I still have my dad's Lincoln 300 AC DC reverse and straight polarity it is close to 50 years old and welds like it is brand new it is a buzz box love your videos be safe and have a great day Sam
Those industrial machines are usually inexpensive and have great arcs quality. Their weight makes them shop-only but the high amp output when you want it is glorious. I've a Miller 340 (not 330 which is also a beast) capable of over 500A output I got for 250 bucks because the seller didn't know it worked on single phase (I download Miller and Lincoln manuals for the old machines from their websites before deciding to buy). I don't do heavy TIG on aluminum at the moment but that will be quite handy with a liquid cooled torch.
I'm jumping in here before the end. The hose seems to be standard on Chinese plasma cutters. 8mm is 5/16. Your solution heat the hose is what I did too. Your previous 200 amp stick machine review was pretty good. I like seeing guys in the trades reviewing tool. That cable was light and got hot. To be fair, I have a Lincoln 175 TIG I bought new 25 years and paid $2k for it has the same undersized cables. I swoped those out first. I think most of these new inverter welders come with undersized cables and guns. I have a few I bought just for fun. I have a Lincoln mig 255 in my shop, but that Chinese welder is so easy to grab and do a quick repair with it.
Thanks for the review and all the other use you have done with this machine over the last few months. Seeing a "real" welder turn out regular jobs was enough for me. I was needing to replace my MIG machine but didn't want to spend a lot. So, I pulled the trigger on an Arc Captain. It performs even better than I hoped. I had a Tweco Euro gun that plugged right in. So far, I'm really liking it. My only complaint is they changed the power cord and plug adapter from the one you have so it now defaults to 240 (NEMA 6-50) and has an adapter for 120 (NEMA 5-15) like most other welders. I have a few dual voltage machines and like to keep them with 120 plugs so I can use the same extension cord for either voltage. But I understand that requires the user to have a brain so the lawyers say no.
Light plasma cutters makes sense for sheet metal because they're so mobile. A torch is fine for the thick stuff as any anyone serious owns a torch already. Thanks for the review!
Another thing I've found with a lil 120 machines on anything thicker than 065 095 tube you really need to clean off any mill scale etc to clean metal to get good penetration if not your using most of the juice to burn through the millscale
The thing with those machines they say will run on 120 you usually need a dedicated 20 amp plug and breaker with larger than 14 gauge wire most common household wireing is either to thin 14 gauge or has to many other things on the same circuit which will continually trip the breaker when the machine trys to pull to much juice it's usually because the wireing for plugs n switches is just to small at 14 gauge regardless of its a 20 amp breaker you need thicker wire to handle the current it's trying to pull 👍👍👍
Other welders with lots of experience said this welder worked awesome on 20 amp 110v circuit with 1\4" plate and it burned in nice , your the first with a negative on the 110v use.
Hey Greg recently found your channel and love the work you put out. I’m in the same kind of work, run a service/welding/line bore truck. Wanted to ask you, I have never dealt much with plasma and wanting to setup my truck with one here soon. I don’t have 3 phase power on my truck and wanted to see if you have any recommendations
Well figure out how much power you have and get the biggest plasma you can run. Your typical trailblazer has 10,000 watts of power and can run a hypertherm 45 very well. You can run a Hypertherm 65 off of a 400D
As someone who runs both a hypertherm 30xp and a thermal dynamics 58i the hypertherms are way better. My little 30 amp hypertherm can almost keep up with the bigger thermal dynamics. Hypertherms have way better torches and consumables. If you don’t have a huge generator then stay with the hypertherm 45xp. Them things are pretty sweet. I just run a 10/3 wire from the generator to the plasma machine. My air compressor sucks and won’t keep up with it but for small bursts it works out.
4 in one would be the go , I run a old stick I have had for 30 years , I got a little mig but it’s gasless and unable to change from positive to negative so very splatters, I did by a 2nd hand Boc 40 plasma but not having any luck , it just doesn’t want to cut, so these look great as I live in Australia 220v is the go.
Try cleaning the tip with a small drill bit on the plasma cutter even making it a little bigger. You need really clean and dry air for it also. I use a desiccant filter.
Hi 👋. Northern Michigan here. I'm curious about warranty, and that's it. I personally find the welder to be just barely adequate for hobby use. I will admit that I haven't much love for these dime a dozen welders. None of them will run reliably on 110. They just won't. This welder was made for someone who doesn't necessarily know any better. I only really watched out of respect for you. Your work proves your opinion is likely sound. I hope you have a great day.
Our machine has a two-year warranty.If any internal failure occurs, our team can help you answer your questions very well. And under 110v, we recommend using a 35-50 amps breaker, which will work stably
Even my mig doesn’t weld as good as that wow that’s impressive, when you have shit gear it’s not hard to be impressed, great video, thank you, regards Andy Australia
This kind of content is the vendor's dream. As an amateur, if you can't get it to work, you keep asking yourself, is it me? Am I just too stupid or did I buy another machine that is just too cheap and crappy?
Are the connectors standardized in any way at all? Could you get a nicer gun,say, or something from another brand and just plug it in there? Or just plain replacement parts when it all wears out?
It's an EURO connector, so plenty of other guns would be suitable. (checked with the manual, don't have this machine at hand). The other connectors look to be DINSE connectors. No size specified in the manual, but those come in 9mm '10-25' and 13mm '35-50' (and larger) with the largest number being the largest mm2 sq cable that can be fitted. (25 mm2 ~ 3 or 4 AWG). Probably DINSE 10-25.
Question if you are tripping a 20 Amp breaker would the Captain handle a 30 Amp breaker if it would I believe that might stop the tripping problem on 110 volt ! Just curious !
@@OFW I just was curious I don't weld but do have some knowledge of electricity on a residential scale ! I like watching you do the repairs on the heavy equipment !
@@Look_What_I_Did Not if it requires a 30. Hobart had a heavy duty plug on it partner. If it's blowing a breaker partner you put heavier plug on it. Not rocket science partner just common sense partner. What you trying to say it draws more amps then it can handle then I guess it's junk. Doubt very much that is the case. Another question how would you know what plug it has? You can run 30 amp on 14/3 short line no problem.
@johnscott2849 14 gauge wire (by code) requires no larger than a 15amp breaker. In my experience, even that is enough current to burn the wire up when my air compressor was running non-stop. Claiming it'll handle 30 amps is just blowing smoke up everyone's ass.
This machine can cut 3/4 a inch of steel it all depends on Air pressure you are feeding it I have one and it cuts half a inch easily its a good machine for 200$ I would think a 3000$ plasma cutter would beat it I mean I hope so but one Thing I would like to ask is why does a Flux core welder why do Worm holes happen way more than Mig I mean I know why because trapped gas from the flux shielding gets trapped but why does it happen a lot with Flux core I have always asked this question in many youtube vids and no one could tell me why But Arc Captain so far has made me over 10k in welding repair just around my City area for the Price you can easily kick start a welding business and then buy expensive engine drive welders but the one I HIGHLY recommend is the Lincoln Electric Ranger 330MPX it cost 8k and what you get with the machine is nice the technology in this welder is NICE but What Arc captain offers for a Hood is Awesome some people say it beats Lincoln it kinda does not 100% but 100% when it comes to battery life Lincoln clear view lens cost a lot of money and eats battery QUICKLY Nice Video
I believe the worm holes come from the angle of the gun. And wire speed. For the price the Arccaptain products are great and could easily get someone into welding.
If you're not trying to be mobile, I would honestly go with a machine that has a transformer. They last way longer. If you're a hobbyist/diy person who welds just to accomplish the things you actually like doing, I would reccomend a mig welder that also does stick. HF has some good deals and you can easily take it back to the store.
So i don't want to be that annoyingnew guy, but after watching these videos i want to start welding. I am a muscle car guy and i have always felt limited in fabricating because i cannot weld. Do you have a welding 101 video or can someone point me to a good one?
You do that. Make sure you vote for Biden again too. I’ve actually got both these machines and they work killer. Especially for the money. If you’ve got a 10k Miller or Lincoln then great. I don’t think I seen him knocking on your door trying to sell you anything in this video
Terrible review of the plasma cutter! Read the specs before operating as 1/2” is out of spec. Is the breaker for 120 powering other outlets that are drawing power.
Why should I limit the machine to what it says in the book? My hypertherm says 2” max cut but it will actually cut 3”. What if someone wanted to see its actual limit? It was on a designated 20 amp breaker as stated in the video.
He’s the guy that has the knowledge & skill to push a tool to its limit. For that 1 time in a lifetime fixit job. Nice to know what you can get away with
Awesome review from real welder. You made that flux core look great.
Thanks for you’re honesty !! With this review! 👌👍
Thanks for this hands-on review!
looks like you got a handful there......looking forward to seeing what you can get out of this arc captain....cheers Greg, Paul
Excellent review.....love the way you do these...no muss, no fuss, just give-er and see what happens.
Thanks for the review Greg i might have to look into that hood As a back up.
Appreciate the product reviews !
I still have my dad's Lincoln 300 AC DC reverse and straight polarity it is close to 50 years old and welds like it is brand new it is a buzz box love your videos be safe and have a great day Sam
Those industrial machines are usually inexpensive and have great arcs quality. Their weight makes them shop-only but the high amp output when you want it is glorious. I've a Miller 340 (not 330 which is also a beast) capable of over 500A output I got for 250 bucks because the seller didn't know it worked on single phase (I download Miller and Lincoln manuals for the old machines from their websites before deciding to buy). I don't do heavy TIG on aluminum at the moment but that will be quite handy with a liquid cooled torch.
I'm jumping in here before the end. The hose seems to be standard on Chinese plasma cutters. 8mm is 5/16. Your solution heat the hose is what I did too. Your previous 200 amp stick machine review was pretty good. I like seeing guys in the trades reviewing tool. That cable was light and got hot. To be fair, I have a Lincoln 175 TIG I bought new 25 years and paid $2k for it has the same undersized cables. I swoped those out first. I think most of these new inverter welders come with undersized cables and guns. I have a few I bought just for fun. I have a Lincoln mig 255 in my shop, but that Chinese welder is so easy to grab and do a quick repair with it.
Thanks for the review and all the other use you have done with this machine over the last few months. Seeing a "real" welder turn out regular jobs was enough for me. I was needing to replace my MIG machine but didn't want to spend a lot. So, I pulled the trigger on an Arc Captain. It performs even better than I hoped. I had a Tweco Euro gun that plugged right in. So far, I'm really liking it. My only complaint is they changed the power cord and plug adapter from the one you have so it now defaults to 240 (NEMA 6-50) and has an adapter for 120 (NEMA 5-15) like most other welders. I have a few dual voltage machines and like to keep them with 120 plugs so I can use the same extension cord for either voltage. But I understand that requires the user to have a brain so the lawyers say no.
Interesting. It’s the first time I’ve ever heard of Arc Captain brand.
Good review, I’ve never used a plasma cutter before but looks like a good tool. Grinding is very slow
Im still using my green lens Miller hood, looking forward to getting a clearview hood with a big screen, im getting older , 42
Light plasma cutters makes sense for sheet metal because they're so mobile. A torch is fine for the thick stuff as any anyone serious owns a torch already. Thanks for the review!
You save me some money, was fixing to buy one
53👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing
The best part is those channel lock Mig pliers.
Quite a lot gear in that specific sector. More aimed at the home user but could be put to work on thin stuff to earn some brass as an extra job.
Another thing I've found with a lil 120 machines on anything thicker than 065 095 tube you really need to clean off any mill scale etc to clean metal to get good penetration if not your using most of the juice to burn through the millscale
The thing with those machines they say will run on 120 you usually need a dedicated 20 amp plug and breaker with larger than 14 gauge wire most common household wireing is either to thin 14 gauge or has to many other things on the same circuit which will continually trip the breaker when the machine trys to pull to much juice it's usually because the wireing for plugs n switches is just to small at 14 gauge regardless of its a 20 amp breaker you need thicker wire to handle the current it's trying to pull 👍👍👍
I have found these types of welders need a dedicated 30 breaker on 120v with 10ga wire.
Other welders with lots of experience said this welder worked awesome on 20 amp 110v circuit with 1\4" plate and it burned in nice , your the first with a negative on the 110v use.
Matériel sympa pour la petite épaisseur et +😁😁
Thank you. It looks like a hobby machine. Once you run a pro-grade machine I guess I can't go down in size.
You have to love those Chinese chipping hammers , they are a thing of beauty , LOL .😊
Looks like they would be fine for your garage sheet metal work building that dream Rat Rod but they say your a good grinder or a good welder
Are you saying you wouldn't take that little mig out and weld on an old rusty 988 loader bucket?
If it was a lot of welding no I wouldn’t.
Would like to know the settings you were using for the 220 welds. Also just found your channel was very impressed. Great Job!
The settings were all over the place. I usually weld around 22v and adjust the wire to match. Welcome to the channel and thank you for the support!
Hey Greg recently found your channel and love the work you put out. I’m in the same kind of work, run a service/welding/line bore truck. Wanted to ask you, I have never dealt much with plasma and wanting to setup my truck with one here soon. I don’t have 3 phase power on my truck and wanted to see if you have any recommendations
Well figure out how much power you have and get the biggest plasma you can run. Your typical trailblazer has 10,000 watts of power and can run a hypertherm 45 very well. You can run a Hypertherm 65 off of a 400D
Most plasma cutting machines don't need 3 phase.
As someone who runs both a hypertherm 30xp and a thermal dynamics 58i the hypertherms are way better. My little 30 amp hypertherm can almost keep up with the bigger thermal dynamics. Hypertherms have way better torches and consumables. If you don’t have a huge generator then stay with the hypertherm 45xp. Them things are pretty sweet. I just run a 10/3 wire from the generator to the plasma machine. My air compressor sucks and won’t keep up with it but for small bursts it works out.
Did you change polarity between using flux core and hard wire..? Looks to do the job.. at least when a professional welder use it.. 😉🙂👍
I did. It wasn’t too bad.
4 in one would be the go , I run a old stick I have had for 30 years , I got a little mig but it’s gasless and unable to change from positive to negative so very splatters, I did by a 2nd hand Boc 40 plasma but not having any luck , it just doesn’t want to cut, so these look great as I live in Australia 220v is the go.
Try cleaning the tip with a small drill bit on the plasma cutter even making it a little bigger. You need really clean and dry air for it also. I use a desiccant filter.
Interesting I’m wondering the price for both good video see ya on the next one 😊
Unboxing demo ..ya lets' testerr out!Coffees on !!Cheers!;-)!!
Hi 👋. Northern Michigan here. I'm curious about warranty, and that's it. I personally find the welder to be just barely adequate for hobby use. I will admit that I haven't much love for these dime a dozen welders. None of them will run reliably on 110. They just won't. This welder was made for someone who doesn't necessarily know any better. I only really watched out of respect for you. Your work proves your opinion is likely sound. I hope you have a great day.
Our machine has a two-year warranty.If any internal failure occurs, our team can help you answer your questions very well. And under 110v, we recommend using a 35-50 amps breaker, which will work stably
Free stuff is always good.
Even my mig doesn’t weld as good as that wow that’s impressive, when you have shit gear it’s not hard to be impressed, great video, thank you, regards Andy Australia
This kind of content is the vendor's dream. As an amateur, if you can't get it to work, you keep asking yourself, is it me? Am I just too stupid or did I buy another machine that is just too cheap and crappy?
Are the connectors standardized in any way at all? Could you get a nicer gun,say, or something from another brand and just plug it in there? Or just plain replacement parts when it all wears out?
I believe it is brand specific.
It's an EURO connector, so plenty of other guns would be suitable. (checked with the manual, don't have this machine at hand). The other connectors look to be DINSE connectors. No size specified in the manual, but those come in 9mm '10-25' and 13mm '35-50' (and larger) with the largest number being the largest mm2 sq cable that can be fitted. (25 mm2 ~ 3 or 4 AWG). Probably DINSE 10-25.
You can upgrade your mig gun and other components
Yes, standard Euro MIG gun and DINSE 35-50. I plugged my favorite Tweco 220 gun right in.
Dog is running in his dreams at 28:00.
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I was wondering if you are able to run gas shielded flux cored wire on these more budget machines like the arccaptain.
Yes, you can
@@OFW awesome. Thank you!!!
Question if you are tripping a 20 Amp breaker would the Captain handle a 30 Amp breaker if it would I believe that might stop the tripping problem on 110 volt ! Just curious !
I think 30 might do the trick.
@@OFW I just was curious I don't weld but do have some knowledge of electricity on a residential scale ! I like watching you do the repairs on the heavy equipment !
How Much?
So no Major malfunctions for the arc Capitan.
Before you put the helmet in your truck, put it in a old pillow case then in a plastic bag. Great video.
So for stick welding, is arc200 a better machine?
I imagine they would preform the same with stick.
Please do an actual car body repair with these!
I would but I don’t do body work anymore.
30amp breaker on 110. Had a Hobart 160 120v had to run it on 30amp or it would blow the breaker.
Not a good idea...
@@Look_What_I_Did What are you talking about? 10/3 wire 30 amp breaker for 110 and a 30amp plug. Guess what the make them.
@@johnscott2849 Have it your way partner... Unit ships with 15a plug.
@@Look_What_I_Did Not if it requires a 30. Hobart had a heavy duty plug on it partner. If it's blowing a breaker partner you put heavier plug on it. Not rocket science partner just common sense partner. What you trying to say it draws more amps then it can handle then I guess it's junk. Doubt very much that is the case. Another question how would you know what plug it has? You can run 30 amp on 14/3 short line no problem.
@johnscott2849 14 gauge wire (by code) requires no larger than a 15amp breaker. In my experience, even that is enough current to burn the wire up when my air compressor was running non-stop. Claiming it'll handle 30 amps is just blowing smoke up everyone's ass.
This machine can cut 3/4 a inch of steel it all depends on Air pressure you are feeding it I have one and it cuts half a inch easily its a good machine for 200$ I would think a 3000$ plasma cutter would beat it I mean I hope so but one Thing I would like to ask is why does a Flux core welder why do Worm holes happen way more than Mig I mean I know why because trapped gas from the flux shielding gets trapped but why does it happen a lot with Flux core I have always asked this question in many youtube vids and no one could tell me why But Arc Captain so far has made me over 10k in welding repair just around my City area for the Price you can easily kick start a welding business and then buy expensive engine drive welders but the one I HIGHLY recommend is the Lincoln Electric Ranger 330MPX it cost 8k and what you get with the machine is nice the technology in this welder is NICE but What Arc captain offers for a Hood is Awesome some people say it beats Lincoln it kinda does not 100% but 100% when it comes to battery life Lincoln clear view lens cost a lot of money and eats battery QUICKLY Nice Video
I believe the worm holes come from the angle of the gun. And wire speed. For the price the Arccaptain products are great and could easily get someone into welding.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent stick welder in this price range?
If you're not trying to be mobile, I would honestly go with a machine that has a transformer. They last way longer. If you're a hobbyist/diy person who welds just to accomplish the things you actually like doing, I would reccomend a mig welder that also does stick. HF has some good deals and you can easily take it back to the store.
So i don't want to be that annoyingnew guy, but after watching these videos i want to start welding. I am a muscle car guy and i have always felt limited in fabricating because i cannot weld. Do you have a welding 101 video or can someone point me to a good one?
I don’t, but weld.com has some great ones.
However, no review is complete without the highlights of the Chinglish instructions such as, “Knowing most heated hands touch safety carefully”, etc
27:55 Poor pup having a bad dream?
Either a good dream or a bad dream.
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You didn't get paid for the review... but you got a free welder out of it. Correct?
Correct.
No thank you, I’ll stick with my American made welding equipment.
You do that. Make sure you vote for Biden again too. I’ve actually got both these machines and they work killer. Especially for the money. If you’ve got a 10k Miller or Lincoln then great. I don’t think I seen him knocking on your door trying to sell you anything in this video
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Terrible review of the plasma cutter! Read the specs before operating as 1/2” is out of spec. Is the breaker for 120 powering other outlets that are drawing power.
Why should I limit the machine to what it says in the book? My hypertherm says 2” max cut but it will actually cut 3”. What if someone wanted to see its actual limit? It was on a designated 20 amp breaker as stated in the video.
He’s the guy that has the knowledge & skill to push a tool to its limit. For that 1 time in a lifetime fixit job. Nice to know what you can get away with