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A little background: I'm 20 years old, have welded TIG for about a quarter so far (fri,sat,sun), and am in love with it.
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I'll start with the oldest pics I can find, to the newest ones I've taken. Won't be many updates until the 10th of January. Believe all of these were done with 3/32 tungsten (mixture of Lanthanated, Ceriated and Thoriated), 3/32 filler rod, and a combination of a 7 and 8 gas lens.
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Walking the cup
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Aluminum
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More aluminum
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Comparison shot. Top is my old aluminum. Up until these welds pictured, I HATED aluminum. I went through 3 full tungsten in 2 days of welding and was having a hell of a time getting it. Didn't touch it for about a month, and boom! Maybe it was the new machine, the aluminum was thicker now (my thin aluminum is nowhere near this good) or just more practice on mild steel. Whatever way, it's now my favorite to weld!
Comments, concerns, etc. are all appreciated. I'll try and find more pictures on my old phone/other thread to post up.
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