I'm totally new to tig. It took a while to figure out the ceramic was
upside down. Even longer (days) to figure out that tig welding is
easier while NOT standing on the torch hose. Argon gas seems to be
wierd that way. 1/4" steel plate fuses itself. Fused two .100" copper
coated steel rods togther with 50% penetration...amps=rod diameter / 2
???. Aluminum is kicking my butt. Trying to figure out how to dc tig
with HF. Tig IS hard after all. Tig welded 3/16" rusty steel rod to
new 1/4" stainless 316 rod. Huh, I made a new alloy somewhere in the
middle of the joint. Cool. Really, really cool. But this is gonna take
a LOT of practice I can tell. Fusion is challenging. One day I hope to
graduate to actually adding filler to a puddle.
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18 years ago