My background in welding has been watching (or not watching) my dad use this thing to fill the garage with blue light: We once used it to to make a bunk bed together him doing the welding me the grinding. Since then apart from increasing my grinding skills I found myself wanting to know more about welding and discovered there was another form of welding called TIG! All those precise and pretty welds..
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With little more than a handful of stick electrode experience I've finally pulled the trigger on a Metalmaster Alupulse 210 and the biggest argon gas cylinder I could find(G size here in Australia).
The way this thing stick welds has me questioning if my dads welder ever worked properly! May sound silly to most but I had actually purchased some aluminum filler rod, a helmet I can call my own and some gloves about a half year before I even got a welder as a commitment to myself to actually getting one.
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I have ordered some steel filler rod because I've jumped the gun but for now the better half of my first attempts with a-lu-mi-ni-um. I will be scouring this forum to saturate my brain with the knowledge of those experienced until one day I can make those welds I can only dream about now.
All the best for 2017 everyone!