Anything noticeable that I can work on? I finally got my weld to shine up ended up being a regulator setting issue but I forked our the money for a nice victor flow meter! So I’m happy with that, still practicing daily but just ran my first tank dry.

I grab some .60 material mild steel and I’m still having issues with the weld not being shiny and a huge amount of heat input.. I’ve been watching online videos and everyone talks about Maintaining a tight arc and that being the reason for dirty welds if you’re not with high heat soak... So my nood ...

80 is still too high for your amps. 16 gauge is approximately 0.064 thick. Using the 1 amp/.001 formula, you’d want a maximum of 64 amps. With stainless, it’s even lower. Try 45-50 amps max. In your Fupa cup picture, the O-ring looks split? Is it just the glare of the flash? It’s just the glare. I ...

Thank you for all the help gentlemen I believe that I was set too high at 100 amps versus 80 for 16 ga I e double checked my setup here are some pictures

The BBW cup requires a very high argon flow rate. Do you recall what you had yours set to? Assembly should be: torch head, insulator, lens, O-ring, cup. Depending upon whose gas lens you used, getting the O-ring to seal is tricky because some lenses do not have the slot, only threads on the lens bo...

I hope that exhaust pipe was unused when you began welding it. If not, the contamination on the inside will badly discolor your weld. Stainless is very prone to discoloring due to heat while welding. Grab a stainless brush and hit the weld immediately while hot and the shine will recover. I’m prett...

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Thank you Mike!

Thank you for the quick reply! The metal in that picture is 16 gauge exhaust pipe I believe it is 304 stainless the weld on the right was using a BBW I was not walking the cup and the one on the left was using a gas lens That I just picked up from the weldmonger store its a Ceramic cup. It just seem...

I recently just bought a stubby gas lens kit for my 17 series torch and tig 200 I have had some furick cups in 8, 12 and BBW. The reason I went with the stubby gas lens kit was so I can learn how to walk the cup because I found it hard with the furick glass cups... My welds look like complete crap n...