The Pol
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For building a Brutus 10? Perhaps??
For building a Brutus 10? Perhaps??
That's a great little machine, just hope she/he shopped around as MSRP is nuts and the couple hundred dollars can be saved for other needed welding items.
Let him get it "dialed in" before he builds your brew system. Best to get a BIG owner owned bottle vs leasing. Offer the welding wire and gas, think about helping to purchase a good chop or band saw if the both of ya don't have one. Help with purchasing your metal frame materials. People with welders hate cheap non paying or offering to pay "user" friends trust me.
What can be better, good friends, welders and bier?
Sounds like your friends SWMBO is a good woman who understands a mans needs like a welder she went along with the idea. What he should do is make little "do-dads" like plant stands, picnic table, BBQ side stand, garden planting/working table, wall art or some fancy mailbox stand. This keeps 'em happy as well yourself on you own projects be it repairs or a couple of brew rigs, he must have brew friends that will help pay for hit time and equipment? I got lucky as i'm in the hole a total of less than $300 for my Mig machine. For the Tig machine I did side jobs at home Tig welding on weekends for my company, this paid for the that machine plus my share of the copper that had to be removed on company time, my share alone was $6,740 cash. Glad I purchased when I did as now i'm disabled and can not work or afford these welders today. Grab a hood theywatch and learn how to properly weld or take classes, maybe find a welder under tour X-mas tree. Well in the garage at least, my Tig machine weighs 893# bare.
aside form the mig/tig flux-core/gas debate, I have a cheap mig welder that works well for simple stuff but I also have a oxy-acetylene brazing setup and for dealing with the small and difficult stuff (stainless, copper, and other brewing type things) it offers even more control and versatility than a good tig setup.
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