[AT] TIG welding--a little OT

[Chuck Saunders]

Hi John,
TIG is great on thin stuff, slower than MIG and more difficult to master.
Kind of like Oxy-Acetylene welding but you control your heat with a foot
pedal instead of flame size and distance to puddle. Always wear the gloves.
Buy good equipment and cry once.
Chuck Saunders
Kansas City, MO

On 3/16/06, John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com> wrote:
>
> Thinking about a new tool--TIG welder.  What kind of filler rod would you
> use for thin steel?  Just regular unfluxed mild steel wire--or baling
> wire--or??
> I'd like some general feedback on TIG welding (thin steel, aluminum,
> etc.)--any thoughts.  What got me interested was a program I watched on
> the
> Speed channel about a fellow building a custom motorcycle.  He was always
> using a TIG welder and it sure looked like it worked slick--and the guy
> wasn't a pro welder.  I've had zero luck trying to weld fender-thick steel
> with a small (probably too cheap) wire feed welder.  Just couldn't control
> the heat good enough.    John
>
>                     In the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon
>
>
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Hi John,<br>
TIG is great on thin stuff, slower than MIG and more difficult to
master. Kind of like Oxy-Acetylene welding but you control your heat
with a foot pedal instead of flame size and distance to puddle. Always
wear the gloves. Buy good equipment and cry once.<br>
Chuck Saunders<br>
Kansas City, MO<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Wilkens</b> <<a href="mailto:jwilkens at eoni...com">jwilkens at eoni.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thinking about a new tool--TIG welder.  What kind of filler rod would you<br>use for thin steel?  Just regular unfluxed mild steel wire--or baling<br>wire--or??<br>I'd like some general feedback on TIG welding (thin steel, aluminum,
<br>etc.)--any thoughts.  What got me interested was a program I watched on the<br>Speed channel about a fellow building a custom motorcycle...  He was always<br>using a TIG welder and it sure looked like it worked slick--and the guy
<br>wasn't a pro welder.  I've had zero luck trying to weld fender-thick steel<br>with a small (probably too cheap) wire feed welder.  Just couldn't control<br>the heat good enough.    John<br><br>                    In
the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br>Remembering Our Friend Cecil Monson 11-4-2005<br><a href="http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at">
http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at</a><br></blockquote></div><br>