Date:         Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:01:00 -0500
Reply-To:     dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
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From:         dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
Subject:      Re: NVC - Plasma Cutters and Mig/Tig Welders
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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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