Thanks for that, I'll give it another shot when I'm back in the shop on Monday and I'll put up those pics as well.

You should be able to sand it out, just keep an eye for cracks on the edges of the weld. This happened because you were probably running a little too hot for the material thickness. With your spool gun you could cut your voltage back by a volt or two and see a decent difference. Another thing, whate...

Hey guys, I have been welding for 10 uears now off and on and steadily for the last 3, I have just recently wandered in to TIG territory and it's been a while since any formal instruction and my welds look like crap. Not the bead appearance so much as the color and "texture". I will attach...

Welcome to the forum!!! If I had more present experience with TIG I would help out but, like you, I haven't messed with TIG in a while (not 30+ years, probably a tenth of that but still I'm a bit foggy on it. If one was already set up I'm sure I could stack some dimes but to set up I would probably ...

Any of you guys tried weld at night with an AD? Man, I am spoiled by my AD helmet, and today at work the lights were acting up and went out intermittently and It's exactly like using a passive which I haven't used since welding class in 2005-2006... so yeah, hard to see period. I work indoors with ...

I currently have 3 helmets: A Chicago electric auto darkening from harbor freight, it performs pretty well, and has lasted me a surprisingly long time I got it about 5 years ago. It was my first helmet, my only issue with it is the headgear, which I could change out. An arc one auto darkening... It'...

Hey guys, My name is Matt, I have been through several welding classes and currently work as a production welder for a major trailer manufacturing company in the US. I am going to school for IT/Cyber Security but if I can find a good enough paying welding job I will stick to welding and save my mone...