Have Inverter, Mig or Tig Torch?

[BoatBuilderDave]

I have Pico 140 amp invertor.

I supports LiftArc.

I want to weld some 1.5mm box section.

It can be done with 2mm rods, but it's not easy. So...

I could practice a lot more.

I could get a Tig Torch, but I gather that I would _need_ a proper gas bottle, not just the disposable ones. So now I am into ~ £80 for the torch assemble (weldequipe), and another ~ £100 for the argon bottle & first fill. Then I need quite a bit of practice.

Or I could just get a small Mig, use disposable CO2, (I gather TIG uses more gas, and with MIG I could live with the disposable canisters). Clarke 110 ~ £250 new, so lets say £150 second hand....

Bear in mind this is Hobby Stuff. I don't do this for a living, so I have a limited budges, and and while the welds need to be strong, I can live without them being all that pretty. And I can't spend 8 hours a day practicing.

Any thoughts? Advice? Comments?

Thanks

Dave

 

[cumbriasteve]

I think you have answered your own questions.

Forget the Tig, costly and lots of practice required.

MIG.... disposables don't last long and again costly.

So: I would practice more with the arc, using some decent quality rods

 

[BoatBuilderDave]

I think you have answered your own questions.

Forget the Tig, costly and lots of practice required.

MIG.... disposables don't last long and again costly.

So: I would practice more with the arc, using some decent quality rods

Many thanks,

I sort of thought so, but being quite new to this whole welding lark, I was not entirely certain of my own answers.....

Many Thanks

A box of orelinkon 2mm 6013s have just arrived.

I presume for such thin stuff I should be using DCEN, not DCEP ?



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