I have posted in the member introduction section but here is a little back-round information:
My father recently retired from dentistry and went to Africa with a dental charity. One of the guys on the trip had begun designing a lightweight aluminum collapsable dental chair for use in the outpost clinics. My father saw an opportunity to pursue a new venture in his retirement and agreed to help fabricate the chairs.
The chairs themselves require Tig welding of 10 gauge (2.6mm?) box section aluminum (butt welds) and also lap welds of 10 gauge aluminum plate onto the box section for brackets etc.
His garage contains a single phase supply from a 20A breaker in the house (so a little less when volt drop is accounted for.) The supply has the potential to be up-rated (I'm a domestic electrician as part of my trade) but would be quite a hassle due to the location of the consumer unit and a house-proud mother!
So having asked around and doing a little research I am assuming that an AC/DC Inverter Tig would be the better choice over the transformer type due to using less juice. We have a budget of around a grand. For arguments sake, would something like TEC-ARC 206i AC/DC TIG (5-200A) Welder supplied by weldequip (on a 16A commando plug) by sufficient for what he requires?
All answers greatly appreciated, cheers for now.
My father recently retired from dentistry and went to Africa with a dental charity. One of the guys on the trip had begun designing a lightweight aluminum collapsable dental chair for use in the outpost clinics. My father saw an opportunity to pursue a new venture in his retirement and agreed to help fabricate the chairs.
The chairs themselves require Tig welding of 10 gauge (2.6mm?) box section aluminum (butt welds) and also lap welds of 10 gauge aluminum plate onto the box section for brackets etc.
His garage contains a single phase supply from a 20A breaker in the house (so a little less when volt drop is accounted for.) The supply has the potential to be up-rated (I'm a domestic electrician as part of my trade) but would be quite a hassle due to the location of the consumer unit and a house-proud mother!
So having asked around and doing a little research I am assuming that an AC/DC Inverter Tig would be the better choice over the transformer type due to using less juice. We have a budget of around a grand. For arguments sake, would something like TEC-ARC 206i AC/DC TIG (5-200A) Welder supplied by weldequip (on a 16A commando plug) by sufficient for what he requires?
All answers greatly appreciated, cheers for now.