Tumbler Build - For cleaning plasma cut parts.

looks pretty nice. wish i had the fixtures for welding and the skills to pull it off. if i started welding the first thing i would buy would be the best grinder money could buy

Yeah a good grinder is a must. I have decent 125mm and 230mm Makita units. Makes life much easier.

We use WIA welders. They are good quality and we dont have many issues with them. I changed all the handpieces to Profax brand three years ago and they just work. Had a lot of problems with other hand piece brands in the past so I have paid the extra money and brought the well made USA hand pieces.

a must for me no doubt. i would be redoing things 10 times over to make things looks half a good as what you did. it takes some skills to weld those i don't have i have always want to try TIG welding but never had the money to buy a decent unit to try on.

machinedude wrote: i have always want to try TIG welding but never had the money to buy a decent unit to try on.

I have 2 of them, both AC and DC, collecting dust together with 3 MIG's, as i use them about twice a year, MIG's, TIG's have not been used in well forever, so now the small one (200A) is complaining when striking an arc!
Hi, my name is TOM and i am a hoarder !

as so many of us do collect things never used in real live

We got 12 FULL CNC machine that only run on public open day once a year for 4hr

your only a hoarder when the you don't need the stuff. But when you get in a pinch and need it your a genius

DC units are cheaper but if you want to weld aluminum you need the AC unit. you can weld aluminum with the DC i think if you have special shield gas but i do believe it is more expensive and not very cost effective, a good TIG unit gets expensive. the better ones over here start at around $2,000 and go up from there. this is why i never got one