Please Rate My First AL TIG welds

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we just started aluminum in class. any pointers would be much appreciatedI spent a lot of time at the tungsten grinder lolthe middle one in the 1st photo was my instructors pick of the litternow the bad and the uglyRealgear 140 MIGMore DeWalt tools that I prolly needDIY 160 amp 40 OCV MOT Stick Welder
Reply:Originally Posted by metalpoolwe just started aluminum in class. any pointers would be much appreciatedI spent a lot of time at the tungsten grinder lolthe middle one in the 1st photo was my instructors pick of the litter
Reply:Originally Posted by metalpoolthe middle one in the 1st photo was my instructors pick of the litter
Reply:some beads look way better than the one right next to it. are you trying lots of different things?or moving from one coupon to another to allow it to cool?
Reply:Looks like you need to dial up the "cleaning action".Oooops......My bad.......I was looking at the table top.
Reply:hard de har har... lol   yeah my house is a mess at the moment.  if the interview i just had pans out it may never get cleaned, lol.  work never sounded so good.    thanks for the comments. I found i ran a good bead and the next there would be a blob on the filler or a hole in my coupon. lol  ahh, the learnin proccessRealgear 140 MIGMore DeWalt tools that I prolly needDIY 160 amp 40 OCV MOT Stick Welder
Reply:Looks very good, the bead in middle of first coupon my choice too.  Try slowly decreasing current when you get to end of bead to fill in crater.  Brian MoyerMoyer Welding & Fabrication       LaSalle MI
Reply:[QUOTE=metalpool;377260]we just started aluminum in class. any pointers would be much appreciatedI spent a lot of time at the tungsten grinder lolthe middle one in the 1st photo was my instructors pick of the litternow the bad and the ugly   they dont look bac mine were comeing out the same way. i just watched this shirt vid and it trelly helped me out. sometimes jurt from watching some 1 do it you will pick uo on it and understand what u were doing  weong like low hear or high heat moving 2 fast or 2 slow ext well hope this helps 4 u good lluck and heep it up    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8Rlpf0ELQ[/ame] go 2 youtube and copy pasis thT YOUTUBELIKE. SO U CAN WATCH THE MOVIE HOPE I HELPS U OUT
Reply:[QUOTE=metalpool;377260]we just started aluminum in class. any pointers would be much appreciatedI spent a lot of time at the tungsten grinder lolWere you using pure tungsten (green)? If you were, you don't sharpen the tungsten. You want to have a ball on the end. That could be one of your problems. My suggestion is to turn down the heat and slow down. Your spacing is way too far apart. In all, looks pretty good though. Keep practicing you will get there