[AT] TIG welding--FOLLOWUP

[John Wilkens]

Thanks all you guys for the TIG information!  I've already got a pretty 
good picture about the "sport."  Sounds to me like it is something I could 
learn and really enjoy...fixin on all my old tractors...and other 
stuff.    I guess once in awhile it's OK to buy an expensive tool when it 
gives you the satisfaction of quality and performance.  I will be looking 
for a welder that is at least slightly affordable and good 
quality--probably like a Lincoln.  Since I've got this bee in my bonnet 
I'll probably be getting my sunburn before long!    John



At 09:20 PM 03/16/2006, you wrote:
>John, I love TIG welding. It is much harder to learn, but the results are 
>great. The control possible of the heat is truly useful, especially on 
>thin material. Most of my experience is with aluminum, but I found that it 
>works well on rusted sheet metal too when you use a silicon steel welding 
>rod. I can actually repair a galvanized welded sheet steel elbow for 
>irrigation pipe that has metal that is paper thin and rusted holes.....
>    It does take some time to do jobs like this though.
>        Grant Brians
>        Hollister, California
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron D Haskell" <rdhaskell at juno.com>
>To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [AT] TIG welding--a little OT
>
>
>>Hi John.
>>There is a special filler rod for mild steel when you use tig.  A this
>>strip of the parent material cut on a sharp squaring sheer will work
>>also.  The inert gas is the flux.  It is much like oxy acetylene welding,
>>except the electric arc is the heat source.  Takes lots of practice to be
>>good.
>>
>>Ron Haskell
>>rdhaskell at juno.com
>>Riverside California USA
>>http://www.oldengine.org/members/haskell/
>>
>>On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:46:21 -0800 John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com>
>>writes:
>>>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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