Instructor_Nige
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So in the training centre today I was reviewing the welding sets we have, I have only been there 2 months and I'm not totally happy with all the sets.. in particular the AC/DC Tigs sets..
Management have told me that its my dept and if I want to sell sets to replace with new ones, anything that is sold from my Dept goes back into my budget.. awesome...
My main issue is teaching Ali TIG, its hard enough as it without sets that make the job harder.. Now I know I am probably going to upset a few people because I have come to learn that Kemppi have their real die hard fans.. Think Volvo driver, even when they know the latest model looks ugly they will still buy one because to them there is only one brand..
I have never had the pleasure of using a Kemppi set, so when I took over and saw we had 2 virtually brand new Kemppi MLS 2300's with water cooler upgrades i couldn't wait to get stuck in... after all these are over 4K each with the upgrade.
Well let me tell you, after 2 months of these "things" a die hard fan of Kemppi I am not!!! I have never used such a complicated temperamental machine in my life.. it has had me pulling my hair out trying to even find where to adjust AC balance, and when i did I find it, Kemppi have their own magical way of quantifying it.. It goes from zero to -50, what does zero to -50 relate to.. I have no idea.. and there is no explanation in the manual either.. however after many hours playing I find that -20 is something close to a 65/35 balance on any NORMAL machine..
We also have a far cheaper Thermal Arc 201 AC/DC (around £1100) almost a 1/4 of the cost of the Kemppi.
Although a cheaper machine and with less features, it was a pleasure to use.. took me 5 mins to set up for welding ali, AC balance is as you would expect and took seconds to set to a 65/35 balance.. up-slope and down-slope just as easy to adjust as is fequency.. only feature missing is different wave forms buts that now biggy..
To be fair both now weld OK but it took ages to get the Kemppi running smooth, mainly because of Kemppi magic numbering and a control panel that would not look out of place on the starship Enterprise.
Below are a couple of practice welds I did on each machine.. Top is the Kemppi, good cleaning action now as you can see. bottom image is from the Thermal Arc, also good cleaning action and have to say a pleasure to weld with.. Ignore the crater at the end of the weld, I was not using a pedal and I hadn't set the down slope.
Anyway it goes to show that all singing all dancing expensive sets are not necessarily the best for the job. Sorry again to all Kemppi lovers out there!!!
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Management have told me that its my dept and if I want to sell sets to replace with new ones, anything that is sold from my Dept goes back into my budget.. awesome...
My main issue is teaching Ali TIG, its hard enough as it without sets that make the job harder.. Now I know I am probably going to upset a few people because I have come to learn that Kemppi have their real die hard fans.. Think Volvo driver, even when they know the latest model looks ugly they will still buy one because to them there is only one brand..
I have never had the pleasure of using a Kemppi set, so when I took over and saw we had 2 virtually brand new Kemppi MLS 2300's with water cooler upgrades i couldn't wait to get stuck in... after all these are over 4K each with the upgrade.
Well let me tell you, after 2 months of these "things" a die hard fan of Kemppi I am not!!! I have never used such a complicated temperamental machine in my life.. it has had me pulling my hair out trying to even find where to adjust AC balance, and when i did I find it, Kemppi have their own magical way of quantifying it.. It goes from zero to -50, what does zero to -50 relate to.. I have no idea.. and there is no explanation in the manual either.. however after many hours playing I find that -20 is something close to a 65/35 balance on any NORMAL machine..
We also have a far cheaper Thermal Arc 201 AC/DC (around £1100) almost a 1/4 of the cost of the Kemppi.
Although a cheaper machine and with less features, it was a pleasure to use.. took me 5 mins to set up for welding ali, AC balance is as you would expect and took seconds to set to a 65/35 balance.. up-slope and down-slope just as easy to adjust as is fequency.. only feature missing is different wave forms buts that now biggy..
To be fair both now weld OK but it took ages to get the Kemppi running smooth, mainly because of Kemppi magic numbering and a control panel that would not look out of place on the starship Enterprise.
Below are a couple of practice welds I did on each machine.. Top is the Kemppi, good cleaning action now as you can see. bottom image is from the Thermal Arc, also good cleaning action and have to say a pleasure to weld with.. Ignore the crater at the end of the weld, I was not using a pedal and I hadn't set the down slope.
Anyway it goes to show that all singing all dancing expensive sets are not necessarily the best for the job. Sorry again to all Kemppi lovers out there!!!