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Noob from South Africa
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:37 am
by 2BarBoost
Hi Guys
Noob here! Only been DC tig welding for about a year now. I started welding to save on cost of upgrades on my car like
boost pipes, exhaust , turbo manifold etc . I'm a total noob and learnt the hard/wrong way lol. I'm currently using a
180amp DC inverter tig welder which I want to mod for DCEN so I can try welding ali...thats another post
Cheers
Re: Noob from South Africa
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:48 am
by weldin mike 27
Hey,
Welcome to the show. A slight correction: your dc tig will weld dc + and dc- at a switch of the leads, but to weld Ali, The home user will need an AC/Dc capable machine,
Sorry for the let down.
Mick
Re: Noob from South Africa
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:10 am
by 2BarBoost
Thanks Mick. I have a really cheap tig machine. It has to different connectors, the usual cable for the - and a screw
in typ for torch with a hole in the middles for the gas like the pic. Im planning to use ali stick electrodes as filler, not
the best way to weld it but I cant afford a proper ac/dc machine, a decent machine will cost me +-$1000 US
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Re: Noob from South Africa
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:06 pm
by Mike
Welcome to the forum 2BarBoost.
Re: Noob from South Africa
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:48 pm
by AKweldshop
Welcome to the forum.
~John
Re: Noob from South Africa
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:15 am
by weldin mike 27
ah ha, okay, i have seen a video on youtube by a Bulgarian fella doing that. Have fun discovering what uou can do.
Mick
Re: Noob from South Africa
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:42 am
by 2BarBoost
Thanks All
