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Terje:
I think the main reason to avoid the gasless mig are that the fumes are give a high risk of cancer... very toxic stuff.
-But if clean and high quality welding are desired, why not look into tig? It gives great control and no sparks flying around, and easily welding very thin material.

Darren:
I'd love to try tig welding   :ddb:

Terje:
You can get fairly low cost welders that can do both tig and rod. I have one from Kemppi: http://www.kemppi.com/inet/kemppi/en/akp.nsf/frameset/Frameset?OpenDocument&left=/inet/kemppi/en/akp.nsf/WEB_Nav?OpenView&navcat=Search&main=/inet/kemppi/frontpage.nsf/0/2D1C6A77EDA18CB0C225718400067C31?opendocument&top=/inet/kemppi/en/akp.nsf/Top?ReadForm&topcat=Product%20Info
It's a great little machine, that I've used a lot. The drawback on these types of welders are that the tig function has scratch ignition and a manual valve on the for opening the gas flow so it uses a little more gas and the arc is either on or off. -But it works just fine, I've used mine proffesionally.
Though mostly when doing tig jobs, I've used an older yet lot more sophisticated lincoln welder with ajustable up and down slope along with some other nice functions like pulse and such. Go for a used well maintained one, and you'll have a friend for years to come.

When it comes to controle, 'i feel there's reaylly nothing to beat the tig. :bow: You need a clean surface though, with no rust or grease or other contaminations...

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