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Burning up tunsten on stainless

Hi group,

I've been working on my shop getting it ready for my new metalworking machines and my welder. Right now my welder is at my bother-in-laws house and he is using it on some thin stainless sheet.

He just called and said he had started welding with it again after not using it for a week or so. He said he had not changed anything yet, now he is burning up the electodes.

Help, Any ideas about what is causing this?

It makes me nervous not having my baby (welder) here in my shop with me......

Jack

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jackK
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He's using .062 tunsten and filler.

What would happen if he has run out of argon?

jackK wrote:

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jackK

I'd take it away.....

Rob

Fraser Competition Engines Chicago, IL.

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RDF

Any chance he switched the polarity?

Best Regards, Keith Marshall snipped-for-privacy@progressivelogic.com

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Keith Marshall

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jackK

That's what I'm thinking..... he said, he didn't do anything different.

Oh well, I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

Thanks, Jack

Keith Marshall wrote:

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jackK

Sounds like he is not using gas.

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Ernie Leimkuhler

I recently had a similar problem..my gas line had gotten badly kinked..It finally dawned on me I wasnt hearing the post flow (my hearing is not good to begin with).

Gunner

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Gunner

Thanks for all the responses,

He just got a new bottle of gas.

He told me he had not changed anything but, come to find out, he had switched it over to stick for a few days and when he changes it back to tig he started having problems.

Thanks again for all the replies, Jack

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jackK

So was he out of gas?

Gunner

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Gunner

I never made it to his shop, he came by to get the manual for the sd180.

From talking to him it was either: he had the handle (dc+, dc-, ac) in the wrong position or, he forgot to push the little button on the front of the machine changing it from stick to tig operation mode.

Jack

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jackK

Modern man makes tire tracks rather than footprints, in the sands of time.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner

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Gunner

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