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Cheap Homemade DIY Lincoln Tig Welder Foot Pedal - How I did it!
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- čas přidán 31. 03. 2020
- I have a Lincoln Powercraft 201 Tig AC/DC but I have no foot pedal! Wait, What, $300!? I proceeded to gather up some supplies and make my own.
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Brilliant!!!!!!!!! I might go this route
If I may offer an idea. Some foot pedal will produce a “chain ratcheting sound”. I assume this is chain and pulley wheel inside, allowing a connection at the front of the pedal to have full ranger travel
Good job mate.
Ive purchased a behringer pedal.that is exactly the same, save for the rubber pedal cover and im about to do the conversion meself.
Thanks for the vid!
Awesome! For what welder, may I ask?
@@PangazShed I have a Eastwood ac/dc 200 tig that already has a foot pedal, but it is an awful design, very awkward to work with.
I will be using its guts to modify the guitar pedal.
@@Hackjob-Extraordinaire Great Idea!
I bought a cheap 250 amp DC inverter type welder some time back to compliment my plasma welder mainly to do some scratch Tig, but later I bought a 250 amp DC cold welder that does Tig too.
Having the switch on the handle only gives me on and off so I though it would be handy to have a variable amp control too.
That meant twisting the amp control while doing the welding which is not practical.
So, I thought why not have a simple control that enabled you to remotely wind the amp control low to high without taking your eye off the job..........a handle control that operates like the switch and moves a cable in a sheath attached to the amp control knob to turn it will do this without having to go to electrical connections etc.....it will just wind the amps knob to do the variation........any comments as to has this been done before?
Edit....Just did some browsing and Tony of TOT has something very much like this.
Very interesting concept. I imagine a bike cable system. Not sure if it’s been done and I’m not sure about how to execute it but I would love to see something like that in action!
@@PangazShed Basically you'd wrap the end of the cable around the knob or a small drum and have a spring return to pull it back........I don't do much welding but it would be handy to have that capability.
If the concept was feasible I think it could be more properly made by taking the amp control knob out of the welder and in a separate box.....just thinking etc.
Sounds like you're an innovator, it happens out of necessity sometimes, as a mechanic I've built told I didn't have for a one of job.
Bad spelling, built TOOLS
Wish you had the model number for the foot pedal.
Nice work. Thanks!
Great job mate...
I dont undertand with the pedal control is very expensive .... I think the welder machine is a big thief. : )
Very helpful video, subbed 👍
Awesome, thank you!
How'd you deal w/the high current at lowest pedal position w/high max setting on machine, (I find it hard to finish a clean puddle otherwise)? Only way I can think of is programming ramping off on the machine settings.
Yes you’re right. I did struggle with that also. I have since change setup because I didn’t like not having the pedal automatically spring back. Instead I bought a $69 metal tig pedal for an eBay welder (2+3 pin type) and rewired it utilizing the Lincoln plug and my 5 core cable and I had to fix some of the wiring inside the pedal (very chineseum made, some wires weren’t even connected). I would of done this from day 1 but the availability of generic pedals was very scarce and expensive.
@@PangazShed I went the same route. My machine does not allow for panel control when pedal is connected so second pot on pedal allows me to adjust max current. Min. current is still not zero with this setup so problem persists (high min current when using high max current).
That’s unfortunate. I usually have the pot on the pedal on max and my max current on the welder depending on the job. I do find towards off on the pedal that it switches off abruptly but it ramps down pretty low. Next time I do some welding I’ll make a mental note of watching amps to see how low it’ll go before off, as I don’t know off the top of my head.
@@PangazShed prior to my current setup, I bypassed the 2nd pedal range pot and had full control just by the pedal pivot pot. This may be a good idea for your machine since you have panel max control...it would allow you to go to the lowest setting on the pedal.
The problem with mine is that having no max control in the panel, it meant very sensitive sweep over the entire range, making pulsing within a region difficult. I suppose you could run into that issue if you bypass and need to weld in the high amp region.
Great video, liked the bench grinder attachment. It's it DIY or store bought?
Thankyou! It’s store bought, it’s called a “multi tool” for bench grinder or “linisher attachment”.
I don’t have a inlet for my foot pedal on my ac dc Lincoln how can I get it hooked up?
What’s the model of your welder? I’ll be interested to check it out.
@@PangazShed Hey Pangus - John here - the info for my welder is Lincoln AC/DC 225 / 125 Code 8566-112 see photo My deceased Dad
From what I can see, going by the information you gave me, it looks like the welder is a stick type, not TIG. Pedals to regulate amps are usually found in TIG welders. Although what’s interesting to me is the ARC welder in question is capable of Alternating Current process. Cool!
Do you have the part number for the 5-pin plug?
I believe it’s KP63051. Cheers