Any recommendations? I saw the other thread had Mig mostly...

Anyone got a suggestion on TIG?

Looking to build a spaceframe with probably 1/4" max thickness metals

Thanks

 

when you find a cheap/unexpensive tig welder let me know too ok..

 

i dont think the words tig and cheap belong in the same sentence

 

Lincoln PT185 is about $1700 if that is cheap.

 

This hobart tig/stick welder is $745 at cyberweld.com

 

Miller Econotig is a nice machine for the money. I picked mine up for 1000 canadian. It was a steal imo.

 

too bad that one can't do AC (aluminum)

 

here is a pic of some aluminum i welded with my econotig

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by legendboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">here is a pic of some aluminum i welded with my econotig </TD></TR></TABLE> econotig, eh!...nice! what power source did you plug it into...? i like to get a ac/dc tig for home use...

 

I had the first gen Econotig... either I sucked or it did. In hindsight it may have had a leak in the argon tubing somewhere because contaminated welds were a real problem.

Of course it could also be what my welding teacher said, "The more you practice the better your equipment gets."

 

hobart tigmate, or econotig (same thing, different labels)

1200 bucks

 

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my machine is a 60hz single or 3 phase machine. either or. I use it at my shop.

My econotig is the recient model. It works great. Its also modded with a seperate gas valve to work with water cooled torches or for back purging.





Modified by legendboy at 10:54 AM 10/5/2004