Thanks for all the replies. I am definitely working on wire feeding.
Someone said I should try thicker aluminum because it's easier.
Is it okay for a steel weld to be that grey?
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lookin good there man, now I'm off to buy a boom box for the shop.Otto Nobedder wrote:Chips,
Find music you like in the tempo you want to count your movements in, and build a playlist to listen to while practicing. The natural tendency to follow the beat of a song is great muscle memory training for "advance, pause, dab". Or "advance, dab". I've been welding a lot of aluminum fillets and laps lately, and there's always a pause after the advance.
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the heck with the duty cycle on the welder, tell me about the duty cycle on that grinder !!
I listen to music when I weld but never really tried following the beat or using it as a rhytm.
I listen to metal mostly... Which would get me some whack looking beads
I listen to metal mostly... Which would get me some whack looking beads
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Yeah, that could get jacked up in a hurry (I think there's a pun in there with the hurry. Death metal in particular would work your skills...). Go back to '80s hair band music, or even some Pink Floyd for appropriate rhythms for different materials.Olivero wrote:I listen to music when I weld but never really tried following the beat or using it as a rhytm.
I listen to metal mostly... Which would get me some whack looking beads
Hell, for aluminum, put on classical waltzes "one, two, three, one, two, three..."
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Haha, I use it more to focus and eliminate the disctractions outside and just focus on welding with someone screaming in my ear...... Sounds funny now that I am saying it like that but helps me concentrate. Like All That Remains new album is pretty good, got some good kind of music getting you to move a bit faster than the slower stuff.Otto Nobedder wrote:Yeah, that could get jacked up in a hurry (I think there's a pun in there with the hurry. Death metal in particular would work your skills...). Go back to '80s hair band music, or even some Pink Floyd for appropriate rhythms for different materials.Olivero wrote:I listen to music when I weld but never really tried following the beat or using it as a rhytm.
I listen to metal mostly... Which would get me some whack looking beads
Hell, for aluminum, put on classical waltzes "one, two, three, one, two, three..."
Steve
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Acdc is the best music for tigging. Youll probably want to avoid Fear Factory. Beats per minute may be a tad high, lol
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