thanks for your kind words,

i'm making header for subaru and up pipe and our header is little fragile i think. thick or thin, a lot brand subaru headers are still cracking. i just tried to minimize the risk, some other brands are using sch10 pipe too

Hi, It's been a long time and I've only just started making header lol. First i made up pipe, it's 60mm diameter and 3mm thickness 304. I beveled about 37 degree and almost no gap. Purged and i guess penetration is good, amp was about 80 with pedal What I want to ask is, weld height in the two conne...

Hi, Maybe there are those who remember old topics. I'm trying to make a header for my car. I am planning to make the collector in cnc and now I will make a polyurethane sample. but I did not know how to act at the pipe junctions. I wonder which would be more durable to slip over or open a weld mouth...

thanks for replies, i did leakdown test again and no leak (regulator hoses torch etc.) but now i'm sure that sound is gas lens sound and also i increased the flow and I was using the cup number 7 while practicing and now I have switched to number 12, the protection of the argon really made a differe...

Hi again my gas lenses and cups were arrived. i installed them but when i press the button my torch sound different like gas leak i removed and installed again but no different is there any difference between the conventional setup and the gas lens in terms of sound? i tested for gas leakage, there ...

hi again, i'm trying to weld with purging first welds with no gap and no bevel(just i want to try) and i did not do full penetration(I welded it with variable amperage so I could experiment, between 75-100amps) than i welded with gap(about 0,024"(0,6mm)) and no bevel (about 90 amps, 8cfh purge)...

thanks for your messages, i'm hobbyist but i want to do right way

now i'm trying weld with purge

i made welding table and my hand shaking is over, no more shake Thanks for all messages, i read again and again every suggestion i want to make diy vise and i welded L brackets for vise and pipes for practice i cut pipes with angle grinder first they were not straight so my welds are not straight bu...

thanks for your replies i worked first stainless because, I want to learn tig welding because of my hobbies and, they are all stainless(for now) mild steel is easier and i'll try but i'm struggling my hands are shaking(no illness or alcoholism) my arm is getting tired probably because i don't get en...

Thanks for your suggestions,

i bought gas lense and bigger cup but not arrived yet.

i have thicker materials, but stainless, i have to find non stainless.

i read every message again and again,

my work space is little small first i'll build bench table and practice with steel

hi, i want to learn tig welding for my header project(subaru boxer engine) . my settings is, 16l/min argon 1.6mm tungsten(gray) 2mm electrode(308l) number 7 cup and 92A for 2mm 304 stainless some welds are very bad i know, i want to practice so, i didn't wait cooling or cleaning etc. some welds are ...