Hello All,
In the new year I plan to start welding up a fuselage for the Skylite and it is all very thin wall 4130 (.375" dia to .0625" dia and .035 to .058 walls) and will need to buy a small TIG welder. I was hoping to take some lessons but my local Welding Fab school closed down due to C19 and never opened back up. So I will likely do lots of practice via Youtube and help from a few other welders at my airport. My A&P is a fantastic welder so he will be a good resource.
Anyhow I am leaning toward a Primeweld 225x since it seems to be a well regarded machine that is affordable and does not have the low duty cycle of the Harbor Freight units.
However through my research I have found the Yeswelder as well and it can weld as low as 5 amps for very thin material. The primewled is 20amps at its minimum. When welding thin wall 4130 would I ever be below 20amps and woudl this added feature of the yeswelder be worth it. Yeswelder is only 220V but I have that in my hangar so would likely run the primewled on 220V as well.
Id like to find an AC/DC unit so aluminum can be welded in the future. Some of the Yes welders are DC only, but they have one around the same price as the primeweld 225x.
Primeweld:
https://primeweld.com/products/tig-...ygZga-jzNF6CPoGpm1MqkyR8jhmOJRHRoCzZAQAvD_BwE
Yes welder:
https://yeswelder.com/collections/tig-welder/products/tig250p-acdc
Open to any advice or suggestions.
In the new year I plan to start welding up a fuselage for the Skylite and it is all very thin wall 4130 (.375" dia to .0625" dia and .035 to .058 walls) and will need to buy a small TIG welder. I was hoping to take some lessons but my local Welding Fab school closed down due to C19 and never opened back up. So I will likely do lots of practice via Youtube and help from a few other welders at my airport. My A&P is a fantastic welder so he will be a good resource.
Anyhow I am leaning toward a Primeweld 225x since it seems to be a well regarded machine that is affordable and does not have the low duty cycle of the Harbor Freight units.
However through my research I have found the Yeswelder as well and it can weld as low as 5 amps for very thin material. The primewled is 20amps at its minimum. When welding thin wall 4130 would I ever be below 20amps and woudl this added feature of the yeswelder be worth it. Yeswelder is only 220V but I have that in my hangar so would likely run the primewled on 220V as well.
Id like to find an AC/DC unit so aluminum can be welded in the future. Some of the Yes welders are DC only, but they have one around the same price as the primeweld 225x.
Primeweld:
https://primeweld.com/products/tig-...ygZga-jzNF6CPoGpm1MqkyR8jhmOJRHRoCzZAQAvD_BwE
Yes welder:
https://yeswelder.com/collections/tig-welder/products/tig250p-acdc
Open to any advice or suggestions.
