Phil
Well Known Member
Yeah a thread about a welder on an RV message board... Really.
Actually while I was at OSH, I took a crash course on TIG welding with the Lincoln Electric folks. It was time well spent. I also took a class on gas welding, but it seemed a little primitive for some of the applications I could see myself using.
Thanks to a pair of misplaced #30 holes, I now have an opportunity to close them up with a weld and reposition them to the correct spot. I just got off the phone with ken@vans and he said the heat is no big deal on this specific part.
So I think I might be in the market for adding a TIG welder to the arsenal. I've got a ton of uses for it beyond airplane specific things.
So the question is which one do I want to buy? I'd like the opportunity to build a tube and fabric airplane at some point in the future (if it presents itself). How large of a welder would I need to get full penetration of a tube airframe?
Also, if anyone has any suggestions/experience on a specific model, please let me know.
Thanks,
Phil
Actually while I was at OSH, I took a crash course on TIG welding with the Lincoln Electric folks. It was time well spent. I also took a class on gas welding, but it seemed a little primitive for some of the applications I could see myself using.
Thanks to a pair of misplaced #30 holes, I now have an opportunity to close them up with a weld and reposition them to the correct spot. I just got off the phone with ken@vans and he said the heat is no big deal on this specific part.
So I think I might be in the market for adding a TIG welder to the arsenal. I've got a ton of uses for it beyond airplane specific things.
So the question is which one do I want to buy? I'd like the opportunity to build a tube and fabric airplane at some point in the future (if it presents itself). How large of a welder would I need to get full penetration of a tube airframe?
Also, if anyone has any suggestions/experience on a specific model, please let me know.
Thanks,
Phil