aseanaero
10th Feb 2010, 05:17
I have an aircraft parts buiness and my welding man wants a tig welder for our small workshop (we have a Miller Migmatic 383 350A and a Cutmaster 51 plasma cutter), we do general fabrication for building shipping crates and cradles aircraft components and aircraft , engine stands and boxes plus I have a couple of Jeeps (hobby) in the workshop.
We don't do any aircraft welding yet but as TIGs are fairly rare in Indonesia I'd like to get something that will do for building roll bars and suspension components, stainless and aluminium tanks etc on the Jeeps now but will also be suitable for aircraft work when we are ready to get an aircraft qualified welder.
I'd like to get some feedback on what TIG welders are being used by aviation professionals , what are the good all-rounders and what are the dogs.
I prefer Lincoln , Miller or the american or japanese brands as parts are easier to get here compared to SAF , ESAB or the chinese types as spares support is difficult while these models are still current let alone 5 or 10 years old.
We don't do any aircraft welding yet but as TIGs are fairly rare in Indonesia I'd like to get something that will do for building roll bars and suspension components, stainless and aluminium tanks etc on the Jeeps now but will also be suitable for aircraft work when we are ready to get an aircraft qualified welder.
I'd like to get some feedback on what TIG welders are being used by aviation professionals , what are the good all-rounders and what are the dogs.
I prefer Lincoln , Miller or the american or japanese brands as parts are easier to get here compared to SAF , ESAB or the chinese types as spares support is difficult while these models are still current let alone 5 or 10 years old.