home built tig

[racerc2000]

thought you guys would find this interesting.

parts list states it cost them $ 307.29 to build a home made tig. much better then 1500$+ if your handy

http://myweb.cableone.net/rschell/TIG.htm

 

[Scout]

Mine. So far I've spent probably under $100 on it.

 

[T-man]

scout, That is some nice work, clean

 

[mckutzy]

OP- I have seen this before, it does seem cool to build, but a little complicated. The easiest I have seen as far as a home build is a Regular stick buzz box and having hooked up a tig torch with a bottle of gas and your stinger attached to the tig lead. Gas on/off is by the tig mounted valve. No peddle for control but with a little experimenting on the box settings it can be quite nice setup to have. It isnt a totally scratch build, but close if you have say an old tombstone buzz box.

Scout- Wow thats quite the arrangement, tell us more about it, It looks good.

 

[Scout]

Actually I shouldn't say I have $100 in it, that's what you see in that picture. The tank, regulator, and torch cost around $600.

That welder started as a Miller 225 ac stick welder. I bought a rectifier bridge from a guy for $40. It originally was in a 3 phase machine, so I only needed two sets of diodes. The big switch on the front is from a Hobart machine, I bought it on ebay. The coil and little transformer in the bottom of the picture is for high frequency, it was free. I still haven't hooked it up yet. I still need to build a circuit for the pedal, a circuit for gas flow, and one for high frequency control.

Id like to rearrange it a bit, make it taller and narrower, maybe I can set it side by side with my Mig.

There's a pic of a weld I did in the pretty welds thread.

 

[Pedro]

Very nice work.