I finally broke down and bought a real TIG welder. The scratch-start HFT TIG was just a bit too sticky for me to like any more. Looking on Eastwood's site this Christmas, I saw their nice little TIG 200 machine and fell in love. $699 + $34 s/h. It arrived today and I'm happy to say that it's both larger and heavier than I had imagined. I'll play with it on 120v for now, while I grab a NEMA6-50 outlet.
- It will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins. --Benjamin Franklin