TitaniumTT's I hope I make it to DGRR '09 Build

[Roen]

Boo for losing the two tone of the S4 moldings.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by vex

I've heard it both ways. For my ability I think the Ecnotig is going to be about as expensive as I'll look (1200-1300) and that's about as cheap as TIG's go. I think for just learning on and getting able to weld correctly it will fit my bill perfectly (considering it's extremely similar to brazing). I would like to practice and weld aluminum and get very good at welding that. Steel seems to be a bit more forgiving. We'll see though.

Steel yes, stainless no. I've TIG SOOOO much more AL than steel or stainless though that my TIG steel welds look like cripe. My MIG stainless weld look more like TIG welds though. I dunno man, I'd rather buy something that I can grow into rather than out of. I have a good friend with a Lincoln 175 but it doesn't do 1/4" :scratch: I don't get it either, anyway..... there have been times when we needed to use my MillerMatic 175 becuase it will do 1/4" cleanly sooooooo, yeah. I'd rather go bigger and grow into it than buy something that I grow out of. I wrestled with this ALOT when I bought my Plasma cutter. I ended up with the Hypertherm 35 becuase well, it'll cut what I can weld. Haven't run into an instance where it hasn't been sufficient but I'm always worrying that I will. Probably becuase it's the smallest they make. But, I've cut 3/8" with it.

Originally Posted by Roen

Boo for losing the two tone of the S4 moldings.

Boooooooo nothing. Wait till you see what I did with the ass of the car.... err what I'll be doing tomorrow. & hey, if I don't like it, I two-tone it one day. The worst part of it, and the main reason I did it was becuase of the vent in the nose. There is no clean way of breaking that line for the mettalic black that the molding was.

Update - Cocked and loaded for spraying the bay tomorrow morning. Should have some pics up tomorrow night if I can get the porting done that I want to.

[vex]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Steel yes, stainless no. I've TIG SOOOO much more AL than steel or stainless though that my TIG steel welds look like cripe. My MIG stainless weld look more like TIG welds though. I dunno man, I'd rather buy something that I can grow into rather than out of. I have a good friend with a Lincoln 175 but it doesn't do 1/4" :scratch: I don't get it either, anyway..... there have been times when we needed to use my MillerMatic 175 becuase it will do 1/4" cleanly sooooooo, yeah. I'd rather go bigger and grow into it than buy something that I grow out of. I wrestled with this ALOT when I bought my Plasma cutter. I ended up with the Hypertherm 35 becuase well, it'll cut what I can weld. Haven't run into an instance where it hasn't been sufficient but I'm always worrying that I will. Probably becuase it's the smallest they make. But, I've cut 3/8" with it.

Not to derail your thread or anything, but I've been looking more and more into it. I really like the stats for the dynasty 200, but when I started doing more digging into tig welders I came acroos the longevity-inc.com welders. They seem to have an All in one TIG that also doubles as a Plasma cutter. Here's a link:
http://www.longevity-inc.com/product_details.php?id=24

I've never heard of them before, but I'd like your opinion on it. It seems like a steal of a price for a TIG & Plasma. But if it's low quality or not something I'd be able to benefit from I may pass over it. I honestly don't see me welding anything bigger than a 1/4" right now. But I'd like to know your opinion.