Not woodwork I know, advice on a TIG welder!

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Hi All


Hope you'll forgive me I realise it's not woodwork related but I was hoping someone could help, I have the chance to buy a second hand Fronius TransPocket 1500 MMA/TIG welder, the problem is I've never used one TIG is something I've been wanting to learn for quite a while but I'm unsure if I should go for one of these or a more standard type of TIG welder?

www.wellyweld.com/products/Fronius-Tran ... 72851.aspx

I will use it for all sorts so I don't want anything to specialised to one thing also I realise it wont weld aluminium...

Any help really appreciated

Lee
 
Looks an expensive unit new?
I recently bought a RYVAL 170 amp from my local BOC depot
its a mma with lift tig
and its fantastic
I can pick it up with one finger
its quiet
its powerfull easy to start on mma
easy to use on tig ( you cant do alloy)
my unit was just over £250 from boc with bags to carry and auto helmet as a deal
tig torch and supplies were about £100 and gas is an extra ( pure argon) but I got that from another welding supplier that doesnt charge rental

I dont do a lot of welding I once had a bottle of mig sheilding gas 11 years before changing it at boc @ £80 per year rental

Ian

But if your deal on the fronius is good it looks a good unit
 
You might get more answers if you post this in the metalworking section, which has some quite long discussions on this sort of thing.
 
AndyT":3sgkg96x said:
You might get more answers if you post this in the metalworking section, which has some quite long discussions on this sort of thing.
+1
Have only once tried TIG, with an instructor, and just couldn't get the hang of it.....................
 
seaco":19m3h0xj said:
Hope you'll forgive me I realise it's not woodwork related
Which is why there is metalworking forum

seaco":19m3h0xj said:
All hail to NORM" if he uses it I want one...
Never seen him use a welder :)

If you have never welded before you might want to see if there is a local course you can go on, I did a one day intro before buying my Mig welder and it helped a lot deciding what to buy, still can't weld though :)
Unless of course it's an absolute bargain and you could sell it on if it didn't work out.
 
Thanks for the replies lads,

Ian, your welder looks interesting and I'm wondering what the one I spoke of has extra to make it so expensive new?

Rob, Unfortunately I live fairly rural so courses are hard to come by this is why forums like this are invaluable for people like me you can learn such a lot!

As for where I posted well I did realise there is a metalworking section but I thought that even woodworkers sometimes go to the dark side and work with metal... :twisted: but as you say I will post the same question there...

Lee
 
Thanks for that Rob, looked into it but it's an 80 mile round trip each time, I'll keep looking closer to home...
 
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