- 1. TIG problems, part II (score: 1)
- Author: "atrav" <atrav@vcmails.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 22:14:52 -0500
- I welded some more today. I made doubly sure the tubing was clean and the rod, I increased the gas pressure +5psi, and increased the post flow time as well. That seemed to help, I think I wasn't usin
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- 2. Re: TIG problems, part II (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 09:07:37 -0500
- Are you using S70-6 rod? The dash 6 rod is high is manganese and silicon for welding dirty, rusty or poor metal. Gas should be 16/20 on the flow meter. Do you have the tungsten pointed??? What size
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00132.html (7,794 bytes)
- 3. Re: TIG problems, part II (score: 1)
- Author: LGMCAFEE@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:14:46 EST
- I think another problem is that I might be getting contamination from the back of the weld, since this is tubing, and I'm getting good penetration, maybe I'm going a little too deep and loosing my sh
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00133.html (7,179 bytes)
- 4. RE: TIG problems, part II (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:49:17 -0600
- First, let me confess that I'm no TIG welder-- gas is my speed-- but I've read up a bit on the subject. I wonder if your tungsten electrode might be contaminated. Try grinding a new point on the ele
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00135.html (8,014 bytes)
- 5. Re: TIG problems, part II (score: 1)
- Author: Nt788@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 14:18:28 EST
- Try purging the lines before you start. Jack
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- 6. Re: TIG problems, part II (score: 1)
- Author: "atrav" <atrav@vcmails.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 21:38:28 -0500
- I'll reply to all the messages in one.... That's one reason I increased the post flow time, but the tungsten does seem good either way. Good, I'll not worry about that then. This tubing is new, brigh
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00150.html (8,834 bytes)
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