02-15-2016, 09:25 AM
(02-15-2016, 09:06 AM)Highpower Wrote:(02-14-2016, 07:54 PM)pepi Wrote: Here are some things I learned and maybe helpful or at least food for thought. Diamond wheels are the best bang for the buck. I bought a HF chain saw chain sharpener, the diamond wheel is 10 bucks to replace. The sharpener is about 45 bucks, tungsten sharpeners cost ridiculous prices @ 250 and north. Look like a Dremel tool with a diamond wheel the size of the dremel cut off disk. Bought one used it for a short while sold it, found zero advantage for that purpose built tool.
...
While I know cost is usually the #1 factor in most folks minds regarding a tool that is a "uni-tasker" (~ Alton Brown) and I can completely relate to that - I will say that I do find an advantage in using one of those ridiculously priced Dremel tools. They are small and don't take up any space. That and the fact that I can cut & resharpen a tungsten right there at my welding table, without ever having to get up from my stool to go retrieve a drill motor and walk over to the work bench to use a grinder or belt sander. I can hang it on the side of my welder or the table. I like that. (My TIG welder has a built in electrical outlet in the front panel.)
...
With regard to TIG being exactly the same as Oxy/Acetelyne welding..... I can honestly say that I have never had to regrind a welding torch tip - ever - after dipping into the puddle a bit.
Willie,
I agree with the your Dremel assessment. I like mine for the same reasons you have stated.
The other significant "TIG vs OA" difference is that it is much easier to find outlets that support the voltage and current requirements of OA than the TIG welder. Cutting with TIG is also challenging. However the tanks do seem to be empty with the same 'inconvenient' timing with both technologies.
And in my case I can't do either worth a d..n.
Arvid