helliphinon8
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20yr veretan aerospace welder here.....just looking to help anyone out with any DIY welding questions.... MIG, TIG?
20yr veretan aerospace welder here.....just looking to help anyone out with any DIY welding questions.... MIG, TIG?
What exactly are you welding?WHATS THE TRICK TO MIG WELDING W/ AN ALUMINUM SPOOL GUN ??
Other than cleanliness ?
I went to Tulsa Welding school on my first shore duty, but the wife spent the six grand I saved for a welding setup on her first time without me on deployment. I am ‘on the mend.’-20yr veretan aerospace welder here.....just looking to help anyone out with any DIY welding questions.... MIG, TIG?
No problem! Again, I'm not sure exactly what it is that you're welding, so my advice is being restrained. But TIG is my specialty, and it is by far, the cleanest strongest way to weld aluminum.I have been watching tig videos, but i think its not my cup of tea.
Esab emp215ic, mig tig and arc
Dc tig,lift arc.
Guess i will keep poking at it.
Very generous of you to offer welding advice.
I went to Tulsa Welding school on my first shore duty, but the wife spent the six grand I saved for a welding setup on her first time without me on deployment. I am ‘on the mend.’-
1. A/C for tig welding aluminum? What current would you run?
2. Stick welding automotive sheet metal: what current would you run? How much space between each weld run? How long to let an area of sheet metal cool off before another run? What stick for tack welds, what stick for the welds? (Automotive sheet metal)
3. Recommendations for entry level tig machine and inert gas recommendations.
4. Have you ever welded with a torch? Advice?
5. At school I loved stick welding and could match my instructors’ perfect weld beeds in tig welding EXCEPT, I ran too hot and got the rainbow metal sheen-we did not have a foot feed for the current level-just set and go-recommendations?
6. I got shocked allot from standing in my own pool of sweat or holding my tig gun ( set at 400 amps D/C and grabbing my A/C grinder (inductance). I took that across the heart but not nearly the set amps.-experience/recommendations?
7. How much are tig sticks running?
8. Welding chrome-moly roll cages-the backside? How do you recommend welding around it?
Lol you asked, I asked.Being a veteran welder, doesn't mean I'm retired and have the time to teach a welding class on FABO.
With that many simple questions, I'd advise you to at least do some research on your own to answer most if your ?'s. Google, Youtube.
Then, come back to me with any specific questions you have after that.
-L8
Well. To be honest, asking that many simple questions was a dick move. You showed that you are either an old fart that doesn't know how to use the internet, or you were just being a dick.Lol you asked, I asked.
[/QUOTE]"2. Stick welding automotive sheet metal: what current would you run? How much space between each weld run? How long to let an area of sheet metal cool off before another run? What stick for tack welds, what stick for the welds? (Automotive sheet metal)
Stick is for building tractor parts...."
Stick welding has it's place in structural welding, but other than that, there is really no reason to use it if you have other means of welding.
Being a veteran welder, doesn't mean I'm retired and have the time to teach a welding class on FABO.-L8
Lol you asked, I asked.
Well. To be honest, asking that many simple questions was a dick move. You showed that you are either an old fart that doesn't know how to use the internet, or you were just being a dick.
[/QUOTE]"2. Stick welding automotive sheet metal: what current would you run? How much space between each weld run? How long to let an area of sheet metal cool off before another run? What stick for tack welds, what stick for the welds? (Automotive sheet metal)
Stick is for building tractor parts...."
Stick welding has it's place in structural welding, but other than that, there is really no reason to use it if you have other means of welding.
I just think it was a better method than MiG welding sheet metal.
Unlike aviation welding, the school was mostly geared in structural welding with a short stint mig welding.
In this hobby I see myself using tig for rollcages or aluminum (intake manifolds or cylinder heads) and enjoyed the penetration that stick welding gave in my limited experience (11 months).
I guess it can be viewed asking questions after being offered is being a dick?
Personally if I offered my expertise I wouldn’t **** on somebody for earnestly asking. The idea is an expert is offering help-use their generosity or spend a week sifting through YouTube where I personally find a ideas/beliefs often touted as facts.
It is no big deal if you don’t know some of those questions-I doubted that you had torch experience or much mig experience if you worked in the aviation field (which I figure is like my submarine welding-precision), but maybe it was possible that you did.
If you are offended, Probably don’t offer next time. Not everyone tip toes around others’ feelings. I apologize for being a dick.
Best wishes.
I wouldn't apologize to that punk. He's not near as important as he thinks he is.
You got THAT right! Maybe he is in his own mind. LMAO
Well. To be honest, asking that many simple questions was a dick move. You showed that you are either an old fart that doesn't know how to use the internet, or you were just being a dick.