Thank you all. Thanks to your advice, I made few changes which made significant improvements. Went up on amps to 77-80amp, was lot more conscience of keeping the electrode closer to the puddle and keeping the angle. As far as speed goes, being a novice, I dont know how to tell the "right" speed...
Having horrible time getting clean welds. Using Everlast TIG welder in Arc mode. Welding 1/8"(3mm) mild steel (A36) with E6013 3/32 @ 70amp, no force. Tried two different brands of electrodes. Horrible results.
Tried DCEN and DCEP - no difference. I have different steel plate I use for testing...
Darn it. I think you might be right! since this is the last joint I am welding, the air inside is trapped. it gets hot, expands and gets pushed out blowing out argon.
Trying to understand what is happening. I'm TIG welding mild steel frame from 2"x1"x1/8" tubing. All corners are cut at 45deg and are butt jointed. all 4 corners have been sanded from any mill scaling. 3 corners welded fine. on 1 corner i get all kinds of spatter. tungsten gets all red. loses...
I overcooked e6013 rods. put them in the oven on 500F for 15 minutes. the flux turned dark grey. They weld but require more amps. I'd prefer to not throw them out. My only question is if the weld integrity will be weaker in anyway?
Hmmm. this is very interesting. I had no idea about this parameter of a welder until you said it. Just looked it up in the manual and it says 70 volt.
This is the spec sheet for the rod i m using https://images.homedepot-static.com/catalog/pdfImages/15/1594d9c9-168d-454f-b891-b7e4d3f300c9.pdf...
The box says ACDC or DC+ I have DC welder only and so I am doing DC. The box also says the rod is for 65-100. I dont know if this is just a general guidance or a strict rule. I've only gone as high as 100 for now.
Hello, I am trying stick welding using Everlast 160 "tig" welder which has stick mode. I am obviously very new to welding. I purchased my first box of electrodes by Lincoln Electric 7018 (3/32). The box says they should be used between 65-100amp. The problem is rods sticking when starting. here...
Thanks everyone. Mine was faulty. It did work as expected for few minutes after "charging it" but then started doing the same thing even looking at the sun. Replaced it and now all is good.
Ok so i left it out in direct sunlight just now for an hour and absolutely right, it did improve. Looking straight at the sun doesnt flicker it anymore. I guess there is some charge inside in addition to the battery??
Yes sorry i just edited my post to add that clarification. The pulse mode is on the welder.
Looking at direct sun turns on the helmet for about a second and turns it off. I don't have experience with any other model or brand but I thought that it only supposed to respond to a flickering light...
Good day all, i purchased a brand new "YESWELDER" helmet from Amazon. Rather a budget one but seem to have had good reviews from others. I thought that since I am just playing around in my garage it would suffice. When pulse option on the welder is "ON" everything works great. However when the...
Thank You all!
@Paul. Coincidentally, the tutorial you reference is exactly the page I landed on when googling for this information. I found it absolutely fantastic. I'd only wish the tig calculator page mentioned steel over 3mm.
I'm starting in Tig welding and purchased two different sizes of filler rods and two different sizes of tungsten. 1/16 (1.6mm) and 3/32 (2.6mm) for each.
When using 2.6mm tungsten, the smaller filler rod goes super fast into the pool and is very easy to work with while larger filler takes...