TIG Torch Question

sd455dan · Jan 15, 2019

k0ua said:
This puzzles me. TIG is done indoors in a heated shop.

Sure it is , unless your Tig welder weighs 800+ lbs and is the size of a refrigerator, like my idealarc Tig or some of the dialarcs are then it may have to live in an un heated and/or un insulated garage.

dragoneggs · Jan 15, 2019

k0ua said:
This puzzles me. TIG is done indoors in a heated shop.

Maybe he has to walk outside to get his shop and then get some firewood burning in his wood stove to heat it up above numb levels. Yeah we are getting soft. Pretty sure blacksmiths didn’t complain. Ha ha.

PHPaul · Jan 16, 2019

He said "heated shop". HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That's funny right there, I don't care WHO you are! :laughing: :thumbsup:

"Big Window" Miller for a helmet.

ddbackhoe · Jan 16, 2019

PHPaul said:
He said "heated shop". HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That's funny right there, I don't care WHO you are! :laughing: :thumbsup:

"Big Window" Miller for a helmet.

Not even a wood burner? Why bother having a shop?

GLyford · Jan 16, 2019

ddbackhoe said:
Not even a wood burner? Why bother having a shop?

Summer. Might not get good winter shop time (I just switch to woodworking in the basement) but summer shop time will at least keep you from going crazy.

I've tried to live without shop space...I didn't like it.

ddbackhoe · Jan 16, 2019

GLyford said:
Summer. Might not get good winter shop time (I just switch to woodworking in the basement) but summer shop time will at least keep you from going crazy.

I've tried to live without shop space...I didn't like it.

Guess I’m spoiled. I have heat and running water + refrigerator equipped for unannounced shop/driveway parties. Gotta have a little fun in life, its not all about work.

kenmac · Jan 16, 2019

I use to have a heated shop. Not any more. It's would be expensive to heat un insulated 50x80.
I do have running water, bathroom,etc,. Just not heat

The sun is up and is 35 deg right now. Should hit 45-48 today

TMGT · Jan 16, 2019

I have a new shop, cant afford to insulate or finish the inside yet. I'm still working in it, had to change the oil in the horizontal bandsaw to 10 weight, was so cold the gear oil the previous owner put in would kick the motor overload.........

Mark @ Everlast · Jan 17, 2019

kenmac said:
I use to have a heated shop. Not any more. It's would be expensive to heat un insulated 50x80.
I do have running water, bathroom,etc,. Just not heat

The sun is up and is 35 deg right now. Should hit 45-48 today

Watch out for those cold Toilet seats. lol

spitter · Jan 17, 2019

Heat is in the tools. 40 years of putting up high rises along the Hudson in a wide open building makes any time in a enclosed space feel like a day at the beach. Only time I run a space heater is when I am painting or staining. You could always snuggle up to your torch.

:drink:

ddbackhoe · Jan 17, 2019

Mark @ Everlast said:
Watch out for those cold Toilet seats. lol

:laughing:

ddbackhoe · Jan 17, 2019

TMGT said:
I have a new shop, cant afford to insulate or finish the inside yet. I'm still working in it, had to change the oil in the horizontal bandsaw to 10 weight, was so cold the gear oil the previous owner put in would kick the motor overload.........

its been in the 30s and 40s on my side of the river :drink:

Kyle_in_Tex · Jan 17, 2019

I normally use 1.75 Reader glasses, but when TIg'ing, I have a pair of 3.0's so I can get downright close to see the tip.

Working the filler rod and properly "Dabbing" is my weakness. The good welders can do this so smoothly.

The HF had jacked up my old cell phone, and my buddy's car remote at work, so I recommend leaving electronics some distance away. Your experience may vary.

Watch 6061 guy on youtube, he makes it look easy.

TMGT · Jan 17, 2019

Kyle_in_Tex said:
I normally use 1.75 Reader glasses, but when TIg'ing, I have a pair of 3.0's so I can get downright close to see the tip.

Working the filler rod and properly "Dabbing" is my weakness. The good welders can do this so smoothly.

The HF had jacked up my old cell phone, and my buddy's car remote at work, so I recommend leaving electronics some distance away. Your experience may vary.

Watch 6061 guy on youtube, he makes it look easy.

What welder and phone do you have? I always leave my phone in my pocket and have never had a problem, this was with both a transformer and inverter machines and a few different phones.

Kyle_in_Tex · Jan 17, 2019

Miller Synchrowave 250 with a water cooled torch and HF. My big welding table is not earth grounded properly. That might be part of it.

my motorola android stopped working on wifi. Not 100% sure, but it sure seemed timely that it happened.

TMGT · Jan 18, 2019

Kyle_in_Tex said:
Miller Synchrowave 250 with a water cooled torch and HF. My big welding table is not earth grounded properly. That might be part of it.

my motorola android stopped working on wifi. Not 100% sure, but it sure seemed timely that it happened.

My welding table doesn't have an earth ground either, using a Dynasty 280dx with a Samsung S5, and now an S9. So far no problems in the last 4years with the phones. Hopefully it was just coincadental with yours.