Can I skip TIG welding has a fabricator?

Hi Guys

Not that I don't want to Learn TIGing, I'm phisicaly chalenged and can only use one Arm/hand while doing my stuff, I basicaly manage to do everyting using lots of supports, clamps, pulleys and magnets, even weldfing eletronics I managed to direct the solder with my chalenged hand and do a fairly good job but TIG requires gloves and i cant, or at leat don't know how i could TIG weld.

So is it possible to not Use TIG or some specific parts need or should be TIG welded?

Thank You

That's unfortunate and impressive that you aren't letting it hold you back for fabrication work.

For me, I found TIG gave a much neater weld than TIG - with the latter there is ALWAYS a metal transfer/buildup, that is sometimes undesireable - and it was much easier to control the heating.

Some applications it won't matter, some it'll mean post-weld cleanup, and some it may just be impractical.

I see has I progress the course that maybe thinner materials need a more acurate and detailed welding and TIG has a strong role... Maybe when i evolve the first extra person here in the shop will be a tig welder.

I thougth on buy a small tig and work my way to some technic/position, or some way to auto feed the rod on the pool but it looks close to impossible and it would be costely to try.

Thank you

TC

Hi TC. Thanks for the post, your challenge would certainly make fabrication a little harder and makes me thankful that your here and still passionate about making parts.

MIG welders are very good these days and I believe you could achieve everything you need with a MIG welder. I am currently writing the MIG course and waiting for a new machine to arrive to really put the aluminium MIG welding method to the test, if this proves to be a good way of Aluminium welding then you might be right.

One thing that you will need a TIG for is titanium, but titanium isn’t a regular metal and if you wanted to weld it you could fusion weld it without filler with one hand and a foot pedal.

Thanks for the post and being part of the community.

Well Nigel please finish that course so i can take it.

My Fabrication objective are modest, I don't want to modify Cars or at least for now. The biggest thing i want to build and it will take a few years is a Full sized eletric Trike, until then I will stick to eletric scooters and small one person trasportion things.

Thanks

TC

Just found this step up and wanted to get your opinions.

Not that i could buy it :-) but just getting my options sorted :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iS8YvElWBw

Thank You

TC