[TheForge] welder suggestions

[Phil]

That's why you have the frequency generator hooked up
to the stick welder so you can TIG weld it.

--- Dan Tull <dantull at numail.org> wrote:

> Hey, I don't disagree w/ that.
> It's just hotter than mig. Sometimes you burn up
> small things w/ stick.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil" <mobjak at yahoo.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] welder suggestions
> 
> 
> Steven:
> 
> I'm sure EVERYONE else will disagree with me,
> especially Dan Tull, but I would go with an AC/DC
> stick welder.  The reasons are:
> 
>  - If you want to go from welding low carbon steel
> to
> some other application (tool steel, high tensile,
> cast
> iron, etc.) it's a lot easier to switch an electrode
> than it is to switch that big spool of wire.
> 
>  - I've seen more bad MIG welds than I've seen bad
> stick welds from beginners due to lack of
> penetration.
> 
>  - If you go with the stick welder, you can add a
> high
> frequency generator on later and you have a TIG
> welder.
> 
> Phil Rosche
> Summerville, SC
> 
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