Dc aluminum tig with stick electrodes

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Saw this video on you tube. Man welds aluminum with arc electrodes,pure argon,thoriated tungsten all on dc current. Anyone tried this? For the cost of a few rods I might. Here's the link it's  long and boring. Thermal arc 211iCk flex-loc 150 & 130Clamps, saws & grindersHarbor freight 80 amp inverter
Reply:What puzzles me is if he has a DC machine, and stick rods, why not just stick weld it?Seems like a waste of argon?Dave J.Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~ Syncro 350Invertec v250-sThermal Arc 161 and 300MM210DialarcTried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
Reply:Yeah I thought that too. The welds don't look any better than stick. Just curious about trying different stuff.Thermal arc 211iCk flex-loc 150 & 130Clamps, saws & grindersHarbor freight 80 amp inverter
Reply:Interesting...but why?  That looks like horrible idea all around.  Look at the..."bead"...at 7:00.  Would you sell that to a customer?  Would you be ok with saying "I welded that.  I'm proud of how it turned out."?If it's because you don't have AL tig filler, the tig machine will run stick.  You'd be better off using those couple sticks to practice running AL SMAW.Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
Reply:I agree with you 100% axis it's ugly and doesn't make sense to not use smaw. But the fact he's DC tig welding aluminum with argon instead of 100% helium caught my interest. That and the control has to be better than with arc welding.Thermal arc 211iCk flex-loc 150 & 130Clamps, saws & grindersHarbor freight 80 amp inverter
Reply:Given that the flux on the electrode will prepare and protect the weld from oxides, the only function of the argon would be to provide some shielding and limited cooling of the tungsten.  Ah well, when you don't have AC tig, what are you going to do?Rick V 1 Airco Heliwelder 3A/DDR3 CTC 70/90 amp Stick/Tig Inverters in Parallel1 Lincoln MIG PAK 151 Oxy-Acet