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Tig welder????
« on: May 18, 2015, 08:26:05 AM »
What kind of tig do you guys use?? Would u get something different if u had to do it all over again?? I'm going to be getting one and would like some suggestions.  Thanks


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Re: Tig welder????
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2015, 09:26:27 AM »
I have a Miller Syncrowave 250. I love it. It does anything I need on aluminum and steel. The new inverter units are smaller,lighter and even better yet. 
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Re: Tig welder????
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2015, 10:12:29 AM »
What kind of tig do you guys use?? Would u get something different if u had to do it all over again?? I'm going to be getting one and would like some suggestions.  Thanks

I have a Lincoln 350 Square wave and love it.  It will tig and stick. I have repaired 3.5 inch thick aluminum with it. Had a job that a cutter crashed on a piece 4 feet long 2.5 feet wide and 3.5 thick material.  Gouged out a hole about .5 deep.  That piece of material was about half way machined and would bring $1800.00 when finished. It was for a customer in the medical field and was for and order of five x-ray machine parts that were a frame that held the stuff that they put under a part when x-ray'ed and had to be plated when finish.  Turned out nice. No pits, I used a strip of the parent material off of the block for the filler.       

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Re: Tig welder????
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2015, 06:21:52 PM »
Older Lincoln 225 for Me. After My last new Miller fried the circuit board, I went back to something without a fricking computer in it. All the fancy setting do not make My welds any better.

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Re: Tig welder????
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2015, 07:37:42 PM »
I have a Miller Syncrowave 250. I love it. It does anything I need on aluminum and steel. The new inverter units are smaller,lighter and even better yet.

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Re: Tig welder????
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2015, 09:45:20 AM »
As I have been talking abiut welders some at work a guy near here has a like new Hobart 135 mig he barely used and wants it gone.  Everything it came with and a spool of wire but no bottle.

Thinking of snagging it for a truck bed kinda machine to haul around.

Whats a good price yah think?
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Re: Tig welder????
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2015, 11:27:42 AM »
As I have been talking abiut welders some at work a guy near here has a like new Hobart 135 mig he barely used and wants it gone.  Everything it came with and a spool of wire but no bottle.

Thinking of snagging it for a truck bed kinda machine to haul around.

Whats a good price yah think?
I really like mine.  Does a good job, I run with bottle.  Half of new??  Think they're in 400-500 still.
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