1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I think what you're paying for with the high end welders is longevity and repairability. Was talking to the counter guy at praxair last time and he said he really liked the vulcan welders, which are made in India and sold by HF, but none of their repair people can get parts for them. Where as they can get miller and lincoln parts all day long.

 

I turned @Yota X onto the

$869 TIG225 X 225 Amp IGBT AC DC Tig/Stick Welder with Pulse CK17 Flex Torch and Cable

TIG225 as I had one myself.

He's been running some nice beads on his stainless steel headers. Before that his experience was with a $7k+ Miller Dynasty so he'll share his thoughts.

 

Tell you what, join the Primeweld FB group.

The shit I see on there is what got me to buy my machines.

Customer service is stupid top-notch and on the rare occasion where you did need a part, you got that shit no questions asked.

 

People think my second monitor at the office is for increased productivity, but its really there for pictures of Colorado

 

Might take your word for it, I haven't signed in to facebook in years.

I remember seeing somewhere that someone had a problem on a Saturday and someone in the US picked up the phone when they called. Rare these days.

 

A bunch of Colorado trip pics from July are starting to post on IH8MUD. Interesting shots. I can be seen in some.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/the-mud-100-series-photos-thread.91953/page-878#post-14548484

 

Man i love high altitude places.

 

Looks like an area i saw on TV once, some dude trying to rough it in the Scottish highlands like Braveheart.

 

Eatin some haggis....(man I could go for some haggis right now)

 

With taters 'n neeps on rye

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZN3weW1udE

 

So I wanted to revisit your question, after today's MIG and TIG test.

I feel way more at home at the local shop. I know "5 mins" is usually an estimate we use for a lot of things...but that place is literally 2.3 miles away making it super close at a legit 5 minutes.

I was upfront both yesterday and today with my lack of experience, especially in TIG and told them I've only played with TIG and never did it professionally. I killed it (meaning, did really well) with the lap and butt joints, and did pretty good with the T.

Lead guy brings me coupons that a "TIG welder with years of experience" did last week; the two base metals weren't fully joined on any of the tests

Wish me luck

 

Fuck yea son

 

Stoked for you!

Hoping it works out and you enjoy the work!

 

The man has an impressive natural talent. In my slapped ass experience of seeing "professionals" that have done it for years, as well as some of the shit that has passed QC for some big equipment companies (looking at you Speeco) he blows em outta the water

 

Fuck yeah thank you!

Don't know why I didn't start welding sooner

 

Seriously.. looking at your welds compared to what I've seen in the world, I don't know why you didn't start welding sooner either

 

I assumed you meant someone else until you posted again

That's genuinely the nicest thing anyone's said to me in a very long time. Thank you Jimmie

(with the exception of my wife, damn how does she put up with me and be so sweet)