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I personally never use a pedal whether welding Stainless, Steel, Aluminium or whatever.
Some people can not weld without a pedal which is all well and good if you will always be sitting down comfortably at a bench. I am never sitting down when welding even when at the bench, no chair and no room and no bench space
WP20 watercooled would be the best all rounder torch but of course it means you need a water cooler which adds expense. If welding 1.2Alu then your current won't be that high, probably around 40-50 amps joint dependant, so a WP9 torch would be ideal, it is the same small compact size as the WP20 but air cooled so obviously cheaper. You then will have the WP26 that comes with the Parweld if you go to the heavier stuff.
Regarding using the torch controls, it is not that easy to do whilst welding, I used them mainly for remote current changing as I was often a fair distance away from the welder and to save clambering back to adjust current I would do so via the torch buttons.
The Parweld has a very nice feature if you use 4T, you can tap the torch button and it will drop the current down to a lower current, tap it again and it will go back to main, very handy for when things are getting a bit too hot.
If using 2T you can set a longish slope out and then if things are getting too hot you can release the button and as long as you re-press again before it gets to the end you will slope back up to main, it is kind of like a manual pulsing.
Personally I prefer the 4T option but everyone is different
Some people can not weld without a pedal which is all well and good if you will always be sitting down comfortably at a bench. I am never sitting down when welding even when at the bench, no chair and no room and no bench space
WP20 watercooled would be the best all rounder torch but of course it means you need a water cooler which adds expense. If welding 1.2Alu then your current won't be that high, probably around 40-50 amps joint dependant, so a WP9 torch would be ideal, it is the same small compact size as the WP20 but air cooled so obviously cheaper. You then will have the WP26 that comes with the Parweld if you go to the heavier stuff.
Regarding using the torch controls, it is not that easy to do whilst welding, I used them mainly for remote current changing as I was often a fair distance away from the welder and to save clambering back to adjust current I would do so via the torch buttons.
The Parweld has a very nice feature if you use 4T, you can tap the torch button and it will drop the current down to a lower current, tap it again and it will go back to main, very handy for when things are getting a bit too hot.
If using 2T you can set a longish slope out and then if things are getting too hot you can release the button and as long as you re-press again before it gets to the end you will slope back up to main, it is kind of like a manual pulsing.
Personally I prefer the 4T option but everyone is different