Rare earth tungsten.

[Gavin_d]

Hi guys, anyone here have any experience with rare earth tungsten. The main selling point seems to be that you don't have to swop out when changing from ac to dc but I like my tungstens balled for alloy and sharp/pointed for steel so that makes no difference to me.

Thanka all.

 

[chevy2]

I've found that if you could only buy one tungsten it would be the (blue) 2% lanthanated tungsten,
works well on both ac and dc, tends to need less redressing than most others.

 

[Richard.]

I have some recommended by Hotrodder Huntington fusion multi strikes. Very good tungsten. The plus side to them is not the fact they can be used for acdc because lanthanated and ciriated both do that as well but are not as good IMO. The multistrkes are excellent on dc as they stay sharp through strike after strike. They will respond on ac excellent too and will keep a point or ball up evenly depending on your ac balance. I highly recommend them as a one tungsten for all.

 

[Gavin_d]

Thanks guys great info. I'm
Picking some up tomorow so will let you know my findings. What ac balance you generally run on clean new fabrication jobs Richard. I want to start playing with balance and frequency a little more. I'm running around 35% electrode positive.

Thanks

 

[Richard.]

65-70% DCEN. So about the same as yourself.