If I go with a 50/50 mix for aluminum as suggested here on this site will this mix work just as well for all other applications such as steel and other metals It might work ok...might even work better on some thicker steels. but it is unecessary and might be too hot for thin steel and stainless. i ...

johnnywgk wrote:Hi, not got any experience (yet) but that welding rod you need might be

Hastelloy W

Do a search on here, the man who knows said something about it.

HTH

johnny

Nope, dont try hastelloy W...it only works on steel and nickel alloys...a good aluminum rod for castings is 4047

jody

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A friend of mine from Miller calls this "pepper in the puddle" . I notice you dont really have any cleaning action going on outside the weld bead....no frosty band of cathodic etching. That could either be that your ac balance is set too high to give too much dcen, or an argon issue becaus...

Canuck, you have a right to be proud. thats genuine improvement. looks good to me.

jody

I smoked it like cheap crack,

jody

pretty freakin sweet. Thanks for posting your welding project,

jody

sounds a lot like Cronatron 338 to me. it used to be marketed as a maintenance rod and ran kind of like a 6013.
A lot of old timers raved about it but it was a lot more expensive than generic 6013's

jody

Rick, First of all , thanks for your participaton and no BS style here on the forum. You add a lot of value here. I believe what happens in oxyfuel welding is that the oxygen gets completely burned up in the flame...so areas under the flame envelope are shielded. trying to gas weld with an oxidizing...

mike, here is my two cents... for the root, i dont like a lot of angle so stickout is just enough to lean back about 5 or 10 degrees second pass can use a lot more angle because you don't want to penetrate and suck back all the passes all the way out to flush, the stickout will be something in betwe...

welcome to the forum.

jody

jason, I will be working on lots of videos soon but it takes a lot of time to make them. a few things to try that will help you to narrow your beads and still get penetration... increase the ac balance to put more dcen in the mix increase the ac frequency use 80/20 helium argon lastly...and this bil...

the snap start is the high frequency start unit. without it, you can only stick and scratch start tig.

with that amperage , i would get a #9 size air cooled torch from tectorch or weldcraft.

thanks,

jody

Welcome aboard Dave,

320 amps in spray is some smokin hot welding...


jody

http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/arc-welding-video.html http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/arc-welding-video-2.html For about 50 bucks, you can get 2 of the best stick welding videos I have ever seen. you can read about them by checking out the links above Steve Bleile is the guy that made the ...

here is what i say for testing the water without a huge commitment... Hobart in Troy Ohio has a 2 week tig class for around 800 bucks plus room and board...no prerequisites needed. for 800 bucks you will get a good start tig welding and dip your toe in the waters....also you will know if Hobart is f...

I would say...definitely a tig weld. its prettycool looking but not necessarily bettter than a straight run. You see weave beads like this all the time on steel and stainless steel pipe. You see it less on aluminum but it still works ok and looks cool. here is a pic of a magnesium gearbox housing wi...

this joint is in the range that either 3/32 or 1/8" tungsten would get the job done. walking the cup will be hard on schedule 40, there is not much bevel to slide the cup on for the root. i would freehand use as little weave as possible on the root. i would not use a land. or if you do, just ba...

if you were buying new, i would advise you to get a 200dx because you get pulse for just few extra bucks. A lot of folks never use pulse. if you found a good enough deal on the sd, being able to weld aluminum is a pretty huge leap. i use pulse quiet often, and it helps sometimes... but can honestly ...

i am not trying to pimp the tigfingers on the forum but this might give you some ideas on making your own. http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/tillman-welding-gloves-tigfinger.html also, if you are trying to walk the cup on plate, you need a flex head tig torch or you are going to have to turn the t...

the hot pass got the name from 6010 pipe joints where the second pass had to be "hot" enough to burn out any leftover slag from the root. its kind of a misnomer....for example on tig pipe joints, people still call the second pass the hot pass even though its sometimes run colder than the r...

pasted from the longevity site concerning the WeldAll 200PI 5-200AMP AC/DC TIG Features: Up Slope, Down Slop Control: 0-10 Seconds Post Flow Control: 0-25 Seconds Base Current Control: 5-250 Amps Peak Pulse Current Control: 5- 250 Amps Pulse Frequency Control: .5-25 Hz Pulse Width Control: 10%-90% A...

Hey, this is jody. let me be clear. I know that just the fact that i have an everlast tig unit and am using it for demo's implies something of an endorsment. thats really not the case. I just knew there was a lot of interest in these machines, and came across a good deal so i thought i would try it ...

is your process selector set for tig? I talked with someone just the other day that had the same issue on a miller dynasty 200dx. they had to power down completely and then power up again to fix it....it seems they swapped the leads while it was on and it confused the machine. It didnt even matter w...

kicked off other forums for punctuation and grammar? say it aint so.

thats not how we roll up in here.

Welcome.

just do the best you can.

we dont give a piss about grammar, just keep it interesting and civil... we are welders, and if you ask me...the salt of the earth.

jody