Welder's......question?....

charlie15

what is the difference between mig and tig welders[?] [:I]

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spec.4

Mig use gas to help welding and Tig welding use an flex to help welding. Tig coils will cost more, but with Mig welder you need to also buy the gas. So, you are about even there. I think you should get one welder that can do both. Wal-mart had one for sell for about $200.00.
spec.4

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22WRF

MIG is wire feed TIG is Stick
Both inert gas shield




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allechalley

Not the expert here, but do a little welding occasionally. MIG is metal inert gas, usually associated with wire feed welders that immerse the electrode end in a shielding gas such as argon, helium and/or co2. TIG is tungsten inert gas, also a sheilded arc in an inert gas but a tungsten electrode that is struck similiar to a "stick " but a metal fill rod is put into the arc pool similiar to gas welding. As you can see, I am not the expert on TIG welding. TIG is used for thin metals, high grade welds where the best of heat and weld control is wanted.

cussedemgun

Charlie;
MIG & TIG are acronyms for two vary different welding processes.

MIG or more correctly M.I.G. stands for "metalic, inert, gas" and it is used to describe a number of wire feed welding processes. Most common is a hand held gun that contains a roll of filler wire & a drive motor to feed it (sometimes referred to as "squirt gun welding") This process is readily adaptable to most all alloys both ferrus & non (aluminum) Mostly the weld is shielded by an inert gas such as argon or helium or a mix but carbon dioxide is sometimes used on steel. This process will also work on steel without gas if a flux core wire is used.

TIG or more correctly T.I.G. (a generic term) stands for "tungsten, inert, gas" & is used to describe a welding process where a torch containing a tungsten electrode provides a high frequency electric arc. ("heli-arc" is Lincoln's trade name for this same process) Inert gas is used to shield the weld area & filler metal is added to the weld manually, it's a two hand operation thus offering more control but less speed.



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Red223

Thousands of dollars.

Get a mig. If you don't want to get a bottle of gas for it you can get flux coated wire. Works great for small stuff around the garage.

Bison

actually, there ARE wirefed tigs, or so I'm told. today, the price diff, new is about $1000.

kingjoey

quote:Originally posted by Bison
actually, there ARE wirefed tigs, or so I'm told. today, the price diff, new is about $1000.


Uhhh....that would basically be a MIG welder. The only major difference between the systems is MIG is wirefed and TIG uses a handheld tungsten electrode to heat the work area with the metal being hand-fed in to complete the weld.

PS: that's "DUHHH" #6....wirefed TIG's.......what a putz[:o)]



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cbxjeff

kj,

Miller has just brought out a new series if mig welders. They do not use the traditional fed wire electrode but have a non-consumable tungston electrode. A real breakthough.

Man, you are just behind the times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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mark christian

"actually, there ARE wirefed TIG welders, or so I'm told". Right, wrong, or otherwise I am simply amazed that someone was able to tell this guy ANYTHING!

Mark T. Christian

kingjoey

quote:Originally posted by cbxjeff
kj,

Miller has just brought out a new series if mig welders. They do not use the traditional fed wire electrode but have a non-consumable tungston electrode.

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No argument there[:I]

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