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Do You Really Need Your Welder Foot Pedal? - Kevin Caron
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- čas přidán 14. 02. 2017
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From www.kevincaron.com - Artist Kevin Caron shows how to use the controls on your TIG welder so you don't need to use a foot pedal ....
Kevin Caron is playing with some 16 gauge aluminum and wants to talk about foot pedals.
He says there are times you can't use a foot pedal or really don't need one. This is information that can be especially helpful to new TIG welders.
A foot pedal is really great for low amperage control as you start your arc. But what if you aren't sitting at a workbench? What if you are standing up? Are you going to try to put the foot pedal between your knees or under your arm to squeeze it?
No, you can let the machine do it for you.
Two adjustments that really help Kevin Caron whether he's at his workbench, working at his magic lift table, or welding on a big sculpture, are starting amps and upslope.
Kevin Caron shows the control panel on his Everlast PowerTIG 255 EXT where you can see starting amps and upslope, which are right at the beginning of the menu. He fires up the TIG welder and scrolls to these controls. He sets his starting amperage at 5 amps and the upslope at 5 seconds. That will give him a slow start and a slow build up to 80 amps, which is what he wants for welding 16 gauge aluminum.
He puts on his safety gear and first shows the start up at 5 seconds of upslope. Then he sets the upslope to 15 seconds, during which it takes "forever" for the arc to come up to full welding amperage.
So if you're using a foot pedal to creep up on a welding project, you can also just use the starting amps and upslope controls on your welder to do the same thing.
The only thing you can't do is adjust your amperage on the fly. But once you figure out your settings and know what thickness of metal you're working with, Kevin Caron finds it just as easy 90% of the time to use the settings on the machine. Play with your dials, and give your ankle a break.
Kevin Caron hopes that points you in the right direction, and also points to the subscribe button so you can see a new how-to video every week.
He's ready to go back to work, so you have time to visit www.kevincaron.com and see his wild sculptures.
Well, you can stick around another moment to see Kevin Caron get propositioned ....
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i am so glad guys like this guy are around .if you can teach,,,,,,,,,,teach
Just trying to pay it forward!
Thanks so much for enlightening so many of us who act like we know, but don't! I know you are too busy, but I could watch hour long videos of you at work! Such great info and awesome sense of humor! Thanks!!
Been thinking about a pay per view channel.
Kevin Caron, Artist I'd pay to watch!!
I've done touch start on both AC and DC TIG for over 40 years with old basic equipment out of necessity, since then if given the choice a button is the most practical compromise for out of position welds, with it you can trick the puddle a bit more than pulling out of the arc all together, not everyone has a modern style inverter welder with all the extra features.
True, but what if you didn't know the option was available?
Not trying to find fault @@KevincaronSculpture but I think your video implies to newbies that all tig machines have the features you highlighted on your Everlast.
covid-19 cabin fever, decided to use this down time to learn to to TIG WELD. Thanks for the answer on the foot pedal. something else I don't need to buy right now.
Great ending!! All kidding aside, I'm disabled and have problems using my legs and my foot pedal has been collecting dust on a shelf for quite awhile. I still miss it on occasion when welding thicker metal to thin but I've learned to set the machine as you describe and I weld just fine. On bad days I use a homemade stool(I've made two of different heights) on wheels to get around the shop and do my work.
Awesome! There is always a way around a problem, just have to work it out.
thanks for watching.
Kevin Caron, Artist I'm not giving up my tools or cars it's too ingrained in me. You learn to become very creative to get things accomplished, I'm glad to wake up every morning even in the shape I'm in. I'm almost 60 and I've learned a lot from your videos and website, you do very beautiful work, thanks for sharing it all.
As always, good info, presented well. Thanks, guys! I have a friend who is wheelchair bound. Went to school and became a professional TIG welder. He uses one of those handheld replacements for the pedal. You know what I mean...
Because everyone has a 255 ext. I do agree pedals have there place especially if you are laying down or in a confined space but pedals are cheap and effective. Although everyone would love a 2-3 grand welder with all these controls, for a large percentage of us we can't afford that.
Same thing applies to the cheapest machine out there in my opinion.
Very informative, Kevin. I need to look to see if my Alpha TIG has that setting as well. I haven't become accustomed to using the foot pedal yet; still working on simply making welds.
Always learn something from your vids Kevin. One day when I start welding, I'm gonna have all this knowledge stuck in the back of my brain, waiting to gurgle forth.
Long as it come out your fingers and not your mouth!
Hey Kevin never mind found your old video where you talk about that, thanks for all your help lol
Ahhh the voice at the beginning and the end LOL
Good information! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I worked on a production line where they didn't issue us pedals, button on the torch & set your welder was it, but when you're doing the same welds all day, on the same part in the same fixture, who needs one?
Very true! Have heard this several times. Can't imagine not being able to control my own machine.
Great videos you do, I enjoy them
I appreciate that!
Kevin sure would like to know what you do with your welder's electrical hook-up to service. Do you run extension cords to the welders and what is the amps off the service panel compared to the amp out-put to the machine. I am rewiring my 220/50 amp service but my plastic housing plugs that were used for the stove have got to go. Thanks if you can incorporate it into a video. If not, I will dig deeper somewhere. Jim
A long 10/3 wire from the circuit breaker panel to the welder plugs. A double plug so I can have 2 machines plugged in at once.
Keeping in mind that I normally work alone so only one machine running at a time.
The circuit breaker is a 50 amp 220 volt.
Many thanks Kevin for the info and prompt reply!
Hi Kevin, I have an inexpensive welder that does not have a variable foot pedal. It does have ramp-up, ramp-down, and pulse. Old 18 ga. sheet metal wants to burn away when I try to weld to new 18 ga. sheet metal. I've only been able to successfully weld with multiple tacks so far, only tacking in areas that are cooled down. After removing surface rust and cleaning, the old metal may only measure .035 to .042" thick. I like your suggestion to use the ramp feature to get started. Do you have suggestions for how to develop a cycle using pulse to weld a little longer distance. Even if I could weld a half inch section and then move to a cooled area it would be much better than individual tacks. Thanks for any direction you can provide.
Hi Greg.
Thank you for watching and posting. Ramp-up and ramp-down will not help you with this. But pulse sure will make it easier! Please let me know what pulse controls you have on this machine. But if you just want to start playing try this, Pulse-on time should be set above 60 %. Freq. can be in the 90 and up range to help control the arc. Pulse width should be higher than 60% as well. Welding amps down around 45 to 60 amps. Grab some scrap the same thickness you are trying to weld and see how those settings work. Try running the on-time up or down till you start getting some good results. Now fine tune the other settings to your machine and metal you are welding. I do this just about every time I want to use pulse just to dial in the settings before I start on the real work. Hope this helps, You can also just call me if you have questions. My contact number in on my website. www.kevincaron.com
Kevin, Enjoying your videos. Looking forward to getting my machine to get started. Was nice to run into you at the Welding store. Small world. :)
Was a great surprise! Don't forget about the open studio, check my website for details.
Interesting stuff young man!
Thank you!
great video but the up slope etc takes the only thing that makes us feel special away. To me it just wouldn't be tig welding if you were setting everything based of charts and tables. (i usually weld aluminum so the foot pedal is incredibly useful. I do agree for most materials you could use a fancy setting but where is the fun in that lol.
- Thomas (foot pedal enthusiast lol)
Nice
Your a lucky man Kevin.....
Amen brother!
how do you make a hollow metal ball with a wick to burn waste oil (smudge pot) ? With long triangular pieces or two circular sheet with a piece of pie missing ?
Go with the long triangular pieces..
Can you put a foot pedal on a stick converted to a tig?
I had a machine that would do that. The company forgot to lock the pedal out for stick welding. Was fun seeing how the arc reacted to the pedal and how well it worked when welding. As far as I know this is not considered normal. Most machines will not do this.
Kevin, what about if your welder does not have that adjustability and you want to weld on a tube frame car, you will use the foot pedal? it's going to be kind of dificult
Very difficult for sure but doable. I did have to put the pedal between my knees one time.
Should i foot peddle my basic stick welder for safety
Nope, not the right equipment for the job.
I’m confused, do you all tig welders come with a footpedal? I’m in the market for one and some options don’t have a foot pedal, others do. Is it something I can add on to any tig welder afterwards?
I believe you can add a foot pedal to most tig welders. But don't quote me on this.
All the ones I use or have used will work either way.
cigweld weldskill 200 AC/DC does not come with the foot pedal (450 australian dolls) so best buy one that comes with a footpedal
I don't know if your still replying but looking at a vulcan 220 omnipro hoping it will have these features because I do not like using a pedal at all.
Still watching and replying Joey! I have never used a Vulcan welder so really can't comment. But any of the Everlast machines can be used with just a finger control. They even have a slider for tig as well. Thank you for watching and posting.
OK sounds good thanks for replying! And I'll check them out.
Hey Kevin, got a question for you , been stick welding for ever, would like to get a wire feed unit, is there a big difference between the flux core wire units and the mig units, am I going to get better welds with mig?? Thanks in advance, long time subscriber and love your videos!!
Go with the gas and solid core wire. You will not believe the difference!
Thanks Kevin
You can use Flux Core wire in any Mig machine so you get both options if you get a MIG welder. If you are welding outdoors and it's windy, you will want to use a flux core wire instead of gas, but gas is so much better to weld with because you can focus more of what you are building instead of spending time cleaning, wire brushing slag.
I bought an Alpha MIG 250 last year which is a big step up from my Pro MIG 140 with its really really short duty cycle. Having the amps available to heat the weld is a really really good thing.
What thickness metals are you going to be welding would be my 1st consideration. That would give you some targets of machines to look in to. I had started with a Miller 110v machine and kept it for about 3 weeks before upgrading to a 110 or 220 machine. The 110 just didn't cut it for me. Some of the newer machines have more options as well which would be worth studying for your applications. Final note; a mig will make a good looking weld but may have poor penetration. Look over some youtube videos about this issue.
You can get some really good looking welds with dual shield flux core
So 4 those of us who own tig welders with only an amp setting knob and a post flow knob does the use of a foot pedal become necessary if u want amp adjustment?
If you want to adjust the amps on the fly then yes, you need the pedal. If you find the right setting for the metal you are welding then no you can just set the amps on the machine and go from there.
hey kevin i dont know if you remember me but I was the guy who was going to get an everlast welder for my bday. Well that didnt happen lol. However i had an interesting question. I know you probably wouldnt do this but what would happen if you tig welded or stick welded first then put the cover pass or next pass in using a different welding process like mig as the next pass. Or try Interchanging them. I am just really curious how it would turn out
Works fine and I believe it is done all the time.
Can you add foot pedal on any tig?
No, some machines are not set up internally to accept a foot pedal. Those are scratch start or lift start only machines.
With my experience tiging aluminium, I start with high amps. Once the weld gets started the heat generated gets the job so hot
that less amps are required. This is where foot pedals really work well. Do they make a machine with a "down slope " feature?
Yes, most of the tig machines now have up and down slope. some even have a scroll wheel on the torch handle to control amps like the foot pedal does.
To a degree you can use the up slope and down slope like a foot petal, when things get to hot let off the switch and downslope will kick in, when it cools down hit switch and up slope will kick in again.
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Thank you for watching and posting.
Great video! However, as a beginner TIG welder I didn't see how you initiated your arc without the pedal. Did you have a finger trigger or were you still using the foot pedal?
Finger control switch on the torch handle.
I just bought a foot pedal and I was overjoyed with using it vs a finger control. I used it one day and then now the pedal doesn't work, So I discovered that using scratch start in my opinion is better than using a finger control. I hate the finger control it really puts a strain on your hand because it dictates how you hold the torch. Scratch start sucks but I can at least grip the torch how I want. I'm really bummed out about how my foot pedal doesn't work and I'm in the process of trying to figure it out. It will start the arc at a a low amps, but when I smash on it, it doesn't increase, it just maintains a weak low amp arc, prolly like 10 amps or so. This is so stupid I just bought it and used it once flawlessly but now it don't work.
What machine are you running and what settings are you using? If your machine has a 2t/4t switch make sure it is in the right position. (2t for the pedal and 4t for the finger control)
now redo this video with the Everlast 140st.
Will try to get it done.
Wait, how do you start without the foot pedal?
Just click the finger control and get to work..
Are finger controls an accessory that can be added?
Lift start I guess it would be?
I checked my welder after watching this video. I think I can (and want to) buy a finger control. I've only used a foot pedal so far and think it would really help to have the finger control too.
scratch start, hf start, lift start ... none of them require a pedal..
great video once again
what type of third hand is that you are using in this video ?
thanks
That is a "Strong Hand" grasshopper.
Thanks
Simon Stack search youtube for third hand to find DIY versions. Very handy.
Upslope is pointless is pointless it's a function not needed hotstarts are great. You should start hot to get that quick puddle then weld at lower amp. It's like tacking if you tack at a low amp the corners role back and you end up with a hole as it slowly roles back turn up your amps to 150 one quick hit of the trigger done does blow a hole unless you have a gap it doesn't give it a chance to role back the high amps shocks and heats it so quickly. you have a bigger chance of burning through with low amps then a quick zap at high. Downslope is a must so you don't get a pinhole at the tail off and so you can post gas your weld pre gas yes for a second is good to to get gas into area you are about to weld upslope for morons hotstarts for pro's and footpedals if you sit to piss
ah that's what upslope is about
Lol well go adjust her knobs brother!! Lmfao
Very well adjusted now!!
With gloves I fumble with the finger switch, so a pedal would work better.
Whatever works for you is the best!
okay, so we don't really need a pedal.
Nope, I use the finger control 90% of the time.