Need Help with tig

[phantom99]

Hello all
I have been lurking here for a while... This is by far the best place to learn from on the web... My question is i really want to learn to tig weld and wonder what machine would be a good starter for a newbie???

[Sundown]

Hello all
I have been lurking here for a while... This is by far the best place to learn from on the web... My question is i really want to learn to tig weld and wonder what machine would be a good starter for a newbie???

Welcome, need more information. What do expect to weld? how much money do you want to spend? Do you want to be able to do aluminum? How much voltage/amperage for input do you have available? Do you want to be portable? Stuff like that.

[phantom99]

220 input... Would like to be able to weld aluminum

[patrickmcveigh]

But how thick? That and your budget will quicly become the deciding factors.

[Planet X]

Hello all
I have been lurking here for a while... This is by far the best place to learn from on the web... My question is i really want to learn to tig weld and wonder what machine would be a good starter for a newbie???

Which ever one your local community college use's in their vocational welding courses

[clperformance]

there's a dialarc 250 for sale on ebay right now that came from a local college that, once again, cut out a welding program Its pretty cheap and can be cheap to set up. shipping is a factor though

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

[moody]

i hate that colleges are taking out welding classes

[clperformance]

yeah me too. Around here there are only a couple of basic programs you can attend and only one place has an advanced class(according to the AWS). Which I find pretty scary considering this is the DC area.