Greetings Marc and Listies! There are oooodles of things to do with such a machine. Some of the machines of this type I looked at on the web have over 50 differently programmable modes of operation. For me, the investment is much too high. I think I may hire out some welding sometime later this year. My nephew is a crack-welder, but too many thousand miles and 1 ocean too far away. Thanks for the infos Ron > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Marc Huebner" <marchuebner@xxxxxx> > Gesendet: 02.06.08 15:12:03 > An: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: [python] Re: welding > Hi Ron > > With the machine I welded a lot of 1mm (wall) tubes. In steel, stainless > steel and alu it's no problem. Up to 8mm material should be no problem, but > of course the TIG method is more used for fine work. Also to connect thin > material with thick is possible. > > Marc > > > > > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > Datum: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:39:01 +0200 > > Von: Ronald Hongsermeier <rwhongser@xxxxxx> > > An: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Betreff: [python] Re: welding > > > Hi Marc, > > > > What are the steel welding parameters of this machine? I.e., what is the > > thinnest and thickest material that you can weld with it? > > > > I think that for purposes of bike/recumbent welding the wall thickness > > necessary will probably be considerably smaller than the capacity of your > > machine. > > > > thx, > > ron > > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > Von: "Marc Huebner" <marchuebner@xxxxxx> > > > Gesendet: 02.06.08 11:38:37 > > > An: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Betreff: [python] welding > > > > > > > Hi all welders and non-welders! > > > > > > About 6 years ago I bought a used AC/DC TIG (WIG) welding machine. The > > price was at about 700 Euro. A new one is at about 3000...... . > > > AC/DC means, that you can weld steel and stainless steel with direct > > current (DC) and aluminum with alternating current (AC). > > > The big advantage of the TIG machine compared to MIG/MAG machines is > > that you don't have to add always material. It's possible to just melt two > > parts together. > > > For me it was worth to buy this machine, I'm very happy with it. > > > I'm not a friend of brazing when no pipe couplings (=capillary socket > > ??) are used. With brazing you spend a lot of time to make fit two parts > > together. With welding you can easy fill up gaps of 2mm! > > > > > > Happy building! > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Marc Hübner > > > Hauptstrasse 47 > > > CH-4143 Dornach > > > 0041 61 701 25 14 > > > marchuebner@xxxxxx > > > http://www.liegerad-tour.ch.vu/ > > > > > > Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? > > > Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger > > > ============================================================ > > > > > > This is the Python Mailinglist > > > > > > //www.freelists.org/list/python > > > > > > Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx > > > > > > To unsubscribe send an empty mail to > > > python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > > This is the Python Mailinglist > > > > //www.freelists.org/list/python > > > > Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx > > > > To unsubscribe send an empty mail to > > python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > > > > ============================================================ > > -- > Marc Hübner > Hauptstrasse 47 > CH-4143 Dornach > 0041 61 701 25 14 > marchuebner@xxxxxx > http://www.liegerad-tour.ch.vu/ > > Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? > Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger > ============================================================ > > This is the Python Mailinglist > > //www.freelists.org/list/python > > Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an empty mail to > python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > > ============================================================ > > ============================================================ This is the Python Mailinglist //www.freelists.org/list/python Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx To unsubscribe send an empty mail to python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. ============================================================