First attempts at TIG

[Richiew]

Get as thin and as soft gloves as possible, at least for your feeding hand. Try not to cook the gloves too.

If you aren't sticking the tungsten regularly as a beginner, your arc length is probably too long.

Put plenty of hours in and things will improve. Get as comfortable as you can and try to have your arms and body supported as much as possible.

 

[prepman]

sensitivity turned up to max it doesn't trigger reliably at lower amps, it flickers on and off.

This problem has been covered by a previous thread, but I can't find it. I had this issue and resolved it. Can't for the life of me remember how. Low battery?

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[carbon]

One piece of advice from the welding shop was to learn on aluminium first, then steel will be a doddle afterwards. Anybody else done it that way round?

Yes, sort of. Bought my first tig welder possibly 20 years ago specifically to weld aluminium. Since then I’ve only ever welded a couple of small steel brackets.

 

[voipio]

Re the auto darkening visor flickering:

Is my helmet faulty?

Just bought some new kit after a 30 year lapse from welding - R-Tech TIG201 and Parweld XR916H mask. Previous welding was MMA on with a buzz box, so 1st practice beads were fun trying to get the hang of things. Problem I have is this - I can't seem to be able to adjust the shade level on the...

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Helmet darkening flickers off during weld

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...

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