Any tig welders in the house?

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wayno · #1 Post by **wayno** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:00 pm

I am thinking about buying an inverter mma/tig welder Parweld 160, a mate of mine has a spare tig torch in the workshop, I'm wondering if anyone knows are the connections on these torches universal. I know the gas side is alright as this has been connected in the past to a regulator we have, it's the electrical torch connection I'm curious about.

I would ask parweld directly but I'm sure they'll just tell me that it is not recommended and to buy on of theirs for £60

D-Rider · #2 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:39 pm

I have visions of people running round until the previous welder tigs them and they are "it" at which point they take over the welding until they manage to tig someone else.

Yes, I do know what tig welding is ... but the image of that is a lot less fun

wayno · #3 Post by **wayno** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:51 pm

Some of the welders I've worked with in the past aren't far off doing that. Unfortunately there aren't any here so can't tag them for info.

Dalemac · #4 Post by **Dalemac** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:54 pm

D-Rider wrote:I have visions of people running round until the previous welder tigs them and they are "it" at which point they take over the welding until they manage to tig someone else.

Yes, I do know what tig welding is ... but the image of that is a lot less fun

Or perhaps ally welders.....do they go around welding everyone together who are allies?

D-Rider · #5 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:59 pm

Mig welders fix Russian planes

and

Noah wasn't too happy when the Arc welders burned through his Gopher wood.

MartDude · #6 Post by **MartDude** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:16 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu7vySQbgXI

spiderwheels · #7 Post by **spiderwheels** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:55 pm

Don't stop now, I'm waiting for someone to come up with a pun on electroslag welding!

D-Rider · #8 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 7:55 pm

I once knew a Laser Welder - never did much welding as he couldn't be arsed.

... no, hang on ..... he was a Lazy Welder ....

fatboy · #9 Post by **fatboy** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:01 pm

Think you mean welding slag. Or look up dross.
The last thing you want is slag or dross inclusion

wayno · #10 Post by **wayno** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:26 pm

Gotta take my hat off to you lot, that's an impressive amount of welding puns

Dalemac · #11 Post by **Dalemac** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:27 pm

spiderwheels wrote:Don't stop now, I'm waiting for someone to come up with a pun on electroslag welding!

What did you call me? Shocking........

D-Rider · #12 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:29 pm

I really didn't get on with a chap who did gas welding. He was OK with the acetylene but was a real oxy moron.

Dalemac · #13 Post by **Dalemac** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:36 pm

wayno wrote:Gotta take my hat off to you lot, that's an impressive amount of welding puns

Is it a welding cap by any chance?

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/250985221 ... -l1000.jpg

Ok I,'ll stop now...

Willopotomas · #14 Post by **Willopotomas** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:15 pm

It's a shame none of these posts have 'scratched' the surface of the original question..

Have done a little TIG welding before. It's a little like soldering, but not.. If you catch my drift? The torch creates the arc to form a weld pool, and you feed in the filler rod. It works on the same principles of all electric welding, only the arc is created away from the feeder material. ARC or Stick welding, the electrode is the welding rod, and in MIG it's the wire which runs through the centre of the torch. As for the connections for the TIG torch, it may be a case of trial and error. I'd say you'll be wanting the DC current flow to go from - to +, but this can be reversed depending on what you're welding. Aluminium welding is done using AC, and is a twat..

Hope that sort of helps.. Probably not..