Recent content by bamf

I gotcha, yea can't hurt to try.

http://www.sup-remodeling.com/#!FIX-YOUR-DEAD-NICad-Batteries-FREE/c1ela/1 Seems kinda hokey... I've got one that is pretty dead so I may try it just for shits and giggles.

So I got started on my big project and brought home a different tank of gas.... Unless I something else changed I think I had bad gas before. My welds are coming out great on this thing. This is .156 and .090 aluminum, 5083 and 30XX, with 5356 wire (0.030). No brushing after the weld, it is...

I saw the title of the thread and thought it was going to be a 2 stoke go kart.... Nice smoker though.

Went back and watched jody's video ad I really think something is up with mine, even when he was dialing in the settings he was getting significantly cleaner welds. Also on another note, how much tig welding of 1/8 aluminum can you realistically do with an air cooled torch. Assuming the duty...

do you have any pictures of your welds Mitch?

Ok so here are a few videos. The best looking finished product of all of these was the 2 4043 "glob" welds 4043 spray 4043 glob1 4043 glob2 5356 glob/short arc These videos make my welding with this spoolgun even worse that I was imaging in my head....haha The filming was a little...

Probably gonna have to stick with the 5356 cause I have a lot of 5083 I'll be working with. Maybe I can try to make a video of my welding. I'll see what I can do.

So I flow checked at the nozzle and it was identical to the flow meter at the tank. Also swapped the wire for brand new wire from a different manufacturer. Same results as before.

Yea I agree that he's pretty unique. I am not a novice to welding but on the other hand I don't do it everyday. I started welding back in college for the FSAE race team and now do it for mine own personal projects and at work for the times we need something welded (once or twice a month). I...

sberry - I assume that is a picture after cleaning? So you're saying to angle my part and run a bead down the hill? I'll try it when I get a chance but I've tried so many angles and stickouts that I think I would have seen a significant change by now. Toomuchhair - yea I've been pondering this...

Ok so I cleaned the **** out of 2 strips (first acetone then ss brush and only brushing one direction) and there was no noticeable difference. Then to throw a monkey wrench in the mix I realized that I'm gonna need to use 5356 for some of the welding. I did a couple passes with the 5356 (see...

I used acetone then a scotch Brite pad on a couple of them and it didn't make a huge difference, the rest I lightly hit with a ss brush. I'll try to really clean the **** out of one later and see what I get. But I will say that I can get pretty decent results on an uncleaned piece when I tig...

I have been pushing and I have noticed that with as quick of a pace as I can maintain good wetting, the profile ends up looking halfway decent. But still don't seem to get good cleaning action.

Yea DCEP same as the gas shielded steel setup. I even tried it the other way for grins...it's definitely setup right on that. I kinda have been thinking bad gas but I swapped tanks with another and no difference, but both were filled around the same time at the same place so I dont know. Like...