Tig 102

[youthpastor]

Ya I checked in too late I knew the answer, some local philanthropist type told me about the magnet deal when he stopped by the shop on his way to some far away destination

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by youthpastor

Ya I checked in too late I knew the answer, some local philanthropist type told me about the magnet deal when he stopped by the shop on his way to some far away destination

HAHAHAHAHA! Okay -- we'll give you an honorary 2nd place for good memory retention!

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Thats strange, I use magnets to hold aluminum panels all the time and I never have problems.

Speaking of gas flow, I switched to a gas lense and my AL welds are much nicer and easier to weld now. I think it has to do with less gas flow and tungsten sticks farther out. Gas is turned way down= tanks last longer.

[Amituk]

For any of you beginners,

Jason's (from theGmr) ebook is an awesome guide for $4

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BFX...dir_mdp_mobile

Certainly helped me!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Amituk

For any of you beginners,

Jason's (from theGmr) ebook is an awesome guide for $4

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BFX...dir_mdp_mobile

Certainly helped me!

I was hoping that a few of the better guys would chime in here.... I'm certainly no expert!

[GregWeld]

Some very good info right here.....

[Greg from Aus]

Hi Guy's looking for some help. I haven't picked up a tig in years and haven't welded much stainless. Below are a couple of pictures. I have tried a few settings an I ended up at 30 amp and no filler rod, at that setting I don't have any real undercut, but I'm concerned about the lack of penetration. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Greg

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

Thats strange, I use magnets to hold aluminum panels all the time and I never have problems.

Speaking of gas flow, I switched to a gas lense and my AL welds are much nicer and easier to weld now. I think it has to do with less gas flow and tungsten sticks farther out. Gas is turned way down= tanks last longer.

Silly wabbit! Everybody knows it's fine to use magnets when TIG welding aluminum, bronze, or brass.



I switched to a gas lens -- the difference is well worth the few bucks in cups etc.


In actual fact this photo is a GAS SAVER lens vs a standard cup -- but it still shows the difference in the gas flow.

[Ketzer]

Wow! I haven't switched my tig machine on in six months, but I'm gettin' me some of those lenses! That's pretty impressive.



Jeff-

[Rhino]

Out of curiosity what is inducing the turbulence in flow when using the cup? Do lenses have an additional internal structure?