Welder question: MIG or TIG?

[lippy]

Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton

Of course you should also consider that after you get a nice welder and you and your boys learn to use it----------that you will need a band saw, lathe, milling machine, grinders, etc to make up all the pieces so that you can weld them together

Two girls and a boy! And those tools are already on the list.

[Dwight]

I've owned a MiG welder for 15 years and a stick machine since 1969. A buddy loaned me his TIG a couple of years ago and I still have it. Yes, I pay rent on it. It's become a joke among us.

Anyway, a few weeks ago I had one of my younger brothers weld up a angle iron cart for the borrowed TIG machine. He used a MiG. Fast and easy. I noticed he sprayed all the metal around the area he was going to weld with Weld Aid brand Nozzle Kleen No. 2. After he finished welding he took a rag and wiped all the spatters off. Easy, no grinder??? Wow I've been doing it the hard way for years.

Part number 007022
it's about $8 a can.

Never to old to learn

Dwight