New member from the UK

[galooph]

Originally Posted by t0ne

Thanks for the welcome everyone. Plenty of West Country enthusiasm/lack of knowledge here too

@Dan, I've no experience of the Thermal Arc, I had a quick look online and it seems a reasonable price for an AC/DC welder although the duty cycle looks a bit on the the low side at 20%. You'll also want to factor in the cost of a pedal and these are surprisingly expensive.

From what I've read, Thermal Arc are very conservative on the duty cycle figure. The pedal is around £200, but that's a decent quality SSC one. The other alternative is one of the RTech TIGs, but they aren't as well specced on the AC side.

Anyway, sorry for hijacking your welcome thread!

[t0ne]

Originally Posted by galooph

From what I've read, Thermal Arc are very conservative on the duty cycle figure. The pedal is around £200, but that's a decent quality SSC one. The other alternative is one of the RTech TIGs, but they aren't as well specced on the AC side.

Anyway, sorry for hijacking your welcome thread!

That's good to know, I've got a R-tech AC/DC TIG welder and been happy with it, although it looks like they've replaced my model (the 210P) now with a newer one.