LikkerSheWillLoveIt wrote:I hate MIG welding. It’s not as fast as TIG welding when you look at the entire process.
LikkerSheWillLoveIt wrote:Without sounding arrogant, If you can TIG weld, there is far less cleaning up, less grinding, no spatter, a far more precise weld with a TIG, I don’t even polish half of my welds. Hard to get a weld like this on thin material with a spaghetti gun, if this was to be sanded and polished, it would have taken me 5 minutes, wouldn’t happen with a MIG.
Let’s face it, none of us are welding over 3mm thick stainless for a still. TIG not MIG.
bluc wrote:LikkerSheWillLoveIt wrote:Without sounding arrogant, If you can TIG weld, there is far less cleaning up, less grinding, no spatter, a far more precise weld with a TIG, I don’t even polish half of my welds. Hard to get a weld like this on thin material with a spaghetti gun, if this was to be sanded and polished, it would have taken me 5 minutes, wouldn’t happen with a MIG.
Let’s face it, none of us are welding over 3mm thick stainless for a still. TIG not MIG.
I have never tigged is it. Lot harder then oxy?
May be easier if I just pay soneone but with this hobby I see lots potential use.
RuddyCrazy wrote:Eh Likker is that copper as it sure looks like it, now when I've tig welded copper with my old tig that went out in style it took 100 amps just to get a puddle going, now with my new welder less than 20 amps does the same job and for doing a 90 degree weld like that picture what I found when I've done it by leaving one section about 2-3mm over the edge acts as the filler rod and the result comes out like a radius :handgestures-thumbupleft: With using tig on copper if one has a neat clean joint by using lower amps and working quickly one doesn't even need a filler rod.
For welding pipe work I have an old faceplate setup where I can just turn easily to work around the pipe when welding and with a totally clean joint and neat fit no filler rod is needed.
Now mate I'm not trying to tell how to suck apples but it's just the way I have learnt and I aint done no trade school with welding either, just watch a few old tradies do their craft and learnt from there :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Cheers Bryan
bluc wrote:LikkerSheWillLoveIt wrote:Without sounding arrogant, If you can TIG weld, there is far less cleaning up, less grinding, no spatter, a far more precise weld with a TIG, I don’t even polish half of my welds. Hard to get a weld like this on thin material with a spaghetti gun, if this was to be sanded and polished, it would have taken me 5 minutes, wouldn’t happen with a MIG.
Let’s face it, none of us are welding over 3mm thick stainless for a still. TIG not MIG.
I have never tigged is it. Lot harder then oxy?
May be easier if I just pay soneone but with this hobby I see lots potential use.
LikkerSheWillLoveIt wrote:RuddyCrazy wrote:Eh Likker is that copper as it sure looks like it, now when I've tig welded copper with my old tig that went out in style it took 100 amps just to get a puddle going, now with my new welder less than 20 amps does the same job and for doing a 90 degree weld like that picture what I found when I've done it by leaving one section about 2-3mm over the edge acts as the filler rod and the result comes out like a radius :handgestures-thumbupleft: With using tig on copper if one has a neat clean joint by using lower amps and working quickly one doesn't even need a filler rod.
For welding pipe work I have an old faceplate setup where I can just turn easily to work around the pipe when welding and with a totally clean joint and neat fit no filler rod is needed.
Now mate I'm not trying to tell how to suck apples but it's just the way I have learnt and I aint done no trade school with welding either, just watch a few old tradies do their craft and learnt from there :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Cheers Bryan
That is stainless, 2mm wall thickness. I never overlap, if a weld needs wire I add wire. I fuse a lot of joins for the purpose of building stills, always purge weld. I’ve been doing this 15 years and I currently build robots.
scythe wrote:Just fill the keg with water to reduce the volume of gas you need for back purging.
Just don't wet the area your going to be welding to minimise the chance of porosity.
scythe wrote:Just fill the keg with water to reduce the volume of gas you need for back purging.
Just don't wet the area your going to be welding to minimise the chance of porosity.
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