Spool gun

[Yofish]

Hello, new here. I own an Everlast 200Dx which I am generally happy with other than My second foot pedal just went tango uniform and the flow meter leaked really bad out of the box for poor machining. I'm in Alaska and the Everlast guy here took quick care of my problems. I don't like how it welds 5-P and as long as I'm running quality LO-HI I'm happy. But I didn't buy it for that. I got it to go over starts and stops (MIG aluminum) on things like fuel tanks, keel coolers and other things that can't leak.

BUT! That's not why I'm here. I'm wondering if anyone has hooked up a real spool gun, Printz, 30A etc. to any of Everlasts' machines? I've got my eye balls on the MTS250s. Everlast has about the most worthless data output I've ever seen. I had to laugh when I looked at the so-called instructions that came with my machine so I think schematics are out of the question. However, I don't see anything on the surface that would prevent what I want to do.

I've looked at their top end gun and if it's true that it only goes up to .040" wire then that doesn't work for me. Also, 20' is not enough stretch. Lugging the powersource around too much while you're building a boat sucks. Besides, it looks kinda cheesy and the spool case does not rotate to give better options for weld angle. Having said all that, I'd be interested to hear from someone that actually has put the stones to one. I'm not a purist and I have no loyalty after being screwed by the Hobart Bros for too many years.

NOTE: I already have to edit this post as I was wrong about the data supplied by Everlast. Pawing around the website I found pretty detailed stuff. Maybe when I bought my welder it wasn't available?