Hello all.....

[Wallace]

Thought I'd best introduce myself as I've been lurking in the background on this wonderful site for a while now looking into Tig welders and Plasma cutters, if all goes well I should have both this week.

I'm not new to welding as I bought my first Mig in 1986 (Cebora 120?) which earnt it's keep fixing my first car and most of my friends vehices up until it proved too small in 1989. A long story but I ended up with an Einhell SGA175 "Turbo!" and I still have it today with my Fathers old Oxford arc set. I have worked in Maintenace most of my working life so welding has been part and parcel of daily life using Arc, Mig & Gas and a play with a Tig in my last fulltime job as a Development Engineer but as I had an experienced Tig welder working for me I had no need to learn other than wanting to.

My project work at home has always been restricted by the inability to weld aluminium and I'm fed up with seeing these custom bike & car shows where they have Tig welding and Plasma sets so now is the time to move into a new era!

Expect questions.......

Regards, Mike

 

[zardoz]

Never heard of an Einhell welder. German i assume ? Certainly heard of Oxfords though, i have a huge beast of one in my shed brooding unused. I am also looking for an AC/DC TIg welder, though i suspect have less to spend so i will still be looking next easter TIG of course is the only answer for ally welding unless you can afford a Lorch or Fronious MIG with a spool gun. (IMESHO)

Oh and welcome to the forum. We only have one rule here and thats. Lots of pictures of your work

 

[Wallace]

Thanks for the welcome Zardoz. The Einhell is German and as I say, I have had it over 20 years now and although it has not been in constant use it has been very reliable as I have always been able to just switch it on and use it.

You prompted me to check up on Einhell and I was surprised to see they are still listing welding equipment and the BT-GW 170 looks almost identical to mine with a few less features and a more trendy blue instead of red! http://www.einhell.com/englisch/englisch.aspx?file=stationaerewerkzeuge&lang=en

Tomorrow brings a new era for me, Weldequip is sending me a TECARC Tig 206i AC/DC Inverter with footpedal and a TECARC 46i Plasma cutter so expect questions AND photo's to be forthcoming.

I might have to paint the Einhell to match the new boys......


Mike

 

[ESTAlfisti]

Hello and Welcome to MIG Welding Forum!

Reijo

 

[Wallace]

Hello and Welcome to MIG Welding Forum!

Reijo

Thankyou and hello Estonia!

Mike