Early on in the boat project I borrowed a small TIG welder from a friend of mine to do the stainless steel work on the boat. Last year during one of my welding sessions it gave up the ghost. I still had work to do and it did belong to my friend so I bought another one ... naturally, a little bit bigger. It worked well ... ok, it got the job done. If you know anything about TIG machines, which I'm sure most of you do not, I wasn't happy with the way the argon gas was controled. Periodically I look on Craig's List for a proper welder. A few weeks ago I found just the welder I needed ... and at a price I could afford. Most of the small portable machines are now incorporating A/C for doing aluminum so people are getting rid of machines that only do D/C. I only need D/C. My new machine is a Lincoln V200-T ... with pulse. WOW, what a difference from the scratch start Harbor Frieght maching I learned on. You simply press the foot peddle and the fire just jumps across ! ! ! Thanks to Arc Zone, https://www.arc-zone.com/ I got one of their trade-in foot peddles at a greatly reduced cost. Anyway, with a new welder naturally I needed a new work station. Here it is.
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