Cheapest TIG I have ever seen.

That looks tempting but I don't think it has near the capacity you would expect. 90 amps on a stick welder doesn't get you very far, and that only has a 35% duty cycle. You couldn't run any big rods(think you'd have to stay 1/8" and under), and could only get good penetration with something like 6011 (which I don't like cause you have to know what your doing to get a nice clean weld with it :rolleyes: )
And for the TIG, I don't think 130 amps is going to do a whole lot either. We're using TIG at school right now and we're using around 50 amps to weld 14 gauge steel. Aluminum takes a lot more heat than steel does, so I'd be surprised if you could weld anything too substantial. Especially when the thing will only run for 3 minutes out of every 10 :(
That thing might be the **** for specialty stuff like metal scabbards making small parts, but as a general welder I don't think it has much ass.
 
when I got my tig welder a few years ago, I decided that I needed 250 amps, and at least 80% duty cycle. I kept an eye on the market and eventually ended up with my welder, 500 amps and 100% duty cycle, more than I needed, but just what I wanted, I'm afraid I'd been spoiled when all I did all day long every day was run a tig welder.

I'd say that for doing occasional work you'd want at least 200 amps and 60% duty cycle for tig. Tig isclean, but slow, if you have to shut the welder off every few minutes and leave it off longer than you where using it, you'll have a heck of a time getting any real work done.

Just my opinion though, open for argument

Tony
 
For work in a small shop you could probably get by with the low amps by using 3/32 6010 and 7018, but the duty cycle would be your downfall. :p
 
Is this a ac/dc machine? The amps and duty cycle are way too low to do much. I saw aluminum and steel both mentioned, to do both you need a ac/dc.
 
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