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Unfortunatly I don't have anyone, or so it seems close at hand.. Very kind offers from far ish afield.. But as I work nights travelling is difficult to get sorted.. I've seen a full time welder demonstrating my model and he, unsurprisingly had no issues..
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It's a very basic little inverter and used correctly should perform pretty good. Can you produce satisfactory results laying a bead flat on a plate. (I'm talking a clean solid looking run) if so then there is nothing wrong with your set up and it's down to your ability to perform more complex joints.
The picture you posted with the regulator and flow meter, does the pea shooter flow meter feed the torch and was it being used when the photo was taken?
The reason I ask is that the flow looks to be about 2 lpm in it and I had trouble with steel once. It would spit when welding due to not enough gas coverage which in turn contaminated the tungsten and made things worse. Tried cleaning etc as you have and nothing worked until I noticed the gas flow was too low and turned it up.
The reason I ask is that the flow looks to be about 2 lpm in it and I had trouble with steel once. It would spit when welding due to not enough gas coverage which in turn contaminated the tungsten and made things worse. Tried cleaning etc as you have and nothing worked until I noticed the gas flow was too low and turned it up.
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Good call Richard.. But no I wasn't actually welding then I just took a quick snap of it as I was sure someone would ask.. I normally have it set between 5 and 8 lots at the bottle it's set to roughly the same.. And by putting the little bell glass over the torch before I start welding it's normally close, poss 1 ltr down.. I do get through a huge amout of gas though.. But I guessed it was down to me having to re do so many welds..
Boy I've tried over the last 12 months, to the point where I'm so down about it all, simply because I've so much I could use it for.. but I'm just wasting so much time which I can't afford too..
Thanks for all your effort .. Truly appreciated .. X NOODS
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ok will try some when I'm up and about tomorrow.. X
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Will do give everything a wriggle .. Annoying.. Yet to get a good weld from a brand new welder in a year.. Mind you it's likely to be me I guess .. Lol x
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Really wish I could help, I am self taught and sometimes I feel like giving up, usually after I do something silly the list has been long: broken gas connector where the gas enters the touch cable at the welder, wrong polarity on AC, forgetting to re attach the return clamp after moving the work each time it has been something obvious, but not to a beginner.
It is like learning to drive, so much to think about all at once, little by little I am getting into gear. My concerns now are freeze lines, or lack of them in the filler on thin stainless. When I look back at some of the scrap metal under my bench and remember how happy I was just to be able to lay a autogenious run I smile and think I have progressed.
All the best and I hope someone will be able to help you.
It is like learning to drive, so much to think about all at once, little by little I am getting into gear. My concerns now are freeze lines, or lack of them in the filler on thin stainless. When I look back at some of the scrap metal under my bench and remember how happy I was just to be able to lay a autogenious run I smile and think I have progressed.
All the best and I hope someone will be able to help you.
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Thank you.. I hope so too.. I watch the videos on line etc, people using the same kit and they have no issues whatsoever regardless of which joint they are creating, lovely runs of weld, clean and strong.. I keep hoping I will see something someone is doing that I'm not, but no, well not yet anyway..
NOODS x
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The difference is have you bought a Tig welder with the intention of learning. I can't play the piano and I've not bought one to even attempt it.I can't Tig weld. I don't think I will ever Tig weld. I don't care
There are thousands of other skills and things to play with....
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Oh!! If I lashed out the reddys on expensive kit I'd make sure I learnt to use it. You could of saved a few quid and bought a little mma set. Tig is an art and I've read all too many posts from people that buy the kit expecting blinding results from a day in the shed. For most of us that's just not going to happen. I spent days as an apprentice running straight lines (no filler) on a plate. I then spent more days doing the same with filler, I then moved on to butt joints, the outside corner etc etc it took a massive amount of time to get half decent and a lot of critical points from the good gents that helped me out. Im 15 years into my welding career and I'm still not to the standard of some people (check out tig Paul's work) his welding is simply fantastic. The point is tig is an underestimated process and for a newcomer to get there machine and attempt a inside/outside corner , pipe joint of any sort is destine for disappointment. If it was that simple we would all be tig welders and the rates of pay would be equal to shelf stackers at tesco.
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I live close (ish) to a chap that asked me if I could give him a few lessons and I said I'd give it a go.
He almost sat on my shoulder that first evening and watched every last little detail of what I did.
He paid the same attention when it was his turn. Hardly spoke. Inwardly digested every last detail
of what I said and did.
I would give him sort of "home work" at the end of the session. Practice this weld and I'll see you next week.
Next week would come and I'd be faced with hundreds of perfect examples of the task I had given him.
He said one evening, "Those books you mentioned. I've bought them and I'm half way through the second one."
This went on for several weeks, if fact, till I couldn't teach him anymore.
He went on to take his CAA cert and build his project…. and fly it.
His only regret was building it late in life, so late in fact that he felt he was too old to get the most out of it.
He builds more sedate aircraft now.
Paul G
He almost sat on my shoulder that first evening and watched every last little detail of what I did.
He paid the same attention when it was his turn. Hardly spoke. Inwardly digested every last detail
of what I said and did.
I would give him sort of "home work" at the end of the session. Practice this weld and I'll see you next week.
Next week would come and I'd be faced with hundreds of perfect examples of the task I had given him.
He said one evening, "Those books you mentioned. I've bought them and I'm half way through the second one."
This went on for several weeks, if fact, till I couldn't teach him anymore.
He went on to take his CAA cert and build his project…. and fly it.
His only regret was building it late in life, so late in fact that he felt he was too old to get the most out of it.
He builds more sedate aircraft now.
Paul G
Ain't that the truth!! I enjoy TIG but it requires dedication and real perseverance.
I still run beads for practice when I am bored!
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Reporting in as requested..
Checked for gas leaks etc and none found, used bell mouth and had same reading as per the reg..
Used wet and dry on electrodes and filler rod.. See pic.. Cleaned all connections on welder and inside torch.. Removed one of the steel plates I was murdering.. Cleaned all the steel up with flap wheel and went over it with clean rag but no acetone ..
Run a few beads with and without filler rod.. At various slope and gas/amps settings..
Then tried a bead on project.. All in all would say while weld is not great it's a lot friendlier.. No spitting and popping, well a lot less so anyway .. Felt a little more in control..
Prep above..
Checked for gas leaks etc and none found, used bell mouth and had same reading as per the reg..
Used wet and dry on electrodes and filler rod.. See pic.. Cleaned all connections on welder and inside torch.. Removed one of the steel plates I was murdering.. Cleaned all the steel up with flap wheel and went over it with clean rag but no acetone ..
Run a few beads with and without filler rod.. At various slope and gas/amps settings..
Then tried a bead on project.. All in all would say while weld is not great it's a lot friendlier.. No spitting and popping, well a lot less so anyway .. Felt a little more in control..
Prep above..
