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I’ve never TIG welded, but from reading around the car forums I’ve gathered the cheap TIG machines aren’t worth wasting your money on. It’s definitely a question to ask on Retro Rides or one of the other car forums rather than here, though. The tech in consumer (ie non-pro) machines has changed significantly in the last 10 years and moved heavily from transformers to solid state. Plus, if it’s anything like MIG, the torch itself probably makes quite a big difference to your welding experience.
Jonny69-
Morning Jon
I thought with the wide base on LFGSS it was worth an ask.
Yeah the £200 pocket ones are wank. I have had a go on a £99 one from machine mart to tack an exhaust together to have it properly welded by a friend and it stuck enough for them to finish the job without the mig tack that you have to grind out before finishing. I really want a pedal etc.
I’ll have a sneak around retro etc ta.
Chaley
Cheers. Ideally Hf, but I’m guessing Lift is the most cost effective way to get started, without going the scratch. Scratch looks like it’s awkward to get right to them not use if you get a better machine. Or is it worth just getting a cheap scratch to have a play with? But ultimately out grow quickly (hopefully anyway)