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    Default Lincoln 200M, reviews

    Anyone bought and used the lincoln 200m powercraft for $1999....seems great but what's the catch. Been welding at home for years but wanted a tig to do aluminium (my mig works kind of on thicker stuff,but not a hope of making a tank). Is it just a rebadged chinese item, that will die in a year. Would love to here from those with more experience, before I buy....seems to be only one aussie review, which was good on the tig side.

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    It sure does have that Chinese look to it. It's definitely not their "made in 'Murica" tier machines (which you pay much, much more for).

    It has the same 'generic' cast steel wire feed assembly as many of the other machines from the far east, but at that price for all those processes, it is what it is. My (German) EWM pico mig 180 was ~ $3500- and no AC on the TIG side. And no HF start.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Commander_Keen View Post
    It sure does have that Chinese look to it. It's definitely not their "made in 'Murica" tier machines (which you pay much, much more for).

    It has the same 'generic' cast steel wire feed assembly as many of the other machines from the far east, but at that price for all those processes, it is what it is. My (German) EWM pico mig 180 was ~ $3500- and no AC on the TIG side. And no HF start.
    Thanks for the reply, yes you do get what you pay for...I have had unimig mma/dctig for 8yrs and still love it, also have 10yr old chinese transformer mig which I dont use much as I hate the results...guess I should just stick with unimig ac, tig and forget about mig.

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    Default 200m

    Hello to all.
    I have sold 1 of these to an alu fabricator for site work. He loves it and is surprised by the output. My only advice is the torches are minimal to keep the weight down.
    Regards.
    BC

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    Looks like the generic SR26 style by the looks. I think those are the knockoffs of the Binzel's. The SR26 is not a great torch, but not a super cheap-o one either- pretty standard on the mid tier / prosumer stuff these days.
    At least they are not like the new unimig ones with some stupid proprietary consumables only unimig sells! What a pain.

    I was running a CK 26 3-piece for a while- velcro enclosed leather cable sheath stuffed with a 5 core signal wire, 5mm gas hose and a 35mm^2 power cable- it was a great wrist workout, but bombproof. The 26 is still the go to for high amp, high duty jobs.

    For lighter jobs, my current rig for foot pedal duties on my dedicated TIG is a 17 series superflex CK, and I don't think I'll ever go back to a standard cable if I can help it!

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    Default Lincoln 200M

    Hello again.
    The supplied mig torch is a MB15 look alike and the tig torch is a T17. Both rated at 150A 50%. A bit light for shop work but if your lifting it out of the car boot you'll be glad they are light.
    My mig is a Transmig 200i and ready to go weighs 40KG. It doesn't get to the club anymore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by steamloco1954 View Post
    Hello to all.
    I have sold 1 of these to an alu fabricator for site work. He loves it and is surprised by the output. My only advice is the torches are minimal to keep the weight down.
    Regards.
    BC
    Thanks for the reply...when you say minimal,do you mean the cable size or torch?

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    Quote Originally Posted by steamloco1954 View Post
    Hello again.
    The supplied mig torch is a MB15 look alike and the tig torch is a T17. Both rated at 150A 50%. A bit light for shop work but if your lifting it out of the car boot you'll be glad they are light.
    My mig is a Transmig 200i and ready to go weighs 40KG. It doesn't get to the club anymore.
    Regards
    BC
    Thanks for the info...I probably would not be using it at 50%(I muck around too much),might get hot doing aluminium though, mig would be ok as it would be welding thin stuff...but thanks for your reply.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Commander_Keen View Post
    Looks like the generic SR26 style by the looks. I think those are the knockoffs of the Binzel's. The SR26 is not a great torch, but not a super cheap-o one either- pretty standard on the mid tier / prosumer stuff these days.
    At least they are not like the new unimig ones with some stupid proprietary consumables only unimig sells! What a pain.

    I was running a CK 26 3-piece for a while- velcro enclosed leather cable sheath stuffed with a 5 core signal wire, 5mm gas hose and a 35mm^2 power cable- it was a great wrist workout, but bombproof. The 26 is still the go to for high amp, high duty jobs.

    For lighter jobs, my current rig for foot pedal duties on my dedicated TIG is a 17 series superflex CK, and I don't think I'll ever go back to a standard cable if I can help it!
    thanks for the reply, yes was worried about tig consumables after watching a video , I have a 17v on my old unimig, and the new unimigs seem to have "special" consumables. I would hope its not limited to 150amps...didn't see mention of foot pedals,they do adjustment on the torch (seems tricky to me)

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    Quote Originally Posted by stuart.mcalpine View Post
    Anyone bought and used the lincoln 200m powercraft for $1999....seems great but what's the catch.
    What is the catch?
    This welder has a low duty cycle (10% @ 200amp) and comes with a 10amp plug. This may not be a problem for you, it depends on
    what you are welding. It is definitely not an industrial category welder, but you get what you pay for.

    Regards,
    Paul.

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    Quote Originally Posted by paul33 View Post
    What is the catch?
    This welder has a low duty cycle (10% @ 200amp) and comes with a 10amp plug. This may not be a problem for you, it depends on
    what you are welding. It is definitely not an industrial category welder, but you get what you pay for.

    Regards,
    Paul.
    Quote Originally Posted by paul33 View Post
    What is the catch?
    This welder has a low duty cycle (10% @ 200amp) and comes with a 10amp plug. This may not be a problem for you, it depends on
    what you are welding. It is definitely not an industrial category welder, but you get what you pay for.

    Regards,
    Paul.
    Thanks paul for the reply...I guess for me steel will be about 100amps mostly ,so no worries there and for alu tig,I would be very slow so 10 % may be ok at a higher amperage....but yes no good for industrial (too many coffee breaks)...not sure how 10amp socket does this....as they usually have 16 amp breaker, which can do maybe 25 amps for a few minutes...but 10a x 240v <<< 200a x 30v

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    Hey,

    I recently bought the 200m and am teaching myself welding with it. So far I've only used the MIG gun.
    The MIG torch appears to be a genuine Binzel MB15 but the cable is only 2.6m long (should be 3m according to spec). Apart from that, it seems a decent package. You get a TIG torch included where this is an optional extra with other brands and it supports HF start where others just have lift start. Best deal as of July 2021 is $1850 at National Welding.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers
    Frank

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    Quote Originally Posted by Voyager77 View Post
    Hey,

    I recently bought the 200m and am teaching myself welding with it. So far I've only used the MIG gun.
    The MIG torch appears to be a genuine Binzel MB15 but the cable is only 2.6m long (should be 3m according to spec). Apart from that, it seems a decent package. You get a TIG torch included where this is an optional extra with other brands and it supports HF start where others just have lift start. Best deal as of July 2021 is $1850 at National Welding.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers
    Frank
    Thanks for the info...just could not find enough positive feedback for it so ended up getting unmig 182(mig) and a unimig 180(ac tig) with foot pedal,for around same price...used both and love them...shame, but also read that they were not repaired in oz, so gave it a miss.

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    I started off with a Unimig Viper 185 and when I realised the scope of TIG welding I wanted a whole lot more. The store tried to tell me I should sell my 185 and get the Lincoln 200M. Well I went fully into research mode and found that a multi-process machine that supports ACDC TIG and runs on a 10amp source is a bit of a unicorn. Further research and I found people with the 200M we having reliability issues and it seems the fan is always on and always very loud. No thanks.

    My advice would always be to buy a tool or a machine that has proven reliability and sadly the 200M is not that tool today. Some people may have it and love it .. but unless they have a range of other machines to compare it with their opinion is of limited value.

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