Thanks. I learned something today.
Being a noob I would have said that is stainless tube and the weld looks like the backside, unshielded stainless weld. When I think anodized I picture that dull finish.
Par for me.

Maybe (ha ) I'm an idiot. That weld looks great but the color of it does not. Am I missing something?

Radio frequencies dance around the skin of a conductor, true, but I don't think the frequency or the current is high enough to cause visible damage.

What species of wood table and what's it's moisture content?

Other people's mystery problems can be fun!

I have looked at the Tig pens. I used to think they wouldn't help, but you have inspired me to revisit it as it may work in combination with some kind of wrist support. I bought a tig pen cause I have more money for toys than brains. I thought it to be the Cliffs notes so I didn't have to do my hom...

Are you repairing piano plates? God bless you.

I'm on a pedal. Don't have 2T or 4T. When you stop your car you lighten up on the brakes just before you stop to prevent that lurch when the wheels stop but the cars still moving a bit. When I weld I do the same and dab a bit extra filler before the pool cools. The thin aluminum is my toughest prob...

That's where practice helps. You have to just get that tip very close. Tho 90 degree thing concentrates the gas and stabilizes the arc. Jody's vids show how he backs the tip off a bit when dabbing.....not so much away from the part, but backing up along the weld line.

Strange blue. Your practice looks good to me, even and structural. Those craters are an easy fix if you want. You using pedal, 4T or 2 T?
Nelson

Thanks all! I'm gonna fix this for sure. I did a tiny fix job an noticed the surge was messing with the arc. That said, I have 20 feet of 1/4 od tube to the microwelder, and 6 feet of 1/4 I'd to the Everlast....all downstream of the flowmeter. Not good. In addition I found that even using the pedal,...

Point taken Ig. When I'm doing an inside corner on Alum I usually have problems with the arc dancing. I use long stick out to help a bit. If there was a nice stable flow at first would that help? The arc is going thru a gas. Does the arc prefer a different more easily ionized gas? I mean a DC or low...

Hey thanks for the suggestion of that orifice. I think I'll try it, albeit a bit bigger. There's no preflow on my unit when using the pedal. The gush happens when the arc starts. There's no problem I've seen from this behaviour. Just wasteful i think. I use 80 cf tanks and I found out recently how m...

Not too shabby! How thick is the plate?

HI folks. I have the welder listed below. It came with a flowmeter. I was wondering if the pressure is too high though. When I start a weld there's a big gush. I don't know if it's adjustable. I could put a regulator ahead of the flowmeter I guess. I don't know if this affects my Al but my steel loo...

I got a 12 GA short ext cord and cut off the female end. Got the right plug and just used that 110-220 adapter we got with the Everlast. I know it's Frankenwiring but it works fine. (nothing gets warm) Also if anyone uses an extension for the standard 220 plug, just grease the thing. Man they can be...

1. Learn to tie your shoes. 2. Learn to cross the street. 3. Learn to take a joke. I'm pretty liberal but all the PC stuff is just a distraction from reality. Less fun, too! Arclight... the data in your link makes me like 4043 for its structural properties. I weld my own designs so strong gets me to...

Cracked tungsten?

Yeah.....but you get to live in Sweden don't forget. Forgot that Yeah, truck drivers has to fight both polar bears and Vikings to get the gas here, of course there has to be a surcharge ;) Vikings hijacking argon trucks I get...I think you're fibbing about those bears though. I use 80cf...chump cha...

AndersK wrote:Shut up guys and don't complain...

Changed a 140 cf bottle yesterday, 100$ and that's below list price.
5$ surcharge for the integrated regulator but not even close your prices.

Yeah.....but you get to live in Sweden don't forget.

No its a 7D Mark II, gift for my 20th anniversary at work. [/quote]

Upgrade to a full frame before you buy too many EF-S lenses!

I'll get a video next week. I have just the lens for it. Won't be very entertaining. There's no footpedal. When you touch the electrode the gas flows for a second then a beep just before the solenoid retracts the electrode and fires the spark. Then the gas stops a second later. I have 100 watt-secon...

Thanks. It'll be trial error, then file down and trial again. I tried it w/o gas just to see if this one worked. It did. It blew .100 holes in .020 brass so I think it has some oomph. I hope the pulse length is long enough to get a bit of flow. The last one I got -$2000 - wouldn't retract the electr...

Just got a micro TIG pulse welder for mold repair. This one actually works! I got one months ago and returned ...didn't work right. I know this is afield from this forum but I'm trying to find power info on this unit. I have the manual but there's no watt-seconds, joules, pulse length, or any real u...

Canon d5 mark ii? You must hit the lotto.

Sorry man. Audio is an old friend.

How much $ was that kit? I've got my 164 on a couple old speakers in the shop. I've gotten good enough not to blow holes in .062 stainless.

Oscars that looks like a 6550 tube...class A?