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Title: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on October 31, 2013, 05:17:52 PM
Hi
Lads
New toy to play with
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/IMGA0747_zps2a357bd1.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/IMGA0747_zps2a357bd1.jpg.html)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/IMGA0744_zpsf3342ef4.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/IMGA0744_zpsf3342ef4.jpg.html)

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/IMGA0746_zps139436ab.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/IMGA0746_zps139436ab.jpg.html)

John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: John Rudd on October 31, 2013, 05:32:12 PM
 :bow:

We can never have enough toys to play with .......
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: awemawson on October 31, 2013, 05:42:55 PM
Nice one John. Obviously AC as you're doing ally and there's evidence of nice cleaning action either side of the bead !
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: jb3cx on October 31, 2013, 06:03:33 PM
Very nice .i need one of those .nice welding bead ,
Regards Peter
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on October 31, 2013, 06:07:01 PM
I will be doing a couple of vids on it
Seems to be a good unit
The company are great to deal with
John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: mattinker on October 31, 2013, 06:27:08 PM
Another nice toy!

Regards, Matthew
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: awemawson on October 31, 2013, 06:27:54 PM
R-Tech are spoken of in good terms on the Mig welding forum.
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on October 31, 2013, 06:31:05 PM
They were very good with me
The welder is very good value
John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on October 31, 2013, 07:08:37 PM


John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: krv3000 on October 31, 2013, 07:10:19 PM
wel dun john  :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: Arbalist on November 01, 2013, 05:37:14 AM
  Nice bit of kit. I suppose you'll be turning out loads of those nut and bolt men now!  :D
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: NeoTech on November 01, 2013, 08:46:58 AM
So i see you went and bought the exact same machine i got. =)
(http://www.roughedge.se/blogg/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/20121011-114023.jpg)

I have after the buy went and bought a different handle and cable package from kina so i got rid of that bloody stupid button on the handle. And then i bought a gaslens kit from china as well so i use way less gas when welding. =)

Awsome machine anyway.. been welding everything from 20mm plate to thin thin tubes for exhaust systems. =)
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: BenH on November 01, 2013, 03:01:18 PM
Very nice, I'm saving the penny's for the 250amp one.
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: Chuck in E. TN on November 01, 2013, 07:37:22 PM
Crikey, John! I just got a mig welder I haven't learned to use... Now you get a TIG unit! I can't keep up!
Great video as usual. Keep 'em comming.
Chuck
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on November 03, 2013, 12:29:48 PM


John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: krv3000 on November 03, 2013, 05:11:47 PM
good post john  :ddb:
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: tom osselton on November 04, 2013, 01:19:27 AM
Nice welder john thanks for the explanation of the dials, I just have a 100 amp inverter and it does the job but would be nice to do aluminum and thicker metals.
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on November 11, 2013, 03:42:45 PM
Hi
Lads
Been playing with the TIG set
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: raynerd on November 11, 2013, 04:05:54 PM
Thanks for the vids John. Just spent the last hour hour watching them all. Really interesting. I want to get into welding but budget is an issue and there are so many different types I`m just weighing up all my options. Thanks again.

Chris
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: awemawson on November 11, 2013, 04:09:59 PM
Another good one John. It would be nice to see the results of the welds that you did in the video (don't be shy  :clap: )

Andrew
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on November 11, 2013, 04:12:59 PM
The welds are fine I will post them on the next vid
John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: micktoon on November 11, 2013, 05:21:29 PM
 You have two more weeks practice John,  then I have a coke tin I want extended , I will bring it along  :D .... Good videos , I am enjoying them , I like the out takes too  :thumbup:


 Cheers Mick
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on November 12, 2013, 03:26:36 PM
Another good one John. It would be nice to see the results of the welds that you did in the video (don't be shy  :clap: )

Andrew

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/weld%20cam/PB120001_zps0e40e8c1.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/weld%20cam/PB120001_zps0e40e8c1.jpg.html)

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/weld%20cam/PB120031_zps34a68a95.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/weld%20cam/PB120031_zps34a68a95.jpg.html)

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/weld%20cam/PB120017_zps97ad73fb.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/weld%20cam/PB120017_zps97ad73fb.jpg.html)

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/weld%20cam/PB120029_zpsb8569ef8.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/weld%20cam/PB120029_zpsb8569ef8.jpg.html)

John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: awemawson on November 12, 2013, 03:54:26 PM
Nice John. There are some people on the Mig welding forum who wanted to see the weld results - would you mind me posting those pictures over there ?

Andrew
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on November 12, 2013, 03:59:01 PM
Hi
Andrew
Please feel free to post them
(send me a link)
John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: awemawson on November 12, 2013, 04:08:13 PM
The thread is here John:

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=44044

Andrew
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: Divided he ad on November 12, 2013, 07:25:31 PM
Now there's spooky....

I was only playing with a TIG set identical to this on Monday evening  :thumbup:


First time I've welded anything in almost 10 years.... Little bit shaky!  :lol:

It's a friends set, brand new. Just testing it out.



I will watch the videos with great interest at an earlier time.... Looking forward to them John  :)





Ralph.
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on November 17, 2013, 08:27:45 AM
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: awemawson on November 17, 2013, 09:41:56 AM
Another good video John.  :thumbup:

I was particularly interested to be able to actually SEE the cleaning action of the AC - the oxide was shrinking away - never seen that on film before.

Andrew
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: tom osselton on November 17, 2013, 03:40:25 PM
Thanks John I always enjoy the video's it's good to see these.  I'd love to be able to weld aluminum it's definetly on the list (right after dro ) although christmas is coming!
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on November 17, 2013, 03:58:40 PM
Another good video John.  :thumbup:

I was particularly interested to be able to actually SEE the cleaning action of the AC - the oxide was shrinking away - never seen that on film before.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew
It is not easy to video a weld pool
The people that can do it wont tell you how its done
(but now I know the secret) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: AdeV on November 17, 2013, 03:58:59 PM
Yep, definitely want to be using gloves  :lol:

Just out of curiosity, what colour electrodes are you using? I've found the gold-top or blue-top to be best for Al, and red (the radioactive ones) ideal for steel.

I also frequently dip the tungsten in the weld pool, or on the rod, and my reaction is pretty similar to yours. I've got quite good at "rejuvenating" the tungsten with a small hammer, without  removing it from the torch...
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on November 17, 2013, 04:09:12 PM
Hi
I am using Red for DC and White for AC
I want to try some grey ones (lathinated) seemingly they will work on both
John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: svk on November 17, 2013, 04:53:22 PM
Good videos John, me like alot :headbang:
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: S. Heslop on November 17, 2013, 05:04:27 PM
(but now I know the secret) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

(Is it to focus before taping the smoked glass on?)

Nice video though, they're helping take the mystery out of TIG. Especially with the great through-the-visor shots.
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on November 17, 2013, 05:09:18 PM
The secret is still safe :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
John
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: S. Heslop on November 17, 2013, 06:19:14 PM
A while back I was thinking of making a steel box with a slot in the front the glass dropped into. The idea being so I could get my camera close to the weld without melting it since I have trouble focussing on relatively close objects when zoomed in. It seemed a bit much to show off my crap buzzbox welds though, and at the moment I seem to be slowly mutating into a woodworker anyways.
Title: Re: New TIG Welder
Post by: doubleboost on November 27, 2013, 10:59:11 AM