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    Rotating tip dti

    After many years of wanting one and passive searching, I finally found one. What you see, is what I got with it, but not what I paid. I had to part with $28 hard earned dollars....:) Also picked up 2 large Heinrich style drill press vises for $24 each too.....they're well used and need...
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    Tooliom 135s

    Good catch. Don't see one in the listing.
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    Tooliom 135s

    Ya, on a scratch start tig torch there is a valve you open before you start welding, and close when you're done. Not solenoid control. I went looking for prices on tig torches, and found a listing for a 135LT that comes with a torch, and has a $20 off coupon right now to bring it to $139...
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    Tooliom 135s

    LIft tig (scratch start) is DC for steel/stainless only. It's a fixed amperage, no foot pedal control like most associate with tig. AC tig has a high frequency start and can do Aluminum. Shielding gas (argon) is required for both
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    Tooliom 135s

    Canadian tire has one too. Probably all very similar under the hood. There's a small part of me now that maybe wishes I sprung for the pro model with tig, but it's not the part connected to my wallet :)
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    Tooliom 135s

    Yep. I notice it much more with mig. Maybe because I never get it with stick lol.
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    Tooliom 135s

    It's an option at that same link
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    Tooliom 135s

    If i get down your way this year, I'll toss this in the van with some rod. You can weld all you want, I'll yell at you till you get tired of me :) Mig is my least liked process, but the one I use the most. It's fast, and a means to an end. Stick is my fav, with tig a close second. Oxy moving...
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    Tooliom 135s

    I considered that. Would really be handy for mobile stainless, but honestly at $135, if a job ever comes up where I'd need it, I'd just buy that one too.
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    Tooliom 135s

    I learned tig first too. shop had a synchrowave 250, and I got about 5min of "instruction" from one of the toolmakers I worked with. I stayed after work practicing for months until I got less and less crappy at it lol. Then didn't touch it or anything for about 6-7 years till I got my own and...
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