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General Category => Fabrication => Topic started by: carkrazed on March 21, 2009, 02:42:05 AM

Title: Help Jimmy riggin a torch setup onto my welder.
Post by: carkrazed on March 21, 2009, 02:42:05 AM

I need a little help trying to setup a tig on my welder.

I got this here snap on mig.
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=12617&group_ID=1736&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog (http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=12617&group_ID=1736&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog)

Being gay like snap on is, they want 595.00 for the tig torch which doesnt even have a flexible torch head, or amperage control.

Then, to amplify the gayness, they want another 390.00 for the foot petal for amperage control.

So i was brousing ebay and saw this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/WELDCRAFT-LEGACY-LS1712R-12-TIG-TORCH-W-14-PIN-REMOTE_W0QQitemZ390036875889QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Welders?hash=item390036875889&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A16%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 (http://cgi.ebay.com/WELDCRAFT-LEGACY-LS1712R-12-TIG-TORCH-W-14-PIN-REMOTE_W0QQitemZ390036875889QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Welders?hash=item390036875889&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A16%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318)

Am I correct in thinking that I could put the right connector for the amperage control, and the right fitting for the power lead, and this would work?

They also make one with a gas flow knob, am I correct in thinking that I wouldn't need this because gas would start to flow through the lead as soon as I strike an arc, correct?

Thanks for any help. I really dont want to drop a grand on a tig setup  :P

Title: Re: Help Jimmy riggin a torch setup onto my welder.
Post by: t_cel_t on March 21, 2009, 02:49:05 AM

didnt know you could do a tig on a mig machine, its has to be cv for tig, mig is always cc.

if somehow your mig is cv, or has a cv setting then you could use one of these
http://www.az-zbum.com/welder.upgrade.shtml (http://www.az-zbum.com/welder.upgrade.shtml)
its the power block, just clamp it to the terminal and connect the gas line, you will need a torch with a gas valve on the handle.

dont really need a foot pedal as you wont have high freq start and it is easier to weld without one. just set it to 60 amps and go up from there.

also
cv=constant voltage (tig,mma)
cc=constant current (mig)

Title: Re: Help Jimmy riggin a torch setup onto my welder.
Post by: CSaddict on March 21, 2009, 06:56:06 AM

We have that MIG at the shop and it does TIG. Poorly but it does. Its lift start so right there you are behind the 8 ball.

Title: Re: Help Jimmy riggin a torch setup onto my welder.
Post by: CSaddict on March 21, 2009, 01:44:34 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/Miller-Diversion-165-TIG-T-I-G-Welder-HeliArc-907005_W0QQitemZ400038443491QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item400038443491&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1546%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Miller-Diversion-165-TIG-T-I-G-Welder-HeliArc-907005_W0QQitemZ400038443491QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item400038443491&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1546%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)