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- by Gene.243
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 4:54 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: My progress
- Replies: 88
- Views: 12394
Re: My progress
Then I tried to fix the other side. It looks to me like bad argon flow, but what I'm curious about is where did the blue come from?
- by Gene.243
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 4:35 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: My progress
- Replies: 88
- Views: 12394
Re: My progress
Since I was playing I decided to try some lap joints and eventually ended up getting to joints similar to the ladder I want to build. Here is the good one.
- by Gene.243
- Sun Jun 25, 2017 3:32 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 3
- Views: 527
Re: Hello
If you can't start a puddle the troubleshooting tree can go two directions. Equipment or operator. On the equipment side Is your welder operating on 110V or 220V. 110V may not have enough power. I am not familiar with your machine but believe it operates on either.
- by Gene.243
- Sun Jun 25, 2017 12:13 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: My progress
- Replies: 88
- Views: 12394
Re: My progress
Today was more about playing than serious practice but I did learn how much power it takes to weld the middle bead in this pattern.
- by Gene.243
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:54 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 3
- Views: 527
Re: Hello
Can we assume that you used this system to weld the butt and corner joints in the photo?
- by Gene.243
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:13 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: My progress
- Replies: 88
- Views: 12394
Re: My progress
It's 1/8 inch thick.
Just like Jodi says to start with.
Just like Jodi says to start with.
- by Gene.243
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:11 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: My progress
- Replies: 88
- Views: 12394
Re: My progress
Still making headways.
- by Gene.243
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:27 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: My progress
- Replies: 88
- Views: 12394
Re: My progress
I managed to get some more practice. Here is this morning's work.
- by Gene.243
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:10 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: My progress
- Replies: 88
- Views: 12394
Re: My progress
Thank you,
I'll give that a try.
I'll give that a try.
- by Gene.243
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:50 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: My progress
- Replies: 88
- Views: 12394
My progress
I am a hobby welder and want learn to weld aluminum. I would like to post pictures of my welding progress to see if it helps motivate me to improve.
Here is yesterday's effort.
Here is yesterday's effort.
- by Gene.243
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:35 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: The what I welded today (/whenever) thread (pics please)
- Replies: 3253
- Views: 534506
Re: The what I welded today (/whenever) thread (pics please)
I put a lot of effort into today's welding.
- by Gene.243
- Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:42 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: Amateur Weld Porn
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4473
Re: Amateur Weld Porn
My hat is off to you Chips for posting your work.
I hope to get that good some day.
Mine still look like this.
I hope to get that good some day.
Mine still look like this.
- by Gene.243
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:33 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
None that I know of.Poland308 wrote:Is there any chance the atmosphere in you shop is tainted with chemicals? Paint booth? Salts of some kind. Or sulphur ?
- by Gene.243
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:59 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
Gene...just a thought I have...what exactly is your base metal? Is it galvanized and you ground off the galvanizing? The reason I ask is that I recently did a project that was ferritic stainless with a galvanized coating. Even though I ground off the galvanizing to shiny bright metal, the coating h...
- by Gene.243
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 1:40 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
That's with a #8 cup so 1/2 inch.
- by Gene.243
- Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:01 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
Todays welds look like.
- by Gene.243
- Fri Nov 06, 2015 11:56 am
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
I did about a foot of welding this morning and this is my new electrode compared to yesterdays.
Still welding mild steel 125 amps DCEN 3/32 #8 gas lens.
Still welding mild steel 125 amps DCEN 3/32 #8 gas lens.
- by Gene.243
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:25 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
If you have a mic or a calipers check the actual diameter of the tungsten. I recently threw out a whole package of 1/8 in tungsten because they were under sized and when I tried to tighten them in my gun it would do the very same thing to my collets as what you have pictured. They are all 0.03 to 0...
- by Gene.243
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:09 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
I'll put some amps through it tomorrow.MosquitoMoto wrote:Gene -
Is electrode now staying sharp and shiny?
Kym
Looks new after the spot test.
- by Gene.243
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:33 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
Went with a new lens and collet. The new spot is on the left.
- by Gene.243
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:13 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
Here is a look at the screen of my lens and an unused one. edit the cups are backward just to hold the lenses.
- by Gene.243
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:09 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
Looks twisted to me.
- by Gene.243
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:53 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
My #2 son said I may have bad gas. I don't have enough experience to say that. More likely something is plugged. Should I change one thing at a time or replace gas lens, collet and tungsten as a set.
- by Gene.243
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:43 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
Here's the tip.
Sorry about the focus I think the color shows.
Sorry about the focus I think the color shows.
- by Gene.243
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:41 pm
- Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
- Topic: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2526
Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
Here is the spot.
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