Any tig welders in the house?
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Any tig welders in the house?
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
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
Pass me a hammer, a spanner and a cuppa
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
Yes, I do know what tig welding is ... but the image of that is a lot less fun
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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?

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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..
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..

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