what equip should i get

[JWD]

Hey All,
Im a highschool student wanting to set up a shop in my garage.
i also have a disability witch affects the steadyness of my hands.
i leard to MIG weld at school but i tried like 5 mins on alluminum(with no instruction) of TIG and found it was quite hard. now to the point will it get easier with practice? and what equipment should i get to set up a shop to weld and cut steel, chro-mo, alluminum, titanium and ect.?

p.s. i want to be able to make bike frames with hq welds
and anyone know a good company for metal lathes and mills ect.?

[ASKANDY]

JWD,

Thanks for the question.
With the mateials you mentioned, TIG would be the better choice. It does get easier with practice and the steadyness of your hands will make a difference as TIG is much more precise of arc than MIG. Tubing will also be difficult to master because of the continuous arc you need to move the torch through. A Syncrowave 180SD will be a nice unit to start with or a Dynasty 200SD. The Dynasty is a bit more expensive but is not as picky on hand movements.
As far as shop equipment, Check out www.harborfreight.com they have quite a bit of metal working equipment very reasonable. I have a mill and lathe from there that do everything I need to do with building race cars.

Good luck!

Andy