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funny story that...... buddy works for the city and i we went through the pile of old signs they were tossing because if it was under a certain size they did not re sticker. so i ended up with alot of signs and some of the rems from poles that get taken out by cars.
i also made a saw horse out of some and metal rack
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Too lazy to add a little extra so the end isn't under cut but not too lazy to attention whore on the internet. :shaking:

Fuck off with your T-joint on clean metal. This is a thread for welds that actually suck for whatever reason.
 
Etyler2 said:
My friend proves to me that it’s not the machine, so I need more practice for sure.

WFO weld on top, my 180 Lincoln HD below, just not me on the gun.

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Had the same welder and the same friend several years ago. He spent a little time coaching me and I got a lot more consistent. Part of my problem is if I have that second cup of coffee in the morning my detail movements are not smooth. Same with shooting, much better without the second jolt of caffine.

Still have the welder, and the friend.
 
I realized I didn’t post my shame pics from May. I changed the spool about 1/4 of the way through and had all sorts of feed issues because I didn’t have enough drive tension 🤦‍♂️

It hasn’t broke off yet! But I’ve only had one good pull on it
 

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another couple sticks of filler... ugh. theres progress being made but im not happy with the rate of it. Hopefully I can get someone over here soon who actually knows how to TIG to see how my machine is set up and mentor me. YouTube is failing me i feel. Dunno. They are stuck,

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Sceep said:
another couple sticks of filler... ugh. theres progress being made but im not happy with the rate of it. Hopefully I can get someone over here soon who actually knows how to TIG to see how my machine is set up and mentor me. YouTube is failing me i feel. Dunno. They are stuck,

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one of those thing that for me i really needed someone to show me, so i could watch and understand. you need to use reall filler or mig wire


also when practicing its too easy to overheat the piece. then your not learning and just getting angry. make something, cubes dice or what ever. or if your goign to run a pad off beads like that, clamp it to a piece of aluminum.

when mig welding a test coupon 1" thick and 8" long full pen. it should technically take around 4-5hrs to not overheat it. easy to over heat
 
Sceep said:
another couple sticks of filler... ugh. theres progress being made but im not happy with the rate of it. Hopefully I can get someone over here soon who actually knows how to TIG to see how my machine is set up and mentor me. YouTube is failing me i feel. Dunno. They are stuck,

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Talk to willis_racing to see if his coworker would be willing to give you a lesson. Arthur is a pretty good welder. I tried to set something up at work for our interns but safety people got in the way. But those rules don't apply to full time people so we could probably have him teach something in his building or ours too.
 
Sceep said:
another couple sticks of filler... ugh. theres progress being made but im not happy with the rate of it. Hopefully I can get someone over here soon who actually knows how to TIG to see how my machine is set up and mentor me. YouTube is failing me i feel. Dunno. They are stuck,

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What machine?
What amps?
It's set up for DCEN? Torch is negative and ground clamp is positive?
What size and type of tungsten?
Filler rod size and type?
Pure Argon for gas?
What size cup? Gas lens?
 
gt1guy said:
What machine? Lincoln Squarewave 275, with footpedal
What amps? 110 14ga material
It's set up for DCEN? Torch is negative and ground clamp is positive? Dunno. "work" on the machine is the ground. Set to DC-
What size and type of tungsten? 2% Ceriated (EWCe-2) 3/32
Filler rod size and type? ER70S-2, 3/32
Pure Argon for gas? yes
What size cup? Gas lens? 6 pink/orange? dunno what gas lens means.
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Nothing glaring there. Amps seem a bit high

Gas lens would have nothing to do with those welds. Was just trying to cover everything.

This is a gas lens. It screws into the torch, cup screws on to it and the tungsten sticks out the hole.

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Those welds look really really cold, And possibly way too much filler. And possibly way too fast. For TIG.


To be honest, it looks like MIG and not TIG. When I get out to the shop I'm going to use your setting and see if I can even recreate it.
 
gas lens might help with the porosity
that or cleaning, but I get away with some pretty bad material prep...

when you stop the arc are you keeping the post flow on the puddle? if it is scratch start where you don't have a pedal there's a trick to stopping the arc
 
I tried on a piece of 16ga. Same tungsten/rod size.

100amps. No fucking way. Had to haul ass just to keep from burning through and I couldn't add enough filler to get it to pile up.

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Closest I could get it to pile up was using alum filler:flipoff2:

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45amps

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So I'd try turning the machine way down first. Also check your lead angle, you just want it pointing slightly in the direction your going. Strange things happen with the arc with too much lead angle.
 
Made some shaker stops for my coal stove, Tig- SS to cast with Ni rod, took more heat than I thought it would to get it to melt into the cast, but it did. I was happy with the results considering I could not tell you the last time I tigged anything.
 

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This pile of fuck is full of shit welds. All decent enough I’m just not consistent. It’s been rolled a few times and beat like a cheap hooker for years. Still holding together. I’m a function over form type of guy
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