One thing about Tiggin aluminum is it is kinda hard to get the hang of, but once you do it is soooo easy. It is soft, clean, solidifies fast and it just goes where you want. I wouldn't say that I am good with aluminum but now with good gas I understand what you mean. I just need the foot pedal - it...

Welding became better by increasing the amps but today after trying to join two pieces of aluminum resulted again as a total mess with black aluminum spots and smoke after starting the weld. If I just kept going past the ruined weld it again became a bit better and I was able to "glue" the...

All I can say is WOW! Your skills in welding aluminum is from another universe if you compare it to what I am doing at the moment. It was interesting to read about the T-weld (welding another piece in 90 deg angle to another) welding principle since I noticed the same thing - two arcs on both pieces...

Steve, you were 100% correct, pumping up the current stopped the sooting of the puddle (sorry for bad english - I'm from Finland and therefore my writing may not be easy to understand...). Interesting, too cold or a bit dirty and the end result is quite the same.

Thank you for your help!

Thank you very much for your advice Steve!! I'm using argon and helium mix is not an option at least at the moment. I will rise up the current today and give it a new try - after some time without luck I was out of ideas. I will let you know the results. One major problem is that I'm not having a fo...

I'm new to tig welding aluminum, been welding in DC for couple of years. Now we have a new Kemppi Mastertig 2300 AC/DC tig in our company and started learning how to weld aluminum. I've read all about tig welding aluminum on Jody's excellent site and watched many videos. So far I've managed to weld ...