I'm in the market to buy a used miller, Hobart, or Lincoln TIG welder. I would like a good unit but it will have limited use. A portable unit would be perfect for storage.
If you have a unit for sale PM me here.
If you have suggestions post them here.
Thanks,
Jim
Wanted: Tig welder
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Wanted: Tig welder
Tool & Die Maker/Electrician, Retired 2007
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Re: Wanted: Tig welder
AC/DC or DC only? Amps needs (Or thickness that will be welded) Price range... That info will narrow down what might work for you..
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Re: Wanted: Tig welder
At this time I plan to weld small stuff. 12-16 gage sheet.
Keep in mind I know very little about TIG welding. I have done it with a machine
that was already setup and this was before I retired. I need a
TIG welder in my own shop now.
Jim
Keep in mind I know very little about TIG welding. I have done it with a machine
that was already setup and this was before I retired. I need a
TIG welder in my own shop now.
Jim
Tool & Die Maker/Electrician, Retired 2007
So much to learn and so little time.
www.outbackmachineshop.com
So much to learn and so little time.
www.outbackmachineshop.com
Re: Wanted: Tig welder
OK,
Can you get by with Lift-arc? DC Only? It will make a huge difference in cost, and quality. Meaning by going DC ,and lift-arc, quality machines show up at reasonable prices, even new. One you get High freq start, and AC, you are starting to push a grand used. Probably fairly old, or huge. Thermal-arc makes great tigs too, and have for a long time. Just to add another option for you in machines. Just narrowing the range on what will work well for you.
Can you get by with Lift-arc? DC Only? It will make a huge difference in cost, and quality. Meaning by going DC ,and lift-arc, quality machines show up at reasonable prices, even new. One you get High freq start, and AC, you are starting to push a grand used. Probably fairly old, or huge. Thermal-arc makes great tigs too, and have for a long time. Just to add another option for you in machines. Just narrowing the range on what will work well for you.
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Re: Wanted: Tig welder
I find the Miller Maxstart attractive because it is portable and I have located one. What are the limitations to the Maxstart comparted to a Miller Dialarc?
Jim
Jim
Tool & Die Maker/Electrician, Retired 2007
So much to learn and so little time.
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Re: Wanted: Tig welder
What do you need it for?
The Maxstar appears to be a 150A machine.
I have a Dialarc HF and it's supposedly a 310A machine.
I ran it from a 60A breaker for years, but it was very frustrating, as it was easy to pop the breaker welding aluminum. I now have it on a 100A breaker and all is good. The Maxstar most likely draws a fraction of that, which in your case may make the decision for you.
Aluminum really soaks up the heat.
The Maxstar appears to be a 150A machine.
I have a Dialarc HF and it's supposedly a 310A machine.
I ran it from a 60A breaker for years, but it was very frustrating, as it was easy to pop the breaker welding aluminum. I now have it on a 100A breaker and all is good. The Maxstar most likely draws a fraction of that, which in your case may make the decision for you.
Aluminum really soaks up the heat.
Glenn
Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!
Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!
Re: Wanted: Tig welder
We have a Lincoln 175, the older type, at work. Works very well up to about a quarter inch or so in steel. Dials pretty far down, so would be ok for thin stuff.
We checked it, and draw was around 45A on 230V at full power. We run it from a 50A breaker and have never had it open the breaker, even when we converted over and were running stick with it.
I've used it quite a bit buyilding prototypes, and found that I can tig weld better than I can stick or mig..... just makes more sense to me somehow. By now I've done a lot more tig time than with the others.
Ours ran about $700 used, with water cooled torch setup, but mostly I see them from a grand to $1500 on CL.
It's HF start..... you want that.
We checked it, and draw was around 45A on 230V at full power. We run it from a 50A breaker and have never had it open the breaker, even when we converted over and were running stick with it.
I've used it quite a bit buyilding prototypes, and found that I can tig weld better than I can stick or mig..... just makes more sense to me somehow. By now I've done a lot more tig time than with the others.
Ours ran about $700 used, with water cooled torch setup, but mostly I see them from a grand to $1500 on CL.
It's HF start..... you want that.
Re: Wanted: Tig welder
The Dialarc will probably be a better overall stick welding machine,and can be all you need with tig. Maxstar 150s or lift-arc or even the high freq model? Very reliable inverter power supply, might be Miller's very best in that area. Not much downside,because it's a excellent tig welder. Might want to get a full featured model, (STL) just for high freq, and built in gas valve.You can run a torch without a gas valve, and it's smaller overall.JimGlass wrote:I find the Miller Maxstart attractive because it is portable and I have located one. What are the limitations to the Maxstart comparted to a Miller Dialarc?
Jim