First Stainless GTAW weld in about a year

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Came out way better than I hoped1/4" 304 plate3/32 mystery filler (some kind of stainless, tag had fallen off)Lincoln Squarewave 3751/8" 2% Tungsten~200 AmpsPulsed it (because I never pulsed on this machine)4 PPS, 60% background, 60% on timemaybe ~30 SCFH Argon Attached Images
Reply:I couldn't leave well enough alone1/16" 2% tungsten30 Amps#5 on the balanceDisastrously huge filler (3/32")HF intensity way too high at first, had to turn it down to almost zeroI have to try some 1/16" off of the spoolgunI know I haven't tried this since welding school ~1995I seem to remember using a sine wave machine and liking it a lot better Attached Images
Reply:Showin' off eh?Weld like a "WELDOR", not a wel-"DERR" MillerDynasty700DX,Dynasty350DX4ea,Dynasty200DX,Li  ncolnSW200-2ea.,MillerMatic350P,MillerMatic200w/spoolgun,MKCobraMig260,Lincoln SP-170T,PlasmaCam/Hypertherm1250,HFProTig2ea,MigMax1ea.
Reply:I just glad i was able to pull it off.  If I was giving grades, the SS would be a B+, the cans would be lucky to get a C.  There are plenty of folks on here that would make those welds look pretty grim
Reply:Go look at some of the pics in the pop can thread, if you want to see some good welds