Hi PPL
Whats a reasonable price for a new or secondhand gas mig?
Rob......
go a TIG mate bit more expensive but good for doing panel work. Good for precise work and excellent results, except when you touch the tip onto your
rod and you do the "crazy dance" but hey sh*t happens.
Plus then I can borrow it.....
Why don't you buy one and I can borrow it! I know your a great guy! :thumb
Rob....
Maybe we could talk Alec into getting one for the Klub. Then we could all borrow it
Sound good but I think we would all be fighting over it! I just want one good enough to finish my car, plenty of work to be done.
Rob.....
depends on how many amp u go but u need about 150 to do all the work on your VW.The prices vary but look at around $700+
cheers
rhys
p.s. go MIG if your just learning TIG is for "the pro's"
Cool thanks man
Now at least I now what to look for!
Rob....
Being a boilermaker myself (unfortunately) I would recomend you buy as big as you can afford as you will always want to do bigger jobs once you get the hang of it. At least 150 like rhys said.The bigger they are the better the duty cycle as well. Meaning you can weld constantly for longer. You can pick up good tig machines that will tig or stick weld for about $1300 but they will not tig up Alloy unless they have high frequency.
Mig is simple. . . .you can teaxch yourself, if you want to TIG then id get sum lessons, its more advanced
cheers
adz
I tend to go between tig and mig depending on the job,
with tig you can do a fantastic job, but everything must be sooo clean, and it is very time consuming and you tend to use alot of gas (pure argon
which is very expensive), tig is bet suited to butt welds rather than laped metal. as a result, you spend alot of time matching the repair panel.
whereas mig will tolerate slightly rusty/scaly material, is far more versatile on the types of welds you can do, and you can use an argon/co2 blend
for the gas which is alot cheaper
if you got the doe get both,
but if funds are limited (as they always are) get a mig, learn how to use it well and get a tig down the track when you have some confidence,and they
are a bit cheaper.
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