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Originally Posted by FrankJ
In practice MIG & TIG are very different. In MIG your electrode becomes the filler & is consumed. In TIG your tungsten electrode is not consumed & should never touch the weld puddle. While you can buy machines that do both the setups are very different.
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Exactly right, but both MIG and TIG fall in the category of Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) by using a shielding gas (Argon, Carbon Dioxide, etc.) rather than Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) using a flux coated filler material. What you said is exactly what I wanted the poster to look up and learn on his own.