Just got my 225LX and tried it out

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That is exactly what I thought too. The day I ordered my machine, I talked to Mark who is the one who sold it to me. I asked him what tungsten I needed to go buy because all I had was the regular red and green. He informed me that those are fine and that I can use them on this machine.

So... I did.

OK, I wish we could rewind that conversation....Maybe you misheard me...I said NOT to use the green under any circumstances....use ANY color but green! I can't imagine saying use green...I even put it in the manual not to.It may have been a disconnect between my brain and mouth.
But in reality, I would not recommend Zirconiated either, because, it is my understanding, it was developed for Transformers for improved performance on AC...but not the best for inverters. Lanthanated will work well. Nothing wrong with thoriated.

The shipment is not in yet. We will announce it. It probably was (and this has happened before) an unit that got separated from the main batch, pulled into the office or something for a spot check or something and forgot under a desk...Not sure, but just sayin...its happened something like that before.

Diabolic.
If any thing is not right, we will make it right. We have seen some stripped screws recently and of course we have been battling that foot pedal problem. Its much better than it was, but still not perfect. Hopefully we can resolve that completely in the not too distant future...we are working on it. Its likely that the nuts are too tight...I have seen this happen. The spring might be fine, just too much resistance on the pivot will keep it from pulling it against the cog.