Excellent work, thank you for your test and review of the Arccaptain machine, which impressed and encouraged us a lot. I hope our welder helps your work. If you guys has any questions about the TIG200P, I will be here all the time.🙂
I was having a nice drink of Jack and water. Then your video showed up. Now, I'm having a nice drink of Jack and water, while watching an awesome welder and machinist! Couldn't be a better Saturday morning!
Great review. A review like this in the hands of a professional mean so much more than the reviews of random youtubers. Arccaptain was not on my radar till now. The portability of these machines is what I'm interested in. My current tig machine is a Miller 320A/BP which comes in between 800 and 900 lbs. My Miller Dialarc 250 amd Lincoln SP200 aren't exactly lightweights either. LOL I have a couple of Miller 130 migs that are kinda portable but their 10% duty cycle sucks.
I had a shop dog a while back, he learned to turn his head when I was welding, smart dog. I was welding near the barn one day and the horse didn't fare so well, he had a bad night, oops.
I know this is an out there question but could you do a video on operating costs and profit per year ofr your business. Very curious how much you pay for a facility.
I have only welded 3 times in my life. I could never see through the mask well enough to do anything useful - lol. How do you see through it to grind? Your skills are obvious, even to an ignorant viewer like me. Thanks for sharing your craft.
Question. When truck mounting. Do you mount the welder on automotive motor mounts like number 2122 and 2123. To slightly reduce the bouncing.. if you are not aware of those. Ask at almost any parts store. One could use cab air bags or single bellows air bags to really cushion the ride for the welder
30 CFH argon flow seems really high for that cup size. Do you always run that high for aluminum or was that just due to the large shop fan running at the same time you were welding so you had to up your gas flow?
Just got a arccaptain MIG200 inverter Welder and I am curious why you need the TIG200 when you can use the MIG200 to tig weld with it. I think Its truly an Amazing machine. I have only done gasless mig and stick. From what I have seen I will need 2 types of gases 1 type for mig and another for tig is that right or can I get away with just one type. Could you let me know what gas you would use if you were me as I am only learning so its not a fulltime thing. Tks regards Andy Perth Australia
The MiG 200 is not capable of AC. That is where the tig 200 comes in. AC tig is used for aluminum. Run 100% argon for tig and 75% argon 25% co2 for MiG.
I thaught you would have to grind the welds a bit... I guess it is different with aluminium. Could you tell me why exactly? I am not questioning your approach, since I know you are one of the best welder on YT.
WHat are those dual pnuematic wheels you have on the blue tool cart in the back? I would love a set for my 5 drawer cart, i'm always hitting pebbles and stuff on the concrete and it's so jarring
I have actually witnessed what happens when two large truck batteries get shorted out by a spanner falling on the posts and it is not something anybody needs in their lives.
"...told the dog he was getting promoted to shop foreman and the physical exam at the vet is just company policy and it's not a cone of shame, it's his new weld flash protection PPE..."
Well nothing better than a real world trial on an actual job to test a machine out . Few to many just do little test pieces and comment on those. Sounds like a good exchange fir the money . Surprised the box was only welded fully on the outside . Not even any stitch welds on the inside looks like the guy who built it can't weld inside anything ..
You make it look way too easy. Have you thought of doing any "teaching" say at a tech school, etc.??? Your experience and skill need to be shared!!!!!!!! I would like to have seen the electrode and filler rod interaction. It looked like you were feeding rod from the side, the top, and the bottom,.....
