Hi all,
Just to fill you in on the saga of my new machine,V205T.Got a load of Cryogenic work,17.5mm/1mm wall,100% x-ray.Well i hadn't used machine for a while as i had been working away,set my machine up,6amp start 25amp weld current,1.6mm red tungsten and guess what its still blowing the point off,leaving a litlle ball.After 2 pipes of figthing to control arc called my dealers electrical dep and they came round expecting it to be small problem maybe down to me and my inexperience with machine,which is very possible.But they couldnt sort it out!technician called Lincoln Holland cos a guy there had a hand in developing machine,only to hear "Yes we know about problem of blowing point off and we don't have a solution as yet,but 2006 model V205-T problem has been solved" The technician looking a bit foolish said its the first that he has heard of the problem with this model.They have lent me a 160 amp dc machine so that i can get my work finished,no cost,which i am very happy about as i have 97 of these pipes to weld.But still leaves me with a machine that i find useless for the type of work i am doing at the moment,and if work goes good alot more on the way.Machine is made in Italy,are your machines made there also?Has anyone on this forum got a V205-T and has it got the same problem?Are your machines made in USA?
By the way i bought complete machine with water cooler,so as i have only been working for myself now 20 months it was a pretty big investment for me,and this is the first good job(x-ray work) i have pulled in and i feel let down.Very very dissapointed!!!
Comments,Advice appreciated
So much for Lincolns flagship!
Cheers now
Anthony James
P.S
I am what you call an "A"welder coded in Carbon,SS,Duplex,Zeron 100X,Cro-Mo,Monel 400,Inconel 625,Sicromal.GTAW,SMAW,FCAW,STT.