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well guys i stepped up from my chicago electic 135 dollar ebay mig to this....

a lincoln electric precison tig 185.

just wanted to say i never thought welding could be so enjoyable.. tig is a work of art. ive got about 20 hrs on it and im getting pretty good. gonna start makin some top secret goodies soon... :-*

Re:got my new welder, absolute amazing
 

tig welders are for ballers 8)....how much did you pay if you don't mind me asking?

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You're a liar. Sell me your mig than.

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I want to buy a miller tig this winter and learn to weld like a mofo. I have a miller210 mig right now. :P

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I'm jealous.

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I call BS untill we see pics of the welder and welds. ;)

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ya how much man?

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Besides the fact that its electric, how much different is TIG technique from oxy accetlin welding technique?

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unless youve gone to a school for tig welding or are a incredibly fast learner ill call bs for only 20 hours of welding and can weld a good bead

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I am guessing that he isn't perfect, just a lot further than when he started.

Re:got my new welder, absolute amazing
 

The lincoln precision TIG 185's sell for rougly $1600.00 shipped or picked up after tax locally. Not a bad price for what they offer, 5-185 amps, pulse and A/C. I considered buying this welder myself until i used a Miller Dynasty 300! sadly though the dynasty's are $5500.00 new.

Really, when using Pulse its not hard to lay nice beads on a TIG.

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He has it. He PM'ed me when he got it. Good stuff Josh. Hope to see some "top Secret" stuff soon.

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is this what you were going to use to make my "equal length"

"rolls eyes"

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in 20 hours a monkey could learn to tig weld, if you have a basic understanding of the process you can lay a pretty nice bead with a pulse tig. They are very forgiving machines ;)

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, it was around 1800 for everything including the argon bottle and all the steel and aluminum filler rod.

ill post some pics this week and of my welds...

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^^^ you do that, i want to see...

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Oh boy... Josh is going to hop on the manifold bandwagon and start selling his own line. Hope you don't follow the shipping 101 guide you posted. haha, just kidding man, sounds like you've got a good piece of equiptment there that could help out quite a bit in fabrication etc. Can't wait to see some pics of it.

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Great machine, I've used one many times along with it's big brother the Precision Tig 275 with liquid colled torches. I too lust after a Miller Dynasty though and will hold out until I can afford one. I'm looking forward to seeing these 20 hour beads, are they with filler wire, or without? Congrats on the purchase, you're going to love having a machine like that around.

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ive been doing both welds. some filled others not.

no, im not gonna jump on the frustration(manifold bandwagon)

just some one off goodies for my own car... plus my new kx500 powered go kart frame... :-*

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