Hello :-) I'm back, never left really. The boat has been so much fun to get out on when possible, the last two years have been more difficult due to obvious reasons, trying to avoid using 'C' word. Most of the trips have been on our south coast, Jervis Bay and the Basin/ Sussex Inlet to be exact with another trip planned soon. When I finished building the boat, I sold my MIG welder to recoup some costs but I always regretted that, the TIG has been great to hang onto but its just slower, a lot slower. Well, its 2022, new welders have come to market and I have just purchased a SWS ALUMMIG 230...whoaaa.....what a machine! Single phase and synergic double pulse modes for just over $2KAUD...I couldn't resist! The weld in this photo was pretty much my first aluminium MIG weld in 8 years, I was very impressed, especially considering that it was made with a conventional MIG gun, not a push-pull gun. With a little more practice and tweaking of settings, this MIG will match TIG
