Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone knows how many hours it would take to TIG weld a chassis. It is complete except for rollbar and has extra triangulation.
Thanks for any input.
Cory

Don't know about TIG but it took me about 6 hours to MIG my chassis including letting things cool to avoid distortion and turning it over on my own etc.

Depends how good/experienced you are.

If you are very good it will probably take half a day, otherwise best set aside a weekend!

David

Take a lot longer than mig and a tad more awkward especially on some of the serious angles as it makes it hard to get in. You will have to experiment with different ceramics to make sure you can get in...
Last one I did was a complete pain in the 'arris and you are constantly turning the chassis to get at things where with a mig you just point and squirt.

With measuring, cutting (with hacksaw!!!), tacking together then final welding took me three days, but I did have to "design" an IRS set up while I was at it

ATB

Simon

Bout a day and a half welding, that doesnt include the prep work, but it looks a lot better than the "snot" from a Mig. Less heat distortion in the right hands as well Nowt beats it for thin walled tubes or stainless.
Shug

I agree with Hugh.
Im using TIG on mine until my MIG is fixed.

It is longer to do, but if you take your time, do it over a weekend and it will look great. For show quality welds, use Argoshield or pure Argon too.

I'm TIG'ing mine and finding it much slower than my old MIG, however I'm producing much better quality welds - the heat is just so much more controllable.

I'm using argoshield from BOC, it's not too expensive either, £44 a refill and £56 a year rental (Size X cylinder) regulator and flowmeter were exensive though.

Thanks guys.
My chassis is already nicely, professionally TIGed.

However I was a little concerned with the amount of hours he spent on it. I believe him that he spent the hours, but it seemed slow to me. We've settled on an amount that neither of us is really happy about. I guess that's about all we can do.
Cheers.
Cory

can we see some pics?

at least you have someone else to blame if something goes wrong with it!

TIG with Argoshield = bad idea. you need to be using pure argon!!

[Edited on 12/11/08 by ashg]

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Originally posted by aerosam
can we see some pics?

at least you have someone else to blame if something goes wrong with it!

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ashg! argoshield is fine on mild steel
if it were alluminium yer argon is a must

i'm with him,argon only,my tig set dont like argoshield at all

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Originally posted by tootall
ashg! argoshield is fine on mild steel
if it were alluminium yer argon is a must

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sorry for all the confusion guys i got the product name wrong it is in fact Pureshield - ie pure Argon


My Bad.