Got my TIG running!

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Finally picked up an argon cylinder, sorted out a leak in my gas line, reminded myself that TIG is DCEN (whoops--bye bye nozzle), and got exactly three inches of weld run before it started raining and I had to pack it in. I'm happier than a ... well, I'm pretty happy.The photo is just me getting a feel for the torch--no filler. WOO HOO! Man, I love TIG. Now to try getting decent at it. Attached Images
Reply:Looking good already  looks like you have a feel for tig, keep it up I hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:I need to get my argon cylinder so I can tig on my Maxstar, I hate having no money.Miller Maxstar 200 SDPiperliner #10 Gold
Reply:Hi, and all that with just straight Argon......some people need a curious mix of gases to just get a weld bead going.Tig is fun, but you won't get rich at it.Ian.
Reply:You are running a tad fast from the look of the arrow shape to the bead. Slow it down just a bit. Otherwise not bad at all for someone just starting out..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:@ JB - looks good bro. Never be "in a rush" to finish the weld. Smooth, steady and with purpose. Always remind myself of this mantra when TIG'n.  Blaze on!"Discovery is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought" - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Reply:Originally Posted by ManoKai@ JB - looks good bro. Never be "in a rush" to finish the weld. Smooth, steady and with purpose. Always remind myself of this mantra when TIG'n.  Blaze on!
Reply:How bout putting your machine's in your signature.   It's helpful to know what u r using.Tiger Sales:  AHP Distributor    www.tigersalesco.comAHP200x; AHP 160ST; MM350P,  Spoolmatic 30A; Everlast PowerTig 185; Thermal Dynamics 60i plasma.  For Sale:  Cobra Mig 250 w/ Push-pull gun.  Lincoln Wirematic 250
Reply:Originally Posted by puddytatHi, and all that with just straight Argon......some people need a curious mix of gases to just get a weld bead going.Tig is fun, but you won't get rich at it.Ian.
Reply:@ weldermike - just ejected beer matter onto my phone, after reading your reply. You nailed the "tool" straight between the running lights.  That "tool" is a dream stealer and on my ignore list."Discovery is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought" - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Reply:Originally Posted by soutthpawHow bout putting your machine's in your signature.   It's helpful to know what u r using.
Reply:Originally Posted by weldermikeAnd this kid is young, if he chases that he could bring home anywhere from $600 to $ 1000 a day!
Reply:Originally Posted by joshuabardwellYou don't mean me, do you? I'm 38, although sometimes I do fantasize about starting over with a welding career. I suspect that 20 years in white-collar office work have ill prepared me for life on the pipeline or in a shop.
Reply:Originally Posted by puddytatHi, and all that with just straight Argon......some people need a curious mix of gases to just get a weld bead going.Tig is fun, but you won't get rich at it.Ian.
Reply:Originally Posted by weldermikePuddytat I find you entertaining, I really do, but i'm sure you know you are a complete ***** and a sh!t stirrer. NO MONEY TO BE MADE TIG WELDING! You know just enough to give bad information! We have a pipeline here in the U.S. And this kid is young, if he chases that he could bring home anywhere from $600 to $ 1000 a day! So just shhhhh my good friend and stop spiking your prune juice you old fart and stop trying to crush someones dreams! Cheers from my beer to your prune juice, don't sh!t yourself either, go light on the prune juice
Reply:@ JB - said it before and will say it again: "it's not about the bow, it's about the Indian". Bet there are welders here that could use two wires, a potato in a salt water tank with a cathode/anode and still smoke me.  But, I'll fail "better" next time and will work even harder next subsequently...I've out shot plenty of dudes that had camo'd up rigs that could reach the moon with 0.25MOA accuracy. Nothing trumps the basics, the drive, the intent, the attitude, and raw talent.You do what you want to do & don't look back.Last edited by ManoKai; 06-02-2013 at 10:36 PM."Discovery is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought" - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Reply:Originally Posted by weldermikeIt's your thread, of coarse I meant you! Well anyway F puddytat!
Reply:My TIG welding career is underway! Now I know I ain't worth $600 a day yet, but anybody who wants a trailer built is welcome to PM me. And don't worry. We all know MIG is pretty but weak, and stick is for monkeys, so I'll be using exclusively this 160 amp TIG machine to build your trailer. Attached ImagesLast edited by joshuabardwell; 06-03-2013 at 02:46 AM.Everlast PA160-STH... and that's about it!
Reply:Lol I wouldn't let you build me a trailer. But then again should I let myself build me a trailer?? Not just yet vie burned through a couple pounds of filler and about 160CF of gas mostly all just practice beads I made a hammer with a silibronze pad on one end tig is so nice. Its not so bad you have an everlast machine. I bought a thermal arc fab 181i. But now that I know I can get good at tig I néed to sell it and get an ac/dc tig machine as well as a good mig welder.....the first no filler bead looks good i can't give advice as I'm usually seeking it but the other pics....lol I remember my first timeMiller Syncrowave 210 w/CK FlexLoc 150  3/6/14ESAB PCM 1125 Plasma CutterAtlas 12x36 LatheACER 9x42 3hp millHarig 612 Surface GrinderDRINK Machine              welding&fabrication
Reply:Tig don't like dirty metal bro.  Not a bit.TA Arcmaster 300CM3XMT 304S22P12 suitcase feederX-Treme 12VSOptima pulserTA161SMaxstar 150STLHypertherm PM45OP setupStihl 020AVP, 039, 066 Magnum
Reply:You definitely need to take a grinder to your steel. A wire wheel won't cut it with steel and mill scale. You also need to stop and regrind your tungsten as soon as you foul it ( the red rusty spots tell me you didn't).2nd pict heat looks close, but your filler is erratic. 3rd pict filler looks better, but your heat is too low. 4th pict you "aimed" too low and got too much bead on the lower plate and not enough on the upper one.Outside corners like that are tough. Technically that would probably qualify as a horizontal outside corner, not what I'd suggest students start out trying to do. 1st full joint we have students do are basic flat laps. Then they would do T joints ( ie inside corners) then outside corners and finally but joints. Outside corners are tough because you need enough heat to break down the root of the joint, but no so much that you blow thru, or melt away too much of the two upper edges. With lap joints, you only have one edge to worry about, and the support of the back piece allows you a bit more latitude with your heat control..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Originally Posted by joshuabardwell We all know MIG is pretty but weak
Reply:Originally Posted by DSWYou definitely need to take a grinder to your steel. A wire wheel won't cut it with steel and mill scale. You also need to stop and regrind your tungsten as soon as you foul it ( the red rusty spots tell me you didn't).
Reply:Originally Posted by welding_kidsarcasm because you bought a TIG for AL? my spoolgun on my Miller 251 can do some nice AL welding, but TIG is for other reasons. not sure what you mean by "MIG is weak".
Reply:Originally Posted by soutthpawCuz we all know plasma welding is where the big money is.   You need a Multiplaz like puddytat.Originally Posted by DSW3rd pict filler looks better, but your heat is too low.