Tig welders - discuss

The advantage you have with the older machines is less crap to go wrong.

Absolutely. Everything is analog with the 320 A/BP. Lots of copper too! It took awhile to figure out how to get it set up, but once I did it works fine. Not as user friendly as the new machines, but it'll run forever. Picked it up for less than the copper windings are probably worth too.

TIG definitely takes some practice. Whole different ball game from MIG welding, although honestly I'm still better at TIG. Learned that first, believe it or not. Still not as hard as just plain old gas welding though. Pretty much all the same motions, just easier to control the heat with the foot pedal.