thepest
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| posted on 19/10/09 at 11:31 AM |
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Tig welder advice
I'm thinking of a tig to weld some aluminum, short burst of bead rather than a continous weld. I found these on the bay of e, has anyone had
anything similar? I mean are these chinese goods worthwhile?
Tig Welder Link
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BenB
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| posted on 19/10/09 at 11:34 AM |
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Wow that's cheap (for as long as it lasts anyway!!!)....
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tegwin
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| posted on 19/10/09 at 11:35 AM |
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I did quite a bit of research into this a few months ago when I was seriously thinking about buying one...
This company http://www.r-techwelding.co.uk/
Looked quite good... yes they import chinese gear, but they have good wanraties and parts supplies! So chances are if it goes wrong they should fix
it.
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StevieB
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| posted on 19/10/09 at 11:36 AM |
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The postage is a bit steep on top of the purchase price and it doesn't have a foot pedal, which you will end up needing, so for the overall
price I think you could go with a known brand that you can be sure of the quality of.
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Davey D
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| posted on 19/10/09 at 11:45 AM |
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Ive got the SWP Invert-R Tig200P.
http://www.toolsandwelding.co.uk/products/tig/ltw_tig_swp_tig200.html
The front looks exactly the same  different colour though.
Mine cost a lot more than that on on Ebay ( i got the foot pedal too)... id like to think the cost difference is justified by the quality of the
electronics inside the box
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balidey
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| posted on 19/10/09 at 12:39 PM |
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These people are UK based...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cobel-TIG-200A-Pulsed-Inverter-TIG-AC-DC-Welder-Pedal_W0QQitemZ260492368845QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item3ca68e
1bcd
and they often have AC/DC tigs selling for the £400 mark
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minitici
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| posted on 19/10/09 at 01:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
I did quite a bit of research into this a few months ago when I was seriously thinking about buying one...
This company http://www.r-techwelding.co.uk/
Looked quite good... yes they import chinese gear, but they have good wanraties and parts supplies! So chances are if it goes wrong they should fix
it.
I've got an R-Tech Tig 201 AC/DC unit - it does everything I want (and more...)
No problems since I got it last year.
If you want to do alloy, best to get the foot pedal for that fine control.
I have used mine to TIG alloy tanks, mainifolds down to 1mm thick with no problems.
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thepest
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| posted on 19/10/09 at 03:11 PM |
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Thanks guys
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