It sucks as I have small hands and also have trouble finding gloves that fit well. I use the revco tiggster gloves in medium and the tillman 24wcm I think they are also medium. I haven't done it yet, but I had one supplier suggest trying a womans glove, revco makes some. I know the other guys in the...

I jumped up to a 3/32 pure tungsten and that helped tremendously. Now I bought some lanthanated tungsten to try on aluminum but from what Im gathering you can only use pure tungsten on transformer machines, you need inverter style machines to use different tungsten for aluminum. Is that right?

Thanks, I'll give that a try and see what happens.

Hey guys I need some help ! I am proficient at tig welding steel and stainless steel. I am trying to learn aluminum now but for the life of me I cant get it right. Ive been using a precision tig 375 for 1/16 alum, min amps 20 and max amps 90, 1/16 pure balled tungsten and 1/16 filler and the machine...

Im not sure but I will ask some of my friends that own rides. I was a concession/game owner so they will know more about that than me. I don't think there are any specific courses or programs related to carnival rides but I will find out. What you could do is call or email a ride manufacturer and as...

I know how to identify tungten with a color band. I am wondering if there is a way to distinguish what type of tungsten it is besides color. The last welder that worked at my company left a whole bin of used tungsten (about 50) without color. All the color has been ground off or worn off. I dont hav...

Hey guys,I just started working at a new company and the last guy who worked here was not organized at all. I was wondering if there is a way to tell what type of tungsten is which type after the color band has been worn or ground off. I have about about 50 pieces of tungsten of various sizes and I ...

Hey there, as an active employed welder and a carnival game owner. I can tell you you wouldnt want to work for a carnival ride owner as the pay sucks. You are better off going into business for yourself offering repairs. Most of the work is all mig and stick welding. Most show owners employ all thei...