Mark == Real SIMPLE --

100% ARGON ONLY FOR TIG -- ALL METALS

MIG:

CO2 and ARGON mix -- steel

"TRI MIX" for MIG on Stainless... This is Helium with a bit of CO2 and Argon added

100% ARGON again for the MIG and the Spool gun (ALUMINUM)

Thanks Greg, I may call you this week once I get started. Waiting on an extension cord for the Tig.

Okay ---

Biggest thing about welding I've found for "newbs" -- they get a one rate lense... and then can't see a dang thing. Can't see = can't weld....

With TIG especially -- and low settings -- you've got to be able to clearly see what the heck you're doing...

If you find yourself out growing one welder there is always some one willing to fill the shoes of your old machine so you can step up to a bigger machine.keep it clean and scratch free.I wax mine on a monthly basis and keep and fender cover over them, and seem to get good money out of them when I am readly to sell.Buy what you can aford now,learn to weld now,have fun & get things done now.:thumbsup:

Here ya go MARK --- A video on the "tips and tricks of TIG" -- it's short - but it''s actually enough to start you on your way to being the BGDTWITWWW....


http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/


Simple huh! :D

I have a nice full color chart that I hung on the wall above my welding table. It is a nice chart. Gives all the sizes and types of electrodes to use as well as the gases. And its large (3 feet long), so I can actually read it. It was a freebie.

I looked for some numbers on the chart and there arent any. Only thing was "By T.B. Jefferson.

I did a search and came up with this.
http://www.blueshield.ca/en/docs/pdf...W-GTAW-SAW.pdf

Not my chart but some of the same kinda info. You could have it printed larger at a kinkos and laminated. Ill see if I can remember where I got it. Might be from my welding supplier. JR