joshuabardwell
Elite Member
I'm super excited! My PA160 STH arrived today. I haven't had a chance to weld with it, because it's raining outside, but as soon as I do, I'll post up some pictures and experiences. In the mean time, here are some unboxing photos.
The welder comes in a plastic briefcase. There's enough room for the welder, the three leads (ground, stinger, and TIG), and a few other small items. The pedal and regulator were separate. The briefcase is not the most sturdy, but it's probably not going to be used very often or for very long, so that's hardly a deal-breaker. The welder is only 35 lbs, so you could just as easily throw it over your shoulder, with the leads in a small bag or something.
Here's everything that came with it: welder, stinger, ground clamp, TIG torch, gas hose, argon regulator/flowmeter, pedal, and 120/240v pigtail.
The pedal is nice and sturdy, but I don't have any others to compare it to, so take that with a grain of salt. It has a dial on the front of it that I can't find documentation for. As I understand it, when the pedal is plugged in, the output dial on the front of the unit is pre-empted and the pedal gives full-range control over the unit's output. Perhaps the dial on the pedal is to allow limiting the upper range of the pedal's output, as would normally be done using the front-panel dial on a pedal-controlled TIG machine. I dunno.
I was pleasantly surprised that the unit came with a 120/240v pigtail. I wasn't sure whether it would need to be rewired to be used with 120, or whether the customer would be expected to buy his or her own pigtail. The unit came pre-wired for 240v with a standard 6-50 plug.
The TIG torch has a finger switch that, if my reading of the manual is correct, can be used to start the arc with HF. I knew that the unit supported lift-start and pedal start, but I didn't realize that it also had a finger switch. I had heard about some of these welders shipping with a non-functioning finger switch, but the TIG lead has the wiring and plug, so my hunch is that it'll work.
The stinger is your standard 300v stinger. I'm glad to have gotten a clamp-style stinger instead of the screw-down type that is shown on Everlast's web site.
The ground clamp is much nicer than the stamped steel one that came with my previous welder.
The welder comes in a plastic briefcase. There's enough room for the welder, the three leads (ground, stinger, and TIG), and a few other small items. The pedal and regulator were separate. The briefcase is not the most sturdy, but it's probably not going to be used very often or for very long, so that's hardly a deal-breaker. The welder is only 35 lbs, so you could just as easily throw it over your shoulder, with the leads in a small bag or something.
Here's everything that came with it: welder, stinger, ground clamp, TIG torch, gas hose, argon regulator/flowmeter, pedal, and 120/240v pigtail.
The pedal is nice and sturdy, but I don't have any others to compare it to, so take that with a grain of salt. It has a dial on the front of it that I can't find documentation for. As I understand it, when the pedal is plugged in, the output dial on the front of the unit is pre-empted and the pedal gives full-range control over the unit's output. Perhaps the dial on the pedal is to allow limiting the upper range of the pedal's output, as would normally be done using the front-panel dial on a pedal-controlled TIG machine. I dunno.
I was pleasantly surprised that the unit came with a 120/240v pigtail. I wasn't sure whether it would need to be rewired to be used with 120, or whether the customer would be expected to buy his or her own pigtail. The unit came pre-wired for 240v with a standard 6-50 plug.
The TIG torch has a finger switch that, if my reading of the manual is correct, can be used to start the arc with HF. I knew that the unit supported lift-start and pedal start, but I didn't realize that it also had a finger switch. I had heard about some of these welders shipping with a non-functioning finger switch, but the TIG lead has the wiring and plug, so my hunch is that it'll work.
The stinger is your standard 300v stinger. I'm glad to have gotten a clamp-style stinger instead of the screw-down type that is shown on Everlast's web site.
The ground clamp is much nicer than the stamped steel one that came with my previous welder.