[TheForge] Tig welding

Wed Jul 24 19:41:00 2002

        Rick,  Just my two cents, but if all you have is the 180 amp AC
welder - you should save your money.
        The Tig can be used as scratch start on a DC machine on straight
polarity (electrode negative) however, as you mentioned seen being done
before.

Ralph


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rafter Lazy C" <[email protected]>
To: "theForge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 7:26 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Tig welding


> 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
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