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<blockquote data-quote="patooyee" data-source="post: 391927" data-attributes="member: 483"><p>I was using the 5356 because the machine came with a crap ton of it. I guess that means the previous owner did a lot of cast aluminum welding. It did come with some 4043 and it does a lot better but I need to get some more of it.</p><p></p><p>This was just practice trying to weld on something round since the genesis of this whole project was a radiator I am about to need to weld some round mounting pucks onto. This was about 3/8 wall welded to 1/4 plate. You can see I was getting the a/c balance action.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.patooyee.com/miscpics/tig/alpractice2.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Stacking dimes on flat 3/16 plate. The crappy welds at the top were what I was getting when I tried to use that old package of 5356 rods. That crack at the top right made me realize I need to feed a little extra rod at the beginning of each weld, too.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.patooyee.com/miscpics/tig/alpractice3.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Just seeing how big a gap I could fill if I had to. (I couldn't get my phone to focus on it for some reason.)</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.patooyee.com/miscpics/tig/algapfill.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Some steel I was playing on my first day. I'm a little better now with the thoriated tungsten. I forgot I took these the other day, didn't take any steel pics today.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.patooyee.com/miscpics/tig/steelpractice1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.patooyee.com/miscpics/tig/steelpractice2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patooyee, post: 391927, member: 483"] I was using the 5356 because the machine came with a crap ton of it. I guess that means the previous owner did a lot of cast aluminum welding. It did come with some 4043 and it does a lot better but I need to get some more of it. This was just practice trying to weld on something round since the genesis of this whole project was a radiator I am about to need to weld some round mounting pucks onto. This was about 3/8 wall welded to 1/4 plate. You can see I was getting the a/c balance action. [IMG]http://www.patooyee.com/miscpics/tig/alpractice2.jpeg[/IMG] Stacking dimes on flat 3/16 plate. The crappy welds at the top were what I was getting when I tried to use that old package of 5356 rods. That crack at the top right made me realize I need to feed a little extra rod at the beginning of each weld, too. [IMG]http://www.patooyee.com/miscpics/tig/alpractice3.jpeg[/IMG] Just seeing how big a gap I could fill if I had to. (I couldn't get my phone to focus on it for some reason.) [IMG]http://www.patooyee.com/miscpics/tig/algapfill.jpeg[/IMG] Some steel I was playing on my first day. I'm a little better now with the thoriated tungsten. I forgot I took these the other day, didn't take any steel pics today. [IMG]http://www.patooyee.com/miscpics/tig/steelpractice1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.patooyee.com/miscpics/tig/steelpractice2.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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