Buying a Tig Welder & Taking a Class**

gerahead said
Mad Dart,
That is a smokin' price on the welder. I am assuming that it is one of the big, transformer based, older units. I picked up an inverter based 150A Miller TIG about a year and a half ago and have been periodically trying to teach myself how to use it. It is tougher (for me) than MIG, but I will keep at it. I got an offer from a friend to give me a lesson or two, but thought that I would try to get familiar with it myself first. Originally the torch was a finger control, well finger that:finga:. I have since gotten a foot control, but haven't had much time to fool with that set-up yet. Good luck. L8r

Yes it is an older model. It is set up now for a single phase hook up. It has the capability to hook up to 480V 3 Phase if you open up the side case. This one also has the Water Cooled Tig Torch hook ups. I would just need to swap out the torch and get a small tank and use a Fish Tank Pump to get it going. The torch is new and it came with a new pedal. The torch itself is worth $100.00 and the Pedal prices out at $300.00. So I think I got a real good deal on it.