Welding Tips and Tricks

I've got a chance to pick up a bunch of .40 to 1/4" tungston rod. What and how should you run/use this stuff ? Tig is new to me, this is probably a dumb ?.

Buggsy

The really thick stuff can be used on dc+ for welding really thin alum because it can tolerate the heat building up in the electrode.

buggsy wrote:I've got a chance to pick up a bunch of .40 to 1/4" tungston rod. What and how should you run/use this stuff ? Tig is new to me, this is probably a dumb ?.

Buggsy

Application also depends on alloy. Are these all "pure" tungsten? 2% Thoriated tungsten? Other alloy? Or do you have a combo pack?

Steve S

Hi, I'm sorry, I forgot to say it's 2% Thoriated tungsten

2% lanthinated not thoriated

buggsy wrote:I've got a chance to pick up a bunch of .40 to 1/4" tungston rod. What and how should you run/use this stuff ? Tig is new to me, this is probably a dumb ?.

Buggsy

1/4" tungsten? If you are new to tig, it is unlikely you would need anything that big. If the price is right, you might buy the lot, and farm out the larger sizes to some local welding shop. You didn't say what welder you have. The amps available have a lot to do with what tungsten you should run.