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10 Jan 2007
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need tig welder advice
Hi
I am fairly adept at soldering, brazing and stick welding, but would now like to learn tig welding. What I have in mind is one of those inverter type welders which will do both stick and tig.
Does anyone know which is a fairly modern book on 'how to tig weld at home' type of book?
What I would like to to is read something to learn enough to make a good choice of machine.
also , anyone has any preference for features or models of home tig welding machine
The uses for this machine are a small amount of car bodywork (possibly) 1/8th thick or less aluminium and stainless. The stick part would be farm maintenance ( I have a good old fashioned stick welder anyway)
many thanks
Larry
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tig welding
for that thickness tig welding the smallest - and cheapest inverter will do fine.go to the library, there will be books there - free - on how to weld with tig but the best way is to practice. all the small inverters require striking to start where you'll find most books etc tend to assume you are using big posh machines so practice makes perfect.
you can get them for 100 +- quid so they are not that expensive, but you need to get an argon cylinder which when you've done the contract etc etc can be a bit pricy. you'll also need to buy guages and regulator for the bottle so the price starts to rise - invest if you will be using it alot otherwise get a mig - cheap and cheerfull, not as pretty as tig but ok.
as i say there's no substtute for experience so if you're set on a tig, get all the gear and practice practice..it's not that hard if you can braize etc.
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forgot - you will need big and expensive tig welder and years of practice / tutoring to be able to weld alluminium nicely - stainless is easy and can be done on small inverter no probs. you need dc welder for ally mucho dosh, mucho skill required
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Thanks bikerz
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I bought a nice tig outfit to teach myself to weld aluminum, not easy at all I would suggest a class, I can produce a good weld only about 10% of the time.
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seems that to weld aluminium, you have to buy one that welds ac. These are expensive.
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