Bucks/Bangs

Snag · 2013-06-19T22:15:10+00:00

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 ...

Bucks/Bangs

Jun 19, 2013 26 Replies

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Gunner Asch 13 years ago

Got pictures of both?

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Gunner Asch 13 years ago

One can buy Miller pedals on ebay for $100-150 and MarMachine has one on a pallet of stuff I need to go through this coming week and check out. However...for a grand..one assumes Iggy is providing a pedal as well...right?

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Ernie Leimkuhler 13 years ago

The difference is only really on AC.

On DC it will work fine, but AC is so much nicer with Square Wave output and finer control.

Also you will not have an option for a pulser unless you want to build your own.

Also I don't think you can go very low o a dialarc. Probably 10-15 amps minimum.

The Syncrowave 200 is OK, but you will really be limited on your upper end.

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Ignoramus8704 13 years ago

No pedals right now

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Ignoramus8704 13 years ago

If there is interest, I will put them together (I have them separately from torches and water coolers) and test, and then post about it. I had a couple of TIGs sitting, and waited to find water coolers, which I did two weeks ago.

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