Ive never claimed to be a welding expert, far from it, but I have been welding for 40 plus years and slowly gaining some skills
yet I can make solid welds, but IM not as skilled as some guys 1/2 my age, or nearly as skilled as Id like to be but I do practice, read and learn all I can from more experienced welders,while I might not be as skilled as some guys are with a TIG WELDER,Ive come to see it as the better welder in many cases than doing the job with ARC or even MIG in some cases, true its at times slower, but IM rarely in a huge rush. I started out with oxy-acetylene welding many years ago, gradually I acquired ARC, MIG and TIG welders in my shop.
Ive used all four for years, but the oxy-acetylene welding and TIG welding have always seemed at least to me to be the best systems and get the best results.
Ive trained many guys to weld several different ways and do so rather well over the years, and maybe its because of all the years I spent working with an oxy-acetylene welding torch, but for me,it is just not a huge jump from that skill to use of a TIG welder in my opinion,
because in both types of welding the heat source is adjustable and separate from the material feed process, but Ive found that many guys find arc and MIG to be far faster to learn, while I found that its oxy-acetylene welding and TIG that are the easier skills to become reasonably proficient at??
Ive noticed that teaching the skills to correctly use oxy-acetylene welding and TIG welding are almost always harder for the new guys to pick-up and the concept of forming a puddle of molten metal , and controlling its size and heat and flowing the edges into the surrounding metal seems to be hard for some to grasp, especially if they need to coordinate their foot movements on a pedal, to control the torch heat, the torch angle and distance and adding a fill material, its almost pathetic at times, yes most guys do eventually gain the skills but you would think I was asking them to juggle 5 pool balls, blind folded, while riding a unicycle backwards, on a tight rope, strung over a pit of alligators ,after watching some guys try to control a tig welding torch.
ITS JUST NOT THAT DIFFICULT! in fact I taught my older son to make decent TIG welds in both sheet metal and aluminum tubing in only a couple hours time! and while using a tig welder thats at least 35 years old that has none of the newer welders features
http://www.usaweld.com/TIG-WELDER-Inver ... 12.5-3.htm
HTP MAKES A VERY GOOD TIG WELDER AND TECH SUPPORTS GOOD ALSO
LINCOLN, and MILLER are also good brands
http://www.htpweld.com/products/tig_welders/tig201.html
http://www.davencorp.tv/store/viewitem.php?productid=15
a good example of the precision possible with practice and a good tig welder
Ive got a 252 miller MIG and a older miller 330 amp TIG I purchased used, in my shop, both are far more welder than needed for most automotive welding jobs
Ive also owned a 110 volt lincoln flux core welder,
(it went down the road after trying it for several jobs) I just didn,t like the results.)
the miller MIG will do the job but the TIG does the job much more precisely and while its a bit slower its also doing a much nicer weld!
yes Im a bit of a tool collection addict, but a decent TIG welder is something thats a great tool to own. if you look around youll eventually find a good older model ,used tig welder dirt cheap
I GOT THIS PICTURES OF THE INTERNET BUT IT SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME INFO
THIS IS MY TIG WELDER
thats one great reason , on an endless list of reasons to own,
and know how to use a a decent quality MIG or TIG welder,
I don,t see how anyone in this hobby can function,
without a decent welder , drill press and a decent tool chest
we have a whole welding section
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?forums/welding-tips-and-welders.60/
https://www.eastwood.com/welders/mig-welders.html
https://store.cyberweld.com/millerw...MI5IS68_L23QIVHbjACh3lSA4REAAYASAAEgI64_D_BwE
https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/equipment/Pages/welders.aspx
https://www.weldersupply.com/C/42/TigMachines
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=8340&p=29010#p29010
http://www.weldplus.com/tig-welders.htm
HOW ABOUT YOU GENTLEMEN???
obviously if you've only tried mig or arc welding you don,t have a good reference, to judge but for those that have used all four types of welding equipment, whats your opinion?
yet I can make solid welds, but IM not as skilled as some guys 1/2 my age, or nearly as skilled as Id like to be but I do practice, read and learn all I can from more experienced welders,while I might not be as skilled as some guys are with a TIG WELDER,Ive come to see it as the better welder in many cases than doing the job with ARC or even MIG in some cases, true its at times slower, but IM rarely in a huge rush. I started out with oxy-acetylene welding many years ago, gradually I acquired ARC, MIG and TIG welders in my shop.
Ive used all four for years, but the oxy-acetylene welding and TIG welding have always seemed at least to me to be the best systems and get the best results.
Ive trained many guys to weld several different ways and do so rather well over the years, and maybe its because of all the years I spent working with an oxy-acetylene welding torch, but for me,it is just not a huge jump from that skill to use of a TIG welder in my opinion,
because in both types of welding the heat source is adjustable and separate from the material feed process, but Ive found that many guys find arc and MIG to be far faster to learn, while I found that its oxy-acetylene welding and TIG that are the easier skills to become reasonably proficient at??
Ive noticed that teaching the skills to correctly use oxy-acetylene welding and TIG welding are almost always harder for the new guys to pick-up and the concept of forming a puddle of molten metal , and controlling its size and heat and flowing the edges into the surrounding metal seems to be hard for some to grasp, especially if they need to coordinate their foot movements on a pedal, to control the torch heat, the torch angle and distance and adding a fill material, its almost pathetic at times, yes most guys do eventually gain the skills but you would think I was asking them to juggle 5 pool balls, blind folded, while riding a unicycle backwards, on a tight rope, strung over a pit of alligators ,after watching some guys try to control a tig welding torch.
ITS JUST NOT THAT DIFFICULT! in fact I taught my older son to make decent TIG welds in both sheet metal and aluminum tubing in only a couple hours time! and while using a tig welder thats at least 35 years old that has none of the newer welders features
http://www.usaweld.com/TIG-WELDER-Inver ... 12.5-3.htm
HTP MAKES A VERY GOOD TIG WELDER AND TECH SUPPORTS GOOD ALSO
LINCOLN, and MILLER are also good brands
http://www.htpweld.com/products/tig_welders/tig201.html
http://www.davencorp.tv/store/viewitem.php?productid=15
a good example of the precision possible with practice and a good tig welder
Ive got a 252 miller MIG and a older miller 330 amp TIG I purchased used, in my shop, both are far more welder than needed for most automotive welding jobs
Ive also owned a 110 volt lincoln flux core welder,
(it went down the road after trying it for several jobs) I just didn,t like the results.)
the miller MIG will do the job but the TIG does the job much more precisely and while its a bit slower its also doing a much nicer weld!
yes Im a bit of a tool collection addict, but a decent TIG welder is something thats a great tool to own. if you look around youll eventually find a good older model ,used tig welder dirt cheap
I GOT THIS PICTURES OF THE INTERNET BUT IT SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME INFO
THIS IS MY TIG WELDER
thats one great reason , on an endless list of reasons to own,
and know how to use a a decent quality MIG or TIG welder,
I don,t see how anyone in this hobby can function,
without a decent welder , drill press and a decent tool chest
we have a whole welding section
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?forums/welding-tips-and-welders.60/
https://www.eastwood.com/welders/mig-welders.html
https://store.cyberweld.com/millerw...MI5IS68_L23QIVHbjACh3lSA4REAAYASAAEgI64_D_BwE
https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/equipment/Pages/welders.aspx
https://www.weldersupply.com/C/42/TigMachines
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=8340&p=29010#p29010
http://www.weldplus.com/tig-welders.htm
HOW ABOUT YOU GENTLEMEN???
obviously if you've only tried mig or arc welding you don,t have a good reference, to judge but for those that have used all four types of welding equipment, whats your opinion?
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