Stainless welding project

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If you have a DC welder, you can hook up a tig torch to it. Main pain is no auto gas shut off.

304 will rust a little.

I've got a Bobcat 225 which has DC but I don't have the TIG setup. I plan on getting an inverter TIG/Stick machine someday but have other things to spend money on now.
 
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I've got a Bobcat 225 which has DC but I don't have the TIG setup. I plan on getting an inverter TIG/Stick machine someday but have other things to spend money on now.

All you really need is a TIG torch, flow meter, bottle of Argon and a DC welder. I never have had a foot control or even a gas switch by someplace handy.

If you keep an eye out you can be ready to TIG fairly cheap. I never bought anything new. I have a high freq and water cooled torch, but don't have $500 invested in everything.

And that's including the loss I took on the 400 Miller gasser that I should never have sold.

If anybody is looking and stumbles across a Miller Thunderbolt AC/DC. They are good little welders. The Thunderbolts that are strictly AC are worth about $50
 
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I got 3 pounds of 309 rods today for $8.50 a pound. Much cheaper than the 312 from TSC, like 4x cheaper! Thanks for the help.
 
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I finished the decoration in time for our Thanksgiving swap. I think it turned out well. It was a lot of welding with 1/8 rods and I definitely got better the more I did it. Stainless wasn't really any more difficult than 7018 but sure does hold the heat. It took almost 2 hours to cool down to ambient. If it was something with real function, I probably put too much heat into it. Please enjoy the video.

 
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That Christmas 'ornament' will be around for generations. Nice job.
 

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