ARCCAPTAIN TIG Welder 200A, High Frequency 110v/220v Dual Voltage TIG/Stick/Arc 2 in 1 Welder LED Digital Display Welding Machine with 2T/4T Function and Tungsten Electrode

This machine works great! Came with everything I needed to get started short of some filler rod. Bought some tungstens, boss gave me his old small argon bottle, and the foot pedal… and I was in business!I’m a barebones beginner and this machine is very intuitive and easy to use once you understand what the settings all do and what they are.The pedal is a must have in my opinion. You gain a level of control you simply can’t compensate for without an immense amount of experience with tig welding.My welds here are trash I know, but I did manage to get some halfway decent beads going with good penetration in .060” 5052 aluminum plate using 1/16” 4043 filler rod. I definitely dipped my tungsten many times, burned the rubber off my gloves onto the plates, and burnt through the plates.. but I was still surprised at what I could do. Especially after everyone telling me how absolutely impossible TIG welding was.It has pulse which I played with, made it easier to maintain a cadence to place filler, which resulted in a more uniform weld when I did use it. It arcs up and welds great as long as you don’t accidentally dip the tungsten. If you suddenly see green or your arc jumping around.. just put in another tungsten. Trust me, the weld DOES NOT even out.I haven’t done any steel or stainless or any exotic metals yet, but I’m pleasantly surprised even as a beginner I was able to put down lap joint beads with a $650 machine.I have a long way to go, but this welder is absolutely worth it. I can already see myself being able to grow as much as I will ever need with this one machine.PS: I’m sorry for my horrible welds and especially that fillet weld. If you don’t tell anyone, neither will I.

The media could not be loaded. This is an awesome little AC/DC TIG welder! As a beginner TIG welder myself, I've been really impressed by how easy the welder is to setup and use. ARCCAPTAIN includes basicallly everything you need to get welding right out of the box. The only things you'll need to add are your argon gas bottle, PPE equipment, filler rods, and some additional tungsten electrodes. The included torch consumables for the WP-26 torch are fine for getting started but I'd definitely recommend getting a stubby collet/gas lens kit to make the overall torch more compact and give yourself a few larger cup sizes for increased shielding gas coverage. ARCCAPTAIN even offers such a kit. I really like the on-demand cooling fan of this welder. It's much nicer than listening to the fan endless spin away even when the welder isn't being used.The TIG200P ACDC offers a lot of user controls without being too overwhelming for a beginner like myself. It probably doesn't have as many advanced arc control features as a much more expensive unit, but that is probably actually better for someone just starting out. You still get full control of all standard TIG parameters (pre/post flow time, starting/ending current, ramp up/down time), plus pulse functionality, and the option of doing AC welding with square or triangular wave (AC balance and frequency adjustable). These settings alone will be enough to keep me busy for a long time as I learn the art of TIG welding.ARCCAPTAIN offers a separate foot pedal controller for the unit and I suggest picking it up if you want to have pedal control of the amperage. The pedal/torch trigger interface connector on the welder is a XS12 series aviation connetor which I have not seen used before on any other welding brand so finding an alternative pedal that would be compatible with the ARCCAPTAIN would be difficult unless you're up for modifying the connetor on the cable yourself. The ARCCAPTAIN pedal is a bit large and bulky but it gets the job done fine.Because I'm just learning how to TIG weld and can't provide a fair assesssment of the units performance yet, I took it into my work where we manufacture fluid control equipment for semiconductor fab tools. One of our professional welders tested the TIG200P for some stainless steel DC welding and was really impressed by the performance of this welder. For the price point, he agreed this is definitely the best budget friendly welder he's ever used and would be great for a beginner like myself or a hobbyist that can't justify spending 2-4X as much money for a unit from the big Blue or big Red brands. I'm really looking forward to continuing to hone my TIG welding skills with this unit and start using it for my automotive restoration and other hobby projects.

Compact and light, easy setup, great customer service from a company that really wants to provide a nice product.Update: This is a very capable little tig welder, been using it on a couple job sites for repair and small fab. The price is definitily a selling point and cant beat the HF starts with slope etc. I upgraded to a better work clamp/cable and CK Worldwide 17 torch, using stubby gas lens. Nothing I have seen on the market can compete with this little unit right now. You can carry it with a small bottle of argon plug it up to 120V and fix almost anything, for those bigger jobs it does even better on 240V.***Hooked up a pedal to the machine to see how it would do. Its an XS12 5 pin male connector, they all have to come from China, so it will take a few weeks. Easy enough to change out connector. Pins 3&4 are to start the arc, 1,2,5 are for the 2w/10k pot. Has full range from 10-200 amps. You will set max amps in panel mode then switch to remote for pedal (using pedal it will go to amps set in panel), its smooth and holds well on desired power. Pedal was a game changer for ease of use bench welding.Used it on a bigger job site powered by a Miller Bobcat 250 as generator, ran it for 3 days welding pipe, it never missed a beat on 240V. Welds turned out nice and no problems with generator power. We can use the Bobcat to tig weld but dont have a HF box hooked up so this is an easier/cheaper option to have HF, also gives the abilty to move around with just longer extension cords and the unit is right there to change amps if needed. You can pulse on the downslope by just clicking trigger off and on. It was run way past its listed duty cycle many times with no issues.

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The ARCCAPTAIN TIG Welder 200A is a fantastic dual-voltage machine! It handles TIG, Stick, and Arc welding smoothly with a clear LED display. The 2T/4T function and included tungsten electrode make it user-friendly. Great performance on both 110V and 220V—highly recommended for pros and hobbyists!