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by hotspoons
Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:48 am
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: Newbie - what am I doing wrong (aluminum tig)
Replies: 29
Views: 4193

Re: Newbie - what am I doing wrong (aluminum tig)

FYI I was able to get a puddle going on 1/8" with 50 amps no problem (after 3 or 4 seconds of initial heating with the arc), so either the inverter control for the machine I have is insanely miscalibrated, or y'all with high dynamic range pedals back off more than you think. 50 amps isn't even...
by hotspoons
Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:54 pm
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: Newbie - what am I doing wrong (aluminum tig)
Replies: 29
Views: 4193

Re: Newbie - what am I doing wrong (aluminum tig)

Wow, holy shit, what a welcome! Y'all a tough crowd. The post approval (after several days) e-mail went to my spam folder, so I thought this was another Vertical Scope forum that was scooped up and fired all of the admins, but I suppose not. I got zero notifications about this thread either, which i...
by hotspoons
Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:16 pm
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: Newbie - what am I doing wrong (aluminum tig)
Replies: 29
Views: 4193

Newbie - what am I doing wrong (aluminum tig)

Good evening! I recently picked up an inverter-based AC DC tig welder and ancillary equipment, and decided I would try to learn tig welding on aluminum. I watched like 30 hours of youtube videos on the subject over the last couple of weeks, so I felt like I was totally prepared /s. So I set my brand...