Not sure what you're referring to here, the base has something plastic in it? Can you post a pic? If you look at the picture posted above by metalman21, you can see an orange plastic piece where the blade plunges into the swiveling base. It runs parallel to the blade and forms a "slot" of...

I've had this saw now for about a year. I'm a home/hobbyist, and have used this saw for maybe a couple of dozen steel cutting jobs and a bunch more wood trim type work. Here's my thoughts: The combo wood/steel blade that comes with the saw will cut steel just fine - I did a bunch of 1-1/2" 11ga...

Just playing around the other day and decided to see what would happen if turned my welder to "TIG mode" while my stick electrode stinger setup was still plugged in (electrode positive) - I also plugged in the foot pedal. Sure enough - HF start works great to light up and the foot pedal se...

As a new-ish TIG welder myself, here's a few things (in addition to what's already been mentioned) that I've found to be helpful: - Angle grinder with some flap discs to grind your workpieces down to clean, shiny metal (though I'm guessing you might already have this from your MIG gear). As everyone...

Hi folks - (First post here from a newbie...) As I was practicing padding beads over the weekend on my Everlast 164si (tig/stick) machine, I was deep into a session with various stick electrodes. 3/32" 7014 (Blue Demon brand) 1/8" 7018 (Lincoln Excalibur) and some 3/32" Hobart 6011 I ...

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Very excited to be here - I'm a new hobbyist welder, playing mainly with TIG and stick. Thanks to all here - this is a treasure trove of good information.