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Prep for winter 2010 project. Step #1 & 2
Posted: July 9th, 2009, 7:36 pm
by Disturbed
Posted: July 9th, 2009, 8:42 pm
by JBaze
I can tell you that you will be very disapointed if you go with the weld pak 100 or 125. If your going to mig the aluminun, get a good spool gun. But if you take a good course on welding, you'll probly lean more toward TIG. I tried the weld pak when I did my conversion, it pissed me off so bad I wanted to smash it with a fukin sledge! My
Posted: July 9th, 2009, 10:05 pm
by caseyracing222
I agree with JBaze, I have a lincoln weld pack 3200hd wire feed MIG welder and it works best on steel, I also have a miller syncrowave 300 MIG/TIG and stick welder that works better on aluminum but it would be over kill for what your doing since its a huge industrial welder. You will be happier going with a TIG welder its not only better for what your trying to do but it also turns out to be way cleaner than MIG
Posted: July 10th, 2009, 1:19 am
by Nate
Migs work ok with Alu as long as the line is straight other wise it will kink up and the feeder end and its succch a pain. rather use a spool gun or tig on Alu though
Posted: July 10th, 2009, 5:21 am
by Morris500
Keep your eye on craigslist for a used TIG welder with High Frequency for aluminum. The non-square wave machines can be found for very little money. You'll be much happier with a quality used TIG than a new Home Depot MIG. I have both.
Posted: July 10th, 2009, 6:49 am
by Disturbed
Spool gun, check.
The welding school's owned by a friend. They'll show me how to weld anything I ask.
Posted: July 10th, 2009, 6:05 pm
by Mik329
I've been mig welding lots of things for years with my lincoln 175, that being said- I am in the process of learning how to TIG weld and I'm looking for a good used square wave tig welder for my aluminum projects.