TOOLIOM 200A AC/DC TIG Welder with Pulse, Dual Voltage 110V/220V, Aluminum Welder with IGBT Inverter, Large LED Display, AC TIG/DC TIG/Pulse TIG/SPOT TIG/Stick Multiprocess Welding Machine

After spending sometime dialing in this machine and figuring out the best settings for aluminum, I'm pretty impressed. I'm been welding 1/4" 6061 aluminum for the last 5 days and figured I'd be maxing the setting out on 110 but I had to turn it down (alot). It's super light. The quick reference setup in the manual is easy and you can dial it in from its recommended settings. I like how adjustable the setting are, that it can recognize and adjust the which settings you need when your using a foot pedal vs the on/off on the torch which saves time in setup. The performance is good and quality for aluminum is great(going to test it on stainless 316L next) I only had one issue. The when I turn the machine on, the fan would start but the screen didn't come on. I pulled the sheet metal housing off and found the screen was unplugged. Honestly, as pissed as I was starting out, I'm so impressed by the machine, I could careless that someone at the factory forgot to plug it in.

I had an issue, since I’m a novice, I had the return cable hooked into the wrong port. In my defense, the color didn’t match, and Tooliom admitted they are working to make it clearer. I really appreciated the quick support to diagnose my stupidity. I say this to at least commend their initial customer support and highlight I’m not an experienced TIG welder. I want to be fair. It worked great at first. I was able to get full penetration of 1/8” aluminum at 120 amps, even turned it down to 115 after I got better because the aluminum I was welding was quite soft. I then welded .080” aluminum and turned down to 90 amps. I welded some aluminum frames off and on for about 6 hours, probably 20% of the time, so maybe an hour total. With my practice sessions this welder probably has about 1 hour total of welding on it, one 20CF tank running at 20CFH, 6 second post flow. Then something changed. The cooling fan stayed on after a weld for almost an hour. I waited until it turned off before trying to weld again. When I tried again the welder wouldn’t hold a steady arc or form a pool. I contacted support and I’ve wasted hours of time trying to diagnose everything they can come up with besides the simple explanation that the welder can’t put out the required power. On their advice I finally cranked the amperage up to 160 amps, the maximum it will go, and was able to form a pool in soft 1/8” aluminum that was welding easily before at settings of 115 and 120. I got a fluke meter, yes I know the frequency is higher so there’s some averaging issues, but it showed at 160 amps the welder was putting out less than 100. (I don’t have other means of measuring the AC tig function). At 120 amps it’s putting out between 60 and 90. The peak of 104 in the video is because I stuck the electrode and shorted. Needless to say it was working well and then it wasn’t. Same operator, same setup, same tungsten, same gas flow, same material, etc. What changed from when it was working to when it wasn’t? They still have not answered that simple question. I’ve asked for a replacement or refund. They first said it’s amazon’s policy not to do returns after 30 days. I pushed back and asked if they would stand behind their product or not. They said they’d help. So far, nothing other than more requests to test this and check that. If I hadn’t been on vacation I could have just returned it to Amazon and been done. My fault. I’m done wasting my time. You shouldn’t waste yours either. I bought this welder because it was cheap. Big mistake. I had a small project to do with it and thought it could at least last through a few hours of welding. It didn’t. Now I’m stuck with something that doesn’t do the only thing I purchased it to do, and I’m also out the money spent on everything that I needed to go with it. I haven’t tested any of the stick functions or tig welding on steel. I’ve only used the AC Tig function for aluminum, and that’s all I bought it for. I have a working MIG welder for everything else.

I bought this about 8 months ago, and I'm on my 4th gas bottle now with this machine. It's worked well enough for my needs the whole time, and has never had a hiccup. The unit itself is pretty small and doesn't weigh much, so it's great if you need something portable to lug around. The build quality is alright. You definitely get what you pay for. I thought I was going to have to exchange my machine for a different one because the display didn't work when I first plugged it in. The solution was to take the casing apart to access the inside and plug in a loose ribbon cable. After that, the machine worked just fine.

Esta máquina es fabulosa! Ya la estoy usando y superó ampliamente mis espectativas. Todo el conjunto, la soldadora y sus accesorios son de muy buena calidad y terminaciones. Muchas gracias!

Horrible..part of the name includes “TP” and that’s just about all it’s good for. Actually toilet paper could probably weld aluminum than this POS. When I received it I set everything up per the instructions (which would probably serve better as toilet paper as well) and fired it up..nothing. Heard the solenoids click, fan spun up a little then turned off but that’s it. No screen display. Hit up google to find any info..found a few reports that the after an exploratory opening of the machine..the display was disconnected. I followed suit and sure enough..display disconnected, aaannndd..gas line loose. Put on my tooliom factory worker hat (didn’t have time to learn Chinese though) and finished the assembly that tooliom failed to do. Turns on now, runs and arc for a few seconds, stops, try to restart and the machine straight up says “NOPE” in its own way of course with an internal buzzing sound. Let the machine chill for about 15 minutes and here we go..back to a few seconds of arc “aaannd thennnnn” …NOPE! Clean aluminum, sufficient gas flow..everything dialed in to the T. ..NOPE 1 star is far to generous..minus five stars is more suitable.

!!DO NOT BUY!! This machine is junk. I ordered this machine to do a small project on my pontoon boat. I used it for 8 hours over the course of 4 days. I needed it again three months later. I plugged it in and poof! The machine started flashing,popping and smoking. It was past the 30 day warranty through the seller. So I contacted the manufacturer! You think for this price you would have some sort of customer service. It's a joke! They just keep running you around in circles. Asking the same questions or telling you they never received your email. And for the money you pay for this machine it welds like a two hundred dollar welder.. i strongly suggest do not buy.

Received the welder and the screen dosnt turn on, and havnt heard back from any support team been 3 days id stay away