Just bought myself a TIG welder.....

It's AC/DC with High Frequency means I can do Aluminium as well as steel.....

So I can make more custom parts including frames....... and do port and chamber mods to heads...have been havin trouble gettin others to put the material EXACTLY where I want it...

Have some mods to do to the sporty frame and then I'll get the frame powdercoated or 2 pac'd ..havn't decided yet...

I'm also gonna make a custom swingarm with eccentric axle adjusters so I can raise the ride height for normal/twistie stuff and lower it for drag use.

very nice! sounds great! I sure could have some fun with that...of course on the other hand I'm not a very good welder so maybe it's a good thing I don't have one! :rolleyes:

I've done this stuff for a livin on and off...

Just gonna take a bit to get used to this machine ... and it's a few years since I've done any TIG work...


I can see myself makin some neat parts....

now I'm pissed , you got a tig and I don't, can I come over and use it? ;)

then again right now I don't have a garage ..... or a house for that matter

WHAT MACHINE DID YOU GET?

Stevo, we are gonna need some pics of these custom parts once ya start cranking them out so we can drool over them! :banarock :D :D

now I'm pissed , you got a tig and I don't, can I come over and use it? ;)

then again right now I don't have a garage ..... or a house for that matter


Yeah mate ...just drop over and you can borrow it wheneva ya want...




I've got a workshop but no house :wonderlan ..been livin upstairs at the workshop for a while now...wil be movin into a house in the next few weeks..



I'll post some pics when it gets here ... I think I'm gonna be makin everything with the TIG for a while to work out all it's settings.....

good welding...is about 10% knowledge .5% luck and 85% practice

Congrats Stevo!!! What brand/model did you get? I've been looking at the Lincoln Precision TIG 185 and the Miller Econotig AC/DC. They are a little bit different machines but both are very nice indeed.

Congrats, I know you will put it to good use. :clap

I would like to get one some day. Used to play around with one a bit in the Service; I'm not any good though...

Congrats Stevo!!! What brand/model did you get? I've been looking at the Lincoln Precision TIG 185 and the Miller Econotig AC/DC. They are a little bit different machines but both are very nice indeed.



I bought an italian one..... about half the price of Lincoln and millers

It was either buy a brand name DC machine or a cheaper AC/DC machine...

Hopefully I've made the right choice..this one has copper coils too..not aluminium..

I've used some good welders and shitty welders over the years.......in recent years most of the mines have brought in VRD (voltage reduction) and it's a bloody pain tryin to do an X-ray quality weld with them ...this one doesn't have VRD...but it's ONLY gonna be in my shed with me usin it..

That's cool Stevo. :clap

Okay, so here's what I need.................... :D

Congratulations! Very cool please post things that you make or modify.

so what's the other 4.5%

that was ..........5% not a 0.5% ..

I realised that when I reread but couldn't be bothered fixin it

I bought an italian one..... about half the price of Lincoln and millers

It was either buy a brand name DC machine or a cheaper AC/DC machine...

Hopefully I've made the right choice..this one has copper coils too..not aluminium..

I've used some good welders and shitty welders over the years.......in recent years most of the mines have brought in VRD (voltage reduction) and it's a bloody pain tryin to do an X-ray quality weld with them ...this one doesn't have VRD...but it's ONLY gonna be in my shed with me usin it..

I will agree Stevo, the Lincoln's and Miller's are damned expensive. But I look at tools like this: if you buy quality then it'll last. Now I ain't sayin' the Italian's don't make a quality welder 'cause I don't have a clue about their welders. I do know I like their food a hell of a lot and if that's any indication of their welders, then they'll have to be good!!! :D

Good on yer-
Much better to spend he money on tools and make exactly what you want, or thought you wanted, than on a bunch of glitzy copycat parts but hey, money spent you still have the tool to make that part right. Any dweeb with credit can build a name dropper custom, your bike will be YOUR bike. TIG- just keep it lit and feed the puddle.

practice practice practice, tig great fun, very versatile. have fun with that.

Have'nt tried TIG but I drive a MIG welder for a living. You dont get better at it, you just make less stuff ups. Understanding your machine and how the fusion process works is the secret to good, consistent welds.

the other good thing about spendin money on tools is that they can not only make your own parts but customers parts too .... which means they eventually pay for themselves and ya got it for free :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


Will be makin some stunt cages tomorrow usin the TIG ...

I take it you have been gettin some good use out of your welder then.

It's a shame you're not a little closer, I've got a engine case that could use your services.

I can fix some cases...

here's one that a mate did that's a bit beyond my ability to fix :D:D:D

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/stevo84cube/02gix011.jpg


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/stevo84cube/02gix012.jpg

Ouch!!!

What kind of scoot is that?

Suzi GSXR 1000 ...

he was doin a highchair wheelstand at about 70mph .... very lucky it thru the rod out and kept spinning


the worst part was we didn't get it on video....

Suzi GSXR 1000 ...

he was doin a highchair wheelstand at about 70mph .... very lucky it thru the rod out and kept spinning


the worst part was we didn't get it on video....

Yup, real lucky it kept spinning if it happened in the middle of a wheelie....

Sounds like his guardian angel was workin' overtime that day... ;) :D

Did the motor get over-revved? What was the cause of the rod cutting loose?

years of abuse.....

can't blame the engine..... and ya can't see the oil light when ya doin a highchair