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| vtsteam:
Well I've been looking at my Harbor Freight TIG welder for nearly two years now without ever using it as such. I've done a little stick welding with it -- not much -- I usually use my old Lincoln tombstone buzz box for that. But this week I sent off for the needed supplies to complete the TIG setup -- electrodes, filler, and ordered a bottle of argon, so here goes. I'm not a particularly great stick welder either. I'd class myself as a farmer quality welder. I'd like to improve there as well. But I have done some gas welding on thin materials, which I enjoy a lot more than stick. And I do a fair amount of brazing for hobby stuff. So I hope TIG might help me improve my welding, while enjoying the process more. My main interest in buying this welder was for thin stainless and steel sheet, not aluminum -- this is a DC inverter machine only, anyway. It's the more expensive version of the HF TIGs, the one with the digital display and the Binzell holder. |
| rythmnbls:
This site has some good info on getting started. Particularly the initial setups. It helped me get started. Hope it does the same for you. http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/tig-tutorial.htm Regards. Steve |
| awemawson:
And you'll find a few names that you know there :thumbup: |
| mattinker:
Also try weldingtipsandtricks.com, Jody has a huge selection ofvery good welding videos. Regards, Matthew |
| Artie:
--- Quote from: mattinker on August 01, 2014, 03:35:41 PM ---Also try weldingtipsandtricks.com, Jody has a huge selection ofvery good welding videos. Regards, Matthew --- End quote --- x 2 excellent source of educational vids, a good presentation style, AND the tig finger.... really cant tig without one (or at least I cant) see it on his site.... no Im not a marketeer for Jody, just impressed.... |
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