MIG- I have a Lincoln Electric from Home Depot/Lowes. It works fine once you get the wire speed and heat dialed in for your particular job. Requires some trial and error before you make nice welds. I run 80/20 CO2/Argon mix for mild steel. TIG- I have a 1/2 *ssed setup- Miller stick welder box fed into a Dayton high frequency arc stabilizer sent to generic TIG handle. I run pure Argon in this rig for welding aluminum. It works decent but has no water cooling for the handle and the Miller box has a low duty cycle so you can't run it long. No problem for me since I am a low volume user. Plasma cutter- that would be nice! I don't have an extra grand laying around to buy one. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of John Rodgers Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:15 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: NVC - Plasma Cutters and Mig/Tig Welders Anyone using any of these? I could use some recommedations and expressions of experience with them TIA, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver x2 |
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