YesWelder Review Part Two: trying 1/4 inch rod on 2 - 205DS's with 110 volts
Channel: HOWEESMACHINESHOP
Date: 2022-01-27

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In Part Two John takes a look at the YesWelder 205 and runs two of them in parallel off of 110v AC power to see if they run well enough to weld with at home or out of the back of a truck. Ultimately 1/4" ran a little cold with two welders - check out part three where he makes a set-up that happily welds 1/4" rod here: https://youtu.be/_3LY9P1OZW4 

John is the owner and operator of Howee's Machine Shop in Fox, Alaska, and has been in the business of machining and fabricating for over 40 years. He almost certainly has the best equipped machine shop in Interior Alaska.

Video Directory:
00:00 - Video start
01:09 - Unboxing
01:44 - The beauty of small welders
08:50 - Reverse polarity and electron theory in welding - the effect of polarity on your weld
13:06 - Planning a project that shows you can do a real industrial project with small cheap welders
14:40 - Testing the welders in parallel
15:28 - 1/4" rod
17:28 - 3/16" rod
18:38 - 5/32" rod and YesWelder abuse
27:55 - Thoughts on performance
29:59 - Why stick welding over wire feed?

Apologies for the camera jump during the welding - it appears to be an issue with digital image stabilization which I will correct in the future.