Thanks for all the help when I do get it to work it looks so great. copper on copper.

I find if I preheat the thick 1/4 stock first get a small puddle then intro the thin metal which heats up fast.

1 wouldn't there be a color difference

2. trying to learn how well tig works
and what it can do. If I got this far in a day I think with experience this should be very
Doable

Well grounding the unit made a big difference. I was able to get good puddle formation in the copper sheet 0.026 at only 61 amps and use the foot pedal and pulsing to reduce burn out. However when I got to a edge that was lifted off the table it burned right through. If it was against the table I ha...

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Yes the material melts away is the issue . the 22 guage sheet melts first then the tube. the tube is pinched on one end I can open it. Ill take pics of set up . what do you want to see should you back purge tube with argon? I just found out that not having a ground is probably causing a lot of my is...

So Im trying to make this rose https://cdn.instructables.com/F5G/ODQC/HPT698UV/F5GODQCHPT698UV.LARGE.jpg?auto=webp&width=1024&height=1024&fit=bounds But I want to weld a copper stem instead of a steel one. They are for the centerpiece on the table at my daughters wedding. I flared the en...

Thanks just wanted to be safe


Also I made the mistake of screwing in the back all the way so there was no way to tighten it from back
fixed it now found that on a few of the blogs like mister tig and fabrication

thanks again

When I was 14 I learned Stick. Tig and Heliarc welding from a NY state instructor. I welded stainless and mild steel. Now I'm 60 and just invested in oxy/act torch Uniweld lightduty, A small mig unit 200 amp And an everlast dv200 Size 9 and 26 air cooled tig unit Over the course of a year. I'm havin...