TIG - wow

[Krunch]

I just watched a good weldor TIG some aluminum and all I can say is HOLY MACKEREL that is some sweet work. I was surprised by how little filler metal he used, and by how much he drew the arc around...it was the first time I had seen GTAW done and all I can say is, I WANT ONE OF THESE MACHINES!

[Broccoli1]

I just watched a good weldor TIG some aluminum and all I can say is HOLY MACKEREL that is some sweet work. I was surprised by how little filler metal he used, and by how much he drew the arc around...it was the first time I had seen GTAW done and all I can say is, I WANT ONE OF THESE MACHINES!

Now go look at the prices

[scotte]

Now go look at the prices

then go on your local craigslist and find a 20-30 year old big heavy tig w/ a cooler and torch

plant it in a corner and explain to your wife that the house has to run on 20 amp when welding cause need the other 80

[blown3qtr]

Now go look at the prices

then go on your local craigslist and find a 20-30 year old big heavy tig w/ a cooler and torch

plant it in a corner and explain to your wife that the house has to run on 20 amp when welding cause need the other 80

LMAO so true!

How do you like the lincoln 300/300? I saw one used on craigslist recently but thought i might need to install a substation to power it.

[moya034]

I started doing TIG welding today at school. It is indeed a [email protected]#ING AWESOME welding process.

I was using a Miller Syncrowave 250 with a water cooled torch on mild steel today.

I'm convinced once I get a job I'll be saving up for a Dynasty 200 DX

[usmcpop]

TIGwow. Couldn't help but think of this. I wuz fiddlin' with the chop program to paste in an ESAB TIG welder, but something wouldn't cooperate. Think YELLOW.

[moya034]

You mean like this USMCPOP?

[usmcpop]

Moya, yeah like that. Except that I was messing with layers and transparencies and the graphics program wouldn't behave. Maybe had something to do with one of the cats laying on top of the keyboard and wreaking havoc with Windows... dang...

[Pangea]

This GTAW stuff is just a trend that will pass the way of the old tyme blacksmythe.

[Krunch]

TIG RULES

My arc welding just seems so ... dirty ...now.

Where's J.T. McC.? I need some sense knocked into me. Never shoulda watched that guy TIGging...

[superscubadude]

TIG RULES

My arc welding just seems so ... dirty ...now.

Where's J.T. McC.? I need some sense knocked into me. Never shoulda watched that guy TIGging...

yeah, you can tig weld in shorts and flip flops try that with a stick machine

[Craig in Denver]

TIG RULES

My arc welding just seems so ... dirty ...now.

Since I don't have to 'get anything done' TIG rules in my garage. SW250 Although it isn't as much fun in class, where they make me weld 'out of position'.

Shorts and flip flops are ok, but don't rest your bare forearm on the table.

[vicegrip]

Look closer.....Grass-Hopper

[QUOTE=Krunch;340801]TIG RULES
My arc welding just seems so ... dirty ...now.
[/QUOT]

There's a slendid beauty to be "experienced", when you
gaze at a weld done by a self-taught Farmer, on a tongue of a
Hay-wagon, that was twisted and torchered beyond recognition.

When you inquire what rod he used?.... "Just what-ever that is in that coffee-can".

And what polarity? "Ah DC I think !"
And now the tongue is the strongest part of the wagon,
with a picture-purfect weld on it.

Pureity , in simplicity.
vg

[MIKIEweld]

Tig welding is ok but it has it's limitations... You wouldn't want to be laying down 1" fillets all day with one.... Like wise you wouldn't want to be welding tubes in a tube sheet with a MIG.... There again you wouldn't want to be making an air joint in a bridge with either of those... Thats where mma comes in handy...
Then again a sub arc with twin wire is boss on a 4" thick butt weld 6 ft long....
I do all of these and realise there's horses for courses so to speak...LOL

[vicegrip]

I do all of these and realise there's horses for courses so to speak...LOL

I'm envious, I'm so biusy machining, I can't stop to weld even
a ruff, locator, and why should I, there's 30 welder's in the house.
And that's only 2nd shift.

vg