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A few pics of my scratch built from plans aerobatic airplane project. All welding was done with my Miller Econotig. The majority being 3/4" dia x .035" wall 4130 steel tubing.

Once again, if I could only own ONE welder for my home shop, it would be a tig with both AC and DC output. No other type welder is as versatile as a tig machine.

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Originally Posted by mb911 (Post 3549221)

those are not hand helds those are for orbitals and are typically hat wire meaning they are positivly charged.

Thanks for the info!

My welding textbook had a picture of a similar torch and said it was hand-held. It wouldn't be the first error in the book. (And the textbook was pretty much a POS.)