MIG, TIG and a new helmet...

[muddstopper]

Not for me, $344 for the torch and then have to buy a water cooler. Maybe if I did a lot of welding, but not for my limited use.

 

[jwmorris]

Yeah if you can't build things for yourself it costs a lot of money.

In any case the wire feeder is the cheap and easy part. Now you need a programable welder and rotary table or robot to move it or the part, that takes a lot more doing.

 

[muddstopper]

I could probably fab up some kind of water cooler, seen a few on Utube. Now I am trying to figure out how to make a wire feeder to go on a standard tig torch. I am pretty sure some of the stand alone wire feeder attachments for bigger welders are voltage senseing. might could use something like that, but those old Ln25's cost more than the $344 tig torch.

 

[roadhunter]

You can feed mig wire in as a filler using a TIG torch, no problems. Unless you are talking about flux core.

You can even buy a rig set up for it if your not a DIY type.

https://www.arc-zone.com/index.php?...Tm7AodGzwAQw&zenid=aa71pkapfbjg607g4bkm9er3j4

Impressive. Never seen one of those. Imagine having your heat controlled with one foot and the other foot controlling the wire speed. Would have complete control of what you are doing. Thanks for posting.

 

[CNC Dan]

I could probably fab up some kind of water cooler, seen a few on Utube. Now I am trying to figure out how to make a wire feeder to go on a standard tig torch. I am pretty sure some of the stand alone wire feeder attachments for bigger welders are voltage senseing. might could use something like that, but those old Ln25's cost more than the $344 tig torch.

You could just use a cheap mig welder to feed wire. Just use the wire feed rollers/motor and the gun liner. Disable the transfomer and you're all set. Add a foot pedal instead of trigger switch.