A Foot Switch for Lift-TIG Welding

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In a similar endeavor I'm making a current control pedal for my TIG welder starting with the bass drum kick pedal below. I'll mount a 60 tooth timing pulley on the top shaft and a 17 tooth timing pulley on a yet to be made lower shaft that will match the pedal's 90º travel to the pot's 315º travel and couple the two with a 10mm XL timing belt. I got the sturdy Yamaha pedal for $10 and it's saved me a bunch of reinventing the wheel.



If you're interested, there's a guy on Ebay selling High Frequency arc stabilizer kits for welders and I've found the product and the seller to both be of high quality. The kit consists of a spark gap oscillator and HF coupling transformer which attaches to just about any welder. I even added a trigger switch to my stinger handle to use HF arc starting when I'm stick welding and I love it.

ETA: I just checked and the seller Hewad has temporarily emptied his Ebay store due to a move from Ten. to Ark. He says that he'll resume in 2 months, but if you just have to have an arc stabilizer now I have his email address and he might be able to help you before then. PM me if you want it.