Sherman Tig (Jasic in disguise?)

[Jaball]

Hi all i am new member.
I've been reading this thread and its been very informative ,thanks to all
I am after buy a Sherman tig 210 ac DC with foot pedal £559( i prefer the analog controls) from http://www.greyeagleshop.co.uk/ as any one bought from this site ,I have tried to ring for some information but no answer.its in the basket I am itching to buy .
Have emailed with a few question but no reply yet.

 

[DavidL]

Hi all i am new member.
I've been reading this thread and its been very informative ,thanks to all
I am after buy a Sherman tig 210 ac DC with foot pedal £559( i prefer the analog controls) from http://www.greyeagleshop.co.uk/ as any one bought from this site ,I have tried to ring for some information but no answer.its in the basket I am itching to buy .
Have emailed with a few question but no reply yet.

This is quite different from the 206 that's been the subject of most discussion, but a member has bought one
https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/sherman-tig-jasic-in-disguise.93719/page-46#post-1621448

It might be worth PMing @90anlu92 for their thoughts?

 

[Hood]

The reason the Sherman 206P is such a good deal is that it is a Jasic mini with different coloured paint. The Jasic Mini is known to be a very nice welder, very smooth arc etc and thus the Sherman 206p is likewise.
The others available from Sherman are unknown quantities, they may be decent enough but I think it highly unlikely they will be comparable to the 206P so personally I would delete the 210 from my basket and replace it with a 206P.

 

[Gavinbat]

Mines on top of a portamig 185 too

 

[striker]

Mines on top of a tecarc 211. But if I get away with Tig welding, then I will sell the mig and make a trolley. For the amount of welding I do, I think I need to stick to one method and try to become good at it! It's 20 years since I've tigged.

 

[Gavinbat]

 

[Gavinbat]

Mines on top of a tecarc 211. But if I get away with Tig welding, then I will sell the mig and make a trolley. For the amount of welding I do, I think I need to stick to one method and try to become good at it! It's 20 years since I've tigged.

Yes, I'm thinking the same.I don't get much of any type of welding done at the moment.
I'll have to see how my upcoming projects pan out and make a decision...

 

[jhobson]

 

[Newlands]

Ironically my Sherman with be sitting on top of a Portamig too!

I looked on the TBWS site and the regulators are for vertical outlet bottles. Can you successfully use this regulator on a side mounted bottle? I see you have done that in the photo.

Yes, that the reg for the mig gas actually. I guess it would need an elbow on the outlet to fit a flowmeter

Hi all i am new member.
I've been reading this thread and its been very informative ,thanks to all
I am after buy a Sherman tig 210 ac DC with foot pedal £559( i prefer the analog controls) from http://www.greyeagleshop.co.uk/ as any one bought from this site ,I have tried to ring for some information but no answer.its in the basket I am itching to buy .
Have emailed with a few question but no reply yet.

Yes, several of us have, after @Hood found the site back in June. They take PayPal, so there is a degree of protection from that, but they seem to be a decent company - I got an email from them this afternoon saying that they hoped I’d now received my welder, wished me good luck with it and thanked me for using them, which I thought was very decent of them. I’d certainly buy from them again.
https://greyeagleshop.com/en_GB/p/SHERMAN-DIGITIG-206P-ACDC-WELDER/324

 

[Jaball]

Having read most of what you all say about the 206 ,I do prefer the quick adjustment of the analog setup. O by the way never tiger before ,have mig/gass for a few years.
Has anyone on here used other Sherman tigs just out off interest.
Thanks for the help chaps

 

[HughF]

Having read most of what you all say about the 206 ,I do prefer the quick adjustment of the analog setup. O by the way never tiger before ,have mig/gass for a few years.
Has anyone on here used other Sherman tigs just out off interest.
Thanks for the help chaps

Do not buy the analog 210tig... Total waste of money compared to the 206...

 

[Neil.]

Well
I'm all set.
Just picked up a Y bottle of Pure Argon 62 quid for the years bottle rent and the same for the gas. Got some Rival gauges and flowmeter too, plus a pack of
Thoriated Tungsten 1.6mm.

Tomorrows gonna be a steeeeeeep learning curve....

 

[Hood]

Having read most of what you all say about the 206 ,I do prefer the quick adjustment of the analog setup. O by the way never tiger before ,have mig/gass for a few years.
Has anyone on here used other Sherman tigs just out off interest.
Thanks for the help chaps

As I said I wouldn't buy that one but up to you. The thing you mentioned about quick adjustment, you will probably find once you have used the welder for a few welds you will find the sweet spot and never adjust it again, much better to have the accuracy of a digital adjustment rather than an analogue pot

 

[Hood]

Regarding the plugs, I ordered in May and they were supposed to be delivered mid July but the tracking disappeared last week and had to get a refund from Amazon. That was painless enough but now I need to find a better source, anyone know of any UK stockists?

Well the plugs eventually arrived today so I have reversed the refund. If it had been coming out of Amazons pocket then I wouldn't have but ...

 

[Jaball]

As anyone hit the Duty cycle on there 206 ?

 

[Hood]

As anyone hit the Duty cycle on there 206 ?

I haven't and was using it quite a bit at 180-200 Amps the last day. My fingers however hit the duty cycle on a couple of occasions, so much so I had to put a heavier glove on my torch hand

 

[Hood]

Mine has its own dedicated shelf on my integrated wall bracket/cooler
The shelf however was designed for a Parweld XTT202P so is about double the size required for the Sherman 206P

 

[striker]

I've been doing some tigging today! Very impressed. My welds don't look too bad at all. Some were not so good but I was using old pitted steel. Newer stuff was easier. Realised it's all about getting comfortable. I was welding 3mm steel. Settings were..
1.6mm rod and tungsten
DC no pulse
2t trigger
2 secs pre flow
5 seconds up slope 15amps
90-100 amps
5 seconds down slope 15 amps
5 secs post flow
What do you experts think of my settings?

Thanks, Paul.

 

[Richiew]

we needs pics

 

[striker]

I've forgotten how to do pics!