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Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab
If you do need a guide line a scrib is nice. Greg how does tig react to soap stone? I never used with TIG, just curious.
Care to explain the block tig master sieg?
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The block is for a heat-sync......2.5lbs .75" thick at $3.10 per lb. = cheap tool.
I saw Mr TIG using it on his workbench and figured it couldn't hurt.
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Originally Posted by GregWeld
Nice....
And -- just because I see the Sharpie there... that reminds me! Don't try to mark something up with a Sharpie and TIG around it --- pencil either!
In other words -- if you've made a line on a part - clean it off before you weld.
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Originally Posted by GregWeld
Good question Vince --- I only use soapstone when I'm plasma cutting... so haven't TIG'd around it. The Sharpie pulls the arc offline as does a pencil mark.... I would think that the burning soapstone might just contaminate the weld. Best to just not have ANYTHING around a TIG weld I think.
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The Sharpie was for scale only. I'm so paranoid of contaminating TIG welds that I'm going to start holding my breath.
If I get a chance in between kids b-ball games and lodging in-laws I'll experiment with soapstone.
I just scored 15 pcs. of perfectly clean scrap 14 ga. cold-roll 3.75" x 38" for practice purposes so I soap a piece and test.