Tig Welder recommendation

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Have a look on 'Doubleboost' channel; he has a couple of videos where he is testing the R-Tech tig welder system.

George.

[J BENNETT 1Participant @jbennett1]

Sorry about the double post. Completely missed that. It is a very good site and has so much of interest, to me at least, I have spent (wasted) to many hours on it. Whilst there are quite few suppliers who cater for the hobby end of the business as well as the esoteric, **LINK** are worth a look. They stock a good range and are very helpful.

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

I changed my standard tig torch, which had the stop start button & current control for the little WP9. Easy to do. So now everything is on the foot control. It gives me more concentration on the welding. Only trouble is,

Getting used to using your foot & hands together. A bit like when I learned the guitar & to sing at the same time.

I never did make it into the charts.

Steve.

[Paul LousickParticipant @paullousick59116]

" using your foot & hands together " Like driving a car !

[BOB BLACKSHAW 1Participant @bobblackshaw1]

I have learnt so much with these posts and it has stopped me buying a cheap tig welder as I now know that I wouldn't be happy with it. I remember the industrial Tig welders when I was working I never used them but I understood there capabilities and would have found the faults with a cheap one. Another thing a broken band saw blade its been mentioned here that silver soldering could be used, mine has broken on the weld, if it lasts for a few cuts I would be happy with this as it will only be chucked.

I remember when I was about eighteen I mentioned to the foreman that I had done apprentice stick welding which was a basic, I was no welder. They sent me to All Can which made aluminium cans and lead type tubes, when I got there they wanted me to weld these six inch by approximately thirty foot steel bands cut at a angle then arc welding them and fit the band on the rollers ,this was dipped into molten lead or whatever and then cooled in water and a strip of lead came off the belt. This strip was then punched into discs. If the weld lasted an hour before they broke that was accepted, mine at first about 10 mins but I improved and become quite good at it. That has been my only experience of welding to date so I'm looking forward to getting this welder in the near future.

Bob

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

From what you are saying in your last post you will be a dab hand in no time. I think the difference to me from any other kind of welding is.

Tig welding requires a very steady hand.

If possible create a rest so you can slide you torch hand along a surface.

Steve.

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