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Originally Posted by slow&rusty
Thanks for the replies.
I would like a foot pedal and looking at Eastwood, but trying to figure out what brand they are putting their name on.
This will be light shop use, stainless exhausts and aluminum piping for turbo and cooling projects.
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If that's the case you might look into a TIG with pre and post flow adjustments as well as up slope and down slope. Pulse comes on a lot of machines now but the multi process machines seem to come at a cost of less TIG features like pulse on time vs. off time (background current) and adjustable background. AB seems like the first thing they drop.
Jody on Welding Tips and Tricks has a lot of SS welding videos and spends a good deal of time explaining adjustments he uses for SS. AL and SS — two different things altogether using the same machine. The newer ones have presets and memory which will be handy going back and forth.
The Eastwood TIG I used has a lot of features but is a bich to program and the instructions included at the time were less then helpful.
This Old Tony on YT has a video on the HTP MP that he says might replace his independent MIG and TIG machines.
Disclaimer: I don't do any AL welding with a spool gun (don't have one) or TIG. I can do SS but I find the set up with back purge to be too complicated for me to want to do SS. From what I see a spool gun would be useless on AL tubing but OK for long runs on an intercooler. I see guys tacking up IC's with a TIG and running beads with the spool gun.