Gundog, Here is a little fan I put together for small jobs in the shop so I didn't have to fire up the large exhaust fan in the shop. Bathroom fan, screen, light switch, used 3in hd dryer vent hose about 20ft long works good. I just put it together to help when the temp was -30 so not to lose much h...

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Jason, I have welded a bunch of cast. I am no expert but have had great luck using this method. After I have prepped everything to be welded. I warm the part up slow by a pan heater or space heater not hot just warm to the touch. I use 3/32 red tung, 20-25 gas psi, gas lense. 309l stainless steel fi...

Smc, Maybe if you can share some more information? Tung, gas flow, filler wire, ect. Looks as though you need more practice to get better bead consistency with travel speed and arc length and amp setting. Will be happy to help not bashing just critiquing from my opinion.

I have one, I bought it for repairing and modifications to aluminum fuel tanks on over the road trucks. It takes some getting used to it helps me with fatigue when doing a long run when using a considerable amount of heat

Another thing to consider is maybe a flex head or swivel head torch to help you get a good position on hard to reach areas. Custom fit your nozzles helps too. Good luck

Superiorwelding wrote:power,
Welcome to the forum. What specifically do you do in the motorsports world. I ask because this is a area of interest to me.
-Jonathan

Thanks, I mainly work with moly and aluminum fab and welding.

power, Looks good! Let us know your process for this repair. -Jonathan Thank you. I use a warming plate to warm the cast to the touch, no torch or fast heat, use a gas lenses 20-25 gas psi argon, go very very slow. 3/32 red 1/16 309 ss filler dc setting I cant tell you amps specifically I just floa...

Walking the cup on some cast iron repair I did. 309L Stainless filler 3/32 red tungsten DC.

New to the site. Hope to learn new things and help out if I can. I do fab work in the motorsports field. Thanks nice site