Tig Welder

[johnnyboyy]

Hey everyone i need some advice,
I am in the market to buy a new tig welder and plasma cutter hopefully all in one unit so that I can do some mods to my bike and go kart.....I have spoken to some of the bigger companies like lincoln,miller,harbor freight and they are a little to expensive for me at the time so I was wondering if anyone had any advice on where to look for some affordable but reliable welding companies???

Thank you

 

[KartFab]

best plasma cutters
hypertherm, thermal dynamics, just behind them are lincoln, miller, esab

everything else will be "affordable" not necessarily reliable.

Best welders: (do you even need a tig? why not MIG?)
miller, lincoln

everything else will be "affordable" not necessarily reliable.

i have a miller spectrum 375 plasma, and a miller maxstar 150STL tig welder, hypetherm is better than miller in my opinion.

If you buy a cheap version of plasma cutter/tig welder, dont expect it to last for years and years. If you use it occasionally, then it should not be that big of a deal. Have you looked into the EVERLAST brand? That might be what you are looking for as far as price goes.

 

[mckutzy]

As far as the tig...
Why not get a scratch start setup. All you need is a good old buzz box tombstone welder and a tig rig(with AR/co2 regulator), and gas.
Cheaper by a few hundred$$$. Just as good to Learn and do good work with.