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Yes iv tried a different tungsten

tungsten contamination? have you been sharpening them on a dirty wheel used for grinding other material? gas contamination? any leaks on the gas system drawing air in? have you tried a different tungsten?

Is there sufficient tungsten carbide left on your worn blades to have them sharpened? I know the Evolution blades have a tendency to chip teeth but if your blades aren't damaged you might be able to get a bit more use out of them by sharpening.

well not really true, think I have done 3 hours or so practice mostly spent sharpening tungstens Anyways here is a pic of one of the better ones One of the pics is the backside of the butt joint Steel was 3mm 1.6 tungsten and filler wire At 90amps Please slag them off at your will David

It's nice to hear from someone else trying to get to grips with Scratch start. I Think it will be a little while yet before I am actually sticking 2 bits of metal together with TIG. I started by sharpening a whole pack of 10 tungstens to try and get a bit more time welding. Next time I go to...

Not into the bad pranks, if some lads could carry on like that at work it makes you think what they’re upto at weekends, Anyway worst I ever done was when tacking up with HF and getting the fitter to hold the elbow or whatever and forget and put My Earth on (not to be done with anyone with a...

You only need an old Tig tungsten, two bits of wire and a PP3 9 volt battery to make an arc engraver. City Saw Services here in Norwich have one on their counter. They mark every saw blade going in for sharpening with the customers details so there is no confusion.

I would hazard a guess that you will be spending more time on the grinder sharpening your tungstens than actual welding - at least that's how it felt to me. I don't think a dedicated wheel is necessary although some say the impurities from other materials being ground on the wheel will latch...

as said above you are jumping into the deep end on 1 mm but get some 2or3mm stainless and get your practice holding a puddle and feeding your filler rod . make sure your tungsten is sharpened properly(theirs some really good videos on sharpening tungsten's on youtube) a bottle of acetone is a...

Thing is, dont matter wether you use thoriated, ceriated or any other flavour of tungsten, an arc much longer than 2mm - 3mm tops, is going to be unstable, fluttering about all over the place. Sharpening properly on a benchgrinder will help a little with arc stability, mainly so with the...

Should be ok at 75 amps with a well prepped 2.4. A 1.6 will be better mind.

I’d look at how your sharpening your tungsten are you getting a nice point chamfer roughly 2.5 ya 3 times your tungsten diameter . Also are you in a comfortable position on welds that short rest bottom of your hand or wrist on solid area to help with steady position

I only have the 2 tungstens my machine came with which I think are 1mm and 2.4mm, was welding 20x20x2mm box section, Size 6 cup, 2.4mm tungsten, (went up as 1.0mm broke whilst sharpening) 1.6mm filler rod, 75amps Is it just a case of I need to buy more consumables to give me a better variable...

Thank you Richard, will take notes of that I do have to admit I was sharpening the tungsten on a flappy disk on a 115mm grinder also so was struggling getting a nice point. I am fairly happy and am happy with criticism as want to improve. Did struggle getting the little capping plates welded...

I neede a new oilstone , read this description, wtf , Gray carbon Whetstone, with high hardness and a certain toughness, hardness second only to boron Whetstone, abrasive sharp, good thermal conductivity, used for optical glass, tungsten carbide, titanium, agate, cylinder liner, bearing steel...

Good point mte and yes they eat my wheels too especially the amount of times I take the walk of shame! I believe it's a diamond encrusted wheel like the ones trend etc do for sharpening router bits..

Slim-boy-fat, the range of available change gears for a Myford is large and there is a set to cut metric threads on an imperial machine. Because of the gear size of the metric conversion gear trains a different gear quadrant with a longer slot is required to accommodate the sets. If you have a...

I think hobbyists like me and beginners in particular might be happy using only blues (2% lanthanated). Honestly all I've ever used. I got a gold electrode with my used welder, but I never used it. I still don't sharpen both ends because it's so quick to just re move the electrode, chuck it in...

Sharpening two ends is ok so long as you know what the tungsten is before you do it or you could be using reds for whites etc. The issue occurs if you mess up the end and just turn it around then mess up the other end well then as you say you have an issue getting it out the collet and gas...