Funny tig mistake, anyone else?

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I was tig welding stainless steel and goofed and grabbed a contaminated tungsten. The school shop lights do suck, me learning and always going to fast for my own good never helps.I had a good laugh. I was so confused for like 5 seconds. Lincoln PowerMig 200AHP 200x 3rd Gen.Miller 211 AASMiller Digital Elite "POWMIA"Victor Oxy SetLotos ltp5000d
Reply:thats ok..the clean sharp tungsten gets dipped as I practice..lots of practice sharpening too lolOf all the things I lost I miss my mind the most...I know just enough about everything to be dangerous......You cant cure stupid..only kill it...
Reply:Or sharpen a piece of filler rod thinking it's tungstenTiger 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:Try welding stainless with aluminum filler or vice-versa.
Reply:Not a mistake, but my son was doing a TIG weld buildup on the tip of a turbine blade at work. Feeding small Inconel filler.  The lead welder came up behind him and plucked the filler out of his hand.  He had a WTF moment there.Same guy would sometimes monkey with the settings on the Maxstar 200 he was using.  So my son went deep into the menu system of that guy's unit and set every obscure setting he possibly could to some wacky value. Payback, ha, ha."USMCPOP" First-born son: KIA  Iraq 1/26/05Syncrowave 250 w/ Coolmate 3Dialarc 250, Idealarc 250SP-175 +Firepower TIG 160S (gave the TA 161 STL to the son)Lincwelder AC180C (1952)Victor & Smith O/A torchesMiller spot welder
Reply:or forgetting to turn on the argon and watch that nice clean point go POOF............Of all the things I lost I miss my mind the most...I know just enough about everything to be dangerous......You cant cure stupid..only kill it...
Reply:Oh LMAO.....good one  Originally Posted by soutthpawOr sharpen a piece of filler rod thinking it's tungsten
Reply:im glad when they say you learn by your mistakes..I must have a freaking masters degree by now...Of all the things I lost I miss my mind the most...I know just enough about everything to be dangerous......You cant cure stupid..only kill it...
Reply:Originally Posted by roadkillbobbim glad when they say you learn by your mistakes..I must have a freaking masters degree by now...
Reply:Yeah 3 sheets to the hurry up wind I welded aluminum with stainless all mixed up in a tube and they say it couldn't be done, oh **** oops here Mikey fix this! Hahahahaha
Reply:Originally Posted by mike837goAt that rate, I'm working on my second PhD.I just found my peanut butter in the fridge!
Reply:Originally Posted by roadkillbobbim afraid to ask what you need peanut butter for?
Reply:Think the worst one I've done is trying to TIG an uphill root and accidentally stabbing the tungsten with the filler rod.Currently working as a Paralegal, but still interested in hobby welding.Miller Bobcat 225ntOne- Character Fractions: ¼ ½ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞
Reply:I was doing a bunch of aluminum sheet metal work over at a buddies wharehouse and the shift lever on my dirt bike broke clean off that I had rode over that day. I don't know why but I just assumed it was aluminum I think because it was on my mind all day. I had a sanding disk on the grinder and buzzed a bevel on both pieces to knock off the "anodize". It was kind of dark in the building but I don't know why I didn't notice sparks.  I thought, man I hate welding aluminum that has been anodized it always contaminates everything. Funny how the painted steel shift lever welded back together with some 5356 held up almost all they way till I got home.Sent from my SCH-I605 using TapatalkRyanMiller Multimatic 200 tig/spool gun/wireless remoteMillermatic 350P, Bernard/XR Python gunsMiller Dynasty 350, Coolmate 3.5 & wireless remoteCK WF1 TIG wire feederMiller Spectrum 375 XtremeOptrel e684Miller Digital EliteMiller Weld-Mask
Reply:Can't say that I have....zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Originally Posted by teh603Think the worst one I've done is trying to TIG an uphill root and accidentally stabbing the tungsten with the filler rod.
Reply:Trying to but Tungsten with a snorkel, it likes to be under the surface so much it must be a Navy consummable.
Reply:Originally Posted by dbotosTry welding stainless with aluminum filler or vice-versa.