Beginner TIG Welder for Chro moly Tubing

[piperjock]

Hi

I'm building an aircraft and the frame needs to be welded. I have no experience and would like to get a Tig welder to practice with before getting my CAA approval and then welding together my frame. The wings are all wood so the plan is to get my welding skills up to scratch while building those.

I've been looking at the RTech AC/DC 160 welder. It will be mostly thin wall chromoly tube but there will be some thin plates and perhaps some aluminium tanks etc. eventually.

R-Tech gets good reviews but is this just marketing? Would I be better with something else for this type of work?

 

[Tigman]

Really depends on your budget , R Tech have a good after sale reputation ! My machine cost over 3K but it hasn't missed a beat in over 6 years

 

[BrokenBiker]

Hi

I'm building an aircraft and the frame needs to be welded. I have no experience and would like to get a Tig welder to practice with before getting my CAA approval and then welding together my frame. The wings are all wood so the plan is to get my welding skills up to scratch while building those.

I've been looking at the RTech AC/DC 160 welder. It will be mostly thin wall chromoly tube but there will be some thin plates and perhaps some aluminium tanks etc. eventually.

R-Tech gets good reviews but is this just marketing? Would I be better with something else for this type of work?

r-tech have the reputation they have for a very good reason. their machines are generally very reliable, and if a fault does arise they are very good at sorting it out.

 

[Wozzaaah]

I'm getting deja vu....
Has this project been on the back burner for 10 years?

 

[piperjock]

Has this project been on the back burner for 10 years?

Haha, pretty much, I built one from a kit out of aluminium instead but it was riveted rather than welded.

This is the one I really want to build though.