thoughts anyone

[davidjohnperry]

hya all been a whille. thought i would have another go at tig.
i used too thin wire and due to my welder being broke the heat settings jump around so i dont have much control but i feel with a little of a natural ability i got a ok is weld.

to be honest even with my hair thick wire still seems a bit flat there was no penitration but as i have not touched a welder in 6 months not bad all views are welcome.

 

[Wozzaaah]

It's impossible to give opinions when a photo is as bad as that, you can't make out any detail whatsoever. Can you take some better ones and repost please?

 

[davidjohnperry]

i am soo sorry did it quickly before work hows this one mate

like i said u can see every defect possible

 

[^neo^]

I've seen worse, but doesn't help that you're welding 2 bits of s***e together to start off with!

 

[davidjohnperry]

thanks mate its only bad because that was my first line of weld the metal was not exactly perfect i just ramed it in the shears my heat seatings was jumping from 130 to 29 to 199 and i dont have the tools ill post my first ever attempt at ally i did in college it was my first atempt with working equipment and i at least had a bench that did not catch fire :-D

 

[davidjohnperry]

hear is my first ever line of weld on ally first attempt the story was i was in college finished all my mig samples and the kid who was tig welding was off so i asked if they could show me how to set up how it works thought well lets make it difficult and this is what i produced

 

[davidjohnperry]

i really wish to be a welder i have a good skil in it and i only ever get the chance to weld stuff once every 1.5 years

 

[FranV8]

That looks fantastic for a first attempt on ally. You need to really carefully manage the heat input at the beginning/end of the weld - did you have a pedal?

From my amateur opinion though you seem to have got a lot right about feeding the wire in on that one.

TIG is very sensitive to prep - it wants consistent gaps (or flush fit depending on the weld/thickness) and clean metal. Anything else and you'll have defects.

 

[davidjohnperry]

no pedal mate that was just me a heat setting some filler wire and ac/dc tig welder and some scrap ally

i did prep it first really well but i did not know when u stop u need to prep again tats why i got a little piggy poo in places but once i relised i just made sure i was clean

altho i realy want to have a go with a pedal dont know any one who has one who will let me hae a go local to me any ways