Tig - what am i doing wrong?

Welderpaul · May 19, 2007

Thanks fellas, keep the tips coming! Look forward to seeing your pictures Lorenzo!

lorenzo · May 20, 2007

Welderpaul said:
Thanks fellas, keep the tips coming! Look forward to seeing your pictures Lorenzo!

Hey Paul.... hope all is well. Just want ed to let you know I didn't have to go in today so I didn't get the pics like I had hoped..... I will try to get there tomorrow.

Just figured I'd let you know what was up.

I'll try to scoot down early in the AM my time so I can have them posted by mid afternoon your time.... I think you are about 5 hrs ahead of me.

Alex · May 20, 2007

Compared to some of the TIG attempts people have posted yours are by far the best, I know not much about TIG practically, but know what a good TIG weld looks like.

Country Joe · May 20, 2007

From another thread:-

Just be careful not to make it look too easy, 'cos that's unfair!

Yeah Alex, I agree (grudgingly, maybe!)
Paul, you weren't careful enough - could have done a few cruddy ones first!

Welderpaul · May 20, 2007

Country Joe said:
From another thread:-

Yeah Alex, I agree (grudgingly, maybe!)
Paul, you weren't careful enough - could have done a few cruddy ones first!

You wanna see what got thrown under the bench!

lorenzo · May 22, 2007

Hey Paul..... Sorry for the delay but the other night I started to prep a room for a new floor and when I lifted the rug and pad I found a seriuos amount of water damage and a small nest of wood burrowing ants. So I spent all day yesterday (Sun) playing with that.

I have some pics for you so I hope you can get some input from them....

THis is a steel roller that need to have the tapper locks welded into both sides.... One side....

The other end....

weldequip · May 22, 2007

Now you're just showing off there Chris!
Remember, this is DIY-welding

Nice work.
weldequip

lorenzo · May 22, 2007

weldequip said:
Now you're just showing off there Chris!
Remember, this is DIY-welding Nice work.
weldequip

Thanks weldequip

MigTig · May 22, 2007

Not just a good welder, but also good with the camera!

Nice job of that Chris! was that all on one go? any stop/start? the lathe chuck is a good idea!

Cappy · May 22, 2007

Brilliant work there Chris - and lots of good advice should I ever persuade the railway to get some TIG stuff to go with our Inverter (Kemppi 150 Minarc). Another myth has also been blown away for me in that I always considered TIG to be for really thin sheet and particularly stainless and aluminium, and yet the taper insert and the roller look a fair weight of material to me - I'd have fizzed them in with stick myself :laughing:

Thanks

Welderpaul · May 22, 2007

Very nice welds Chris, thanks for the pictures. How many years have you Tig welded for?

Drains · May 22, 2007

That's smashing Chris. Lovely bit of work.
Carbon steel or stainless?
And what were the roller and taper lock for? (the engineering is just as interesting as the welding!)

snowcat · May 22, 2007

nice work did you have that set on the rotary table.

lorenzo · May 22, 2007

Thanks for all the good words my friends... Now to asnwer a few questions...

Cappy said:
Another myth has also been blown away for me in that I always considered TIG to be for really thin sheet and particularly stainless and aluminium, and yet the taper insert and the roller look a fair weight of material to me - I'd have fizzed them in with stick myself

Thanks

TIG is a great process... and not just for the little stuff. Most of my TIG work is on Stainless or Aluminum.... because of the size and for this post, I TIG'd this.
The roller has a 1/2 wall I believe.

Welderpaul said:
Very nice welds Chris, thanks for the pictures. How many years have you Tig welded for?

No problem Paul, sorry for the delay. I have no idea on the length of time I've been doing TIG. I did it in the begining, and then never really have a llot of need for it in the heavy equipment field. My abilities are a bit decieving, I'm still a pup compared to some.

simondrains said:
That's smashing Chris. Lovely bit of work.
Carbon steel or stainless?
And what were the roller and taper lock for? (the engineering is just as interesting as the welding!)

Just plain old carbon steel.... I'm not sure of the application, it is for a bakery.

snowcat said:
nice work did you have that set on the rotary table.

I did this on the table as you can see.... 1 pass no stops.... A rotary table is a nice thing to have for stuff like this.

Welderpaul · May 22, 2007

Chris, You make my welds look ****!

Welderpaul · May 29, 2007

Been having another go on the tig, here's a few pictures. Quite flat welds, just need to perfect the technique to get it looking a bit smoother. Whatdya think? What else do i need to be doing to get better results? :welder:

Used half an X size bottle of argon so far!

shenion · May 29, 2007

I have seen professional TIG welds that don't look as good

Well done. Can't wait to start playing with my TIG, looks like a whole new ball game.

Rusty · May 29, 2007

Very Nice. :welder:

snowcat · May 29, 2007

lookin tidy paul, would say the speed is slightly quick but your running scratch with fixed amps? and the problem i guess is if you dont move at a fair pace you find the pool is geting bigger and bigger?

Welderpaul · May 29, 2007

snowcat said:
lookin tidy paul, would say the speed is slightly quick but your running scratch with fixed amps? and the problem i guess is if you dont move at a fair pace you find the pool is geting bigger and bigger?

Yeah, exactly that Snowcat - would ideally like the pools to overlap more, but as you say.......plate gets too hot and hole would soon form! :rolleyes:

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