T220 ac/dc Basic plus (HT)

[wyn]

I've been upgrading my kit over the last two years, and have recently had more tig stuff to do, so i bought this new welder a couple of weeks ago.

After a chat with Matt1978 i bought it through Prospot, who poped down with the machine and gave me a run through with all the controls.






While i was getting carried away i went with the water cooler and foot pedal as well.


The torch is a size 20, which is nice and small to get into awkward spaces



The poor pic below shows the easy to use control panel
I'm only using pretty basic controls at the mo until i have time to mess about and work out some good settings.






I used it for about 2 days straight off as i had a fair bit of stuff to stick together.
The arc was nice and stable compared to my old tig.
The one thing i forgot about was how much gas is used i went through 1/2 a "w" sized bottle pretty sharpish. That was partly down to the distance to the bottle, so i have one of those gas savers on it now, which seems to have helped a lot.




At the moment i'm mainly welding 1" steel tubing.

The fit up of the joins are sometimes not brilliant so i think this causes problems.

Anyway a few pics...










This weld has a bit of what looks like undercut in the middle maybe due to the poor fit or not enough filler ?


I hope to start improving with a bit more practice and time on the welder.

Any comments on the welds welcome.

I'll post more pics of welds with the machine when i use it a bit more.

Wyn.

 

[gordon stephenson]

Hello Wyn,
Can't comment too much on tig as I'm a couple of steps behind you, But they are looking pretty good, Lovely set up you've got there, I have a Lincoln 205,and just bought a pedal which I'm finding much better than just the on/off button on the torch.
Matt78 said he thought Lorch were bringing out some more single phase machines, may be in the Saprom range, looking forward to perhaps treating myself when it happens,

 

[wyn]

Hello gordon,
I haven't used the pedal yet as most of the welding has been in a jig that requires standing up. The torch is pretty handy as it has a switch to alter the amps, and i found i have used this quite a bit. I have used a pedal quite a bit on my previous tig and it was great when working at a bench.
This particular machine used to be known as the HT and has been rebadged as a T basic+

 

[matt1978]

Nice one Wyn, glad your happy with your purchase!

Some nice looking welds there with lots of potential to get even better.

Its hard to tell exactly from the photo's, but it looks to me like cold lap rather than undercut, try upping your amps marginally.

Cheers,

Matt

 

[Shox Dr]

Go on then how much did that lot set you back.

I've off VAT registered again in the new yr so will have a nice fat rebate. in the first Qrt. And the new TIG is first on the list

 

[Mikey D]

looks a nice bit of kit wyn , really' splashed' out on the water cooler , is this stuff you do in addition to your day job ?
is that dealer the one closest to you tamworth is afair way from s.wales ,good service to come and set it up for you tho .

cheers mike

 

[wyn]

Its hard to tell exactly from the photo's, but it looks to me like cold lap rather than undercut, try upping your amps marginally.

Cheers Matt, I'll give that a go, i don't seem to be getting a nice fluid type of movement and it's all a little bit stop/start at the moment.

is this stuff you do in addition to your day job ?
is that dealer the one closest to you tamworth is afair way from s.wales ,good service to come and set it up for you tho .

cheers mike

It is "other stuff" i do in my spare time. I got in touch with Matt and he put me in touch with Prospot. I don't know if they were the closest or not, they were very helpful, but i'm pretty sure i won't need to take it back.

 

[NTwoO]

With the TBasic+(henceforth known as HT) machines you can access some extra features in a sub menu. Compared to other brands, the HT is a very configurable AC/DC machine.

 

[matt1978]

With the TBasic+(henceforth known as HT) machines you can access some extra features in a sub menu. Compared to other brands, the HT is a very configurable AC/DC machine.

The HT series is still available, but is now known as Handy Tig series. These are considered the entry level for our tigs. The old HT 180 and 220 has now been renamed as a T Basic Plus, the old T series is now known as T Control Pro.

There is a new intermediate front panel for the Handy Tig series (Handy Tig 180 DC or AC/DC Control Pro), which has a slightly different layout and has 2 Jobstore memory features, but is only available up too 180 amps.

On all of our new (M-Pro) and future machines, there will be a common theme of atleast 2 front panel versions, a simple version (Basic Plus) and a one with more features (Control Pro)

 

[Rick]

Nice looking machine, how much was the water cooler? PM me if you like.