***Rookie tig welders chime in!!!***

[KingDingaLing]

anyone else a rookie tig welder like myself? i figured i didnt wanna post in other people fab threads with my pics with questions so ill just do it here



like anything else i know Tig takes plenty of seat time, tonight i took a shot at welding aluminum for the first time. not to bad in my opinion. i love the even look of welds when its a consistent same size bead all the way down. ultimately i wanna achieve that.


anyways, any tips or good methods would be great, i find it to help when i manually pulse. i dont know if thats bad?anyways below is a few pics from tonight. keep in mind its my first time ever welding aluminum.lol

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee199/fatshlong/017-1.jpg


http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee199/fatshlong/015-1.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee199/fatshlong/016-1.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee199/fatshlong/018-2.jpg

[dsack]

looks good to me..
pm me i need some custom stain less steel bars tig welded
together..break you off a lil $$

[all_motor_mike]

looks good to me for not doing it much, its all seat time. u just get better the more u do thats all there is to it.


mike

[honduh_head]

not bad for your first crack at it... lots of things i could tell you, but it would be easier over the phone. always welcome to call me

[mugenhatchie]

Here are some things I have done at work on a lincoln 175 Squarewave. I am pretty new at tig so be forgiving lol:

Coolant tank for my s13
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5378/imag0025ys.jpg
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/6976/imag0026d.jpg

Some SS coolant pipes and charge pipes for a Detroit S60. This is the first time i welded stainless. I swear I burned several sets of not so pretty gray welds before I was even getting somewhat devent results.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7861/imag0036i.jpg
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4999/imag0037r.jpg
http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/7629/imag0033.jpg
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8287/imag0034d.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3028/imag0035p.jpg

Manifold adapters for a 6.6 Duramax going to twin GT3582R's
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3849/imag0002j.jpg
http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/4064/imag0003d.jpg

And my stainless test/practice piece
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9833/imag0031i.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/4626/imag0029fh.jpg

BTW AMM mike, you had welded some fuel and methanol tanks for our duramax a while back. You work serves as constant inspiration for me to keep practicing. You are seriously bad ass!

[all_motor_mike]

funny i just got off the phone with jason 5 mins ago, i guess im gonna be doing some stuff for a mustang his class is putting together now also. i was gonna say hey thats a 02+ 60 (egr cold delivery pipe gve it away) u made that piping for but u said it above the pic. im guessing u know im a detroit tech??? stainless and aluminum look ok, some people can pick it up in no time and some take a while to get good at it, im one of those people that took a while. anyways keep practicing and it'll come to u.


also, the caps i put on those tanks wernt all that great, those were "fuck i dont care what this looks like cause i want to go to bed" welds. jason came over at like 10:00 that night to get those done and i had to get up for work at 6:00 am.


mike

[Mr.Burner]

It looks good rc, the only thing that will make you better is time, and learning from mistakes. But your doin good.

[juan3023]

Not bad for the first time ____keep it up

[mugenhatchie]

Lol, yeah, Jason said you worked with him before at Williams. Never really expected to see you on here because hetold me you were mainly into Neons. Man if those were your sleepy welds then holy hell. I am still trying to get the hang of TIG but like you said, takes practice. Hopefully I will be picking up a Dynasty 200dx for home use soon. Yeah he is building that stang for that TV show. You'll have to give him some shit for being a big tv star now lol.

[all_motor_mike]

Lol, yeah, Jason said you worked with him before at Williams. Never really expected to see you on here because hetold me you were mainly into Neons. Man if those were your sleepy welds then holy hell. I am still trying to get the hang of TIG but like you said, takes practice. Hopefully I will be picking up a Dynasty 200dx for home use soon. Yeah he is building that stang for that TV show. You'll have to give him some shit for being a big tv star now lol.



hes already is a tv star he was on pass time a few years ago in tucson lol! im on neon, honda, j-body and dsm/evo boards cause i have done and still do different stuff on all of them. i know a few guys on here, mainly due to fabbing so thats why i joined. the dynasty is where its at that welder is badass, but shit is it pricey.


mike

[KingDingaLing]

heres another example piece from tonight. teacher kept my examples cuz i guess he thought they were good.


http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee199/fatshlong/anotherpass.jpg

[honduh_head]

nice bead RC, now start doing pipes, cause flat welds are pretty easy when it comes to aluminum.

[mugenhatchie]

Are you taking classes somewhere? I only ask because I am curious about if you would recommend it or not and how much it cost. Looking awesome man.

[all_motor_mike]

looks good OP, pulsed yeah?


mike

[KingDingaLing]

nice bead RC, now start doing pipes, cause flat welds are pretty easy when it comes to aluminum.
already did pipes. didnt get any pics before phone died and my teacher kept them. ill snap some this week
Are you taking classes somewhere? I only ask because I am curious about if you would recommend it or not and how much it cost. Looking awesome man.yeah gcc. i would recommend it. its like 300. 1 day a week. 4 hours a class. basically 16 classes of seat time. if you dont own a welder. its a perfect class to learn. its hard to find people who will just let you sit at there welder and learn using there gas.

looks good OP, pulsed yeah?


mikeno pulse.

[all_motor_mike]

hmm, i thought for sure that was pulsed because of the look of the beads.


mike

[honduh_head]

already did pipes. didnt get any pics before phone died and my teacher kept them. ill snap some this week


wurd

[honduh_head]

hmm, i thought for sure that was pulsed because of the look of the beads.


mike

i dont see much of a benefit of pulsing with aluminum unless you need to get it super hot.

[all_motor_mike]

i dont see much of a benefit of pulsing with aluminum unless you need to get it super hot.


if i need to pulse i just work the pedal, other then that the pulse isnt on when i do aluminum.


mike

[KingDingaLing]

hmm, i thought for sure that was pulsed because of the look of the beads.


mike

fuckin a man your right my bad. i was thinking the settings on the welder. i was barely doing a manual pulse, and i mean barely.

[ICD]

looking good man. can only imagine the shit you have planned once you get this mastered.

wish i didnt throw away my 1 year and last year of welding. my first time lets just say i had my eyes closed. and my teacher yelling at me got dammit ICD iv seen better looking bird shit.
iv had a itch to get back into welding.

[all_motor_mike]

fuckin a man your right my bad. i was thinking the settings on the welder. i was barely doing a manual pulse, and i mean barely.

no i thought u had the machine set on pulse, it has that look to it if u turn the background current down pretty low.


mike

[lil black Ek9]

Hmm I might want to take that class always wanted to learn tig I can weld decent but aluminum and stainless is where it's at. Start building manis and shit. But yea man looks good keep it up dude

[locash]

You know you can walk across the afghan parking lot and use my welder, RC.. I'll make you refill the argon tank, but thats a lot cheaper than buying a welder! :)

[Dead Bird]

You know you can walk across the afghan parking lot and use my welder, RC.. I'll make you refill the argon tank, but thats a lot cheaper than buying a welder! :)

but then i won't get to see him every wednesday :(

[Hetrizoid]

lol damn all those welds are good! And I hope I get to the level of MH and RC. I got alot of seat time coming up in my class at WV so hopefully I can start getting the technique down!

[rsport]

im in the market right now for a tig welder...

[I Hate Import Cars]

You know you can walk across the afghan parking lot and use my welder, RC.. I'll make you refill the argon tank, but thats a lot cheaper than buying a welder! :)

Or just find a gnar deal on a tig welder that is far nicer than anything you need, that's what I did. :) But at least I won't have to buy or put money into one again, hopefully ever!