yes i meant to say lift start and not scratch, thanks

I am a dental hygienist and really like the tooth extraction one. They would look great in an office in the operatories.

went back to HF start and it went fairly well. I can see how difficult it is to weld an area that has contamination within the weld as I was trying to fix some bad welds I did with my spool gun. I think I ended up grinding the welds down with a flapper wheel that I also used on my car trailer steel ...

I didn't see the last posted pics before I replied. While things do look lots better some of the things I asked he never did mention in his posts.

I am a rookie myself and the first thing I kept seeing was you are picking the shittiest crappy junk to practise on. They are throwing that shit away for a reason so stop trying to use it. It was mentioned a few times on here "nice shiny new metal" not found at the bottom of the ocean afte...

thanks guys for the tips. I have used the HF start already but just wanted to try other options and since the machine is capable of doing it I thought I would try. Nothing vntured nothing gained...even if it is just sharpening the tungsten!

I do have it already. I know the tungsten won't get contaminated when you do this as long as all goes well. I am concerned when I get the tungsten "stuck" to the aluminium when it doesn't start up as planned.

I recently bought a Miller 200 Dynasty and started to teach myself how to tig weld. I have been playing around with aluminium and was trying to use the scratch start option ommy machine. Occassionaly I get the tungsten stuck at the beginning of my start. When this happens do I need to resharpen my t...

I have been occasionally watching the vids trying to learn how to use my new machines. I recently bought a Miller Dynasty 200dx and a Miller 211 for some welding projects on my race car and trailer(s). I am a dental hygienist by trade and a lazy weekend warrior on the side. I am looking to use the t...