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Old 08-26-2005, 03:39 PM
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If you're going to go TIG by a machine that you can use forever. As they say, "theres little point in buying a TIG without AC". You need AC to weld aluminum. Aluminum is best TIGed. TIGs are expensive, but worth the money if you buy a machine that will last you.

If you just hook up the TIG accessories to an Arc welder you dont have many capabilities. Most jobs require high freq arc start so you dont contaminate the weld. You usually cant do this with an arc adapter. And when you buy the HF unit for the arc welder, it ends up being as much as a real TIG.

Hope that helps.
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