Featured New To Me Dc Tig Welder

Finally managed to buy a Tig welder. Arcmaster 175TE DC only tig welder. Bought off e-bay and looks to hardly been used. Going to have a go at Tig bronzing as a way to weld sub frame mounts to frame. Just got to get £ together to get some Argon gas and will get some practice in. Be interesting to see if can pick it up again after it being soooooooooooooo long ago that did course. Still you don`t get anywhere if you don`t try. Sdaly bets place I can find to get gas seems to be Poland (????) As have no transport can`t get anywhere local. BOC don`t deliver to residential addresses or they would have been best. Still will get there eventually

 

Thats exactly right less, mess and noise. At college used foot control that made welding ali a bit easier as you are constantly adjusting amps as you go along. Ali melts pretty easy and absorbs heat quickly so as you move along hte bit your about to weld id already hot so takes less amps to create weld pool. can`t wait to get gas and give it ago

 

The Argon I`ve found on e-bay from Poland is 8litres at 150-200 bar with regulator and dual flow meter outlets £ 120 including delivery. So i can connect up my Tig and mig if I want to convert mig back to gas. I know Mig welding gives a cooler weld and slightly less penetration than Co2 Mag welding.As i`m only welding 2 mm a few more amps to get penetration should be OK. The gasless mig creates alot of toxic gases and load of spatter. But primarily it`s to learn Tig and bronzeing in particular or though can weld stainless and mild with appropriate filler rods. Thats why I like Tig so versatile. Once get going will post some pics of results

 

Bought it through e-bay in end from Poland. Sadly due to moving and unforseen circumstances had to sell Tig set up. If I remember rightly it didn`t take to long to arrive. DHL I think

 

It will be interesting to see if is any different. Sadly BOC don`t deliver to domestic address and couldn`t pick up as no car. What was problem with BOC, if I can ask ?

 

Sounds like a much better deal. Still going to get a tig welder one day but going to save a fair bit more and get AC DC so can weld Aluminium. That`s the plan for 2022 anyway. Fingers crossed , again

 

I`ll be honest aswell once have Tig will be a while to learn again but enjoy the process so much more than mig. Something very satisfying about arcing up and feeding in the filler rod and ending up up with a uniform row of scalloped welds. Always found it peaceful and calming