Yes I'm using the same helmet. It's as if the plasma doesn't light up the surroundings as much as in stick welding.

I have a miller classic auto darkening helmet. Even though I have reduced the shading A LOT, I still can't clearly see when I weld. And I don't want to further reduce the shading adjustment. My eyesight isn't really the issue because when I weld stick, this issue doesn't happen. Is it safe to reduce...

Thanks for the helpful replies guys! Very much appreciated. Being a beginner, it sometimes happens that I make multiple mistakes, which compound each other and one mistake causes the next step to fail. But i'll keep at it. Luckily I have lots of scrap steel lying around :) Here is another test I wil...

I think part of the reason was that I never let the work cool. I just sanded it and continued welding on another untouched spot. I will cut pieces from another tube and practice on new pieces everytime. Hopefully that will make a difference.

Thanks for the response, that makes sense ... I have some experience OA gas welding steel and this kinda felt like I was doing OA welding :) How close do I need to be with the tungten tip? I really needed to be very close. The tip was about 1 mm away from the surface and the arc umbrella was very sm...

I cleaned the work with paint thinner beforehand and used grinder type sanding disk on the area to be welded.

I suspected that the gas isn't sufficient and cranked up the gas flow to 12l/min, but still, exact same result.

Hi, I did some tig welding practice today on steel. The welds always look dull and as if they are covered with some dark gray, matt finish. I used a square tube with 4mm wall thickness. A welding calculator told me to use between 120 - 150 Amps, so I set the machine to 150 A so that when the pedal h...

Ok the big thread nozzles were "gas lens" type nozzles. As I didn't get a gas lens, I wasn't able to use them. But today I got a box of #7 regular nozzles and set out to do my first weld. The power cord for the water cooler was not delivered (they forgot to include it grrr), so I set the a...

Welcome aboard mate! What machine did you get? Thank you! I got a dynasty 280dx with water cooler. I have also gotten the wired foot pedal and the classic series mask. For the torch, I went with a local generic brand instead of a miller torch, because the miller torch didn't have the on/off switch ...

Welcome. Do yourself a favor and grab this: https://weldmongerstore.com/products/tig-hardware-bundle Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm in Turkey, can only buy local cause of customs restrictions. I looked for stores that were open today and found one that carried welding supplies. I did get a coll...

Hi, I'm an electronics engineer and doing firmware development for living. Metalworking has been my hobby for quite a few years now. Yesterday, my new miller TIG welder has just been delivered to my home shop today. I rushed out to get the necessary supplies for it so that I can experiment with it o...