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Old 02-17-2016, 12:49 PM
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Default Re: Tig welder to purchase.

In my small level of experience Aluminum takes a lot of heat! I was welding some 1/2"x2"x14" plate to some pipe for our fish boat with the 225 and it would shut down just as the bead started to flow properly. I think if you are wanting to weld heavy stuff like that you either need to buy a 300amp+ welder or plan on doing a lot of preheating. Let the moths fly from your wallet and spend big my friend!lol
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