Fraserb
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Get it bought buddy as always a use for a tig
I've never a tually welded with a tig before just fancy one,
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I've never a tually welded with a tig before just fancy one,
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Let me know what you think of it when you have had a blast
Definitely will do...wonder how long it will take for their stock to vanish. If it's basically the Jasic in a blue frock then I suspect I'll be very pleased indeed....been looking at it for about 6 months...now we have the internal pics I decided to buy it before it disappears and comes back with a price increase!
Need to buy a bottle of Argon and a new regulator as I only have MIG gas. I've been checking out my usual place (Barnet Welding)...might just take the plunge and get the 20l cylinder.
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Go on do it, you know you want too. But what to buy is the same difficult question it was when I bought mine 10 years ago.
Let me know what you think of it when you have had a blast
Think I should be able to turn it on, that's about my knowledge of tig welding so far best way to learn though
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Have a run down to Carlisle, Thomas Grahams, have Jasics you can look at / test.
Fraserb
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Carlisle is a fair trek for me, by time we're allowed to go out on tour ill probably be flat out at work. By time we're quieter at work it'll be November so I'll either be able to go for a look or idea will have passed.
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May I point out, you are looking at this all wrong. You are in farming, an essential industry, tools are an addiction, so you have two very justifiable reasons to be out buying tools.
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Just watch that you don't spend £550 on a machine that sits for 12 months then lets the smoke out on first use when you actually need it
(Sorry Sherman owners for being cheeky)
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That's very true, I almost bought one at the beginning of the year but ended up with a 2nd mig, after reading some stuff on this forum I fixed what was wrong with my original mig for a few pounds so currently have 2. Still fancy a tig though.
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If it breaks...just buy another one I reckon. If three of them break in less than 5 years then we made the wrong choice
Ever since Retired's Parweld TIG blew it's capacitors after a period of storage I have worried about this aspect of inverter welders, especially since I have two inverter MMA sets that I bought ten years ago but have never used. I know the good ones have a soft-start circuit ( one of them is a Silverline so that won't apply ! ), but I do now plan to wind them up slowly on a Variac, to allow the capacitors time to reform.
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not bad:
its taken me 7 years to get though half a bottle of argon
granted i was just paying BOC for keeping their bottle safe before i actually started using it a few months ago
didnt realise it had been so long! about £250 in rental by my estimate, thats an expensive bottleedit - Ok, reality check, £485!!! time to look rent free....
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For infrequent use rent free is definitely the way to go....my place charges more for refills but in 8 years I paid zero rental....and at the end I can get my bottle deposit back too!
Ok forget that last post, should have read the text directly below
Yes it's a tell tale for the correct ish amp range for the tungsten you are using.
It is pointless in my eyes as doesn't stop it welding or matter really if you tell it your using a 1.6mm and use a 2.4mm
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I suppose it is probably meant for new people to Tig, gives them a visual indication of whether they are way out of a tungstens comfort zone.
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If you happen to somehow end up on the west coast, for business purposes of course, you are welcome to try it out, and maybe show me how to use it. While keeping 2m away
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Ha ha I will be able to try it out in Arbroath soon enough
