On 30/07/2020 13:05, wrote:
On 29/07/2020 19:39, John Rumm wrote:
On 29/07/2020 15:32, Fredxx wrote:

I have a very old MIG welder and was thinking of making the jump to
TIG[1] with AC/DC provision to weld aluminium. Some machines can do
all three MMA/MIG/TIG.

I looked at a few, but most of the three in ones I looked at seemed to
only do DC tig. In the end I thought there was a danger of ending up
with a jack of all trades master of none result, and decided to get a
stand-alone setup later.

(in fact you can do "austere" lift start DC tig with my machine, but
it obviously lacks the finesse that you get with a "real" tig machine)



I also started-out with the idea that I would look for a 3-in-1 machine
because I had thoughts of learning to TIG weld. The reviews of the cheap
machines put me off them and the price of the non-cheap machines put me
of those as well.

Yup often the way!

I decided to go for what seemed/seems to be a good
2-in-1 on the basis that I didn't really know why I wanted to TIG weld
and am far from short of jobs, or things to learn.

I often have to fight the feature creep when buying new stuff like that,
just because "it would be nice" or "might come in useful"!

In the end I decided that the mostly non digital MiG/Stick combo, covers
all of what I have done in the past and way more, and gives a much
better platform for basic fabrication.

I can probably live without TIG unless I particularly want to do
something that only TIG will do, so cross that bridge when it comes!




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Cheers,

John.

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