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- by cj737
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:25 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: First Mistake - New to TIG
- Replies: 156
- Views: 75836
Re: First Mistake - New to TIG
Yes, run beads from end to end, overlapping slightly. Then you can grind the whole face flat and smooth and have a soft face that’s super shiny.
- by cj737
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: First Mistake - New to TIG
- Replies: 156
- Views: 75836
Re: First Mistake - New to TIG
I would encourage you to do a more comprehensive job cleaning those parts front, back and edges before TIG welding them. You’d be surprised at how much better your arc and puddle behave with clean metal. And for kicks, next time, weld each face with different types of filler wire. 70s2 on one face, ...
- by cj737
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
It is. Order it in 3/32 or 2.4mm if they have it
- by cj737
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: First Mistake - New to TIG
- Replies: 156
- Views: 75836
Re: First Mistake - New to TIG
Not much wrong with those results
- by cj737
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: First Mistake - New to TIG
- Replies: 156
- Views: 75836
Re: First Mistake - New to TIG
Dropping from a #8 to a #5 helps with outside corners. The bend actually splits the argon shield and heats up the puddle (akin to long arcing). If you can, drop to a #5 and try a few runs. The tighter corner may help you more than you’d think. It really does help dial in the heat zone and keep the w...
- by cj737
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:10 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: First Mistake - New to TIG
- Replies: 156
- Views: 75836
Re: First Mistake - New to TIG
Sticky filler is too cold parent metal (usually). For 11 ga corners, I like #5, 12-15cfh, and I run it on 130 amps with a pedal to ease off. Outside corners really depend heavily on direction. Are you up, down, flat, horiz? If you’re comfy, I like downhill so gravity drags the puddle into the heat s...
- by cj737
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:13 pm
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
Straight Stick machines do cost less. But using a Stick/TIG hack is unreliable. That’s all. Long arcing to start is because you’re using the TIG box, again, it’s a workaround for your equipment. Long arcing intentionally with a Stick is used in some circumstances, but it’s a technique not a good “pr...
- by cj737
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:11 am
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
Stick is not easy. The margin of too long an arc and snuffing the arc because you’re buried is very small. And let’s remember, your machine is NOT specifically designed for Stick welding, you’re hacking it. So expect challenges. A typical cause of blowing through is too long an arc. With 7018 rods, ...
- by cj737
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:18 pm
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
Don't do vertical up. From your description, turn the table upside down (top of table on ground) with legs sticking into the air. Then weld the table in a "flat" position. The thinner material being above will easier for you to run the rod along the thick with 80+ amps and the weld pool wi...
- by cj737
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
I tried welding thin to thick today. It's HARD. Now you’re learning! Understanding how hard it is to get right is a critical part of the learning process. Hard as in there's a very fine line between getting it to weld, and blowing big holes into it. Unlike TIG you can't really see where the metal's...
- by cj737
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:03 pm
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
When you weld two different thicknesses, you move the arc or rod to the thicker piece and linger longer, then sweep to the thinner side and spend less time on thin. You still burn stick rods at the rod diameter, regardless of the thickness of the material. But… you also do your best to use the corre...
- by cj737
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
I refer to 7018 as it’s a standard rod in the US. Probably 7016 in Asia, maybe Tweake knows better.
Watch the damn videos to understand what you’re looking for. And yes, it takes at least 50# in any position to become good. 100# in each position if you use both hands (not common for a hobby welder).
Watch the damn videos to understand what you’re looking for. And yes, it takes at least 50# in any position to become good. 100# in each position if you use both hands (not common for a hobby welder).
- by cj737
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
As I said, watch WTT videos on stick. Get thicker material. Practice, practice, practice. Whenever I have had a new apprentice show up, the very first task they are required to do is to burn 50# of 1/8” 7018 rods in flat with their dominant hand. Then, 50# with their non-dominant hand. All they are ...
- by cj737
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
Can you elaborate the voltage issue? I thought voltage is variable, the machine adjusts voltage to maintain current, and longer arc means higher voltage. There’s a great deal more to electricity than voltage and amps. Especially where welding is considered. You didn't tell me if my practice welds a...
- by cj737
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
Yet again, you are wrong. The reason you’re struggling is because you have no formal training, little practice, and you’re attempting the most advanced techniques with cheap equipment and unknown rods. You constantly cite the expense as a reason to pursue your choices, but you can either pony up and...
- by cj737
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:57 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: Tacks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1947
Re: Tacks
If you are hitting the joint directly, even with a good fit, lower your amps to 45. Be prepared to move away quickly. You can also use a dab of filler resting on the joint, and hit that with your arc. This can provide just enough extra material to avoid blowing through. One thing that is critical: y...
- by cj737
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:52 pm
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
You need to learn to read the label and understand the variables in welding. Not all stick rods work on steel, and not all steel stick rods are the same. Each rod is specifically designed for the position, polarity, and material they are used on. And, not all machines will run all rods. Some rods ca...
- by cj737
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:13 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: Tacks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1947
Re: Tacks
A filler-less tack (autogenous weld) requires perfect fit-up. If you have gaps at the seam, you’ll need a dab of filler. Even though the tubing might be mild steel, I find it best to purge while welding. The purge gas pressure from behind helps push the tack/weld up and keeps the tubing cooler. I’d ...
- by cj737
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:54 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: Holding Stainless Steel for Fit-Up
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6084
Re: Holding Stainless Steel for Fit-Up
Hi Again, I'm not sure if it's good practice; but, I have just started tacking panels together while they are flat and then bending them to 90 degrees before tacking them closed. It seems to work pretty well. I'm not sure that it would work with stainless, though. Jeff It’s been my experience that ...
- by cj737
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 10:34 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: Aluminium Weld - Shiny pool doesn't form, unstable arc, soot
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4921
Re: Aluminium Weld - Shiny pool doesn't form, unstable arc, soot
This thread is 4 years old. I don’t expect the OP to respond. You should start a new thread, post a picture of your results, and list the settings you are using. Also, a picture of the front of the machine when ready to weld helps.
- by cj737
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
With stick rods, you set the amperage based upon the rod size, not the material. You choose a rod size for the material you are welding. When welding thin to thick, focus the rod on the thick and pause there until the weld wets in. Then wick over to the thin side and back to the thick, pause and hol...
- by cj737
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:25 am
- Forum: Stick Welding/Arc Welding - Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Topic: How do I track with stick welds?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6310
Re: How do I track with stick welds?
I can't just jam the rod down, doing so will stop the arc completely like sticking a tungsten. Solid indication of too low amps and/or a cheap welder. Many cheap inverters won’t run certain types of stick rods, even though they are for DCEP. Simply assuming because it’s a “carbon steel” rod you can...
- by cj737
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: Metal Cutting
- Topic: 16 gauge panel holes plasma or power shears
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3046
Re: 16 gauge panel holes plasma or power shears
Clean plasma cuts are easily obtained. Often, the issue is too low of air pressure. Better to be high on that end and low on the amps.
For cutting stainless square holes, I like to drill the corners as “stops”. It prevents any over-runs with shears or torches.
For cutting stainless square holes, I like to drill the corners as “stops”. It prevents any over-runs with shears or torches.
- by cj737
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:33 am
- Forum: Metal Cutting
- Topic: 16 gauge panel holes plasma or power shears
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3046
Re: 16 gauge panel holes plasma or power shears
Plasma. Use some ally chill blocks around the cut if possible, and keep your post flow turned up. I just did 18ga stainless with a plasma and did not have a bit of distortion.
- by cj737
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: Holding Stainless Steel for Fit-Up
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6084
Re: Holding Stainless Steel for Fit-Up
Back to the question about fit up- For thin stainless, I use aluminum angle bars. I clamp the stainless sheets to those either as inside or outside corners. I prefer the aluminum as it does not contaminate the stainless, won’t accidentally weld to the stainless, and provides a minor heat sink to boo...
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