Customer Reviews for CT520D Plasma Cutter/TIG/Stick 3-in-1 Combo Welder 50A/200A 110/220V

Not a bad little machine. I have a little backhoe that I had to repair the bucket on. Did a great job. Have not used the TIG yet. Plasma and stick are great. Cut half inch material with no issue. Ground clamp could be better. Still haven’t tried to locate consumables. Worth the money.

Best welder I have owned that does all three

This is way more than I expected for the price it works for excellent I’ve used all 3 and I’m blown away at the quality, I just use for hobby type stuff but have used it every day since I received it. I would definitely recommend.

Works great on 1/8 rod 7018 and 6011 no problem.As long as you're using 220 volts.Plasma cutter looks well made as well as the heliarch torch or TIG torch.High frequency start. I all in all great value for the money.

This unit is definitely worth the price, but remember, you get what you pay for in most cases. In this case it seems well built and has many features that I need. The only reason it's not a 5 Star rating is because the air pressure gauge doesn't seem to work. I adjusted the pressure in the back, but no reading from the front gauge. I regulated the pressure at the source and the plasma cutter worked just fine. I wouldn't use this for commercial fabrication, but it will do just fine on my diy projects.

Out of the box the regulator is already bolted on. You hookup the hose. So far I've only used it for cutting. A 1/8 sheet metal under 110 volts with a 20 amp circuit breaker does good but for continuous use (long cuts) use a 30 amp breaker circuit. My settings 30 psi 20-25amp, 3/16 30amp. Unfortunately my shop is too old and has 3-phase 208 volts. This machine requires 2 phase 220 volts to run the 220v cord.

We have used the stick welder on several small jobs and are pleased with the way it preformed. The plasma cutter is a touchless and worked well also. We have not tried the tig welder as of yet but so far we are pleased with this tool.

When I picked this one I was planning on using it to cut .250 inch thick material and it will not make a good cut at that thickness. I returned it and got the 50 amp version of the same unit and it worked as I needed. Go by the lowest thickness rating on the product description and not the maximum. I have not tried the TIG function yet.

I'm really enjoying this machine. Using the plasma cutter it cuts 1/4" thick metal clean, like butter. The Arc Stick welder function is smooth. I don't have much experience with TIG but since it comes included as a feature of this machine I decided to pick up some Argon and try it out. I'm having fun learning to TIG with this, it will not do aluminum since you need Helium to TIG aluminum with a DC TIG Welder and even then it's not recommended. The Torch that comes included is a WP 9, you can purchase a WP17 for this if you like those better but for the amperage that this machine works at the WP 9 is more than enough to handle. This machines comes with everything you need right out of the box except for the Electrodes and Argon gas if you plan on doing any TIG welding you'd definitely need some Gas.You will need to buy Tungsten and Arc Stick electrodes to do any welding with it. The collets that come with the TIG Torch will only accommodate the .040 and 1.6mm Tungsten so I recommend buying some additional collets or gas lenses if you plan on using the more common Tungsten sizes, though the smaller electrodes are cheaper and I ordered a pack of 10 in size 1.6mm (1/16") electrodes for $10.99 which I linked to below.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H0M1838/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1EDIT: I wanted to mention that you should run the plasma without the little wire standoff that comes included, it would make the plasma torch skip across the material, without it the torch goes smoothly over the metal. I also run the Air Pressure at 60 PSI, if you run the air lower than this it will not cut as fast or as smoothly.

good looking welder/hope it well last.