, workbenches, materials rack.. There's a 2'x3' granite surface block, a heat treatment oven and a few other things literally laying around (it is a mess right now..
http://rivard.org/marcel/_NIK8725.jpg

And, last, the front of the welder next to the table. The chunk of Aluminum on the table is one of my practice pieces... Been making blobs that look a little like beads :-)
http://rivard.org/marcel/_NIK8727.jpg

At any rate, enjoying the new unit, will be taking some courses in the near future..

And thanks to all the folks at Everlast for getting me started.

--marcel

Looks like you're ready to go.

Thanks for the pictures, the value setup is nice. Did you get them local or have to order them?

Got the parts for the valve setup from the local hardware store.. two ball valves, a T, two 90 degree couplings and a short 1.5" pipe. The valves were the most expensive parts (about $30).

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Originally Posted by everlastsupport

Looks like you're ready to go.

Thanks for the pictures, the valve setup is nice. Did you get them local or have to order them?

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That's a very neat job that you did, right down to squarely trimming the hoses.

Are the threads in the regulator Metric or SAE? I can't remember if they were pipe threads or not but I do remember snugging the fittings up against an O-ring.

All the fittings are standard 1/4 pipe threads

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Originally Posted by Glastar

Are the threads in the regulator Metric or SAE? I can't remember if they were pipe threads or not but I do remember snugging the fittings up against an O-ring.

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