When I was looking online early this year for user feedback on this budget machine there was very little information around, even though it has been available for a few years already.
Usually that's a more a positive sign than a negative sign in my experience, as poor product performance usually gets buyers complaining online very quickly. The vendor seemed to back their products with Aussie support, and was contactable by phone, so I bought one anyway.

Thought I'd put up a thread here to discuss this machine with other owners to help get the most out of it.
This machine comes with a WP-26 size torch with integrated start switch (and it's accessories), a regulator with flow meter, but no amp control foot pedal (unless optionally ordered which I did not, initially).

I'm a newbie TIG welder (experience on gas and MIG) so I've been trying out all sorts of things when practicing welds. Mostly been welding aluminium as it's less forgiving than steel and so I get lots of instant feedback from the results (and got a ton of practice at resharpening the tungsten after each accidental dip into the weld pool).

I'm mostly keen to get a good setup for sheet aluminium, as I suspect that's what I'd fabricate most projects in, so I've focused on that material.

After a couple of weeks or so of steady improvement in the learning process, but still finding it real hard to control heat soak when getting near the edge of a weld line, I ordered the optional foot pedal for the machine from AIG.

Other than that fine control difficulty (with heat soak on the edges of thin stuff), I'm quite happy with progress of welding of 2mm ally. Welding steel plate with it is real easy by comparison on the couple of bits I've done so far...

Currently waiting for the foot pedal to arrive.

Kit and front panel.

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Some practice welds on 2mm aluminium (making a small box) and 3mm steel plate, and a crack at welding cast aluminium in the form of adding a thick walled tube to a small alloy piston to see how hard it was.
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