Oh yeah, it stays in position. Will be mindful of interpass temp

Running around 100 to 115 after I get some meat on top of the root. using 1/8 filler because its sch160 so theres a lot of bevel to fill. switching to 3/32 when I need to run stirpers or flush out shallow spots before capping. I'll crank up.

Finally some picks for you guys. Most of the pics are free hand passes. Been experimenting with walking the cup and i find the roll out is giving me better results. I actually had 1 or 2 terminations that produced the "teat" that was actually "standing a lil proud" and now know w...

never mind. original poster. I see. lemme see if I can get some pics on my next cap. they are improving.

OP?

thanks for the insight. very helpful.

2" sch 160 SS. Scratch start, air cooled, no pedal. X-RAY. Trying to avoid fisheye on the last tie in on the last pass of my cap. Tapering away slowly seems to help but its now very visually pleasing and sometimes still craters a little when I snap out. If I taper slow and roll my tungsten way ...