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Tech Tip: How to Select Your First TIG Welder Fresno CA

Selecting the right TIG welding machine for your application is easy if you follow the right criteria. The challenge becomes how to select the right TIG welding machine for the best performance on the application. Deciding on a machine based on price alone can end up costing more money if it does not meet your welding needs, both now, and in the future.

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Tech Tip: How to Select Your First TIG Welder

By Jim Harris
Contributor

TIG welding, also know as Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), has long enjoyed a reputation as a highly skilled, precise welding process. It is frequently used for highly cosmetic applications or those involving thinner metals that require strict heat control.

This process is becoming more popular as technology improves and more welding applications, such as exotic metals, require TIG welding. Selecting the right TIG welding machine for your application is easy if you follow the right criteria. The challenge becomes how to select the right TIG welding machine for the best performance on the application. Deciding on a machine based on price alone can end up costing more money if it does not meet your welding needs, both now, and in the future. Let’s take a look at some of the factors to consider in making a TIG welding equipment decision.

Why TIG Is So Popular
TIG welding is an extremely precise process that provides very clean welds with no spatter and minimal smoke. This makes it attractive for highly cosmetic applications such as automotive, sculpture, experimental aircraft, and some home-hobbyist jobs.

It is commonly used in applications with thin-gauge sections of stainless steel, chrome-moly tubing or lighter metals like aluminum, and copper alloys. These thinner materials require precise heat control in order to prevent warping or burn through of the base metal. TIG machines effectively operate at the lower amperages needed t...

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