Hello experts!
Right, I am currently halfway through a night class to learn a few different welding techniques.
The stuff I want to be welding are:
Stainless steel -exhaust headers.
Aluminium -plenum chanbers, and various motorcycle brackets.
Mild steel -workbench, trailer and car bodywork.
My brother has a MIG welder, which I would just need to source a bottle for. That's the mild steel taken care of.
I'm deciding between the TIG set, and I'm thinking something like this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160408175348
Which looks capable enough to me and my tutor, and £375 delivered is a good enough price. Coupled to a rent free bottle that looks a good option.
Onto the gas set-ups. These seem slightly more dangerious, although more capable -in being able to cut aswell. I'm planning to spend the next week or so TIG'ing ally for practice at night class, then try the gas method.
Any thoughts? Ideally I would like to have a rent free set-up, but as long as costs are controllable it would be OK.
Thanks,
Fran
Right, I am currently halfway through a night class to learn a few different welding techniques.
The stuff I want to be welding are:
Stainless steel -exhaust headers.
Aluminium -plenum chanbers, and various motorcycle brackets.
Mild steel -workbench, trailer and car bodywork.
My brother has a MIG welder, which I would just need to source a bottle for. That's the mild steel taken care of.
I'm deciding between the TIG set, and I'm thinking something like this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160408175348
Which looks capable enough to me and my tutor, and £375 delivered is a good enough price. Coupled to a rent free bottle that looks a good option.
Onto the gas set-ups. These seem slightly more dangerious, although more capable -in being able to cut aswell. I'm planning to spend the next week or so TIG'ing ally for practice at night class, then try the gas method.
Any thoughts? Ideally I would like to have a rent free set-up, but as long as costs are controllable it would be OK.
Thanks,
Fran