[TheForge] Tig welding

Wed Jul 24 19:06:00 2002

Hi Guys -

    I am wondering about a thing I saw several years ago.  A guy I knew took
a tig torch and gas bottle with regulator, and hooked it to his DC stick
welder.  Nothing else was used, and he had to scratch start the tig, but it
worked.  I know without high-freq. it wouldn't work with aluminum, (or am I
wrong about that, too?) but it has intrigued me all these years.  I have an
OLD Lincoln stick welder.  A 180 amp AC welder, and was wondering if this
idea
would work with this?  I am on a limited budget and this seems like a way I
could have tig in my shop, but I hesitate to buy all this if it won't work
with my welder.

Please tell me what you think,

Rick Crawford at  Rafter Lazy C
Home of Rick's Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
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