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TIG welder - this one big enough?



I only have an air cooled torch and quite frankly never notice if it's hot.
Course I also wear heavy leather gloves cause you never know when you're 
accidently going to brush against something that's red hot, or in my case 
forget the damn thing is hot and pick it up with your hand! There have been 
multiple times when the part I'm welding on, or the vice for that matter, 
get so hot that I have to stop and I've never given the torch a second 
thought.

Good luck on your project! Sounds like a lot of fabrication, but I'm sure 
you'll have it ready in time for Cincy!!

From: "Mark F." <mk1mark@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: TIG welder - this one big enough?


> On 9/4/07, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have that model or perhaps its predecessor.
>> It's more than adequate for any automotive stuff.
>>
>> Aluminum requires the most power input since it conducts the best by a 
>> wide margin so it can take a surprising amount of power to weld on 
>> something like an intake manifold.
>> Still I've been able to weld anything that needed welding.
>>
>> If you haven't TIG welded before you might want to think about taking a 
>> class unless you have a lot of patience.
>> The techniques are quite a bit different from MIG welding and even 
>> sufficiently different from gas welding that it'll take some practice to 
>> pick it up.
>
>
> Thanks for the info Dan!  Welding is in my blood (my dad was a welder)
> so I don't think it'll take too long for me to learn to TIG.  I'm sure
> it'll be much more challenging than MIG'ing though!   I'm looking
> forward to practicing on my mTDI project.  I have a pile of schedule
> 10 stainless steel elbows and various pieces of 2.5" and 3" SS tubing
> that I was planning on MIG welding, but I don't think I'll be proud of
> the outcome.  I've wanted a TIG setup for a while now, so this is a
> good excuse to pick one up.
>
> Will I be able to get away with a non water-cooled torch for now, or
> will it take me a week to weld up a manifold without one?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark.
> 75
> 82
> 82 Caddy - mTDI swap in progress
> 91 Jetta Coupe
>