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Welding help!! Which type?

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carbore:
Allegedly DC inverters for TIG are getting quite cheap and are the "must have" for the DIY restoration market (as all my mates told me after I forked out for a Ceobra MIG)

lee celtic:
gas/gasless mig best allround choice by far , tig is very good for thin sheet and bracket making but the mig is the best all rounder...

topless matt:
It depends on what you are used to, i have been welding with an arc for almost 10 years now and i find it the easiest for me. I can weld 1mm plate up to 20mm plate with the right welder.
HOWEVER.......... many people find a mig easier as they dont stick, easy to see what is happening and a host of other reasons. plus it is harder to blow holes in metal with a mig unless you are doing something wrong. :lol:

V8MoneyPit:
I would suggest a MIG is easier to learn as a beginner. It is far more forgiving with respect to using the wrong power for the metal thickness. Nice results can be achieved with practice as with anything. I've been using a MIG for 20 years or so (the same one!).

Just recently been self teaching TIG welding of aluminium. A whole different ball game  :shock: But, it's the material, not the TIG that makes it difficult.

If you anticipate using your welder for aluminium in the future, then TIG is the way to go. However, don't be tempted by one of the cheap inverters. You need to spend a fair amount to get one suitable for ally. Fortunately, my colleague at work spent £2.5k on one that I make good use of  :lol:

boss:
a DC inverter is only about £150 but you need all the other stuff to go with it buy the time you have bought your self a tig set using said inverter you will have spent more money than you would have done on a half diecent mig.  if you were to buy a tig like this you might be annoyed( i know i would) at having spent that much money on a welder that wont have hotstart and ac/dc function.

as said before, it doesnt matter what set you have you can weld anything aslong as you know how. i have a sealey mig i bought it for £100 second hand. there ok....only ok, not good not bad. if your going to be serious about it get a good one kemppi (i think it how its spelt) make good ones at a reasonable price and migatronic ( :drool: ) if you can stretch to that much.

get yourself a GAS mig(argoshield) , some steel and play around for a few hours. youll be sorted in no time

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