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Ok..First run on UA 63 test PRACTICE....6G Up the left side Right hand..right side Left hand Tig to cap
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WOW, that is some thick wall pipe! Do you walk the cup, or free hand the torch?
Seems to me the welds are some what cold. All n all pretty nice! ;)
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In Australia they call it "super tube" used only for welder quals.
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Shield...Tacks n 1 hot pass free handed 85 amps..3/32 first 2 passes..95 amps...Then 1/8 crankd to 125 out to last fill..cap was 140ish..That stuff takes FOREVER to cool...Test allows 5 hrs..did this in 3 1/2..stoped..smoked...Dried the rods after the root n hot for 1/2 hr....12 4" pieces weighed over 50 lbs...lol...glad in not totin n fittin this stuff..lol....Yea Mike..over here the guys call it hernia pipe 2.75x.625...lmao...
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