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Keeping a log

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:18 pm
by tungstendipper
Do you guys write down your settings for TIG welding, for different metals, thicknesses, kind of joints, and etc.?
I have found, at 62, a hobbyist, and not welding 8 hours a day I forget what I did in the past. Sometimer's disease?

Re: Keeping a log

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:35 pm
by Poland308
I use a sharpie on the back side of my garage door. But just for the approximate ranges for materials I don’t weld often.

Re: Keeping a log

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:23 am
by MarkL
I take a short video with my phone. I take the front of the machine to get all the settings, and the work piece, while I narrate things like tungsten and gas flow. I started doing that when I took welding classes because I always had the phone with me so I could use it at home or school. It also helped me remember how to setup all the different machines they made us use in class, they had some expensive machines with so many features I couldn't remember how to configure them (I'm also a sometimer).

Re: Keeping a log

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 1:56 pm
by LtBadd
Write down or record, both are good methods, use whatever recording media/system works best for you.

At one time Jody had developed a Share My Weld app for IOS, and was working on the Android version. That was awhile ago and I don't know if it will be resurrected. See sharemyweld