Yeah cheers for that, I do mean Aluminum. I'm looking into the Tweco models at the moment didn't realize we had them here in AUS. Wont be welding anything thicker than 3mm on the boat so it looks like they have what I need.

Cheers
Scotty

Hi guys,

Ive picked up a cig weldskill 250 and would like to do some ally welds. Im wondering if i can get a spool gun for it. I cant see anything from CIG themselves are there universal spool guns??

Ok, spoke to the seller, ill send it back for him to check as I have had poor arcing from the get go. I did try on 5lpm,10,15 and 20 all with the same issue. maybe there is an issue with the HF circuit or the AC circuit. I will check the gap of the points tonight as if that fixes the issue id be sto...

ok thanks once again guys, ive gone backwards tonight...came home resharpened some tungsten, upped the gas to 20lpm i also changed the gas nozzle to a size 8. After doing that i got a very stable but weak ark that seemed to just burn an oxide layer...no white smoke, no tip burn..but yeah no puddle. ...

Ok so tonight ive spent some time after dinner trying things. Put gas back to 10lpm and put a balloon on the end, it blew it up and held the amount of gas in the balloon for 10 min. so im guessing no leaks. Changed to a 2.4mm red band ground to a point. tried again the same puddle training scenario ...

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the replies! Welder is a Token Tools Alupulse 200 - https://weldingstore.tokentools.com.au/tig-welding-equipment/tig-welding-machines/pulse-tig-welders/ac-dc-pulse-tig-welder-200-amps-tokentools-alupulse200.html AC balance about 30% 7 or 8 LPM of gas so about 15 chfm Gas seem...

Hi Guys...Help please what am i doing wrong? Im getting the worst attempt to puddle and the tungsten is melting quick. Base current - 50A Pulse current - 120A Pulse width - 50% Pulse freq is 1hz Gas is argon and tungsten is white tip 1.6mm pointed tip material is 3mm ally cleaned with acetone and st...

Hi Everyone,

Just getting into Tig welding to do some repairs on my boat..looking forward to advice and help!