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**JET** · 05-31-2006

Those $100 TIG's are just a battery charger with leads on them. Total junk. MIG is much easier to learn than TIG. MIG cannot weld aluminum piping, but TIG can.

A good MIG entry level machine is the Hobart 140, ~$450 ready to go.

A nice TIG machine is the Thermal Arc TSW185, ~$1900 ready to go.

Both are about as cheap as you can go and still have a nice machine.

05-31-2006	#8
JET Is funding Exxon. Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ham Lake Drives: like a bat outta hell! Posts: 7,983	Re: Welders... Those $100 TIG's are just a battery charger with leads on them. Total junk. MIG is much easier to learn than TIG. MIG cannot weld aluminum piping, but TIG can. A good MIG entry level machine is the Hobart 140, ~$450 ready to go. A nice TIG machine is the Thermal Arc TSW185, ~$1900 ready to go. Both are about as cheap as you can go and still have a nice machine. __________________ Is burning corn and stayin' warm! My motorcycle is stock and reliable, my Talon is neither!