Originally Posted by froze
Well you could go, but you haven't read the web sites to blow your thesis to the wind. But hey your right, no one listens until you make a mistake.
Well, there is right and wrong in any of this stuff, and Neither James or Jackson are 100%. A Columbus Data book list 'lugged' and 'tig' tubesets for the very lightweight nemo and genius tubesets.Weight advantage for the lugged is 22 and 31 grams respectively, and part of that goes away when ends are cut to length. Other listed tubesets are the same for lugged and tig,being thick enough in HT and other critical places that they can be lugged or tig. And this does not even get into the air hardeing alloys specifically engineered for tig welding.The Henry James statament that tig seattubes require external butts at the seat cluster is BS, as I have several that aren't.