tig welding
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Webb City, MO...out in the garage
if you're only welding 16ga., 1/16" everything will be fine. argon is all you need. yes purging is best, but not necessarily needed. if you're just welding stuff for your car or truck, get after it. if you're making a tube that mayonaise will flow through in its way to the bottle, then purge it....when you're welding structural meterials that aren't extremely load bearing or high pressure vessels, you need not be concerned too much with your microstructure or sugaring the inside. wipe your weld area down with acetone or met-L-check and have at it.
3/32" electrodes and/or fillers work fine too. you can put a long, sharp taper on your 3/32 tungsten and it will serve the same purpose as the 1/16 would, more or less. just do what you're comfortable with. make sure you have the proper grade of rod, i.e. ER308L for 304 stainless, ER316L for 316 stainless, etc....
3/32" electrodes and/or fillers work fine too. you can put a long, sharp taper on your 3/32 tungsten and it will serve the same purpose as the 1/16 would, more or less. just do what you're comfortable with. make sure you have the proper grade of rod, i.e. ER308L for 304 stainless, ER316L for 316 stainless, etc....
if you're only welding 16ga., 1/16" everything will be fine. argon is all you need. yes purging is best, but not necessarily needed. if you're just welding stuff for your car or truck, get after it. if you're making a tube that mayonaise will flow through in its way to the bottle, then purge it....when you're welding structural meterials that aren't extremely load bearing or high pressure vessels, you need not be concerned too much with your microstructure or sugaring the inside. wipe your weld area down with acetone or met-L-check and have at it.
3/32" electrodes and/or fillers work fine too. you can put a long, sharp taper on your 3/32 tungsten and it will serve the same purpose as the 1/16 would, more or less. just do what you're comfortable with. make sure you have the proper grade of rod, i.e. ER308L for 304 stainless, ER316L for 316 stainless, etc....
3/32" electrodes and/or fillers work fine too. you can put a long, sharp taper on your 3/32 tungsten and it will serve the same purpose as the 1/16 would, more or less. just do what you're comfortable with. make sure you have the proper grade of rod, i.e. ER308L for 304 stainless, ER316L for 316 stainless, etc....
Man thanks alot for the info you provided
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,608
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From: Webb City, MO...out in the garage
Just remember it's much easier to weld with a filler material that is on the thin side for the application than it is if it's to thick. Also on thin material nothing like a freshly ground tungsten tip.
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