i have one of these.
looking through the manual you can change the waveform from sawtooth to square etc BUT have it different on the poss to neg half of the wave.
that's deep!.....

i have 300 of these to make. 2 1/4" 10swg wall 6082T6 aluminium tube 6" long TIG welded to a 2 1/4" length of 2" ali angle. sort of like a giant crimp tag. will be used to link poles together on a large geo-dome project. i worried that the strength of the angle will be lost with ...

Hi all, is there a ‘suggest a video for Jody’ to tape anywhere?
I don’t know if he’s covered changing the AC wave shape to demonstrate what effects sine, square or sawtooth have. That could be interesting.
Maybe the forum could vote for various topics maybe?

if you're doing a job with limited space, is it ok to stand your welder on the metal table the earth clamp is connected to?
the welder's a fronius majicwave 2200 set for tig welding
cheers
carl

i was doing some practice welds on 304 stainless tonight, it had been raining all day. my kit is still in cardboard boxes but when i was opening them they were, well sort of damp and floppy so the humididy was high. i have a large ck pyrex gas lense (about an inch in diameter) and had good results t...

cheers mate will ask

I asked my welding supplier if they could source Hastelloy W rod as recomended in one of Jodys emails. They came back with which grade? C236?
anyone got any ideas?

one of my jobs (not welding related) is to prototype touchscreens for phones. The basic process is to laser a pattern in the ITO (indium tin oxide conductive coating) then print 'crossovers'. after much trial and error i found the surface energy of the ITO was lower than the surface tension of the t...

had a good session today beading on 2mm aluminiun, playing with pulse every 3/4 second gave me time to get someting pretty.
at the moment i wouldnt call it a stack of dimes more like a stack of small change LOL!
argon almost out 11lt bottle = 3 hours torch time - i love it!

thanks guys for the advice, my ark timer reads just 3 hours thats all! so will sort something out soon

weldin mike 27 wrote:Hi,
Have you got proper tig gloves?

Mick

i have a pair of 'medium' size tig gloves which i can get both hands in one, so far not found the right size from two welding suppliers, bummer, thats why i've had a dabble without gloves

Manjimike wrote:Welcome to the forum Carl.
Just sit in front of tv and practice the movement I have been told

Cheers

Mike

my drive to work is motorway motorway - i've a cut down rod i practice with in the car! i don't have a tv, took a rod down my local but got strange looks....

i guessed the uv would be an issue, i can't seem to track down a pair of nice fitting gloves, will give the latex mechanics gloves a try. i'm just starting out so its just small offcuts i'm working on. i've a pile of 1"x4"x3mm (good mix of units hey) stainless pieces that i cant for the li...

i'm new to the game, bought a fronius rig to learn to tig but find the gloves a real pain doing proctice welds. I the uv radiation from the arc a problem to weld bare handed?

i'm a total novice crap welder at the moment, i found this site from youtube. i love his 2T 4T video had me in stiches with his girlfriend advice!!
just put my order in for a couple of tig fingers

now back to welding more grey stainless beads;(

carl from rainy england