No mention of arc length but everything I'm seeing points to an excessive arc length as well as too much dwelling around. If that is stainless, you need to get the puddle formed in 2s or less and learn to move, without changing arc length. You need to really practice to steady your hands or you'll ...

I had similar problems. It's counter intuitive - as a beginner you try and slowly "sneak up on it", but all this does is get the job really hot, and blow holes in things. So you turn the power down, and things only get worse! I spent an hour blowing holes in 1mm sheet until I cottoned on!...

GreinTime wrote:If you walk into the driveway Braehill, you'll see that exact same strut tower on the drivers side of my car

Aah a man of good taste:P

40 amps?? How thick is the material? You are generally going to need 1 amp per thousandth of an inch in thickness, give or take. 40 amps would be appropriate for 18-20 gauge steel. Your material looks thicker than that but I can't tell for sure. Having the amps too low will actually overheat your w...

Your HAZ is pretty large so I'd say your using too much amps or your moving too slow. What's your setup? Settings? It doesn't appear your cleaning up or grinding the edges your welding, I recommend that as it will help with some of the contamination. When you get to he edge you need to come off the...

Ok so had the day off yesterday so i thought I'd get some practice in :? struggeling abit not sure if u can see by the weld what im doing wrong but if you can please share http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r553/SonOfAnarchyZA/20150716_115953_zpsgp6lbvcp.jpg http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r553...

Thanks for the tip Len i will give it a try

Jason

S-O-A ZA, First off, welcome to the forum. My first question is, is your welder a DC welder? You said electrode negative but if your welder is an AC only machine it makes no difference when it comes to scratch start tig, you need DC. Is it an inverter welder? Some inverters have circuits that lend ...

thanks for the replies would aluminium backing work?

Problem is all i have is tig need to make it work

Hey guys and girls I'm new here I'm from South Africa I started tig welding the other day Jodys videos have really help a tone load I would have been less keen to try it myself if it wasn't for those videos! I have started out converting my ark welder(stick) to a scratch type tig hoping to get a ac ...

Hi guys this is my first post, I've only just started to learn how to tig weld and think I have started on a difficult project for a beginner. So I have a drift car and have recently pulled the motor and would like to neaten up the engine bay build new boost pipes and exhaust from stainless steel bu...