Tig 102

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

A real celebration would be 60 year old The Macallan in a Lalique bottle....


I still wonder how well you see the bead when you're welding steel? Versus the brighter A/C TIG of aluminum. A small thing like that will make all the difference in the world.

Send me that bottle, I'll let you know if it's any good.

Hopefully it's better than their 18 because that Glenlivet 12 and Glenmorangie 15 smoke the Mac 18.....IMHO.

I too wonder how well I'm seeing on DC, it's probably not the Jackson Truesight helmet. I was running shade 9-10 on AC and typically run 7-8 on DC.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

BTW --- On a box like that --- always weld the corners FIRST... otherwise you chase the bead to the end and all the heat is built up and it just blows the corner away.

IF you've done a bunch of welding on a "small" part like that -- let it cool way down before attempting to stitch it closed - otherwise the expanding heated air inside the container will give you fits...

The box is open on one side, plan is to make a lid for it.

I tacked each seam .75" in from the corners and one in the center then started the weld on the corner and paused once or twice in the runs to reposition or grind tungsten. No issue with blowing the ends, I intentionally did it that way to see if I could ramp down the amperage properly. 55 amps 65 bal 200 freq (max) Argon @ 16 cfh.