G'day Folks
I went to a garage sale yesterday and amongst the rubbish was a tig and stick welder with a note that said not working as is where is. This welder is a WIA vortex I offered $10.00 and the bloke accepted. As soon as I got home I was straight into my shed and opened it up. I pulled the power supply board and found a couple of dodgy caps. I made a note of all the caps on this board and went to Jaycar. A couple of hours later after changing the caps I powered it up and no joy a quick check with my meter revealed no power to the main on off switch. The mains plug was the moulded one piece type I cut it off and found no continuity to the neutral pin on the plug. I replaced the plug and pure joy it works perfectly as a stick welder. I dont know for sure but I think if it works as a stick it will work as a Tig. I now have to acquire a Tig torch and a supply of Argon a regulator and S/S welding rods and of course the skill to weld S/S Properly. I had a good day yesterday and celebrated with a few beers last night.
Cheers Altstart
I went to a garage sale yesterday and amongst the rubbish was a tig and stick welder with a note that said not working as is where is. This welder is a WIA vortex I offered $10.00 and the bloke accepted. As soon as I got home I was straight into my shed and opened it up. I pulled the power supply board and found a couple of dodgy caps. I made a note of all the caps on this board and went to Jaycar. A couple of hours later after changing the caps I powered it up and no joy a quick check with my meter revealed no power to the main on off switch. The mains plug was the moulded one piece type I cut it off and found no continuity to the neutral pin on the plug. I replaced the plug and pure joy it works perfectly as a stick welder. I dont know for sure but I think if it works as a stick it will work as a Tig. I now have to acquire a Tig torch and a supply of Argon a regulator and S/S welding rods and of course the skill to weld S/S Properly. I had a good day yesterday and celebrated with a few beers last night.
Cheers Altstart