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Yes I forgot him, he's awesome too, there is also our own "local boy Dusty" in Victoria who does Tig art and has an instructional series in tig welding. https://www.pacificarctigwelding.com/about

FYI you also can convert any AC DC stick welder to Tig, AC is per line frequency 60hrtz perfect for aluminium Tig, maybe some experts can jump in here to correct me, but it's really is shit simple, CRAP, I did it.

Tig, you can convert a mig welder to Tig for cheap, no AC though, that's how I got into Tig, a cheap Lincoln mig 140 with the gas solenoid , bought all the parts off scamazon, I was into it for less than $500 bucks. My Mig welder was a transformer type with a shitty duty cycle, after the...

Try tig welding, you won't regret it, aluminium, well that's a different duck with a bigger learning curve, I wouldn't hesitate to tig braze that thing.

Look into Tig brazing with silicon bronze, and even aluminum bronze. I have used it a bit but I'm not a welder by any means, "I'm a grinder baby, not a welder." It's great stuff to work with, and when you Tig it it's very clean, cast iron I do believe is one of "sb's/ab's" good tricks...

I have a labeler too, I was too involved in loosing my mind to even think about it...

YAH THE HARD WAY

OH, I intentionally left that part out trust me on that, it had a 3 amp fuse, replaced three times and blew the panel breaker twice, arched out the extension plug once, STOP LAUGHING, , it sounds more dramatic than it was, oh, and the breaker attached to the right side of the bottom contactor...

Contactor update; As mentioned above the lathe would take its sweet time shutting off in fwd, sometimes it was instant but most of the time it was in "danger mode" and not shut off immediately. I pulled the forward contactor as seen in the picture, sanded and cleaned them with contact cleaner...

Thank you, I'll look into these possibilities, this is going to be a good learning experience, I'm quite anal about things working properly but lack the skill.

when operated in reverse it turns off immediately, I'm no electrician, I'm learning as I go, however I do have family close by who are electricians, I should lean on them instead of me fumbling around, but hey, I have no issue sticking a multi meter on anything.

Yes she's a beauty, still had hardended factory grease in the cross side feeds, pulled them apart and cleaned them up, the machine is very tight, everything seem to slide like glass. You could be right, it has been sitting for a few years I think, and the fella I bought it off of only made a...

I think I found it, the reverse contactor pops right away, the forward contactor however likes to stick, in the on position, you can push in on the contactor button and it works fine, in and out no hesitation or stickiness, operate it from the controls is a different story.