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- by Noddie
- Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:31 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: TIG welding Aluminium, Not melting smoothly
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2582
Re: TIG welding Aluminium, Not melting smoothly
Thank you all for the help! I realised that i just wasnt using enough heat:( my tig only have 150amp max and i only had it set to 100 so it was really struggling. I went back to the job the other day, i preheated the metal with a blow torch and gave it the full 150amps, also i used about 75percent -...
- by Noddie
- Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:57 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: TIG welding Aluminium, Not melting smoothly
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2582
Re: TIG welding Aluminium, Not melting smoothly
Definitely on ax and gas on, what would good over all settings be for Ali?
- by Noddie
- Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:50 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: TIG welding Aluminium, Not melting smoothly
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2582
Re: TIG welding Aluminium, Not melting smoothly
Thank you for your quick replies, How can i watch jody's video? The problem im having is getting the pool to form in the first place, once i get a pool formed and i can start feeding in the filler rod it all goes more smoothly, its just getting that initial pool to form and join the two pieces of me...
- by Noddie
- Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:13 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: TIG welding Aluminium, Not melting smoothly
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2582
TIG welding Aluminium, Not melting smoothly
Hi Guys, Im new to this forum and pretty new to TIG welding. So, sorry to start with a question. I have been doing a fair bit of Mild and Stainless work and im really pleased with the results:) I have a 150A Migatronic Tig welder with a fair few controls (but no frequency control, its fixed to 50Hz ...
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