It looks like I may be in the market for a TIG machine in the near future . Main materials I'll be welding will be SS up to maybe 1/4" and aluminum up to probably about the same . According to Ernie's Formula I'm thinking I'll need 250-300 amps , I'd like to have pulse and of course HF start . Presets for pre/post flow , and so on . I'd like to stay under $3k if I can , since this is probably going to have to come out of my IRA ... but then if things go well I expect the machine to pay for itself in under 6 months . Everybody I talk to about welding asks the same question "You do aluminum?" . A small shop near my "new" place is farming some work out to me , and I'm pretty sure he's going to want me to take over some of his SS and Al work . So , who's got the most features at the lowest cost , factoring in reliability , etc ? I mean let's face it , a bargain is no bargain if it doesn't do the job or it's broke and awaiting parts all the time ...
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10 years ago