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by Tungsten Wolf
Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:30 am
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: E3 purple tungsten, question?
Replies: 4
Views: 1268

Re: E3 purple tungsten, question?

Weldakota wrote:Waste of money, from what I've seen from them. Don't like high amps at all for 3/32". I'd stick to Lanthanated/Thoriated. :mrgreen:
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Tried them out at our shop, we run at 250-280 amps and they kept cracking and splitting. We haven't had any problems with Lanthanated.
by Tungsten Wolf
Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:09 am
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: Manually Pulsing Aluminum
Replies: 9
Views: 1120

Re: Manually Pulsing Aluminum

I appreciate your responses.

As far as consumables, we use i-Head Roto Head torch bodies, 3/32" 1.5% Lanthanated Tungsten, WeldCraft collets/collet bodies, #5 cup, short back caps.

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by Tungsten Wolf
Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:29 pm
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: Manually Pulsing Aluminum
Replies: 9
Views: 1120

Re: Manually Pulsing Aluminum

A couple more.
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by Tungsten Wolf
Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:02 pm
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: Manually Pulsing Aluminum
Replies: 9
Views: 1120

Manually Pulsing Aluminum

I really haven't seen anyone outside of the racing industry manually pulse weld aluminum. Every time I tried searching for others pulse welding it was always the machines pulse settings. I finally stumbled across a video that Jody posted a few months back where he was trying out pulsing with the foo...