I bought my 250 ex a couple years ago with the thoughts of learning to tig weld. Heck it looks easy on all of these videos I've been watching. That is a joke. I know it takes years of practice. I understand that. But every time I try to practice its always something. And when I try to do projects thats even worse. Right now I'm trying to weld 1/4 in aluminum plate to make a ebrake bracket for my car. All new material. I was able to tack the two pieces together but 15 minutes lat when I wanted to weld them it was like night and day. Finally determined that my regulator went out. Yes after about an hour of total run time my regulator died. So went to the local airgas store to get another one and got it installed and the machine wouldn't make a puddle. I HATE THIS MACHINE. I know there are people on here that probably can make this thing weld but right now I'm not one of them. Im going to have to take my brackets to a welding shop so I can finish my project. Did I mention I HATE THIS MACHINE? ok rant over.
By the way if there is anyone in central mississippi that wants to buy a slightly used 250ex give me a shout.