thanks to you guys for the info.

I have no idea what material it is but its not been or is to be heat treated.

To the point mobile weld limited to 110 or 115 house current what ever you want to call it. Dynasty 200 have run up to 145 amps no problem at this location on 110.have a 1/4" flat plate to 1/8" tube weld to make a T weld. I have a digital infra red thermometer how much temp should I put in...

I drag my dynasty 200 everywhere.

When I got out of welding school I bought a dynasty 200. Ya it was expensive I have no need for stick and already have a mig welder. I will say from my experience it was money well spent I couldn't be happier. Haven't run into a situation where I need more amps (YET) but yes if it was in the budget ...

For what its worth. Long story short had been using 3/32 on alot of 120 wall stuff went to a 1/16 and (at least to me) it seemed the haz was smaller and the weld apperance and heat color was better.

A cheap alternative would be to fab triangles out of flat plate for coupons.

I have a roll cage to install in a couple of weeks for a friend. I bought 20' of the tubing that will be used and cut and notched about 30 coupon joints at different angles and practiced. Even though the cage won't be on the bench I gained alot of knowledge as far as maintaining torch angle on small...

Anyone else use the BSX extreme? Tried my first pair today and I love em. Been using Miller tig gloves since I started school. I love the form fit they seemed a little tight or restrictive at first but after a few hours I love the fit. I really like the control or feel I get feeding filler.

I have read to pre heat CM tube in cold temperatures but can any one explain technically why?

I try not to run full pedal unless the puddle calls for it at the time. I try to set amps a litle higher than needed so I can have the amps available but mostly control heat with the foot pedal.

I got a project comming up welding some .060 tubing butt joint. I have practiced on some scrap I have laying around .040 tungsten .045 filler at 70 max amps. I am having trouble with the weld dropping through. On the outside I have a nice stack of dimes good tie in but I still have this edge or drop...

I'd pay 25 dollars for some of his knowledge. Knowing it ain't damn near all of it.

Good luck

If its not a long term protective coating hit it with a red scotch brite pad and shoot it with a rattle can.

I am a jealous NOOB.

I am a noob still and probably will always be since there is so much to learn please don't bash me too much. Could the frequency be turned up to put more focus on the torch? just a thought.

I beleive you are going to have a small relief hole somewhere for the expanding gasses inside to escape.

need info, material amps tungsten type argon flow filler machine.

Got a dynasty on 115 right now I drag it all over the shop and to side jobs on weekends I use it for tig only. The 115 works great for the side jobs but I would like to use 230 in the shop to get the full potential from the machine without changing the plug on the input cord all the time. I called M...

got out of tig school a while ago. The school was more industrial oriented but my needs are fabrication in the racecar industry cm ms stainless al. I am always practicing and researching info via videos. I can lay a good bead (I won't say perfect) my question is I see all the vids of foot pulsing wh...

welding some 16 guage today new 11# wire spool this thing would go stupid. when I would pull the trigger it would arc then imediately stop and melt the wire to the tip. Clean material mostly new good ground then it would work fine. Set roller tension as per Jody's instructions . It would spot weld f...

Good luck still a noob here its fun and a kick in the shorts all at the same time.

Now practice on everything you can get your hands on. Thats what i did and still do as much as I can.

Practicing on 120 wall steel tube to 120 flat plate trying to learn to control hand coordination and torch angle on tube. I cut through the middle of tube,weld, and plate to see penetration with a band saw. What should I see? There were no defining lines as far as identifying tube weld and or plate ...