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- by Water-man
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:47 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: nice shiny welds with aluminum
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3595
Re: nice shiny welds with aluminum
For a budweld I use 30A for 1mm (0.039 inch) and this seems to work well, sometimes I find 23A for 1mm works better. Usually I grab 3mm (0.118 inch) or 4mm (0.158 inch) aluminum For the tungsten I now use 2.4mm (0.95 inch) I have also tried 3.2mm (1.26 inch) but this 2.4 seems to work best. Colors ...
- by Water-man
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:44 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: nice shiny welds with aluminum
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3595
Re: nice shiny welds with aluminum
Dull grey welds on aluminum are most often associated with the base metal becoming overheated. The amount of amps you are using is very low by my experience. This causes you to weld too slowly because you won’t get a puddle quickly enough. Start with higher amps, get your puddle, then taper the hea...
- by Water-man
- Sun Feb 26, 2023 9:37 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: nice shiny welds with aluminum
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3595
nice shiny welds with aluminum
Hi All, I am Mark from The Netherlands and I am new here I try to get nice shiny welds with aluminum tig welding. But sometimes I succeed and sometimes I don't I can't figure out what's causing this and need your help The machine I have is a Rowac 201 ac/dc pulse and have tried all possible things. ...
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