I am new to TIG welding. I was practicing today and generally things were going well. Every once in a while i would get a splat and the area would almost instantaneously get black with soot the things would clean up. Is this what happens when you touch the electrode to the work or filler? I was usin...

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

I definitely was not holding the torch appropriately throughout much of these welds. I was off on both angle and distance.

One question basic question. I exnailpounder said not to dip in the keyhole. So do you dip in front of the key hole or behind?

Thanks,

Hello, I am new to welding and just picked up the Lincoln Power TIG 200 and was experimenting. Now that I have seem to have mastered what not to do, it might be useful to figure out what to do. Through this process my comfort with holding the torch, feeding metal, has improved. I think it is now a m...