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Hi CW, Haven't been on any forums for a while, been moving house and now up at Glastonbury west of Gympie. Just trying to catch up and great to see you have followed through and bought your boat kit....

Excellent looking tool cart CW, Nice work. My Birthday today if you are looking to give it to someone :U

It would be helpful if you can supply a clear pic of your full control panel and exactly what thickness material you wish to weld. May be able to go from there.

I too bought a pole saw from AGR and for the money I thought it was quite good, done a lot of work and still going fine. Not exactly a professional machine in the true sense but I would not expect it...

I think I paid $200 odd for each piece from a local steel supplier but a mate of mine always seems to find good pieces at a scrap metal yard or friend of a friend. His table is about 2.5 x 1.2 x 25mm...

They look fabulous, nice and sturdy, I have been thinking of making something like that for myself, just hadn't decided on a design. Your welding looks pretty flash too, clean or not, thanks for the...

You should have no worries selling the Lincoln being a good standard for general purpose MIG. Thought about selling but I have hung on to my WIA 150 just because I am too lazy at times to change...

Too good indeed, thanks for the pics, very nice indeed. Glad you included the last pics with your 3 units there all well set up, showed the Mrs so she knows I am not the only one lol..

Not sure...

Oh well, looking forward to seeing the finished item and no doubt you have already picked up a lot of skill and info using the TIG.
That's no good re the head aches. I don't tend to use those in...

Good to find your gas blockage cause CW, it looks like it could use a nice thin little sleeve to prevent that tube from collapsing in like that but if it happens again at least you will be right on...

The trolley is coming along very well, you are inspiring me to build a couple of ally ones for myself. Mine are all steel and a bit too low.
Yeah I agree leave provision for a cooler down the track,...

Well the TIG cart looks to be coming along great with decent looking welds from what I could see so you have taken to it very well.
It seems strange that you would start getting that poor result all...

Just pasting a link to the manual for the member chasing it. Hope it works

https://www.woodworkforums.com/attachments/f160/213508d1340491567-cig-transarc-contractor-manual-img_0001.pdf

I have drilled a bolt and pressed in some hardened steel at a smaller diameter but depending on what you want to do with it.

Yeah hopefully you can just change the handle so long as the pair of wires are included in yours. My Kemppi torch just has a clip in removable plastic piece that comes out and the control switch...

Yes you should be able to install a 32 amp single phase outlet in a domestic installation so long as you have appropriate sized mains to your switchboard. You will need to have an Electrician check...

Yes my mechanic was surprised that you weren't informed about the available gun choices but anyway you are on to it now. I will try and chase up mine today as well even though I don't have a major...

Good yes that is it. Well you don't have to have one, but I think it would be invaluable on any continual sections of welding where there are variations in the material along the way not to mention...

That is a bit disappointing re the track control but anyway it may prove to be valuable in the right situation and a bit time using it.

I will ring the guy today regarding his MIG torch, I am...

OK thanks for the update, so you are almost up and running with it.
Did you get the track style control or the wheel type? I was wondering how easy they would be to operate while welding.
With my...

I had my little boat motor serviced this week and the Mechanic was showing me his T&R MIG which he has owned now for a few months. Although he said he had some anxious moments getting it set up...

I can't give you a job unfortunately, but if you have good attitude towards your work, there are opportunities out there but without experience it just takes a bit more effort to get a leg in the...

Oh well glad to hear that at least some action was taken and no doubt some action against the franchisee no doubt.

Hope it all goes/went well.

Ok good to hear they followed up your complaint. It doesn't matter if they send the same guy back and he should be made to make good with what you asked for and satisfying the minimum electrical...

Thanks good to know they do an Everlast kit, the wheel control looks like what I want, will follow it up.

Thanks, those controls look good, when I can work out what would suit my TIG I should order one. They seem to be prewired for various brand machines and probably not for an Everlast so I guess so...

OK Thanks, I can't remember which one I bought mine from now but I think it was Arczone.
I remember it was a bit frustrating try to confirm with them what I needed and what came with the cable kit....

Well I am sure it will be great, bet you can't wait to get it all fired up.
Did you order the CK locally or direct from US?

OK I am officially jealous :p
That is a very nice machine from all reports. Looks like a whole lot of TIG'n goin' on and you will no doubt enjoy that. More addictive than the MIG I think although...

I would think 1.2 tip should be plenty big enough for 0.9, bit is a concern if it's jamming somewhere.

I would be very surprised if you could have any success with welding ally with a cheaper...

Some good looking welds there, gotta love that double pulse. You must be happy with your new machine. Your basic MIG setting looks like it ran well too.
I think when I ran mine my wire speed was too...

Yeah I thought so too re the volts. I initially set it at 20 volts and it just blew a hole virtually straight through the 3mm. May have been ok on some 6mm.
I just kept winding it back until it...

Do you know what your voltage setting was? I must admit that I was trialing mine on basic MIG so I could independently set the wire speed and voltage. Anything above 5.5 wfs and 15 volts about 80...

I know you have a completely different setup but just to give to a comparo
Running my MIG just now on a bit of 3mm plate getting a decent weld.
The readings were just using straight MIG, no pulse...

OK Thanks for that DJ's Timber, these things happen unfortunately..

Would be nice to know why or what happened. I see this thread is locked too.

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f160/has-anyone-else-noticed-thread-has-gone-missing-171565/

I see Jodie Colliers welding videos 2012 on DVD are now available. Always good value for the likes of myself trying to get better results just working at home.
He is including a "TIG training jump...

Thanks Ray for passing on your good experience with your supplier. It seems that we may get better after sales service with some of these cheaper products than the big names.
Not the first time I...

The default wire feed for D/pulse seems to be "curve" same as time.
So when I go to alter that wire feed the next highest rate selectable is 3M/min and it reduces in 0.1 segments. By reducing that...

Yes a bit of nice weather, a couple of mates shot up to 1770 for the weekend, caught some nice fish apparently. I was asked to go but had to work Friday plus a couple of other complications.
Anyway...

Thanks for your kind assistance, I will also try and work out some more with it and practice my technique.

The TIG machines you are looking at are both good spec machines and if I had bought a T&R...

Mine is a Kemppi FastMig 350.

Thanks for the pics. It looks like a simple enough interface but no doubt it will have it's little challenges when changing values within the preset defaults.

You were saying about the 0.6 sec...

Excellent thanks, that's the sort of help I need. Knowing what I want to achieve and getting there is a bit of a challenge on your own.
I understand what you are saying, it makes perfect sense so I...

That sounds like good news and very glad to hear the T&R runs nicely. The pics are fabulous and assuming that you knocked up that welder trolley with your new machine, a very nice job indeed. I like...

Wow, amazing price for all that. A spool of Safra 1.2 as well, seems like nice wire.
Are you making the trolley in ally with the new machine? I notice most of the boat builders make their trolley's...

Thanks for your kind words, much appreciated and yes thanks the little Origin has come up really good.
I just hope you have a good experience with the T&R now.
Please let us know how it goes and...

Lol you would have seen me around Ausfish, my boating interest being my main reason for DIY welding. I spoke to my friend tonight re the T&R. He talked about his experience where he was involved in...

Looks like a great little machine on spec and I wish they had been around a couple of years back as I may have gone for this cheaper option, a chap I know said a while back he was thinking of buying...