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by JoeyTheWelder56
Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:19 pm
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: Weld puddle almost flat, need help !
Replies: 9
Views: 3310

Re: Weld puddle almost flat, need help !

Thank you very much for that suggestion my friend. I'm going to visit my scrap yard and see what they have that I can practice on. I found an old boat tuna tower in a junk pile but I also found out that the aluminum used is anodized which I understand it's very hard to weld. I'm just wondering if I ...
by JoeyTheWelder56
Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:23 pm
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: Weld puddle almost flat, need help !
Replies: 9
Views: 3310

Re: Weld puddle almost flat, need help !

Thank you very much for your suggestions and that video, it was quite interesting and I can see the difference between those two filler materials. I would imagine I have to keep my amperage where it will not burn a hole through that thin aluminum. I guess the rule of thumb is 1 amp per thousands of ...
by JoeyTheWelder56
Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:13 pm
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: Weld puddle almost flat, need help !
Replies: 9
Views: 3310

Weld puddle almost flat, need help !

Greetings to all, I've been a pipe welder all my life with my local pipefitters union 725 using SMAW. I'm retired and decided to play around my garage with some tig welding. My machine is the Lincoln Electric Square wave tig 200 inverter. I unboxed it today and set it up with 100% Argon and decide t...
by JoeyTheWelder56
Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:47 pm
Forum: Member Introductions
Topic: Hello from the Sunshine State of Florida
Replies: 2
Views: 514

Hello from the Sunshine State of Florida

Greetings to all my welding brothers and sisters out there. It's a pleasure to be part of this forum and I look forward to learning more everyday from you experts out there. I'm just a weekend warrior that has a Lincoln multiprocess Squarewave unit that does AC/DC tig welding and at times some stick...