I weld pipe with a ck 17 flex head all day everyday. So do the other 50 welders workin with me.


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He said it was ac only


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Yes if found a few plate videos but I'd like to see a pipe video!


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yall tear it apart!

try to find a dc machine. you will like it better

the root goes in easy for me. 3/32 gap, 1/8 wire and I just go back and forth over the wire never letting the tungsten get outside the gap. ive always ran my root with a loose gap where the wire would fall through, seen someone post about the 3/32 gap and 1/8 wire. I thought it sounded crazy! but it...

Some people have trouble with it but for me it was the easiest process to learn. got a test coming up 2" sch 80 and would like to see it done!

sorry the pictures are all out of order and sideways. root went in good, tacks were kind of heavy but good enough. hot pass and fill did ok and the cap needs to be tightened up. all these pictures were from the left side, that's my hard side. so the other side of the pipe not pictured looks a tad bi...

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is your machine ac only?

ill go weld one out and get pictures

what size rods were you using?

id like to see a hard wire mig root and dual shield out. ive been looking and haven't seen much as far as videos.

I've never welded with those rods, guess there not uses in construction much. I don't even know where to start! by the looks of the welds it seems like you tried something different on each pass. if I were you id look at jodys videos, he has a bunch of ac stuff. and focus on one rod at a time. get g...

I need to build a new one. anyone else have and pictures?!

Ya but what about my fillers and cap being grey? seems like they should shine! ill try to post some pictures tomorrow.

Cant go wrong with a sa200, they weld the best imo and are fast and cheap to fix. And most parts can be bought at your local auto parts store. There are a bunch of machines that I personaly have used and like. SA200 pipepro new big blue 300 300d pipeliner 200d classic 1,2, or 3 vantage is ok I have ...

If you don't care about the price try to get some of the orange super flex leads. They cost a little bit more but there nice to work with!

Thanks for the info. Like I said my root is great, nice on the inside and nice color on the outside. Really just looking for info as why my other passes look so dull. And for the torch I like the 17 with the super flex cable, its light weight and fits me good. It does get hot but the only time I fee...

New here and have a few questions. First off I've been welding pipe for a few years, mostly downhill 60/70/8010 and some 7018. well the test is tig.. I've been tig welding for years just not on pipe! the test is 2" sch 160 tig all the way. Well at first I thought the root would be the problem b...