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Puplic now
A nice thought by the Spanish retailer - Distrival - (like the face mask) but these destructions have probably been auto-translated from Polish to English. The result is useful if you know there is 2T or 4T available somewhere and you just want to confirm where... but not great if you don't already know the difference. Another example, the TIG DC Pulse and TIG DC labels are reversed. Some polish labels remain untranslated. I'm really happy so far (I haven't used it so I don't know if I have misled myself), but you probably shouldn't be buying this as your first welder unless you have done a good amount of reading.
OK then chaps. Just sold a load of old tat on the bay of evil to fund a TIG.. To all you guys that know what you are talking about (because all I've done is read so far) I'm sold on this bit of kit and have enough dough to buy it and a better torch. I'm sure there will be a shed load of other stuff I'll need, but I shall have to get them after advice on here.
We sub contract to a large drinks manufacturer locally, they have an on-site welder that TIGs stainless pipe and is willing to teach me the basics. I can also get stainless off cuts and flanges for free to practice on.
I'm afraid I'm not going to be much use to you lot and all I'm going to be doing is taking for the time being!
I'm aware of the risks of Chinese gear, but everything is made there anyway. I repair laptops and the main difference between them all is build quality.
The Sherman looks like a quality generic machine ready for re branding.
The only thing I'm asking is the warranty on these. The eblag seller says 12/24 months. To me it sounds like a no brainer for just under 400 quid?
Your thoughts?!
We sub contract to a large drinks manufacturer locally, they have an on-site welder that TIGs stainless pipe and is willing to teach me the basics. I can also get stainless off cuts and flanges for free to practice on.
I'm afraid I'm not going to be much use to you lot and all I'm going to be doing is taking for the time being!
I'm aware of the risks of Chinese gear, but everything is made there anyway. I repair laptops and the main difference between them all is build quality.
The Sherman looks like a quality generic machine ready for re branding.
The only thing I'm asking is the warranty on these. The eblag seller says 12/24 months. To me it sounds like a no brainer for just under 400 quid?
Your thoughts?!
bigegg
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I bought one.
I'm happy with it.
Its a gamble, as is most things "cheap" - so don't spend more than you can afford to lose.
The sherman 206P AC that this thread was all about is AC. It was available around £400 but they went out of stock. I just spent over £500.
There is a 206 DC version which is still avail under £400 but no one knows about it. At the moment it seems reasonable to suspect that not all Sherman's are the same quality.
There are other AC versions around that price. There does not seem to be a logical progression in model numbers with Sherman so a 210 might not be better than a 206.
If you don't need to weld aluminium, I would have thought you could get an nice DC tig for £400 from UK with full support etc.
If you want AC for £400 then you have to be prepared to find out the 12 months guarantee is worthless.
Warning - LOTS of the Argon regulators on Ebay, Amazon, Wish etc will not fit UK Argon. Luckily I got mine from Amazon and they have good returns policy so only wasted £3 return pickup fee (I hope).
Reminded me why I should be careful buying cheap.... oops.
There are other warnings all over the place, including this forum.. but I managed to miss them all so thought might be worth a repeat.
Frustrating because I got everything else I need and a whole weekend lost. Will have to wait another week before growing my scrap pile.
Reminded me why I should be careful buying cheap.... oops.
There are other warnings all over the place, including this forum.. but I managed to miss them all so thought might be worth a repeat.
Frustrating because I got everything else I need and a whole weekend lost. Will have to wait another week before growing my scrap pile.
The Sherman 210 is from linglongwelding
http://www.linlongwelding.com/products_detail/productId=53.html
http://www.linlongwelding.com/products_detail/productId=53.html
Nice find! I've never heard of this brand, anyone know anything about it? It seems they are somehow affiliated with another budget brand called Weldpro. I tried searching for more info on the company and a lot of people actually seem to have a decent opinion of weldpro and Linlong... So if this is a rebranded version of one of their machines, perhaps that isn't necessarily a bad thing...
I did manage to find an old Co2 regulator for a quick try. The thing works, in 4T, which is some relief. I'm new to TIG.... it's so quiet and gentle! I forgot everything I have read so will have to go do that again.
I forgot to adjust the sensitivity of my mask and didn't realise it wasn't darkening for a while so I packed it in for today - I'm not looking forward to arc-eye again.
Seeing what is going on is going to be a problem - I'm too far away with normal reading glasses so I'm going to have to up the magnification (but that is how I got arc-eye last time (well 2 times, I don't learn easy)).
I realise I'm going to be sharpening the tungsten a lot - so buy a packet and move the grinder close to the welding bench.
Long learning curve ahead.
I forgot to adjust the sensitivity of my mask and didn't realise it wasn't darkening for a while so I packed it in for today - I'm not looking forward to arc-eye again.
Seeing what is going on is going to be a problem - I'm too far away with normal reading glasses so I'm going to have to up the magnification (but that is how I got arc-eye last time (well 2 times, I don't learn easy)).
I realise I'm going to be sharpening the tungsten a lot - so buy a packet and move the grinder close to the welding bench.
Long learning curve ahead.
Jasic svarog
Torch with Up and down buttons
https://www.google.com/amp/s/h5.aliexpress.com/item/10000008038781.html
Torch with Up and down buttons
https://www.google.com/amp/s/h5.aliexpress.com/item/10000008038781.html
DavidL
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I'm not entirely clear if you're asking if the Sherman 206 ACDC has that intermediate board? I don't think so - but if I've misunderstood, I don't know if Chris's photos of the Sherman 206 ACDC back in the first few pages answer your question?
https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/sherman-tig-jasic-in-disguise.93719/page-3#post-1568284
Bbe also took some photos of a Jasic a few posts later - but not quite as stripped down so hard to see in that one.
https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/sherman-tig-jasic-in-disguise.93719/page-3#post-1568284
Bbe also took some photos of a Jasic a few posts later - but not quite as stripped down so hard to see in that one.
