harbor freight tig welder

[moon59]

OK I know those words don't belong together, the only things I get there are gloves and the little brushes for leather glue. Saw the tig there and was wondering if anyone here has one. Moon

 

[kmj153]

I can't speak for the Tig welder, but I had a Mig welder and it was Junk. I found a used stick Lincoln welder at a yard sale for $40 and used that to weld new suspension to my Jeep axle and my brother has a Lincoln Mig welder with gas and used that for some frame repair on my jeep as well. If it was me, I would get a better product in the beginning instead of wasting the $$ spent on the crappy one from HF. Just curious, what are you welding and how often would you be using it?

 

[sunshadow]

for most welding you are better off getting the bottom line Lincoln or Miller MIG unit, I have a friend who is a professional welder who has a HF inverter TIG at his house that he uses occaisionally, he says it is OK for what it is but what it is is a cheaply built scratch start DC only unit without much control or power, or arc stabilization, so you really need to know what you are doing to get a good weld with it. I have a Millermatic 140 and wanted a TIG to go with it, I almost bought the HF unit several times, but every time I looked at it I liked it less, so I saved up and got a Miller Diversion 180 to make sure I could do stainless and aluminum, that said most of my welding is still done with the MIG

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[moon59]

Thanks guys, that's pretty much the response I was expecting. It won't be used much, just for making damascus, canister, etc. Guess I'll just hold off and do some more looking. Thanks again, Moon.