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dreracecar:
People bring in stuff tacked with a mig all the time,, Pain in the butt to get a good weld without contamination

Rusty Kramer:
Check out TrickTools.com for bracket and tab holders then you can tack with your TIG.

H.G. Wells:

--- Quote from: rooman on May 16, 2016, 06:05:26 AM ---
--- Quote from: H.G. Wells on May 15, 2016, 08:34:44 PM ---I am in the same boat, I have a chassis on a jig now at a shop that is almost finished. The builder is not a full time chassis guy and works on it when he has time, but this is his busy season for his primary business. When he finishes the structure (not the tabs, like body tabs, misc. brackets, etc). I will bring it home. I do not trust my welding ability to do structural welds, but think I can handle tabs and brackets. I have purchased but not yet received this TIG.

http://www.amazon.com/AHP-AlphaTIG-Stick-Welder-PULSE/dp/B00REX6USW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463369135&sr=8-1&keywords=alpha+tig

Very positive reviews and less than the price of a used Miller or Lincoln. It will do everything I have in mind including aluminum.

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I have the earlier version of that unit that I just set up in a roll around cart so that I can take it to the races. My shop welder is a Miller 250 Synchro but in back to back tests the Alpha does very well, especially at the price point.

Roo

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Thanks for that reply, you are the first "pro" that I have heard from on this piece. It looks to be just computerized enough to help in the learning process. I cannot mig weld worth a darn, but used to be pretty fair at gas welding. I have plenty of scrap to practice with and a couple guys to help tutor me.

probird:
I bought the eastwood tig 200 as it was on sale and shipping to Canada wasn't too bad. Lots of schooling on utube and taking your time. Mr Tig, weldingtipsandtricks and chuckE2009 are great! I tacked my repairs and had a couple tig pros make it pretty LOL. Steel is fairly easy but aluminum is challenging.
Barry.

rooman:


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Thanks for that reply, you are the first "pro" that I have heard from on this piece. It looks to be just computerized enough to help in the learning process. I cannot mig weld worth a darn, but used to be pretty fair at gas welding. I have plenty of scrap to practice with and a couple guys to help tutor me.
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I started out stick welding when I was around 16 years old after my dad purchased a small "buzz box" arc welder. A couple of years later I learned to gas weld and that was my primary way of sticking things together for a long time. In the late 70's there was a welding shop right behind my body shop and I asked the guy to teach me to TIG weld. His reply was "You are pretty good with gas welding and TIG is the same with easily adjustable horsepower".  I learned on his Synchro 300 but the first TIG that I actually owned was a scratch start deal with the amperage controlled with a twist lock, push pull choke knob so it was even more like gas welding except the heat was there right away.

Roo

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