its 5/64 and the filler and tungsten is 3/32. yes I don't expect to be like the Instagram welders but I wanted to make sure I was on the right track, didn't want to be practicing doing it the wrong way. I will get myself some thicker plate. thanks

hi so these a my first time aluminium welds. What am I doing wrong? they are dull and grainy and there are no obvious sign of where I dabbed filler metal if that makes sense. I'm using 4043 filler, no. 5 cup, 16 cfh, around 70 amps and I have been playing around when the ac freq and balance but cant...

I never thought about clean the back side, thanks for your help

I had where I was welding clean, didn't bother cleaning the whole piece as its only a practice bit, I hit it with a sanding disc first and then a flap wheel

okay thanks for your help

this is the problem

argon is about 8 LPM I think I might have figured out what I done wrong, I used the same disc to sharpen my tungsten and clean the metal so maybe that contaminated the metal?

Hi I only have my tig welder for about a week now. Ive been practicing on mild steel, while welding a tee joint it was all going okay then it started to go a bit funny and it ended up looking a bit like a mig weld with no gas. The steel is 5mm thick, im using a 2.4mm 2% lanthanated tungsten and a 2....