Hi All,
First post, but I've been lurking for literally a decade and my account goes back a couple of years, for whatever that's worth. Thanks for all the help over the years, but I need more information if anyone's got it.
I'm in the market for an AC/DC Tig welder (at least, I think I want AC; I keep going back and forth on it ...) and the Paton ADI 200 PAC AC/DC TIG has come up repeatedly in my travels.
I've searched the forum and there seems to be a pool of happy Paton Mig and Stick users, but, apart from @Tom Orrow L (who sells them), and @HughF , who made a passing comment to having taken one for a spin (unless I'm mistaken), I can't find any testimony to user experiences with the above machine -- or any Paton TIGs at all, for that matter.
So: Has anyone used one and, if so, what were your experiences with it?
Also: If you've used it before, how does the pedal behave? Does it do the typical MachineMin -> UserMax, or does it do UserMin -> UserMax like some high-end machines, or does it do the weird Parweld / Thermal Arc 202 thing of MachineMin->MachineMax with a choke pot on the pedal to set UserMax manually?
I've been dancing around the usual Parwelds, Jasics, R-Techs and Stealths, but I need more info, I think. I'm tempted by the reports of Paton build quality and European manufacture, and a Polish friend says they're 'very decent' (but he hasn't used the AC/DC TIG, either), but there's not much (english) information to go on. As a super-petty confession, the fact that they didn't spell 'Balance' correctly irks me more than it should. I know they're machines developed for Eastern Europe and English probably isn't their priority consideration in designing the welding circuitry, but there's a ruthless-engineer part of me that thinks: If you're developing hard-coded anglicized firmware for a product that you hope to sell overseas and you can't be bothered to take 60 mins to check your UI spelling (on a non-cheap product), how much can I trust that you've been bothered to calculate airflow requirements or voltages correctly? It reminds me of that Stahlwerk TIG that was 'Devleoped in Germany', or an advert I once saw for a 'Proffesional Editor'. But: user testimony -- on their other machines, at least -- seems very positive ...
First post, but I've been lurking for literally a decade and my account goes back a couple of years, for whatever that's worth. Thanks for all the help over the years, but I need more information if anyone's got it.
I'm in the market for an AC/DC Tig welder (at least, I think I want AC; I keep going back and forth on it ...) and the Paton ADI 200 PAC AC/DC TIG has come up repeatedly in my travels.
I've searched the forum and there seems to be a pool of happy Paton Mig and Stick users, but, apart from @Tom Orrow L (who sells them), and @HughF , who made a passing comment to having taken one for a spin (unless I'm mistaken), I can't find any testimony to user experiences with the above machine -- or any Paton TIGs at all, for that matter.
So: Has anyone used one and, if so, what were your experiences with it?
Also: If you've used it before, how does the pedal behave? Does it do the typical MachineMin -> UserMax, or does it do UserMin -> UserMax like some high-end machines, or does it do the weird Parweld / Thermal Arc 202 thing of MachineMin->MachineMax with a choke pot on the pedal to set UserMax manually?
I've been dancing around the usual Parwelds, Jasics, R-Techs and Stealths, but I need more info, I think. I'm tempted by the reports of Paton build quality and European manufacture, and a Polish friend says they're 'very decent' (but he hasn't used the AC/DC TIG, either), but there's not much (english) information to go on. As a super-petty confession, the fact that they didn't spell 'Balance' correctly irks me more than it should. I know they're machines developed for Eastern Europe and English probably isn't their priority consideration in designing the welding circuitry, but there's a ruthless-engineer part of me that thinks: If you're developing hard-coded anglicized firmware for a product that you hope to sell overseas and you can't be bothered to take 60 mins to check your UI spelling (on a non-cheap product), how much can I trust that you've been bothered to calculate airflow requirements or voltages correctly? It reminds me of that Stahlwerk TIG that was 'Devleoped in Germany', or an advert I once saw for a 'Proffesional Editor'. But: user testimony -- on their other machines, at least -- seems very positive ...