Seems perfect well done.Very nice bright welding I wonder what is the flow of argon gas protection isi perfect and how you can achieve this king of shine weld apart the skill that it is obvious that is outstanding...Bravo.. Some how o pro must show quality of welding that is ahead of the average wel...

Primarily in my case was a good cleaning due to the circumstances and it will happen again someone in a harry and in need with a dirty oily crank case will show up . Can you tell if the use of steam cleaner would or will help to remove the mud and prepare the floor for a decent welding since I cant ...

Say it is simply impossible additionally when it got hot a lot of of oil fumes came out . I had to do it since this was in rush to use the engine ( it is the crank case of honda engine XLR 250)The chain broke and in consequence the crankcase broke.He wanted to do it with engine in the frame no manip...

so this is a picture that gave me hard time to weld and i did all tips and tricks to do , this is about if you are one of few or one of many welders

No it is not a mistake just i want to make it clear , I speak for aluminium but i was impressed to see that if a you get it right with ceramic cup gas flow and tungsten it works also well in DC welding too as I have tried , same settings DC mode nice weld no contamination . Usually I weld well but i...

Thank you of what I have seen if a dirt bit it is entrapped in puddle it will not be easily removed and the amount of effort to remove it will be multiple of the original effort to have it clean in the first place .We speak here for dirty old contaminated oily parts . As you may know I am Greek and ...

As the time goes by seems more and more obvious that aluminium must be perfectly clean when its is to be welded to a degree to almost sterilized !!!. some times due to rush to finish and to avoid the long time to clean it it creates spots of dirt or foam like in the weld puddle. What do you do then ...

I have not watched the video while I post now I've seen it seem clear that there must be an air leak the tig bits cannot create
such behavior I think ...

in previous posting was 15 cfh where is says 25 please correct it ...

Hi actually there is a specific relation between gas flow per minute , diameter of alumina , seems easy but in action is not I get get good results with alumina 6 and 7.5 liters per minute 25 cfh aprox.2.4 tungsten Where I don't get same results If I switch to alumina 8. Alumina nozzle 8 works bette...

Eventually I bought a Number 9 plain welding glass and I use it not bad . Until I will find a good mask I will use this simple glass. For the first time I have noticed the glow of arc starting in a white cloud temporarily before the starting of the real tig arc .Maybe it would had been better if i h...

What about miller helmets are any good ? miller elite or similar , I got 2 chepo masks and it went out not working so I bought from ebay a replacement with 10 buck did not work either so i have not a helmet now any suggestions are appreciated. A good cheap alternative is parweld helmet of 60 buck th...

I wear glasses , I weld with tig inside the shop I do repairs in aluminum or Iron I am not a pro but I am not hobbyist either. I had an old helmet that it was helux in 1999 and i had it till 2009 then I got a chinese invention internal batteries went out now I tried a replacement filter from ebay bu...

I have a problem with cheap welding masks so I decided to step up to an optrel P550 or speedglass3M-Speedglas-100-Welding-Helmet-Future-Combatant what do you think I should choose please ?.

thats a good one steve S

Me too I want to participate to this tig performance I consider this as a fine form of art , something I cannot do myself but I wish I could but it is possible so well done..
Essenti

In other words beauty ( beautiful beads ) makes my hart content and happy , better to make it clear

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Aristotle

Dear oscar don't make your life hard , whatever aluminum you have to weld , you might come across something you need to spot weld it just to keep in place so to make is easier and nicer to weld . I this case use you highest cleaning mode of your machine. When we say Cleaning we mean positive the wav...

I would like to add a little in this forum , my little discovery I made yesterday while i was was experimenting . I has to do with spot welding in aluminum. So far was known to do a spot use higher Amperage (power) to the machine and additionally you step up frequency to the highest possible But if ...

Sir Aaron and rest of forum , definitely there is something more than the usual , me too I want to know please all details possible to the Technic used , like the rod diameter if it is gas lens , what size tungsten ,type , alumina diameter everything . If is acetone cleaned before welding . Many can...

Sir Aaron ( I give the title of knight in welding ) , I'm impress too , I have never seen work like this , do you accept me a student of yours as in the films where the student is willing to do anything just to get close to the master and his teachings.I'm in Greece but I'm willing to swim the Atlan...

Mr.Aaron congratulations very impressive , I don't think welding can be better than this , could you please tell me how you do it a, all of your settings and if you manually grind the tungsten tip or you grind it by hand please . This sample is the best I have ever seen

Dear AFR do you use pulses and how much , what are your settings please definitely it is a nice professional work ...

Happy new year 2016 everybody , since there is always room for better , i would like to add this , If you use a bit longer stick out somethign like 6mm or more, 1/16 thoriated tungsten with a nice sharp edge you can get a really nice focus and produce a good aesthetic appearance. Try it and see , th...