This was a downhand socket weld with 1/8" 6010 95 amps. I thought I had a pic that would show a cap I did today downhand but it is all fuzzy and crap. http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg540/forrestderp/IMGP0412_zps61da2827.jpg The jungle gym I welded up over the past couple o days, most of i...

looks like I had it backwards, thanks for the clarification guys.
-Sean

If you are worried about the copper just take some sandpaper to it and wipe it down with acetone

Soft is lower volts higher amps cusp us higher volts lower amps, i prefer really soft settings on cap to reduce chances of undercut.

If you want to do pipeline learn to layout and fit a branch test, most places will test with that.

Hey man, where are you located? Some pictures are worth a ton of words, amperage will depend on comfort level and experience I think. With Tig I like zero land and a gap smaller than my filler wire, but not by much. Or a gap about the same size as the filler is also acceptable. When I was learning t...

Hmm my pipeliner works pretty well on tig!


I don't think one of those fancy autoshades would last me more than a month before it would be all broken. Cool deal though to those guys who weld and go home clean.
-Sean

Sorry for the fuzzy shot, here is how I prep a 1/8" tungsten.

This may be kinda late, but I run all my root passes on pipe downhill with 6010. 7018 you can forget about running downhill, doesn't work, you will also run into 7010 and 8010 if you are planning a career in pipe, you should also be able to run both uphill and downhill with any of those rods. My fit...

Nice work. Are those Stanley's? If so these are the .024's. how long of a taper did you have on that 1/8" tungsten? They are the "were on sale for $.99 blades", I think they are pretty close to the stanleys I have done. The taper actually isn't that excessively long, I have a fine gr...

If you can just use your foot peddle as a switch, your rod hand has much more effect on your bead than your torch hand. Just start padding beads and be very critical of the effects from your input, and once you get it down without a peddle the puddle will feel like cheat mode.
Sean

Done with 1/8 tri mix tungsten, finger slide control, going to try some with my SA200 this weekend.
-Sean

One time when i was a young cockydumbass, i showed up to a stainless tig interview wearing a Hawaiian shirt and shorts, I did get an offer but it was too low, and i did not impress the hr lady one bit. From then on it is jeans steel toe boots and a fr shirt, one place i worked at the hr lady i over ...

I want to see these razor blade pics, I use welded blades as business cards, I also use a 1/8" tungsten to weld em on edge.

I have to lean toward "fixing the mistakes of others" as my least favorite, since this usually includes my other "not happy" welds, standing on my head in the mirror, where the original weldor was not qualified to attempt it. Steve S I actually kinda enjoy mirror welding, and pr...

Freaking sweet dude! I got the] pleasure if welding with a fronius machine that you could use the foot Pettle with thesquirt gun, was awesome in rusty you could easily hut the correct amp for position.
Sean

Other people's mistakes. This^ most things are fairly easily repaired or welded following proper procedures. Last winter a friend brought me a leaking hydraulic cylinder that he tried to do a silver solder repair on, took me about twice as long with the tig chasing that stuff out than it would have...

Heck, if you can weld and weld good and fast and well. Just call a place that is hiring and ask to talk to shop foreman, and ask him for a weld test. Just be damn sure you can pass the test before going in. The industry is hurting for good hands right now, and I know of places that are in need of ha...

Not related to welding, just a vent: Spent the day talking to diesel mechanics about a problem with one of my trucks. My anger is surpassed only by my confusion and desire to become a diesel mechanic and run them all out of business. :lol: Boy when I figure out how to mount a Bobcat on a bicycle......

You could just put in an automatic that is what i would personally do. Nothing sucks more than being stranded.

You guys would be very surprised at all the hack shit that is in place in the field. I know the guys i work for are idiots, but it is a job and it pays, I did however just have an interview with a mining operation company and a weld test lined up for next week, until I have another guaranteed job of...

I weld on propane pipe for my current job, I typically either vent the line and blow it out with compressed air, or do a burn down of the gas with a burner before welding with 6010 root and 7018 cap on SCH80. The other day I had to add a T and a valve into a vapor line on a propane tank, the owner c...

When the hood drops for me all else goes away, all my nonesense goes blank and I just perform what is needed to make the weld, it is really weird that I have kinda lost the thinking about the weld and now it just kinda happens, not sure how but it does. About the exact same for me I was just wonder...

I am planning on going! sounds like a great idea.

When the hood drops for me all else goes away, all my nonesense goes blank and I just perform what is needed to make the weld, it is really weird that I have kinda lost the thinking about the weld and now it just kinda happens, not sure how but it does.