A somewhat decent used Tig preferably. i figure it's about time to ditch the fluxcore after getting the ultimate basics down and being frustrated. So now i'm hoping to get a decent middle of the road 220v machine and see what i can do // actually learn well.... price... depends on how much OT i can rake in.

You ain't gonna find a TIG on here... I can pretty much guarantee it. Those of us in the CVC who have welders have MIG or flux core and we're not even interested in getting rid of those. I'm pretty sure that the only one of us who even has access to a TIG is Craig, and it belongs to the school he teaches at.

fair enough, i'll keep my eyes on the buysell and such, see how it ends up. Probably just going to end up buying a new one.

I got my Tig from ebay...then after that I found the chinese supplier for it. It's a Tig/Arc/Plasma Cutter and they go for 700ish

Apologies, I didn't know Andy had one.

Edit - is it one of those 110v jobbies that Princess Auto sells, or something else?

its a 220v one

Link? I wouldn't mind one myself!

Grrr... won't do aluminium. Does it have foot control or do you just set-it-and-forget-it?

you can put a pedal on it. I still have to get a bottle of argon though

What do you need argon for...doing some stainless (in which case you should have some CO2 for good measure.

have you used the plasma cutter? does it work well??

Haven't used the plasma cutter ye, my compressor at home doesn't cut it too great. I was thinking of bringing it to work to try it out.