Anyone free near the M4 that can TIG on sunday? AC & DC

[Willl]

So I might potentially be buying a tig welder in Wales, it does AC and is a fair price which is what I've been after for a while. The only problem is I can't really tig weld, I can lay a wavy run on plate but I wouldn't be confident in assessing the capability of a welder.
Are there any members on here that would be willing to hop in on the way from Berkshire to Wales to test out a welder for me in return for some beer tokens?

Thanks a lot.

 

[Willl]

No takers then? Oh well. Went and bought this little guy yesterday, gave it a quick run and had my first go at Alu which was cool. Also blew up a 1mm thoriated tungsten on 200A AC.

 

[Richard.]

Also blew up a 1mm thoriated tungsten on 200A AC.

Inevitably that will happen.
There isn't an occasion where a 1mm tungsten is gonna be any use on AC that I can think of and I've stuck a few pop cans together in the past. Get some lanthanated
2.4's and crack on.
If your struggling with getting set up I put a little beginners guide together that may help. http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/aluminium-tig-guide-getting-started.64695/

 

[Willl]

Inevitably that will happen.
There isn't an occasion where a 1mm tungsten is gonna be any use on AC that I can think of and I've stuck a few pop cans together in the past. Get some lanthanated
2.4's and crack on.
If your struggling with getting set up I put a little beginners guide together that may help. http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/aluminium-tig-guide-getting-started.64695/

Thanks Richard, I'm still yet to have a proper play with it to be honest, working nights isn't conducive to grinding etc. In the garden! I've had a few 1.6 lanthanated and Ceriated sitting around for a while which I finally got around to sharpening, the only thing holding me back now is finding my flap discs to clean up my materials and getting a convenient time when I'm not busy.

The 1mm thoriated I obliterated was when I was giving it a test run in the chaps garage, it's just what was in the torch at the time, not really thinking too much about what I was doing I was thinking "let's see what this turd can do" and spun the dial around a few times. Zzzzzzzzzzap zap POP! Oh well.