3/32... 3/16... details... details... details..... OK... let's go with 3/32! This one is dirty, now. It wasn't but then I went back on it with filler rod 5353 to try to "heal" it... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50005710172_0068718afa.jpg 20200614_103305 by Doug Wei , on Flickr Basic...

Hmmmmm.... Practice is done and time to get started on project. I've got 2 - 80" x 1.75" sq. tubing - .125" wall I've got 3 crossmembers 8.5" x 1.75" tubing - .125" wall I am trying to do some simple fusion tacks. Have done 100's if not 1,000's of them practicing these ...

They need to make changes to this site in the area of user profiles! I was filling mine out and got to the place where it ask “What kind of welder are you?” It would not let me put “Dangerous”.

I ordered 10# of 4943 in both 1/16" and 3/32" from weldfabulous on ebay....

Played with all of them while practicing and used the 4943 on the recent cast repair. Can't contrast one to the other on the cast aluminum repair as I only used 4943 and all I can say is it did the job. BUT... for me there is a huge difference between 4943 and 5356. The 4943 flows/wets so much soone...

BillE.Dee wrote:Nice job Doug.

Thank you!

Looks darn good for a first go with cast! Congrats- Thanks! Yeah... I learned a bunch. #1 Don't mess with cast aluminum! :lol: Actually that's not true. I missed a couple of steps that would of probably made it easier. Didn't preheat I only sorta kinna made cleaning passes with the torch before goi...

Well... in the end I had to settle for "good enough". I chased that porosity all over the plate. The repair area just kept getting bigger n' bigger. I decided to cut my losses and put a glaze coat on it to fill what few porosity remained both on the top and on the bottom. The underside got...

OK.... so I'm going back and fill the porosity. After double checking I had a low area on the bottom on the trailing edge that needed work so I figured might as well do it right vs good enough. Heck might still end up with 'good enough' took some doing to chase the porosity away but 'I think' I got ...

Thanks! Here's the final results... I'll have to fill some pits with a filler called 'All Metal'. It seemed like no matter what I did more of those stinkin' voids/pits would pop up. But all in all I'm pleased with the way it came out.... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49989882252_dc6dd1bc9c.jpg...

And this is where it's at now.... The underside will require filler and both the side and rear edge need just a little more build up then... WaLa... done! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49988933708_aab1a54beb.jpg 20200609_163301 by Doug Wei , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/499889...

Dang.... I started to use stainless there but thought.... nah. But it didn't weld to the cav plate. Now... My initial settings were 180a, 50freq., 60cleaning. I'm using a #5 cup with ~12 cfh. Wellll.... I'm doing my first spot weld and hammer down on the amperage. Almost blew the corner of the back ...

Thanks for the help... I have no 4047 so 4943 it is... Here's some pics of what I'm working with. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49989181776_09b2d3fe1e.jpg 20200609_150252 by Doug Wei , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49989427052_5bc342e929.jpg 20200609_150309 by Doug Wei , on Fli...

I have a Mercury Outboard engine with a cast aluminum lower unit. In 2015 a drunk pulling into the parking lot hit my lower unit with his boat. Among other things the collision broke a piece of the anti-cavitation plate off the lower unit. It's maybe 1" x 2" piece. I still have the piece. ...

TraditionalToolworks wrote: I'll refrain from commenting to DougW in the future.

And for that I will be eternally grateful!!!!!

So I picked RED.... Suited mostly for DC applications.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Who can you blame for that? ;) In the video he clearly states he is presenting 5 different tungstens and the first tungsten he's using is the pink which REPLACES red. :roll: Nothing wrong with the red if you have them...

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Yeah... And I still remember him saying " ANY electrode will work in an inverter welder - PICK ONE!"

So I picked RED.... Suited mostly for DC applications....

'IF' someone put a 2% Lanthanated electrode in your torch before lunch then when you came back from lunch they had replaced it with an E3 purple electrode. Would you be able to tell the difference and if so - how?

Visibility... : I use a old-school lens in my helmet, no electronic bs. The lenses are more like camera lenses vs lcd which is a cloudy mess (imo). There are nice lcds, yes. But most people don't buy them, and the view in my non-lcd lens is so nice, I could read a newspaper 6" from the arc, wh...

So I just started tiggin' 3 or so weeks ago. I can relate with some of the things you said... Fingers getting hot - I'm thinking you're talking about the torch hand. You watch the videos on line and they've got their fingers all wrapped around the head of the torch and you can't do that without gett...

Thank you!!! What I'm working on now does not have an exposure issue but I have a boat/trailer and "plans"!

I know there's a finishing difference between 4043 and 5356 as in one can't be anodized or powder coated. But... as simple straight up welding only characteristics is there any noticeable/appreciable difference between the two. Why I ask... When I got the welder I ordered 2#s each 5356-1/16", 5...

That’s a dual voltage machine, just like my MiG welder. Voltage is auto sensing, I guess, but still requires either 110v adapter or the 50 amp 240v adapter. If it were mine I might be nosing around in that area....

WeldingCity Update: Since I posted earlier WeldingCity sent me multiple messages. Saying they understood how and why I felt the way I did. In the end, without input from me, they refunded all charges associated with that order. They also asked to be given the opportunity to earn my business. For me....

I had a not so pleasant experience with them just the last few days. Ordered some #5 Alumina cups from them. Then tracking showed a shipping label had been created and that was it for days. Then I complained and suddenly the package had been received and was in transit - on the day it was supposed t...