small.planes
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evening all,
First post here, but Ive had a poke about, and not found the answer, so...
Im in the market for a TIG set. Initially I guessed a budget of about £500, but i can stretch that to around £1000...
I had discounted AC sets (I dont to a lot of ally, some, but I have a MIG set if I have to) as I didnt think I could get one for the money. I have looked at the Miller Maxstar 150, as I know the next project I have to do is mostly Stainless/Inconel, and down to ~0.3mm thick, so I dont want a cheap wavery at low currents set...
Then I came across the Oerlikeron Citig 1500 AC/Dc set for only a little more than the Miller. The TIG will be used for a hobby business, so it wont run the normal commercial hours, but I dont want a machine thats going to die on me in a couple of years.
does anyone have experience of this model, or of Oerlikeron inverter sets in general?
other sets to look at would also be useful. as a brief guide my requirements are:
mild steel, stainless /inconel/other heat resisting alloys, down to ~0.3mm (possibly thinner if that is possible...) and up to about 3mm, Alloy would be nice. Not a cheap chinese die in a year set. budget close to £1000, less would be nice (optimistic I know)
cheers
Dave
First post here, but Ive had a poke about, and not found the answer, so...
Im in the market for a TIG set. Initially I guessed a budget of about £500, but i can stretch that to around £1000...
I had discounted AC sets (I dont to a lot of ally, some, but I have a MIG set if I have to) as I didnt think I could get one for the money. I have looked at the Miller Maxstar 150, as I know the next project I have to do is mostly Stainless/Inconel, and down to ~0.3mm thick, so I dont want a cheap wavery at low currents set...
Then I came across the Oerlikeron Citig 1500 AC/Dc set for only a little more than the Miller. The TIG will be used for a hobby business, so it wont run the normal commercial hours, but I dont want a machine thats going to die on me in a couple of years.
does anyone have experience of this model, or of Oerlikeron inverter sets in general?
other sets to look at would also be useful. as a brief guide my requirements are:
mild steel, stainless /inconel/other heat resisting alloys, down to ~0.3mm (possibly thinner if that is possible...) and up to about 3mm, Alloy would be nice. Not a cheap chinese die in a year set. budget close to £1000, less would be nice (optimistic I know)
cheers
Dave