If you just want to TIG steel they aren't that bad. The AC/DC TIG gets expensive, but worth it.
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One Piece at a Time: My 1985 Diesel Suburban
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If you just want to TIG steel they aren't that bad. The AC/DC TIG gets expensive, but worth it.
You certainly don't need to spend $3K to TIG weld. You can have a 200 AMP A/C D/C inverter TIG from Everlast for $1079 https://www.everlastgenerators.com/catalog-tig, Watch TIG welding tutorials, or Cameron Johnson Race Cars on Youtube, there's a lot of people using the green welders now. I love mine.
Totally right. Skipping the AC when starting out is actually pretty smart.
Beat me to it. Everlast is the best value going, and their HF module (and probably other board level bits) is identical to the one in my Miller. The folks that are using versions after 2023 have commented that arc starts are every bit as crisp as a Synchrowave.
If you really want to learn to TIG, this is a pretty good time to get into it. Lots of products with good capability and great value. Get an analog DC machine, study, and start practicing. You don't have to spend a mint, but you do need to invest a good bit of time dialing in your technique. Clearly, I think it's worth it and I think you might, too.
David
Be a man, get a stick welder and scratch start tig setup. Then you can have a fallback as a pipe welder 
I hope I never have to fall to a pipe welder lol not that there is anything wrong with it.Be a man, get a stick welder and scratch start tig setup. Then you can have a fallback as a pipe welder
Darn you guys for showing me this…
Done. Ready for blast, primer, and paint.
David
David
Beautiful
Artwork is underway.
Last of the bed liner goes down today. Then, reassembly.
David
Last of the bed liner goes down today. Then, reassembly.
David
That could be more pieces than the Lego Deathstar.
That should be a t shirt or at least a sticker!
I like hats...
From yesterday.
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We ran through a lot of Seymour 2K bedliner. Anything not directly tied to passenger occupancy and comfort got this good stuff. It’s soft and grippy like an aircraft carrier deck. Raptor cracks and is brittle. This stuff stays soft and pliable like rhinoliner.
Under fenders, cargo area, roof, as a chip guard, the entire rear barn door surround, battery tray and cover, lower rockers, inner edge of outer fenders, and I think that’s it.
Reassembly starts Monday.
David
View attachment IMG_1917.mov
We ran through a lot of Seymour 2K bedliner. Anything not directly tied to passenger occupancy and comfort got this good stuff. It’s soft and grippy like an aircraft carrier deck. Raptor cracks and is brittle. This stuff stays soft and pliable like rhinoliner.
Under fenders, cargo area, roof, as a chip guard, the entire rear barn door surround, battery tray and cover, lower rockers, inner edge of outer fenders, and I think that’s it.
Reassembly starts Monday.
David
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I like t-shirts with the truck on the back.
Doors are on.
Alan is finishing this.
David
Alan is finishing this.
David
Love the drawing! I’d rock a shirt with that.
So sexy. And yes on the t-shirt. I still love my old one!
