blown 87

Burns sells it, of course a couple of foot of anything from them might be more than my car is worth, they are expensive.

Ducman82

I'm going to look local. I think an exhaust will be my first major tig project for my shark. And building up the front protection plates ( Carl's kit) when they wear down..

OBehave

A conveyor power unit frame at work today. 1/8th inch 304 stainless steel. In the shop I have Lincoln Precision Tig 275's and 350's. Good strong machines and great for production work. Good for aluminum also but not alot of adjustment choices for AC welding aluminum. My personal welder is a Miller 200DX inverter machine and it's the bomb! All sorts of adjustment and choices of wave forms and frequency settings as well as pulse options. A hell of alot more control when welding thin aluminum. It helped out enormously when welding my front fenders.
Greg,keep practicing on the aluminum and become proficient in that and everything else will follow without much effort. High heat fast up front and back peddle as you go as the base material heats up. weldingtipsandtricks.com is a great place for welding instruction.

blown 87

That looks really good Ed.

I have been watching all of Jody's vids, they are really good.
Welding tips and tricks


When I first started out with TIG I started with 1/8 304, mine at first all ended up with black on the outside of the welds from too much heat, those welds look really good.

I have figured out that constant practice is going to be the key to getting good with the TIG.

RFJ

I used to weld parts of 300 series stainless at a job i had when i was young and i found it easy,that was tig,had never welded before. Now i try to weld some stick materials and i feel like a complete boob,go figure.

blown 87

Nobody told you it was supposed to be hard.

It has been years since I stick welded anything, doubt I would be very good at it now.

Lizard928

I personally detest stick welding.

It's either MIG or TIG with TIG wherever I can!

RFJ

I am not that good with mig anymore either,age i guess.Ray

BC

Okay!

blown 87

Which Hobart are you looking at?
Some seem to get better reviews than others.
Here is the place to ask about different welders.
http://weldingweb.com/index.php

The general rule of thumb seems to be that the Millers are the top of the line for industrial type machines, with some other special machines being better for other things, from what I have read any way.

I do know if I buy another one it will be a inverter based machine.

heinrich

Radiator end tanks
Sunroof delete proper-fit plate
Dry Sump (and even a new oilpan)
Fender flares
Intake boxes of better design

Ducman82

wish my TIG was an inverter... the 225 i have is about 400 pounds on wheels... :-P

blown 87

When I get comfortable I am going to try and make a dry sump tank for a member here.

blown 87

That is about what my 250DX weighs.

Ducman82

i was thinking about doing a pan at some point too.