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In a situation like this, if the item to be welded is small enough, would it make sense to wash it in soapy boiling water for a while (say an hour or so) to leach out as much of the oils as possible? I know that when I wash engine parts in solvents, they come out plenty clean for mechanical work, bu...

I'll try to get some pics.. It doesn't make any sense to me that I can make a good weld on almost anything then the next weld I lay down looks like a gray ball of snot. I'm starting to think it might be a gas leak in the torch if I hold it at a certain angle? I don't know I'll try to get you guys s...

Ok, here goes .... Never did any TIG welding until a few days ago, and my very first attempt was on steel. I bought the welder to learn how to weld aluminum, so I cut up some 4043 that I bought from the local ironmonger and tried a few welds along an overlap. The first weld is the upper one, underne...