Welding Tips and Tricks

After welding for a half hour all of a sudden by tig welder will not hold an arc at low amps.
Its frustrating.
Has anyone experienced this problem?
Checked my ground checked and replaced my tungsten adjusted the gas. Pulled my hair out and cried.

Waiting on an answer from Everlast. Maybe something is out of sinc.

What amperage are you welding at, and what size tungsten are you using?

I use to be able to weld down at 10 amps with 1/16 electrode. now I cant weld below 30 amps. it just starts and fades away.
I have tried Lanthenated Thoriated Ceriated and E3 no luck. cleaned the ground and changed the collets. tried a new tank of argon. I know its a cheap Chines welder, but still it did work and nothing inside looks burnt. I am saving up for a better welder, but in the mean time id still like using this one.

Danylo66 wrote:Waiting on an answer from Everlast. Maybe something is out of sinc.

There is a welding forum at tractorbynet.com, one of the sponsors is Everlast and there's a company rep on there that is very active helping people resolve problems. You might check that out and see if he can help you.

I forgot about Tractorbynet, I used to frequent that forum quite a bit b4 I bought my compact diesel.. Good info over there.

Pete

Thanks for the info guys. I'll try that tractorbynet forum.

Everlast Canada is located in Burlington, is that near you? I'm sure they could help.

EVERLAST WELDERS CANADA
5109 Harvester Rd. Unit A2
Burlington, ON L7L5Y9
Phone:905-637-1637

I'm curious, what are you welding that you're only using 10 amps for? I don't think I've ever welded at that low a setting... that must be some really really thin stuff

I was just stating that the machine was capable of welds down to 10 amps. Razor blade challenge.
What I would like to try is to weld 18-22 guage sheet metal. For automotive repair.