Which Tig Welder ???

[old-and-rusty]

Thanks very much for the reply, I really appreciate the info.
TBH I`m not looking to weld ally with it, just mild and stainless.

I`ve used a Mig before for stainless, but I wasn`t really impressed with the weld quality, so wanted to go the Tig route instead. Plus the chances of blowing through thin section mild steel, seems to be a lot less with Tig.

The Tig welder I used before was a full blown industrial model, with all the bells and whistles, and cost about 3 grand . But I definately don`t want to spend that much .

Thanks again for your help, I will have a look through the links later. I only have single phase power in my unit, so I won`t be doing any arc welding. Will have to keep an eye out for smoking plug sockets though...LOL...

Regards,
Ian.

[umpkin]

i have a parweld 140XTI its just scratch start, up to 140amp, gas is regulated by a valve on the torch, only really ment to use it to 110amp on 13amp plug and need 16 amp to use the full 140, and you can use it for arc welding had that at 120amp in 13a with no probs.

i leaned to weld on a 3phase Kemppi 2200 with hf, great unit. sadly company went under, so i got myself somin cheap in case i wanted to do some tig.

think my parweld is about £180 ish

[old-and-rusty]

Cheers for that, all info appreciated.
I`ve been trawling through a few welding forums. Everyone has different views on the best model to go for, but they all agree to stay away from Sealey systems....LOL...

I`m looking to spend around the £400 mark, so that I can get a system that has everything I will need now and in the future.

At the moment, I`ve short listed two, the GYSMI tig 160 HF that Dr Silvia recommended or this one -

http://www.welduk.com/Details.asp?ProductID=522

I would love to be able to afford something like the Kemppi, but I think the wife would kill me, if I spent that much....LOL....

Thanks again for the extra info, I will let you know which one I go for in the end .

Regards,
Ian.