thanks so much you guys are awsome, this is such a cool place to acuire knowlege

wow great stuff there thank you so much that was exactly what i was looking for and i will fire the machine up this week and give it another try and post some pics, Ive been doing ok for the most part and have actually made some money on a few small aluminum jobs Thansk again, Brian

Thanks alot i was hoping a straight run would suffice cause im not good at the weave thing.

i want to ask someone if the bottle with argon it have to be smaller or bigger to have good weld. I am saying this because when i had small bottle of gas the weld was easier than to use the bigger, maybe i am wrong? Please help me to have good weld. I would not believe size in this case :o would no...

Sounds good, Ill give it another try and post results.

Im very new to tig welding but this is my attempt to try and copy this weld

It would be nice if jody would do a vid showing how this is done or just chime in.

This weld was performed before i got my welder and i saw a tig weave done on steel and it looks like the same technique was used here, but how do you go about it? One more thing is there any benifit to this type of weld?Thanks

Great, that like a great tip for in a pinch thanks

I bought a replacement diamond wheel from harbor freight for around 5 bucks and attached it to my bench grinder and just spin the tungsten slow and on the down side to get the shape i want.

i thought to myself, i wonder if i could gap a 1/4 gap of 1/4 aluminum, just messing around

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some are ok

some are not, im very new to tig welding and 1/4 inch Alum is my biggest problem so far

you maybe right the flow guage shows 15 and i thought that to be CFM but CFH sounds about right, im finding that it seems easier to start the bead with 3/32 filler though hum, im going to try and video tonight and will post a link later so you guys can see and possibly give some more pointers

Thanks for the response i think ill give it a try some time

Great idea

I saw a pic of a 7018 rod in a tig torch and was wondering if this is a very acceptable way to stick weld and would there be any harm in doing this?

Thanks I am using a pedal and ill give your suggestion a try and post some pics as well. Im riding tomorrow and after that im working on trying to video my welding so ill let you know. thanks again oh yeah do you think 1/8 in filler is too large?

Im new to tig welding and im getting decent welds on thin aluminum but im struggling with 1/4 aluminum inside corner joint, My question is do i try to get as close as i possibly can to the crack and tack there and then back the tungsten out a little as i start my way along the seam? Im using a linco...