[TheForge] allstates, thanks Frosty

[Jerry Frost]

I bought mine after watching it heat, cut and gouge; I 
already owned a small mig rig so welding didn't come 
up. The rep didn't volunteer anything specific about 
welding as I recall but he went on about it's brazing 
and soldering characteristics.

I tried the thing for brazing and was impressed enough 
compared to oxy acet. Butt brazed 1/2" sq bar folded 
almost flat before it started to fail. I just don't do 
much brazing either. This may change down the road as 
Deb likes working copper, brass, etc.

I wasn't impressed with the "instructions" myself; 
while it wasn't a sales pitch it wasn't very 
instructional either. The thing is, once you have it in 
the ball park the self metering prop regulator 
eliminates the need for fine tuning. Sure there's a 
best setting but close works well enough most of the 
time.

Still, I'd sure like to have detailed instructions and 
maybe a chart.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/

From: <frogforge at earthlink.net>



> Frosty,
>
> Thanks for your reply; it's about what I figured. 
> I've had an Allstates rig
> for about 5 years or so, I never even tried the 
> welding tip: that's what God
> made Tig for in my estimation. I still have my 
> oxy/act. Victor rig and an old
> Crapsman from yrs. ago.  I tried to trade in my 
> acetylene bottle on
> another oxy bottle when I first got the Allstates, 
> based on their salesman's
> advise that you could weld with it, but  the welding 
> gas company luckily
> wouldn't trade.
>
> Since I got my Mig, I haven't even used my stick 
> machine for much
> except biggie, gross, rusty kind of things.  The only 
> thing I don't like about
> the Allstates is the almost total lack of 
> instructions for using it.  Most of the
> little pamphlet that comes with it is a justification 
> of why their torch is so
> great.  I still have trouble getting the cutting 
> torch  adjusted just right, but
> when you do, you really can walk the dog, and the 
> "on/off" switch means
> you don't have to fiddle with anything for the rest 
> of that session.
>
> Thanks again for your comments.  I guess that overall 
> I'm happy with
> mine, but probably would not spend that much money 
> again.
>
> Heat index well over a hundred on the southern coast 
> of SC.
>
> Dave
>