fabrikator
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Hi everyone I'm looking for opinions on what tig welder to get. And this seems to be the right place to ask.
I intend to use it for bicycle frame building and those are usually 4130 (or similar regional quality) and alpha-beta class titanium. About 0,75-1,5mm wall thickness.
I have some welding experience, both mig/stick/tig but it was a long time ago with tig/mig, took classes in school too, and classes after that. I use stick Kemppi minarcs (and their best stick welders too) almost every week and those are what we have at work.
Now I'm looking for a really high quality TIG-welder for my own projects. In scandinavia the popular brands are ESAB, Kemppi and Migatronic, but i have read up on machines now for over a year so ESAB and Migatronic are not interesting to me anymore (current production ESABs are not very reliable apparantly and the Migatronics are in the same quality league as the chinese stuff but possibly slightly better, but they cost as a top of the line machine. I have no reason to doubt this info so those are byebye).
I dont want american machines either.
That leaves me with kemppi and other high quality european brands.
And its this I'm seeking your help with.
My demands and expectations:
*DC only, aircooled
*1phase 220v
*Pulse function with adjustable dc bias and pulsewidth (unlike the kemppi 200 minarc tig evo).
*Should last for 10 years or more (hobby welding, not production) before something expensive/hard to fix inside the case breaks, such as a circuit board.
*Preferably as much metal as possible in the chassis.
*buttons and dials at least should feel like they were build to last and not like a toy if possible.
So what do you recommend for me?
I'm currently looking into small and compact Lorch/Fronius/Kemppi/EWM/ESS.
What more is there that is good???
I'm not looking for the best TIG machine ever built but I want really good quality and durability, I'm looking for these above brands small and compact tig welders, their entry level 1phase TIGs with pulse. But I'm a buy once cry once kind of guy. I rather pay more the first time and buy the right stuff from the start, its always the cheapest in the long run.
I intend to use it for bicycle frame building and those are usually 4130 (or similar regional quality) and alpha-beta class titanium. About 0,75-1,5mm wall thickness.
I have some welding experience, both mig/stick/tig but it was a long time ago with tig/mig, took classes in school too, and classes after that. I use stick Kemppi minarcs (and their best stick welders too) almost every week and those are what we have at work.
Now I'm looking for a really high quality TIG-welder for my own projects. In scandinavia the popular brands are ESAB, Kemppi and Migatronic, but i have read up on machines now for over a year so ESAB and Migatronic are not interesting to me anymore (current production ESABs are not very reliable apparantly and the Migatronics are in the same quality league as the chinese stuff but possibly slightly better, but they cost as a top of the line machine. I have no reason to doubt this info so those are byebye).
I dont want american machines either.
That leaves me with kemppi and other high quality european brands.
And its this I'm seeking your help with.
My demands and expectations:
*DC only, aircooled
*1phase 220v
*Pulse function with adjustable dc bias and pulsewidth (unlike the kemppi 200 minarc tig evo).
*Should last for 10 years or more (hobby welding, not production) before something expensive/hard to fix inside the case breaks, such as a circuit board.
*Preferably as much metal as possible in the chassis.
*buttons and dials at least should feel like they were build to last and not like a toy if possible.
So what do you recommend for me?
I'm currently looking into small and compact Lorch/Fronius/Kemppi/EWM/ESS.
What more is there that is good???
I'm not looking for the best TIG machine ever built but I want really good quality and durability, I'm looking for these above brands small and compact tig welders, their entry level 1phase TIGs with pulse. But I'm a buy once cry once kind of guy. I rather pay more the first time and buy the right stuff from the start, its always the cheapest in the long run.
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