Anyone else use the BSX extreme? Tried my first pair today and I love em. Been using Miller tig gloves since I started school. I love the form fit they seemed a little tight or restrictive at first but after a few hours I love the fit. I really like the control or feel I get feeding filler. The BSX...

Thx guys for the replies

im looking to make a SS tubular manifold for a turbo. i got the flanges ready, it seems like the industry standard is to use 304 stainless tubing, my question is what filler rod would be best to use? seeing as the welds will be seeing alot of heat cycles and stress? thx in advance for the advice :mr...

hey gurew, im kinda in the same boat about trading my syncrowave 200 for the dynasty. I could really use this small welder that packs a punch. as you know the syncrowave isnt the smallest and lightest :lol: where did you manage to trade yours in for the dynasty? also if anyone knows where i could ge...

looks good keep it up

thx everyone for their inputs, here is a pic of the final pipe i did with a little brushing so it wouldnt look so bad, i think it looks pretty good except the excess etching :oops: . if anyone cares, i will try to post another pipe with all the tips that everyone gave me and see which one works best...

ya just saw the vid, thx jakeru. will also give that a shot, too bad it starts to get expensive with helium. thx everyone for your inputs

this is a little project i did, and this is what i was talking about, see all the etching around it. I wired brushed it and you can now see the scratch markes bad for apperence

To be honest Artisian, that is pretty good tight etching. Not gonna get much less than that me thinks. As for the shiny bead, it's kind of an elusive combo of several things all coming together at once, but namely heat and travel speed. You'll just have to play around until you find what brings tha...

what can you do to minimize the cathodic etching of a weld puddle? i got a syncrowave 200 and its set at 10 balance at max penetration. i would like to see more of the shiny puddle and not so much of the etching like the pic below which i got off jodys site, any suggestions?

ya ill do that, so just round the end on the lanth right? cant use a point since i have a transformer machine correct?

i have a miller syncrowave 200 and i was wondering what tungsten would i use to weld 1/16 thick aluminum piping. Ive read a couple articles that state use pure tungsten for transformer based machines and use lanthanted and thoriated for inverter based. Seems like everyone has different results. I re...

thx for all that info lou , that helps out alot. I understand a lot more now, maybe everyone should keep adding to this, like lou said there's not a big list out there thats easily found and user friendly. Maybe this site could provide it for us

Just wondering if anyone knows of a chart that explains the best filler rod to use for metals like stainless and mild steel. I came across http://www.alcotec.com/us/en/support/Alloy-Selection-Chart.cfm which is exactly what i was looking for but its for aluminum. I know there are alot of metals out ...

thank you much

^^^ wow just reading that motivates me to weld more

hey noob question here, but i got a performance radiatior here and it has a small pin size hole in it which leaks. i looked at what type of aluminum it was made of and all it said was that it was 100% brazed aluminum, i know thats not much help but, could i use 4043 or would 4047 be better? would an...

anybody know where i could buy some hastelloy W tig rod? in one of jodys pics it shows some rod with a tab that says AMS 5786 HAST W. thx

thx guys

Any of the things that Rick has pointed out or could be that 100 Amps is to hot for 1/16" or 1/4" stainless. The hotter it is the darker the weld gets. That joint configuration your talking about would be ok welded around 65 or 70 amps. Thats just my opinion. Some people may be a little h...

i just picked up a miller syncrowave 200 not too long ago and i need some advice, i read alot on jodys page and i just cant seem to make nice clean beads when i try to weld a flang on a pipe, now the pipe is about 1/16 thick and the flange is about 1/4''. I got a #7 gas lens and 1.5% lanthanated 3/3...