Great leaping Floozies ! Let the bidding begin ! .....some of the stuff that turns up down in Tucson just leaves one shaking his head.
GTC
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Haven't used much tig in a while, so I'll bow to the model this or that suggestions. But, as a custom car builder, once you get to doing some aluminum and stainless you will fall in love with the possibilities.
Haven't used much tig in a while, so I'll bow to the model this or that suggestions. But, as a custom car builder, once you get to doing some aluminum and stainless you will fall in love with the possibilities.
Don't purchase yourself short.
You can lead a horse to water..................
Originally Posted by 16penny
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
Very pleased with the Miller Dynasty 200DX. My first tig welder; just learning.
^^ guy buys a Dynasty unit to learn on ^^
Wanna be friends? lol!!
That's freaking outstanding.
Sure, we're friends!
I didn't buy the Dynasty to learn on. I bought it for the long haul because I felt it was the best machine for my purposes. And, though I'm 73, and because I'd never tig welded before, I'm learning on it.
Found this machine, used, previously remanufactured, on eBay, for $1800. As soon as it arrived I had the local Miller service center do a thorough pre-purchase inspection. For the money, I'm happy.
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"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg
Very pleased with the Miller Dynasty 200DX. My first tig welder; just learning.
^^ guy buys a Dynasty unit to learn on ^^
Wanna be friends? lol!!
That's freaking outstanding.
Sure, we're friends!
I didn't buy the Dynasty to learn on. I bought it for the long haul because I felt it was the best machine for my purposes. And, though I'm 73, and because I'd never tig welded before, I'm learning on it.
Found this machine, used, previously remanufactured, on eBay, for $1800. As soon as it arrived I had the local Miller service center do a thorough pre-purchase inspection. For the money, I'm happy.
AC-DC, GTAW, SMAW, Pulse, High Frequency, Adjustable AC Balance and Frequency, Max 200 Amp. I own one along with another 20 or so welding units all the way up to Powerwaves and XMT's.
That is the big brother to my 185. Great TIG. The Lincoln TIGs start softer so you don't blow holes in thin sheet. I spent the whole day at Toll Welding testing all of their TIGs. On sheet metal and tubing nothing compares. You can work much faster. Whatever you end up getting you should get a gas lens kit for your torch. It makes welding sheet faster and easier. Get a grinder and put a pair of green wheels on it. I have a cup and a straight. Only use it to sharpen your tungsten. I sharpen up 10 or so at a time so I can swap them out fast and not push a tungsten to far and get crappy beads. Get as light a torch and hose as you can get away with. I have been doing a lot of big wheel baggers. I cut the frame then stretch and rake it, stretch the tank and fab a dash . From the 18 gauge dash and 12 gauge gas tank to the frame my 185 handles it. Doing the frame I do wish it was a 225 though.
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I have a miller 351 with foot and finger control and water cooler. I use the finger control 90% of the time. Water cooled torches are the schitt. Small mobile and.....cool.
I had a lincoln high frequency box on my ranger 10lx and it worked well for dc.....but the big miller is a treat.
Originally Posted by BrentD
I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.
You weld quite a few panels as a restorer so you may want a name brand unit but this one has some advanced features and good reviews. You can mount this one on a cart with a bottle for about a grand and find out if tiggin' is where its at for ya.
When I apprenticed with a metal man in the 70's it was hammer and dolly with acetylene...I can still do it but a tungsten torch will do it cleaner and finer than even the best mIG in stitch mode...
Okie, these are like $680 on amazon right now.
That's freaking crazy, hard NOT to buy just out of curiosity sake. lol
You weld quite a few panels as a restorer so you may want a name brand unit but this one has some advanced features and good reviews. You can mount this one on a cart with a bottle for about a grand and find out if tiggin' is where its at for ya.
When I apprenticed with a metal man in the 70's it was hammer and dolly with acetylene...I can still do it but a tungsten torch will do it cleaner and finer than even the best mIG in stitch mode...
Okie, these are like $680 on amazon right now.
That's freaking crazy, hard NOT to buy just out of curiosity sake. lol
Yep. I think shipping is 30 bucks twould bring her to 710 to your door...or mine...I've been pretty tempted myself.
Hi guys, I'm hoping the post title snags a few experienced tig guys.
I've reached a point in my classic auto restoring business where I no longer care to MIG my open panel body repairs. I spend a ton of time fitting joints, I currently mig with .023 ez grind solid wire, 75/25 gas, grind, planish etc.
The mig process is my boat anchor, I'll still MIG stuff, but I don't want it for my open panel butt joints on exterior body panels.
So I want a TIG machine. My primary use will be 14 to 20 gauge steel. occasional 1/8-1/4" structural, not much though.
Butt joints with plans to metal finish the weld areas as smooth and true as possible.
What should I be looking for in a machine? HF start important? Pulse?
I've been looking at some miller machines. Maxstar (DC only) and the syncrowave series specifically.
I guess I'm looking for suggestions.
Thanks.
a lot of guys will poo poo it because they are an offshore, but i think you owe it to yourself to look at AHP Alpha tig 200DX I have the older 200X and it is fantastic. You cannot find a better machine for the money, work every bit as good as the blue machines i weld with in nuke plants
You weld quite a few panels as a restorer so you may want a name brand unit but this one has some advanced features and good reviews. You can mount this one on a cart with a bottle for about a grand and find out if tiggin' is where its at for ya.
When I apprenticed with a metal man in the 70's it was hammer and dolly with acetylene...I can still do it but a tungsten torch will do it cleaner and finer than even the best mIG in stitch mode...
I've got one in the garage, like i said in a previous post, it runs just as good a the blue machines we weld in nukes with, best bang for the buck, hands down
I run the Power and Process unit of an ENR top 10 construction company, and all I can say is the BULLS#!T runs deep here...same/same as pickup trucks where "popular" posters proffer their "experience" based on their and their daddy's 4 or 5 trucks, where we buy 3,200 per year, and I've been told I'm "wrong" in my preference based on the above 3,200 units per year over the 14 years I've been doing this...whatever - different subject...but - Lincoln, Hobart and Miller, in that order and ONLY pro level machines, not consumer grade, make money in my business...FWIW...
We have $millions of welders...look to support from local vendors, gas suppliers, etc in making your choice. That is what we do in the US, Canada, the North Sea, Western Africa, South America, the Pacific Rim..and....etc...
In "my" world, and what I own at the ranch and our vacation homes w/115/120 service, Linocln Invertec and Square Wave machines ROCK!!!
You can no more tell someone how to do something you've never done, than you can come back from somewhere you've never been...
I run the Power and Process unit of an ENR top 10 construction company, and all I can say is the BULLS#!T runs deep here...same/same as pickup trucks where "popular" posters proffer their "experience" based on their and their daddy's 4 or 5 trucks, where we buy 3,200 per year, and I've been told I'm "wrong" in my preference based on the above 3,200 units per year over the 14 years I've been doing this...whatever - different subject...but - Lincoln, Hobart and Miller, in that order and ONLY pro level machines, not consumer grade, make money in my business...FWIW...
We have $millions of welders...look to support from local vendors, gas suppliers, etc in making your choice. That is what we do in the US, Canada, the North Sea, Western Africa, South America, the Pacific Rim..and....etc...
In "my" world, and what I own at the ranch and our vacation homes w/115/120 service, Linocln Invertec and Square Wave machines ROCK!!!
except the duty cycle on the comparative invertec's are so bad they barely publish them, and its almost 200$ more. If you like paying for a name thats great, but he's not asking about industrial pipe welding, he doesn't need a 2000$ machine.
I run the Power and Process unit of an ENR top 10 construction company, and all I can say is the BULLS#!T runs deep here...same/same as pickup trucks where "popular" posters proffer their "experience" based on their and their daddy's 4 or 5 trucks, where we buy 3,200 per year, and I've been told I'm "wrong" in my preference based on the above 3,200 units per year over the 14 years I've been doing this...whatever - different subject...but - Lincoln, Hobart and Miller, in that order and ONLY pro level machines, not consumer grade, make money in my business...FWIW...
We have $millions of welders...look to support from local vendors, gas suppliers, etc in making your choice. That is what we do in the US, Canada, the North Sea, Western Africa, South America, the Pacific Rim..and....etc...
In "my" world, and what I own at the ranch and our vacation homes w/115/120 service, Linocln Invertec and Square Wave machines ROCK!!!
What pickup do you drive?
Originally Posted by 16penny
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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