Try 100-120Hz and I'd probably up your electrode to 3/32 2% Lan. You're doing great in regards to not dipping your tungsten too! I see you only did it a few times. Looks like you might wanna clean your metal a bit better. Try using a sharpie and making a a few lines across the plane you want to weld...

I'd imagine being the beer conosoirre, he'd likely be using the powder :) It really does great on stainless and most surfaces in general. It's kinda like Comet but way better and does more polishing which is why I think it just gives a better finish. Still great idea Nailer ! I might give that a try...

Had to look up TPO but that looks kinda neat. This one place says they're product has excellent welding properties which I thought was kinda funny. The bottom pic on the page showed this mansion built out of the stuff which I'm sure wasn't a fun welding task.... I never had an interest in it either ...

Rambo! Thanks man! It's not the prettiest but each weld showed blatant progression. I'd bet within another day I'd be layin down perfect beads because I already had some damn near perfect ones. Edge work isn't hard either. And yes, when we hit the track again, she'll have some more bite :D I think i...

Sam! Yeah this was not fancy at first. I did find my HF at 4 with the bent, not curved tip was best for ABS. The manual shows a huge jump between 3 and 4 for the curve but a gentle difference for the bent tip. It comes out at 360F and it does wonderful. 390F is the temp for 4 with the curve and it b...

I got the Harbor Freight plastic welder and this thing is pretty cool! The interesting part with plastics is you're using 1:1 filler material vs. welding which seems to always be mismatched like 4X43 for 606X Al as far as I can tell. I highly recommend picking up a heated air plastic welder if you d...

I think it was the Yamaha R6 forum, but it was one post of someone saying it was a great alternative and something they did a few times. I know in general it's good for joining (brazing) dis-similar metals but this is why I'm asking not telling.

especially if it's cheaply replaceable and not integral ;) If I don't wanna drop the cash for Ti filler, I understand the Silicon Bronze might be a good alternative? I beat all the dents and the two small cracks back into place so it's like .5 mm crack width about 5mm long right at the very end of i...

Well shit... in big bold fancy laser cut print it says exactly what it's made out of. TITANIUM.... This should be fun

It's my girl's bike and I'm not that eager to join a Yamaha forum since I've got my Honda CBR, BUT maybe someone will know here... I need to fix a dent and small crack in the exhaust tip that's riveted on. I figured stainless but decided to do some searching and I'm not finding much good info since ...

I don't think I'll ever think of Alcotel now... Thanks all! ;) My results so far have been great with Blue Demon and the Hobart Maxall 4943. I could only get the 4943 in 1/8 but will check the local welding supply for some 3/32 since 1/8 is too thick for 1/8 or 1/16 material and sucks out too much h...

When I worked at a machinist shop as a kid I remember the owner had me save as much as possible of the coolant we used. He told me it was pretty expensive when you're running a giant CNC machine all day so it was good to recycle it. I asked him what it was made out of and if I recall correctly it wa...

Good thing they didn't add an E to the end of the product name! The product info page says it will do anything TIG can do: In addition to many precious metal alloys such as gold, silver and platinum, many non-ferrous metals such as copper and tin alloys, many steels, titanium and aluminium alloys ar...

Still happy with the SSC and it's makin sense to me now. Major improvement but still a new learning curve and VERY sensitive. Kinda wish I just started with the SSC... I had to pull out the old pedal the other day because I had to use my knee to control the pedal and figured the basic pedal had a hi...

Nailer got it! If you're like me and have almost no intention of doing steel, you should still get some as he suggested but keep working with AL as extra credit till you feel you "get it". For that thick of aluminum (AL) which looks about 1/8, you'll probably like 3/32 filler rod. You'd be...

If you've ever ordered anything from Jody then you can reply to the order e-mail and he'll respond. He's a busy guy so it'll take a couple days but he can tell you exactly what he uses and where he got it. His store also has a Contact link where you can post your question to him and I'm confident he...

I used to have this issue every time when I first started on AL. It all seemed to be relative to my tungsten especially when I was arc'in to the cup. It happens EVERYTIME I had a flat spot on my tungsten. How are you grinding your tungsten? You MUST keep the tungsten steady, with a smooth even twist...

I've been doing all sorts of aluminum (AL) welds lately mainly with 1/8 and 1/16 AL. You're using the same Amps that I use and I get great results BUT I can get those goobers from time to time on my filler. I'm using 1/8 4943 and 3/32 4043. I get more goobers on my 1/8 than the 3/32 but I know why i...

Hey Framie! Thanks for the props! Fortunately I'm not finding a need for the face mask with the portaband since I have that saw blade retention plate which works well but for grinding, especially with a wire wheel I learned the valuable use of a welding mask in grind mode and I'm all for buying the ...

Here's Jody's instructions on building his portaband saw stand which I and several others have copied which you'll find threads in the project section of the main forum. I spent about $140 ($170 with 20% off coupon) at Harbor Freight for my portaband saw. After building my stand I get perfectly stra...

That kind of reminds me of when I stab my tungsten with my filler and/or didn't get everything off the tungsten when I was grinding. I think when you dip (touch your part) the nodules tend to be at the tip, when you stab (touch filler to tungsten) it tends to be higher since you don't usually stab t...

Yeah if you have it at 4T you will have all sorts of problems. Since it was on, I'd assume your welder and pedal are probably fine, just an operator/settings issue. Don't feel bad everyone was guilty for at least one bad setting in their TIG life ;) If you haven't spent an evening reading every page...

Craig probably has it! And now I sound like the guy blaming the transmission for a tire problem

Too much post flow time will never hurt. Too much post flow pressure will. I've been getting away with 8CFH with aluminum, steel, and stainless without much issue but I am using a gas lens. I even had a normal setup and had no problems but I think atmospheric conditions can have an effect. Basically...

So I just got my SSC pedal for my Everlast and I'm very happy with it but I'd say using some test parts before you fire up on a good piece is a wonderful idea because as Greintime told me, my original pedal was a non-linear potentiometer. The SSC is definitely linear and you can see/feel it. I found...