Good morning Salam. I've owned a transformer based stick welder for a long time. After many decades shes giving me problems. Hard to believe these cheap little inverters can do the same job. Thanks very much for proving how good these little welders can weld ! Very good video sir! I appreciate it.
Good morning sir. I have Miller thunderbolt (transformer based welder) it weld very nice, however it's too heavy to carry around. I built a transformer based welder when I was young. For stationary welding the transformer based welder with rectifiers and inductor for DC weld is the way to go. If you need mobile welder for a small jobs, then get you one of these IGBT welder. They are light weight, they run on 110/220 and cheap. Thank you for the nice comment and have a good day.
Salam, great attention to detail. Good sense of humor. Several thumbs up from me. First, combing with the wire brush. Great. Then checking incoming voltage, using a Fluke. And putting on safety glasses before chipping. You are a person who inspires confidence. I'm commenting only 8 minutes in. You are a pro.
Nice demo. Your professional welding skills really demonstrate the ability of this welder and its application range. Thanks for going through all the settings and use of various rods. Great selection of your choice ammeter...Well Done!!
I like that model of welder however when I went to order it the YESWELDER ARC Welder 205Amp Digital Inverter IGBT Stick MMA Welder was offered in an attractive bundle. I ordered it rather than the 165. Do you think it will work similar as the model you demoed? I don’t expect to tackle work greater than what you were doing with the 165, I was just curious if there were any problems with this unit? Your opinion would be most appreciated. Thank you.
Very happy with my yeswelder. I bought the 205ds multi process one. Been waiting for gas regulator to show up for it to test the mig on it. Still using my old 25 year old Craftsman professional 120 mig welder at home. Today I found out my gas supply is no longer exchanging bottles. Had welding job come up today that had to get done. Bought 3/32 7018 rods and used the new yeswelder on 120v I have 220v in garage but wanted to see how good it does on 120 and if it would kick breaker. Welded a bunch of 3/32 7018 rod and it never kicked breaker once. Only complaint about it is that the fan runs all the time. Should not cost them much to put thermal switch to kick on fan when needed. I use 5 different welders at work. One is over 20 years old and fan runs all the time. Last year we bought one fancy one with digital readouts that the fan only comes on after it gets warm. Most small welding jobs dont need fan running non stop. i still like the older welders with just dials and not digital readouts. Less things to go wrong imo. but I digress. Real happy with the way the 205ds welded stick tonight on 120v. Kept me from running up to workplace to finish welding.
Got to thinking about the fan running nonstop thing. I think fan kicking on only when when internal temps gets higher is good as it keeps dust from getting blown in when its not needed. But then again 4 of the 5 welders at work are almost 20 years old and a couple older than that and still working good and have fans running as soon as you turn them on. No thermal switch to fail. My yeswelder fan is louder than the others. But maybe it has to do with less copper in transformers. Better to have too much airflow to cool than not enough. I smoked one of my own personal welders by running it over its duty cycle. Still like this yeswelder. I will pardon it for the fan noise as long as it keeps welding as good as it does. Sacrifice.
Good morning, thank you for the very informative comment, I have Lincoln mig welder and the fan run all the time, you are right about the YesWelder fan is loud. They most likely used under size components and the fan keep them cool. They should have used an air filter to prevent metal dust from entering the welder. I usually turn the welder off when grinder is in use.
Great video Salam. Really appreciate all the work you put into this. Very informative for anyone thinking about buying a inexpensive welder. Looks like it will work just fine for the minimal welding I will be doing around the house.
Yes sir, since I bought it, I welded about 20 pounds of 3/32" 7018 welding rods for few jobs where I have to carry this welder up the stairs. So far still good. I do have other welders I use more, however I bought this one for it's light weight. If you have to use extension cord, make sure you use large size such as 12AWG to minimize voltage drop. On 110V use 1/6" or 3/32" rods. On 220V use 3/32" or 1/8" rods. It work okay with 6011 and 7018 welding rods. I believe if you buy it through Amazon and you are not happy with it, you can return it at no charge.
Thank you, I appreciate your comment, on 110 make sure to use small diameter welding rods regardless of what type and if you have to use extension cord, use large gauge wire extension cord as short as possible.
My 165DS struggles with 6011 and 6010 in 3/32 and 1/8. The 6013 works good but I hardly use that electrode due to low penetration. I have owned the welder 3 days but gave up on the 2nd day. I am now looking at the Tig 205 so lets see if things get better.
Good morning Jorge, mine works okay with the aforementioned rods on 220 input. On 110 I used 1/16" or 3/32", however the length and wire size of extension cord will effect the performance. Thank you for watching and for the feedback.
@@SalamSayhood oh I see, You used 1/16 and 3/32. I actually ordered some 7018 in 3/32 and hope the new welder comes in soon so I can do a comparison video. I also used a 220 extension cord that uses 10awg wire on a 50A circuit. Thanks for the information.
I ordered one of these the other day. Plan on welding some thin steal tubing. Maybe 1mm thick walls. What sticks and setting would I use? Have done a small amount of welding in the past. Arc and wire feed.
That is thin tubing for arc welding. If I have to weld something that thin, I would use flux core of brazing. Here in the USA we have thin welding rods (I would use 6013 or 7018) the smallest that I use on thin metal is 1/16 of inch in diameter (about 1.5mm) you can weld with it, however it will not be as easy as other methods. If you have more questions please let me know. Thank you for watching.
Awesome review on the Yeswelder arc 165ds. Is it possible to do a review on the arc205ds and if its worth buying this one over the Yeswelder 165ds. I still don’t believe arc205ds is capable of 200amps.
Good evening sir, so far the 165 served me well for small jobs. I am going to try to connect Yeswelder and see if they can send me 205 to test. Thank you for watching.
You got skills! Thank you for measuring actual amperage! Do you think a beginner could use this welder to weld drive way gate hinges to the post. The post is 4"x4" x .120 but the gate hinges are mounted on 3/8" plates. My concern is burning through the .120 gate post to get good penetration with the 3/8" hinge plates. I have no idea what size or type of rods would be best. I can make a 220 volt circuit for the welder if that would make things better/easier for me.
The 4"X4" is 11 gauge. You can weld it with 7018 1/6" or 3/32" diameter rod. Set the welder to 60 to 85 amp. Try on scrap metal to get use to the weld flow. If you can wait about a month, I am going to post few videos about welding for beginners. However, stick welding is easy and you can with little practice be able to weld. Thank you for the nice comment and please let me know if you have any questions.
@@SalamSayhood I can wait. Thank you. The 165 you are using says its good up to 1/4" on 220v. So the thick 3/8" hinge plates are not a concern with the 165? Im guessing I would do a couple passes? Yeswelder has a ARC Welder 205A, not the TIG-205DS, that says its good up to 25/64" on 220v. The 165DS and the 205A are the same price btw. If you live in the Sacramento area I could be your student to show everyone what not to do in your Welding for Beginners video :)
The measurements that yeswelder says "good up to" means the welding rods diameter. However, like anything these days, those numbers for marking purpose. I would say 1/8" diameter rod is the biggest rod you should use with these two aforementioned welders. You can weld any thickness metal safely with arc welder from 1/6" and up, I have several videos about building shelves and windows on my shipping container and the wall thickness is about 1/6" of inch and I was using arc welding. You just have to use the right technique and current settings. I live in texas. I would love if you where close by, I will have you welding in no time. I will try my best to get those videos as soon as possible to help you out. Thank you for your nice comment.
No criticizing implied...Nice welds, but there is often some porosity at the beginning or end of the bead; do you know why? I also encountered that sort of thing when I am welding...
Good morning sir, I explained in detail the porosity problem in my video titled "ARC welding in depth look for beginners". Short version: the porosity happens mainly or the too issues that cause it are: 1- if the welding rod is damaged by moisture. 2- the arc length is too long. 3- the current is set too high. Thank you for watching.
I got mine from Amazon. If you want, check the price on Amazon and compare it to the yeswelder web site use my first name (SALAM) to get an additional 10% discount. I think they have sale for this weekend.
I do not want to doubt a fluke meter at all.. but 20-23 Amps is off a little from the 150 it's stated. Do you know that particular fluke accuracy? I've heard very similar things about their 205ds welder. That it's basically 50% what it says it is. Glad to see this one seems to be preforming better than the other one. Atleast more realistic for the current. The welders are so light so I figured it would be a little underpowered. Wonder how it preforms on a 50ft 10ga or 12ga extension cord adapted to 220v.
Good morning, I have another video comparing the yeswelder to two other welders. Please watch it as I show more details. ua-cam.com/video/ecoQb61ZfTQ/v-deo.html I think you will be fine with 50 feet 10 AWG extension cord. The fluke amp meter that I have is very accurate. Thank you for watching.
Hello, for 110 volt use 1/16" thick welding rods. You can use 3/32" rods however 1/16" will work better on 110 specially if you use extension cord. Use 6011 for rusted or painted metal where you can't clean the metal. Use 6013 for general purpose welding on clean metal. Use 7018 for structural metal welding. If you have access to 220 volt, the welder will perform better and you can use thicker rods for thicker metal. 3/32" or 1/8" thick rods for 220. If you have more questions please let me know, Thank you for watching
It runs on 110 and 220. I also showed it in use in another video titles " ARC Welding in Depth Look For Beginners" and I compared the voltage/current on three welders. Thank you for watching and for the comment.
@@SalamSayhoodHi Salaam. I have the yeswelder 165ds. New bought on ebay. I have used it to weld just a 2 minutes work. That was 6 months ago. And then put it back in the carton box. Now I want to use it again. When powering on I heard a like exploding sound and the breaker switched off. I thought it was the capacitor 200v 2200uf. I replaced the 2 capacitors. Switch on the welder and same sound again. Breaker switches off. The welder does not switch on. Any idea what can cause this? The machine is new new new.
Good morning sir, I don't know what the problem is? It could be the computer power supply, the rectifier, or any other part of the machine. I will not replace any electronic part unless that part checks bad or looks damaged. Please be safe and don't attempt to repair it if you don't have experience with something like this as this could be dangerous. Try to contact Yeswelder and see if they are willing to help.
Good evening, in the video, I used 1/8" and 3/32" Lincoln 7018 rods (bought from homedepot). since I uploaded the video, I've used this welder with 6011 and 7018 rods. for 110V use 3/32" rods and for 220V use 1/8" rods. Thank you for the comment and subscription.
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I have no experience with this welder, however, it has free 30 days return, you can try it out and see. Please, if you end up buying it to try it out, let me know how it is preforming. Thank you
I asked Yesweld: On the ARC-165DS is it actually "Lift TIG" where you touch the electrode to the material then lift and then the arc initiates automatically, or is it actually a "Scratch start" where a fully hot electrode is swept on the surface? instead of giving an actual answer they linked me to this video? While the vid is a very good review of the basic features is doesn't cover the Lift TIG feature at all! Has anyone tried the Lift TIG and which is it??? Thanks!
@@SalamSayhood Greatly appreciate the reply, I'm wanting info to guide my purchase, "Scratch" and "Lift" are to totally different functions, not the same thing. If you haven't used it with a TIG torch and aren't sure that's cool.
Long time ago, I used tig torch with a manual valve to allow the argon to run with an old transformer based DC welder. I had to scratch or allow the tungsten to scratch the metal to start the ARC then at the end of the weld I lift the torch to stop the weld. That is why I called it scratch and lift :) currently I have a Miller TIG welder with high frequency start and a foot control to adjust the current. Now the yeawelder that I have, it has a lift start function where the welding machine will adjust the current at the start to prevent the tungsten from getting stuck to the work. I tried this function with the 165, I used a manual valve touch, to me it's still scratch or touch the metal as the tungsten point will loose it's point after few starts. If you are interested in purchasing a Tig welder, then go ahead and buy TIG welder with high frequency start and square wave AC welder so you can weld aluminum.
@@SalamSayhood thanks for making that clear and for the review of this machines stick weld capabilities. I did finally get a straight answer from Yes Weld, they admit it is not actually a real "Lift" TIG but a scratch start. What is misleading is that their ad, manual, description and the product photos all represent it as "Lift TIG", likely a translation issue from Chinese to English. And you are right I don't want to knowingly buy a machine that I will need to sharpen tungstens after every other start.
I bought the YesWelder TIG, and I've been pretty happy with it so far. Granted I know JACK SHIT about welding, but it seems like decent enough hardware.
Welding is very easy to learn, it requires some practice, I stated with stick arc welding and oxy acetylene brazing. After that, mig and tug was very easy to learn. Thank you for the comment, this may help others. Good luck
@@SalamSayhood I've been practicing almost daily since I got the machine and I can safely say it does a decent job for how inexpensive it is. TIG is kinda fun to learn really.
Good morning, I am glad you are enjoying welding and learning. It’s a great to learn welding, my welder still doing a decent job too. thank you for the feedback and the comment.
Good afternoon sir, I was able to weld half inch thick three inches wide flat stock, it did great on 220 using 1/8 diameter 7018 welding rods. I have another video "ARC welding in depth look for beginners" I used this welder too. I also compared this welder to other welders. If you have any more questions please let me know. Thank you for watching.
I have not tried the Deko welding machine. I just looked it up and it seems to be a good welder too. My yes welder still working okay after one year of light use. You can see it in my latest videos that I posted on UA-cam. Thank you for watching.
Yeswelder has a sell right now. 15% off and free shipping. I have been learning with the 165DS for a couple months now. Many hours using it with 3/32 7018 rods. Had some 20 amp breakers so made a 240 circuit for it. It has worked flawlessly.
The factory cord is about 6 feet long. I have an 8AWG extension cord for 220 Volt and I use it when I weld. I also welded on 120 volt using 50 feet extension cord and it welded OK using 1/6" welding rods. I have another video titled "ARC welding in depth look for beginners" I showed more details about this welder. Thank you for watching.
Salam i picked up a yeswelder165DS today i have a question i hope you might help with.when i plugged it in the digital display keeps flashing E2 E2 E2 That is all it does i wonder if it is defective or i am doing something wrong. I checked the instructions but no mention of this problem.thx for any help steve
Does the outlet has a good ground? Is the outlet wired correctly? The small flat plate should be hot, the large plate should be neutral and the round in the center is the ground. Try to plug the welder into a different outlet. If that doesn’t work, try to use the 220 adapter and plug it to the dryer outlet. These small welders need everything to be correct. It’s not only for the welder to function correctly but also for your safety. I am not sure what E2 means, however, the E usually used for Earth or Error. Please let me know.
Hello, sometimes, the work clamp or the rod holder connection points to the welding cable get loose. Make sure to check all the connection points. If you weld with new rod and then stop, the end of the welding rod will have a cup of the flux material and this will not allow the weld to re start easy. I have other video titled "ARC Welding in Depth Look For Beginners" make sure to watch it as I provided alot of tips regarding arc welding and trouble shooting. I hope this answer your question. If you have any more questions please let me know.
Good morning, yes, this welder will weld great on 220. I have several other videos using this welder. You will have to upgrade the rod holder and I also reviewed a good replacement rod holder. Thank you for watching.
Good morning David, I didn't try this welder to weld aluminum, however, I stick welded aluminum in the past. You can use this welder or any other welder on 220, I don't think this will work on 110 . You need the surface to be clean and pre heat, on 220, start by set he welder to 120AMP to 140AMP for 1/8" aluminum rod and the electrode need to be on the positive terminal DCEP. ARC weld aluminum is little different than steel, you need to move fast, it may not look good through the lens of the welding mask while you weld but when you clean the weld, it will look ok. I personally prefer TIG or spool gun for welding aluminum, however you can get good weld with stick weld aluminum. I hope this answer your question.
Good evening sir, please watch my other welding projects videos and reviews, I provided a lot of tips through my fabrication videos to get good welds with Arc, flux core and mig. Soon I will post some tig welding projects. Thank you for watching.
Hello, this welder work on 110 outlet or 220 dryer outlet. The welder comes with 110 plug to plug it directly to the outlet. It also comes with a small adapter cable, one end is 110 female plug to connect to the welder and the other end is 220 male plug to plug it to 220 outlet. The welder will automatically figure what voltage it's plugged in to. It weld better on 220. It's weld okay using thin welding rods on 110. Please be safe when operating any welder. Make sure to wear a good welding mask and welding gloves to protect yourself. If you have more questions please let me know.
Hello, I haven't used 6013 in a while, this machine is capable of welding 1/8" rods or smaller. 6013 can be used with AC or DC welder. I have used this machine with 6011 and 7018 and it weld good.
Yes sir, stick welding is the easiest method of arc welding. You need a good welding mask to protect your eyes and welding gloves. You need to make sure to start with new welding rods, 6010 and 7018 welding rods are available. Both rods work with this welder. Keep the new rods away from moisture. Keep practicing and you will be able to achieve good weld in a short time. Good luck
Good evening sir, best rod to use is job specific. For almost all around welding use 7018 or 6013. If you are using this machine, use no thicker than 1/8" diameter rod when welding on 220 volt. If you are using the machine on 110, than use 3/32" or 1/6" diameter rod. I have several welding videos including: ua-cam.com/video/ecoQb61ZfTQ/v-deo.html In this video, I explained welding rods and other welding related information. In this video: ua-cam.com/video/Ei5C_eWggm8/v-deo.html I reviewed some good welding rods. I have more ARC welding related videos, please browse my channel and watch any video you maybe interested in. I posted alot of good tips in all of my videos. If you have any more questions please let me know. Thank you.
Good morning Ken, the Lincoln rods I was using in this video are E7018 and on the boxes it show AC or DC+, I showed that in the video. Since I posted this video, I used this welder with some other EN welding rods, I always follow the recommendations of the manufacturer of the electrodes.
I have other transformers based welders, the OCV is around 60 to 80 Volt. My TIG welder (Miller welder) is inverter base welder and the OCV is around 18 to about 30 volt.
The twist lock connections are used to connect the electrode holder and cables and the work clamp and cable to the output of the welder.Make sure the correct polarity connection is made to match the welding process and welding electrode selected. I have used EN rods since I posted this video (ground positive) and it works fine.
Thank you, @@SalamSayhood. I've started using the MigPro 250. MIG and stick, with some TIG. I struggled with it for some time, before realizing that the US 240V circuit to which I was connected was insufficiently grounded. After correcring the problem, I've had good results as well.
@@charlotteantiquepowerengin6277 I appreciate the feedback, hopefully it will help others, in addition to have a good ground for the welder to work correctly, it is also very important for your safety, if any problems may happen with the welder, a good ground will cause the barker to trip to prevent electrical hazard, Be safe, Thank you sir,
@@servihomestead4324 You're welcome, Some tools have what they call "double insulated" and are usually labeled with double squares. They don't require a ground (the male plug is missing the ground lug too). However, a good ground is very important for tools, electrical machinery and household appliances especially for the safety of the user.
I have another video where I compared this welder to two miller welders. I did the testing on 220. From my experience, no welder that I tested so far is spot on as far as the output current setting. That is due to the type of rod, the length of the rod, the input voltage and other factors. If it is important to you to know. I don't mind testing it and let you know. Please remind me on Monday as I am currently away from home. Thank you
You can, however, you will get better results using aluminum brazing rods with oxy acetylene torch or use spool gun. I have a video showing how I welded using 4043 aluminum wire. This is the link of the video in case you are interested: ua-cam.com/video/mwH71eFf3zI/v-deo.html
Thank you for replying so quickly. I was trying to avoid using any gases and I wanted to know how to set up the Yes welder 165 to do aluminum with the stick, no gas.. And I know that Tig and mig is the best way to do aluminum. I was just hoping to see what it can do.
If you get aluminum arc welding rods, make sure to get the smallest diameter. Also make sure to pre heat the aluminum to about 400 degrees F or about 200 C. You will get a lot of spatter. With little practice you should be able to weld aluminum.
You can using aluminum welding rods, however, if you don't have the experience, you will not get good results, I reviewed recently a newer Yeswelder machine MIG-205DS-B and this machine can weld aluminum directly via MIG or wilh spool gun or with welding rods. Please check my channel for the video. Thank you
Does anyone know anything about the Miller thunderbolt 160 cause I don’t know if I should get that or the yeswelder 205ds which is multi process not just stick
Hello James, it's really up to you, I have used the Miller thunderbolt 160 at a previous job. It's solid little welder, the price has gone down. I used the yeswelder since I posted this video and I welded about 15 pounds of 7018 rods with it and still good. I think the Miller is better welder specially at 220 volt. I personally like to have three welders, one for mig and flux core, one for stick and one for TIG. Hopefully this was helpful.
Stick, flex core and oxygen acetylene brazing are the easiest, cheapest types of welding. When you decide to start mig or TIG, invest in two good machines. Actually you can use any DC stick welder to start practicing TIG on steel and stainless, this process called scratch start and lift arc. You just need a tig torch with manual valve for the argon gas. However for aluminum, you will need a tig welder capable of square wave AC to do the job.
It's depends on the thickness of the rod and the income AC voltage from the outlet. A good role to go by is around one amp for every 0.001" of the rod thickness so an 1/8" rod is 0.125" so start with 125 amps and tweek it up or down by 5 amps to get good weld going. 3/32" rod is about 0.094" start with 95 amps and tweek it as necessary. 1/6" rod is about 0.063" start with 65 to 70 amps and so on. If you are using it with 120VAC, use thin rods and for 240VAC use the 1/8" rod.
Thank you for the great video. This will be pushing me towards Yeswelder option. The question I have now is would it be best to get the ARC-205DS instead of the ARC-165DS given the same price?
Good evening, I checked the 205DS and it's priced at $280 as of this time on Amazon. The 165DS is less than half the price of the 205. The 205 has high frequency start, TIG and will do ARC. It's really up to you, if you only going to ARC weld then save your money and get the 165. If you want to tig then get the 205, my 165 still working and so far it paid for itself and I burned about 10 pounds of welding rods with it. Thank you
@@SalamSayhood Thank you for your reply. I am not sure we are talking about the same model. On the Yeswelder.com website they have the Arc Welder 165A and the Arc Welder 205A. They are selling the 165A for $125USD and the 205A for $135USD. On the Amazon.ca website (Canada) they are both selling for the same price. yeswelder.com/collections/welder-cutter
Okay, sorry, I checked amazon.com and it's only show the TIG-205DS. I checked amazon.ca you are correct both for 199 Canadian dollars. They both look identical. They both will do ARC and TIG scratch/lift arc. The good thing about amazon, you can try the 205 if it doesn't preform to your expectations, return it and get the 165. I have several welders and only use the 165 when I have to carry it on stairs, it's very light to carry and can do small jobs. Let me ask you; do you want it for project or do you want to learn welding? Also, do you have 220 or only 110?
@@SalamSayhood Thank you. This would mostly be for a hobby. To learn to weld for own personal knowledge as well as for odd projects like custom brackets, minor repairs, etc. Not to build anything industrial.
@@SalamSayhood oh and last thing is your welding to hot on the smaller rods. This is the rule I follow that my welding teacher taught me "smaller rod 3/32 for thinner metal 75-85 Amps bigger rod 1/8 for thicker metal 120 Amps" thicker metals are metals usually thicker than 1/4 of a inch.
I appreciate your inputs, you are a good person trying to help. This video was about testing a cheap welder, I tried small welders in the past, usually they don’t deliver the amps that you set them on, I have a same size Miller welder, I have to set it to MAX current when welding on 110. I have a lot of welding experience, I invite you to check out other videos I posted on UA-cam about welding, I have one about fixing a backhoe bucket, four welding videos about fixing bulldozer undercarriage, one video about root rake, I also have a video about cast iron weld. All the above were done with arc welding. I also have videos about mig weld, please check my video about fixing backhoe fuel tank. I also have several videos about flux core, please check my video about making air filter housing for a lawn mower. I will post more welding videos in the future. Thank you sir
Im actually really impressed. The weld machine did better than i thought. Of course its not just the weld machine. Its the welder too
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Good morning Salam. I've owned a transformer based stick welder for a long time. After many decades shes giving me problems. Hard to believe these cheap little inverters can do the same job. Thanks very much for proving how good these little welders can weld ! Very good video sir! I appreciate it.
Good morning sir. I have Miller thunderbolt (transformer based welder) it weld very nice, however it's too heavy to carry around. I built a transformer based welder when I was young. For stationary welding the transformer based welder with rectifiers and inductor for DC weld is the way to go. If you need mobile welder for a small jobs, then get you one of these IGBT welder. They are light weight, they run on 110/220 and cheap. Thank you for the nice comment and have a good day.
Salam, great attention to detail. Good sense of humor. Several thumbs up from me. First, combing with the wire brush. Great. Then checking incoming voltage, using a Fluke. And putting on safety glasses before chipping. You are a person who inspires confidence. I'm commenting only 8 minutes in. You are a pro.
Thank you sir, I appreciate your nice comment.
This is the best welding review I’ve seen yet! Thanks
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Nice demo. Your professional welding skills really demonstrate the ability of this welder and its application range. Thanks for going through all the settings and use of various rods. Great selection of your choice ammeter...Well Done!!
Thank you sir, I appreciate your nice comment.
I like that model of welder however when I went to order it the YESWELDER ARC Welder 205Amp Digital Inverter IGBT Stick MMA Welder was offered in an attractive bundle. I ordered it rather than the 165. Do you think it will work similar as the model you demoed? I don’t expect to tackle work greater than what you were doing with the 165, I was just curious if there were any problems with this unit? Your opinion would be most appreciated. Thank you.
Someone in the comments mentioned that he bought the 205 and it was good. Good luck welding and if you have more questions please let me know.
Thx i have been thinking about a cheap stick welder now i will buy this one. Great video well done ! !
Thank you sir, I appreciate your comment.
Excelente amigo
Thank you sir
Great demo Salam, was also good to see the amp clamp monitoring as well.
Thank you sir. I appreciate your comment.
Very happy with my yeswelder. I bought the 205ds multi process one. Been waiting for gas regulator to show up for it to test the mig on it. Still using my old 25 year old Craftsman professional 120 mig welder at home. Today I found out my gas supply is no longer exchanging bottles. Had welding job come up today that had to get done. Bought 3/32 7018 rods and used the new yeswelder on 120v I have 220v in garage but wanted to see how good it does on 120 and if it would kick breaker. Welded a bunch of 3/32 7018 rod and it never kicked breaker once.
Only complaint about it is that the fan runs all the time. Should not cost them much to put thermal switch to kick on fan when needed. I use 5 different welders at work. One is over 20 years old and fan runs all the time. Last year we bought one fancy one with digital readouts that the fan only comes on after it gets warm. Most small welding jobs dont need fan running non stop. i still like the older welders with just dials and not digital readouts. Less things to go wrong imo. but I digress.
Real happy with the way the 205ds welded stick tonight on 120v. Kept me from running up to workplace to finish welding.
Got to thinking about the fan running nonstop thing. I think fan kicking on only when when internal temps gets higher is good as it keeps dust from getting blown in when its not needed. But then again 4 of the 5 welders at work are almost 20 years old and a couple older than that and still working good and have fans running as soon as you turn them on. No thermal switch to fail. My yeswelder fan is louder than the others. But maybe it has to do with less copper in transformers. Better to have too much airflow to cool than not enough. I smoked one of my own personal welders by running it over its duty cycle. Still like this yeswelder. I will pardon it for the fan noise as long as it keeps welding as good as it does.
Sacrifice.
Good morning, thank you for the very informative comment, I have Lincoln mig welder and the fan run all the time, you are right about the YesWelder fan is loud. They most likely used under size components and the fan keep them cool. They should have used an air filter to prevent metal dust from entering the welder. I usually turn the welder off when grinder is in use.
Great video Salam. Really appreciate all the work you put into this. Very informative for anyone thinking about buying a inexpensive welder. Looks like it will work just fine for the minimal welding I will be doing around the house.
Good morning sir, I appreciate your nice comment.
Bought this same welder and it works great.
Thank you for the comment.
Awesome demo man! Loved you were actually testing everything with it! Definitely got a follower!
Thank you sir, I appreciate your nice comment. I also appreciate your subscription. Have a great day.
@@SalamSayhood would recommend this for someone with no machinery to weld to use it just for a very simple 2 inch pipe fence?
Yes sir, since I bought it, I welded about 20 pounds of 3/32" 7018 welding rods for few jobs where I have to carry this welder up the stairs. So far still good.
I do have other welders I use more, however I bought this one for it's light weight. If you have to use extension cord, make sure you use large size such as 12AWG to minimize voltage drop. On 110V use 1/6" or 3/32" rods. On 220V use 3/32" or 1/8" rods. It work okay with 6011 and 7018 welding rods. I believe if you buy it through Amazon and you are not happy with it, you can return it at no charge.
Great video! Just got one of these for Christmas and I found this very informative. Thanks
Thank you, I appreciate your comment.
Definitely going to order this after watching this video thank you
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Excellent detailed video sir, thank you. And the great fluke 337! My favorite!!!
Thank you sir, I appreciate your comment
I watched ur video and just ordered one.
I have a larger wire feed but no access to 220 at home so this should be perfect. Thanks bro
Thank you, I appreciate your comment, on 110 make sure to use small diameter welding rods regardless of what type and if you have to use extension cord, use large gauge wire extension cord as short as possible.
Thanks man that was great, Nice skills if I may say so, fun to watch
Thank you sir, I appreciate your nice comment
Ok thx so much my neighbor is an electrician i will have him check it out.great suggestion thx again salam
You are welcome brother,
That looks like a descent welder! Your welding is outstanding!
Thank you sir, I appreciate your nice comment.
@@SalamSayhood what's is it Duty cycle
In the manual it shows to be 60% duty cycle. I use it as 10 to 20% duty cycle. I only use it for small jobs. Thank you for watching.
I recommend the amico over this. They have accurate amperage output. And higher as well
Thank you for the feedback. What model? I would like to try it out.
@@SalamSayhood I saw an amp test on yt of the 200a stick welder
Thank you,
Great review. First I have seen with welder on 220/240 and measuring actual output.
Thank you sir, I appreciate your comment.
My 165DS struggles with 6011 and 6010 in 3/32 and 1/8. The 6013 works good but I hardly use that electrode due to low penetration. I have owned the welder 3 days but gave up on the 2nd day. I am now looking at the Tig 205 so lets see if things get better.
Good morning Jorge, mine works okay with the aforementioned rods on 220 input. On 110 I used 1/16" or 3/32", however the length and wire size of extension cord will effect the performance. Thank you for watching and for the feedback.
@@SalamSayhood oh I see, You used 1/16 and 3/32. I actually ordered some 7018 in 3/32 and hope the new welder comes in soon so I can do a comparison video. I also used a 220 extension cord that uses 10awg wire on a 50A circuit. Thanks for the information.
Looks like that welder will pay for itself in just one job. Good review and demo. Thanks Salam
Thank you sir, I appreciate your positive comment.
Ha ha...Your weld test piece looks like a work of art..!!! Can I buy it!? This was a very thorough test. Well done. Thank you!!
Thank you, the master piece :) went to the scrap yard long time ago :) I appreciate your nice comment.
Very good video, especially the summary. Thanks
The you sir, I appreciate your comment.
Best review I've seen. Thank you.
Thank you sir,
Thanks for your review. Very informative.
Thank you for comment.
Thank You, New to welding. VERY USEFUL VIDEO FOR ME. 👍
You are welcome, thank you for the comment.
Very useful !! Great job and thank you !
Thank you sir, I appreciate your comment.
I ordered one of these the other day. Plan on welding some thin steal tubing. Maybe 1mm thick walls. What sticks and setting would I use? Have done a small amount of welding in the past. Arc and wire feed.
That is thin tubing for arc welding. If I have to weld something that thin, I would use flux core of brazing. Here in the USA we have thin welding rods (I would use 6013 or 7018) the smallest that I use on thin metal is 1/16 of inch in diameter (about 1.5mm) you can weld with it, however it will not be as easy as other methods. If you have more questions please let me know. Thank you for watching.
Awesome review on the Yeswelder arc 165ds. Is it possible to do a review on the arc205ds and if its worth buying this one over the Yeswelder 165ds. I still don’t believe arc205ds is capable of 200amps.
Good evening sir, so far the 165 served me well for small jobs. I am going to try to connect Yeswelder and see if they can send me 205 to test. Thank you for watching.
I just bought the ARC-400Q , hoping for the best, like your old school review, keep it simple.
Thank you sir, I appreciate your comment.
You got skills! Thank you for measuring actual amperage! Do you think a beginner could use this welder to weld drive way gate hinges to the post. The post is 4"x4" x .120 but the gate hinges are mounted on 3/8" plates. My concern is burning through the .120 gate post to get good penetration with the 3/8" hinge plates. I have no idea what size or type of rods would be best. I can make a 220 volt circuit for the welder if that would make things better/easier for me.
The 4"X4" is 11 gauge. You can weld it with 7018 1/6" or 3/32" diameter rod. Set the welder to 60 to 85 amp. Try on scrap metal to get use to the weld flow. If you can wait about a month, I am going to post few videos about welding for beginners. However, stick welding is easy and you can with little practice be able to weld. Thank you for the nice comment and please let me know if you have any questions.
@@SalamSayhood I can wait. Thank you. The 165 you are using says its good up to 1/4" on 220v. So the thick 3/8" hinge plates are not a concern with the 165? Im guessing I would do a couple passes? Yeswelder has a ARC Welder 205A, not the TIG-205DS, that says its good up to 25/64" on 220v. The 165DS and the 205A are the same price btw. If you live in the Sacramento area I could be your student to show everyone what not to do in your Welding for Beginners video :)
The measurements that yeswelder says "good up to" means the welding rods diameter. However, like anything these days, those numbers for marking purpose. I would say 1/8" diameter rod is the biggest rod you should use with these two aforementioned welders. You can weld any thickness metal safely with arc welder from 1/6" and up, I have several videos about building shelves and windows on my shipping container and the wall thickness is about 1/6" of inch and I was using arc welding. You just have to use the right technique and current settings. I live in texas. I would love if you where close by, I will have you welding in no time. I will try my best to get those videos as soon as possible to help you out. Thank you for your nice comment.
No criticizing implied...Nice welds, but there is often some porosity at the beginning or end of the bead; do you know why? I also encountered that sort of thing when I am welding...
Good morning sir, I explained in detail the porosity problem in my video titled "ARC welding in depth look for beginners". Short version: the porosity happens mainly or the too issues that cause it are:
1- if the welding rod is damaged by moisture.
2- the arc length is too long.
3- the current is set too high.
Thank you for watching.
Where did you get the stick weld from I like how it weld up.
I got mine from Amazon. If you want, check the price on Amazon and compare it to the yeswelder web site use my first name (SALAM) to get an additional 10% discount. I think they have sale for this weekend.
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Thank you sir, I appreciate your comment
I do not want to doubt a fluke meter at all.. but 20-23 Amps is off a little from the 150 it's stated.
Do you know that particular fluke accuracy?
I've heard very similar things about their 205ds welder. That it's basically 50% what it says it is. Glad to see this one seems to be preforming better than the other one. Atleast more realistic for the current.
The welders are so light so I figured it would be a little underpowered.
Wonder how it preforms on a 50ft 10ga or 12ga extension cord adapted to 220v.
Good morning, I have another video comparing the yeswelder to two other welders. Please watch it as I show more details. ua-cam.com/video/ecoQb61ZfTQ/v-deo.html
I think you will be fine with 50 feet 10 AWG extension cord.
The fluke amp meter that I have is very accurate.
Thank you for watching.
thank you for a great review 🙂
Thank you for watching,
Great job sam I have yes welder arc 205ds for 110 volt what number welding rod should I use for home weldig
Hello, for 110 volt use 1/16" thick welding rods. You can use 3/32" rods however 1/16" will work better on 110 specially if you use extension cord.
Use 6011 for rusted or painted metal where you can't clean the metal.
Use 6013 for general purpose welding on clean metal.
Use 7018 for structural metal welding.
If you have access to 220 volt, the welder will perform better and you can use thicker rods for thicker metal. 3/32" or 1/8" thick rods for 220. If you have more questions please let me know, Thank you for watching
@@SalamSayhood thank you so much
@@SalamSayhood thanks
You are welcome
Hi Salaam, Great video. Thanks for sharing. only a question about the test. Did it run on 220V or 110V
It runs on 110 and 220. I also showed it in use in another video titles " ARC Welding in Depth Look For Beginners" and I compared the voltage/current on three welders. Thank you for watching and for the comment.
@@SalamSayhoodHi Salaam. I have the yeswelder 165ds. New bought on ebay. I have used it to weld just a 2 minutes work. That was 6 months ago. And then put it back in the carton box. Now I want to use it again. When powering on I heard a like exploding sound and the breaker switched off. I thought it was the capacitor 200v 2200uf. I replaced the 2 capacitors. Switch on the welder and same sound again. Breaker switches off. The welder does not switch on. Any idea what can cause this? The machine is new new new.
Good morning sir, I don't know what the problem is? It could be the computer power supply, the rectifier, or any other part of the machine. I will not replace any electronic part unless that part checks bad or looks damaged. Please be safe and don't attempt to repair it if you don't have experience with something like this as this could be dangerous. Try to contact Yeswelder and see if they are willing to help.
Thanks mr Salam for the feedback, Have a great day
What rods did you use? Thanks you for the video subbed and liked! Cheers!
Good evening, in the video, I used 1/8" and 3/32" Lincoln 7018 rods (bought from homedepot). since I uploaded the video, I've used this welder with 6011 and 7018 rods. for 110V use 3/32" rods and for 220V use 1/8" rods. Thank you for the comment and subscription.
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You rhink this is a good budget one?
I have no experience with this welder, however, it has free 30 days return, you can try it out and see. Please, if you end up buying it to try it out, let me know how it is preforming. Thank you
Salam Sayhood actually I decided not to, because that company makes other tools, while YESWELDER focuses on welders
The same older was given to me as a gift and I would like to know could you really weld thick metal with the lowest electrical output you can find?
You can, you will have to run multiple beads to have thick weld so your weld will be strong.
I asked Yesweld: On the ARC-165DS is it actually "Lift TIG" where you touch the electrode to the material then lift and then the arc initiates automatically, or is it actually a "Scratch start" where a fully hot electrode is swept on the surface?
instead of giving an actual answer they linked me to this video? While the vid is a very good review of the basic features is doesn't cover the Lift TIG feature at all!
Has anyone tried the Lift TIG and which is it??? Thanks!
It is scratch start, lift tig. Thank you for watching.
@@SalamSayhood Greatly appreciate the reply, I'm wanting info to guide my purchase, "Scratch" and "Lift" are to totally different functions, not the same thing. If you haven't used it with a TIG torch and aren't sure that's cool.
Long time ago, I used tig torch with a manual valve to allow the argon to run with an old transformer based DC welder. I had to scratch or allow the tungsten to scratch the metal to start the ARC then at the end of the weld I lift the torch to stop the weld. That is why I called it scratch and lift :) currently I have a Miller TIG welder with high frequency start and a foot control to adjust the current. Now the yeawelder that I have, it has a lift start function where the welding machine will adjust the current at the start to prevent the tungsten from getting stuck to the work. I tried this function with the 165, I used a manual valve touch, to me it's still scratch or touch the metal as the tungsten point will loose it's point after few starts. If you are interested in purchasing a Tig welder, then go ahead and buy TIG welder with high frequency start and square wave AC welder so you can weld aluminum.
@@SalamSayhood thanks for making that clear and for the review of this machines stick weld capabilities. I did finally get a straight answer from Yes Weld, they admit it is not actually a real "Lift" TIG but a scratch start. What is misleading is that their ad, manual, description and the product photos all represent it as "Lift TIG", likely a translation issue from Chinese to English. And you are right I don't want to knowingly buy a machine that I will need to sharpen tungstens after every other start.
I appreciate your comment.
I bought the YesWelder TIG, and I've been pretty happy with it so far. Granted I know JACK SHIT about welding, but it seems like decent enough hardware.
Welding is very easy to learn, it requires some practice, I stated with stick arc welding and oxy acetylene brazing. After that, mig and tug was very easy to learn. Thank you for the comment, this may help others. Good luck
@@SalamSayhood I've been practicing almost daily since I got the machine and I can safely say it does a decent job for how inexpensive it is. TIG is kinda fun to learn really.
Good morning, I am glad you are enjoying welding and learning. It’s a great to learn welding, my welder still doing a decent job too. thank you for the feedback and the comment.
How can they sell so good machine @ this price ...thanks for giving the push to order one , even my wife says ...ah ah it is done !
Good evening, Congratulations on your purchase, it's really a good cheap welder for small jobs. thank you for watching and for the comment.
You are a good welder.!!
Thank you, I appreciate your comment.
I grind the metal I can't get it to spark
At first it was working great and it only sparks on vice grips
I replied to your other comment. Thank you for watching.
Hello, how thick of plate do you think this machine could reliably handle. Thanks
Good afternoon sir, I was able to weld half inch thick three inches wide flat stock, it did great on 220 using 1/8 diameter 7018 welding rods. I have another video "ARC welding in depth look for beginners" I used this welder too. I also compared this welder to other welders. If you have any more questions please let me know. Thank you for watching.
Is this the best for that price, the deko had better reviews. What are your thoughts
I have not tried the Deko welding machine. I just looked it up and it seems to be a good welder too. My yes welder still working okay after one year of light use. You can see it in my latest videos that I posted on UA-cam.
Thank you for watching.
Yeswelder has a sell right now. 15% off and free shipping. I have been learning with the 165DS for a couple months now. Many hours using it with 3/32 7018 rods. Had some 20 amp breakers so made a 240 circuit for it. It has worked flawlessly.
Thank you for the comment and the information.
Amico 160, better welder, dual 110 and 220.
Thank you for the feedback.
Best I have seen.
Thank you sir.
How long is the power cord? Did you run on extension cord?
The factory cord is about 6 feet long.
I have an 8AWG extension cord for 220 Volt and I use it when I weld.
I also welded on 120 volt using 50 feet extension cord and it welded OK using 1/6" welding rods.
I have another video titled "ARC welding in depth look for beginners" I showed more details about this welder. Thank you for watching.
Good film. TU...wonder what clamp meter would read if you had it on + lead instead.
Good evening, The current will read the same in close circuit, so it will read the same on + as on negative. It’s electric physical law. Thank you
@@SalamSayhood THX. Did you see what current reading you get on DC amp meter when plugged in 120v. say what do you get when welder set to 100 or 150?
I will check it for you tomorrow and I will let you know.
@@SalamSayhood Awesome. THX..if you can, try using 3/32 and 1/8 rods at same amperage to see if it makes different reading.
You are welcome,
Not too bad, you drag weld I push weld.
Good job
Thank you sir,
What do you think of the yeswelder 200 amp stick welder.
I only used the 165. So far still good.
Salam i picked up a yeswelder165DS today i have a question i hope you might help with.when i plugged it in the digital display keeps flashing E2 E2 E2 That is all it does i wonder if it is defective or i am doing something wrong. I checked the instructions but no mention of this problem.thx for any help steve
I never experienced E2 problem. are you plugged into 110 or 220 outlet?
I am plugged in to 110 and all lights are lit but wont do anything but flash E2
Does the outlet has a good ground? Is the outlet wired correctly? The small flat plate should be hot, the large plate should be neutral and the round in the center is the ground. Try to plug the welder into a different outlet. If that doesn’t work, try to use the 220 adapter and plug it to the dryer outlet. These small welders need everything to be correct. It’s not only for the welder to function correctly but also for your safety. I am not sure what E2 means, however, the E usually used for Earth or Error. Please let me know.
How I learned was from the old guys
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“It’s like striking a match”
Thank you,
@@SalamSayhood Great video btw and good work. 👍🍺
Thank you sir, I appreciate your comment.
@@SalamSayhood No Problem. :)
Great video thank you!
Thank you, I appreciate your comment. happy new year.
Would like to know what am I doing wrong
Hello, sometimes, the work clamp or the rod holder connection points to the welding cable get loose. Make sure to check all the connection points. If you weld with new rod and then stop, the end of the welding rod will have a cup of the flux material and this will not allow the weld to re start easy. I have other video titled "ARC Welding in Depth Look For Beginners" make sure to watch it as I provided alot of tips regarding arc welding and trouble shooting. I hope this answer your question. If you have any more questions please let me know.
Any good for 5mm mild steel 240v and 13A-15A fuse 🤔
You have to upgrade your wiring and fuse size to be able to get good results. Thank you for watching
Would the welds be strong enough for a home built trailer??
Good morning, yes, this welder will weld great on 220. I have several other videos using this welder. You will have to upgrade the rod holder and I also reviewed a good replacement rod holder. Thank you for watching.
Hi salam good stuff great video!Can this machine stick weld aluminum?
Good morning David, I didn't try this welder to weld aluminum, however, I stick welded aluminum in the past. You can use this welder or any other welder on 220, I don't think this will work on 110 . You need the surface to be clean and pre heat, on 220, start by set he welder to 120AMP to 140AMP for 1/8" aluminum rod and the electrode need to be on the positive terminal DCEP. ARC weld aluminum is little different than steel, you need to move fast, it may not look good through the lens of the welding mask while you weld but when you clean the weld, it will look ok. I personally prefer TIG or spool gun for welding aluminum, however you can get good weld with stick weld aluminum. I hope this answer your question.
@@SalamSayhood Good morning thanks for the reply well said yes it answers my question! Thank u!
I'm surprised how nice some welds look 🤔
Good evening sir, please watch my other welding projects videos and reviews, I provided a lot of tips through my fabrication videos to get good welds with Arc, flux core and mig. Soon I will post some tig welding projects. Thank you for watching.
Hello, how do I set this welder up? Would I just plug it in to the wall outlet? Can I plug it into the dryer outlet? I’m new to welding
Hello, this welder work on 110 outlet or 220 dryer outlet. The welder comes with 110 plug to plug it directly to the outlet. It also comes with a small adapter cable, one end is 110 female plug to connect to the welder and the other end is 220 male plug to plug it to 220 outlet. The welder will automatically figure what voltage it's plugged in to. It weld better on 220. It's weld okay using thin welding rods on 110. Please be safe when operating any welder. Make sure to wear a good welding mask and welding gloves to protect yourself. If you have more questions please let me know.
hello I have a question I can weld with rod 6013 with that machine
Hello, I haven't used 6013 in a while, this machine is capable of welding 1/8" rods or smaller. 6013 can be used with AC or DC welder. I have used this machine with 6011 and 7018 and it weld good.
Thanks for the great video
Hello Scott, Thank you for the comment.
Salam Sayhood do you think a person could learn to weld using this machine ?
Yes sir, stick welding is the easiest method of arc welding. You need a good welding mask to protect your eyes and welding gloves. You need to make sure to start with new welding rods, 6010 and 7018 welding rods are available. Both rods work with this welder. Keep the new rods away from moisture. Keep practicing and you will be able to achieve good weld in a short time. Good luck
Salam Sayhood thanks again
What rods worked the best to weld?
Good evening sir, best rod to use is job specific. For almost all around welding use 7018 or 6013. If you are using this machine, use no thicker than 1/8" diameter rod when welding on 220 volt. If you are using the machine on 110, than use 3/32" or 1/6" diameter rod. I have several welding videos including:
ua-cam.com/video/ecoQb61ZfTQ/v-deo.html
In this video, I explained welding rods and other welding related information.
In this video:
ua-cam.com/video/Ei5C_eWggm8/v-deo.html
I reviewed some good welding rods.
I have more ARC welding related videos, please browse my channel and watch any video you maybe interested in. I posted alot of good tips in all of my videos.
If you have any more questions please let me know. Thank you.
Mine keeps on breaking the breaker any idea why
On 110 or 220 outlet?
are you running that electrode negative, or positive?
Good morning Ken, the Lincoln rods I was using in this video are E7018 and on the boxes it show AC or DC+, I showed that in the video. Since I posted this video, I used this welder with some other EN welding rods, I always follow the recommendations of the manufacturer of the electrodes.
Thanks
Why is the output voltage soo low, most inverters is around 60volts
I have other transformers based welders, the OCV is around 60 to 80 Volt. My TIG welder (Miller welder) is inverter base welder and the OCV is around 18 to about 30 volt.
Are you able to use positive ground with this machine?
The twist lock connections are used to connect the electrode holder and cables and the work clamp and cable to the output of the welder.Make sure the correct polarity connection is made to match the welding process and welding electrode selected. I have used EN rods since I posted this video (ground positive) and it works fine.
Thank you, @@SalamSayhood. I've started using the MigPro 250. MIG and stick, with some TIG. I struggled with it for some time, before realizing that the US 240V circuit to which I was connected was insufficiently grounded. After correcring the problem, I've had good results as well.
@@charlotteantiquepowerengin6277 I appreciate the feedback, hopefully it will help others, in addition to have a good ground for the welder to work correctly, it is also very important for your safety, if any problems may happen with the welder, a good ground will cause the barker to trip to prevent electrical hazard, Be safe, Thank you sir,
@@SalamSayhood Oh, yeah, I didn't think about a good ground being a safety thing. Thanks for that tip.
@@servihomestead4324 You're welcome, Some tools have what they call "double insulated" and are usually labeled with double squares. They don't require a ground (the male plug is missing the ground lug too). However, a good ground is very important for tools, electrical machinery and household appliances especially for the safety of the user.
will a 220 on a generator work for this welder?
Yes sir, you will need a generator male plug, I tried it on my 5kva generator and it did okay welding with 3/32" 7018 rods.
How many amps can you get if you run it on 110?
Hello, I showed everything in detail. I took the current reading on 220 and 110. Please watch the video. Thank you
@@SalamSayhood I mean the DC amps actually coming out of the machine is the setting accurate?
I have another video where I compared this welder to two miller welders. I did the testing on 220. From my experience, no welder that I tested so far is spot on as far as the output current setting. That is due to the type of rod, the length of the rod, the input voltage and other factors. If it is important to you to know. I don't mind testing it and let you know. Please remind me on Monday as I am currently away from home. Thank you
Can you do 4043 aluminum rods with that?
You can, however, you will get better results using aluminum brazing rods with oxy acetylene torch or use spool gun. I have a video showing how I welded using 4043 aluminum wire.
This is the link of the video in case you are interested:
ua-cam.com/video/mwH71eFf3zI/v-deo.html
Thank you for replying so quickly.
I was trying to avoid using any gases and I wanted to know how to set up the Yes welder 165 to do aluminum with the stick, no gas..
And I know that Tig and mig is the best way to do aluminum.
I was just hoping to see what it can do.
If you get aluminum arc welding rods, make sure to get the smallest diameter. Also make sure to pre heat the aluminum to about 400 degrees F or about 200 C. You will get a lot of spatter. With little practice you should be able to weld aluminum.
@@SalamSayhood
Can I use these since I already have some?Hobart Hobart 4043 Diameter Aluminum Stick Welding Electrodes
What is the diameter?
Quisiera saber si la venden en Ecuador y en qué dirección y a qué precio
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Can this weld aluminum
You can using aluminum welding rods, however, if you don't have the experience, you will not get good results, I reviewed recently a newer Yeswelder machine MIG-205DS-B and this machine can weld aluminum directly via MIG or wilh spool gun or with welding rods. Please check my channel for the video. Thank you
Great video
Thank you.
Does anyone know anything about the Miller thunderbolt 160 cause I don’t know if I should get that or the yeswelder 205ds which is multi process not just stick
Hello James, it's really up to you, I have used the Miller thunderbolt 160 at a previous job. It's solid little welder, the price has gone down. I used the yeswelder since I posted this video and I welded about 15 pounds of 7018 rods with it and still good. I think the Miller is better welder specially at 220 volt. I personally like to have three welders, one for mig and flux core, one for stick and one for TIG. Hopefully this was helpful.
@@SalamSayhood ok I’m going to get the Miller then cause I didn’t learn anything else but stick for now
Stick, flex core and oxygen acetylene brazing are the easiest, cheapest types of welding. When you decide to start mig or TIG, invest in two good machines. Actually you can use any DC stick welder to start practicing TIG on steel and stainless, this process called scratch start and lift arc. You just need a tig torch with manual valve for the argon gas. However for aluminum, you will need a tig welder capable of square wave AC to do the job.
@@SalamSayhood I might go with Miller for stick, the everlast 185dv for tig, and titanium for mig and flux
@@SalamSayhood or the Vulcan protig for tig
What others rods work with the yesweld
Good morning, 1/8" of an inch or smaller works fine, so far I used it with 7018, 6011 and 8010 they all weld just fine.
@@SalamSayhood what should I Set the amp to use 7018,6011
It's depends on the thickness of the rod and the income AC voltage from the outlet. A good role to go by is around one amp for every 0.001" of the rod thickness so an 1/8" rod is 0.125" so start with 125 amps and tweek it up or down by 5 amps to get good weld going. 3/32" rod is about 0.094" start with 95 amps and tweek it as necessary. 1/6" rod is about 0.063" start with 65 to 70 amps and so on. If you are using it with 120VAC, use thin rods and for 240VAC use the 1/8" rod.
Cute lil welder
Sure is 😊
Wats electrode iusing in this video
Lincoln 7018 rods. I have showed the name of the electrodes in the video. Thank you
Thank you for the great video. This will be pushing me towards Yeswelder option. The question I have now is would it be best to get the ARC-205DS instead of the ARC-165DS given the same price?
Good evening, I checked the 205DS and it's priced at $280 as of this time on Amazon. The 165DS is less than half the price of the 205. The 205 has high frequency start, TIG and will do ARC. It's really up to you, if you only going to ARC weld then save your money and get the 165. If you want to tig then get the 205, my 165 still working and so far it paid for itself and I burned about 10 pounds of welding rods with it. Thank you
@@SalamSayhood Thank you for your reply. I am not sure we are talking about the same model. On the Yeswelder.com website they have the Arc Welder 165A and the Arc Welder 205A. They are selling the 165A for $125USD and the 205A for $135USD. On the Amazon.ca website (Canada) they are both selling for the same price.
yeswelder.com/collections/welder-cutter
Also, it is confusing that they call them 165A and on the pictures the units say ARC PRO 165DS. The 205A on the pictures are identified as ARC 205DS.
Okay, sorry, I checked amazon.com and it's only show the TIG-205DS. I checked amazon.ca you are correct both for 199 Canadian dollars. They both look identical. They both will do ARC and TIG scratch/lift arc. The good thing about amazon, you can try the 205 if it doesn't preform to your expectations, return it and get the 165. I have several welders and only use the 165 when I have to carry it on stairs, it's very light to carry and can do small jobs. Let me ask you; do you want it for project or do you want to learn welding? Also, do you have 220 or only 110?
@@SalamSayhood Thank you. This would mostly be for a hobby. To learn to weld for own personal knowledge as well as for odd projects like custom brackets, minor repairs, etc. Not to build anything industrial.
What's the duty cycle on this welder?
The manual for this welder show the duty cycle to be 60%.
@@SalamSayhood Thank you for your fast reply Salam.
You are welcome.
Don.t want 220 want 120v 20 amp circuit weld with 3/32 6010 to 6013 and 7014 to 7018 3/32 rod.ans met at 3/8 to 1/2 thick
Thank you for the feedback.
Reason. Being is that.s not like a big Lincoln welder small 110/220 for hobby welding to small equioment just saying want for the return comment.
How it run tig
I haven't use it for Tig.
Hmm your welding towards you try welding away. I dont like your angle is to far apart maybe thats whats causing the porosity.
Thank you, I appreciate your suggestion.
@@SalamSayhood oh and last thing is your welding to hot on the smaller rods. This is the rule I follow that my welding teacher taught me "smaller rod 3/32 for thinner metal 75-85 Amps
bigger rod 1/8 for thicker metal 120 Amps" thicker metals are metals usually thicker than 1/4 of a inch.
150 amps is way to hot for 3/32
I appreciate your inputs, you are a good person trying to help. This video was about testing a cheap welder, I tried small welders in the past, usually they don’t deliver the amps that you set them on, I have a same size Miller welder, I have to set it to MAX current when welding on 110. I have a lot of welding experience, I invite you to check out other videos I posted on UA-cam about welding, I have one about fixing a backhoe bucket, four welding videos about fixing bulldozer undercarriage, one video about root rake, I also have a video about cast iron weld. All the above were done with arc welding. I also have videos about mig weld, please check my video about fixing backhoe fuel tank. I also have several videos about flux core, please check my video about making air filter housing for a lawn mower. I will post more welding videos in the future. Thank you sir