First attempt at tig welding!

[oddy]

Evening all,
Newbie here!
Bought a tig earlier on today and this is my first attempts after an hour or so, please be gentle with me!
Cheers,
James.

 

[shed or dead]

I'm no pro, but, hour or so?

Bloomin' lovely, must be a natural!

Material? Machine?

Well done!

 

[norlander]

I found runs on aluminium pretty easy first time,and got similar results.
Actual joints were a bit more tricky as the job heats up and I could not go fast enough.
Got a pedal now so hope that will help.
Good job, have go at making some small trays /boxes now.
Keep a note of your settings even if your machine has a memory.

 

[Richard.]

All those runs look contaminated more so towards the right side.
Put up some info regarding plate thickness/type, filler type/size, tungsten type/size. And your welding conditions.

 

[Richard.]

Id disagree with trying out joints at this time until your results on the plate are looking better. As rightly said above performing a fillet or outside corner joint requires much more skill and understanding of the process.

 

[oddy]

Thanks for the advise so far,
Last nights attempts were on 3mm with 2.4 tungsten and rods, today I had another quick go on a piece of old 1.6, need to figure out the settings for the machine as at the moment I don't have a foot pedal and I can't figure out what I should be setting the down slope current at!
Cheers,
James

 

[oddy]

I will get the hang of it in the end, been mig welding for 24 years and like to think I'm not to shabby!
cheers,
James