16 replies to this topic

[JonnyBMX]

ey guys,

been doing a bit of tig welds. did quite a bit welding some beads but didnt take any photos,

what do you think of this? please be critical i need to know exactly what i am doing wrong, personally i feel i am going a little to fast etc and i know there are wobbles in place,

also please note i stopped half way along

[danie garry]

that looks good to me, learnt a bit of tig not so long ago, very easy to get a pretty weld but it can be a ******* to get a good strong weld! that looks pretty good though!

[miniQ]

Looks good. Especially if that's your first time. A few mistakes... but something time will fix.

What you planning on TIG'in? Or just fancy learning/having a go at it?

Edited by miniQ, 14 September 2012 - 09:57 PM.

[tiger99]

The weld looks very good, as far as it goes, and if just for welding practice, is one you should feel quite pleased about. If it was on thinner plate it would be very nearly perfect. However, on such a thick piece of metal, you would need a much larger fillet for full strength. That is no criticism of your TIG technique, just that what you are welding is very thick. You would fairly easily build up a bigger fillet by putting two or three runs down, side by side, on top of what you have done. You would need to weld the reverse side too, of course. Of course, not everything needs the full strength that the material thickness is capable of.

[JonnyBMX]

Will load some more pics up! Yea tiger I need to get hold of some 3mm all my plates 1.6mm or there abouts! This was litrally just a practise never TIGged b4 in my life but I'm okay at mig abd arc do thought I would bite the bullet abd buy the ac/dc TIG, planning on welding stainless zausts and me abd my m8 have some plans for some polo gearboxes :) anyways will load some more pics shortly

[JonnyBMX]

Will load some more pics up! Yea tiger I need to get hold of some 3mm all my plates 1.6mm or there abouts! This was litrally just a practise never TIGged b4 in my life but I'm okay at mig abd arc do thought I would bite the bullet abd buy the ac/dc TIG, planning on welding stainless zausts and me abd my m8 have some plans for some polo gearboxes :) anyways will load some more pics shortly

[tiger99]

I will be very interested to see what you are doing with the Polo gearboxes. Looking forward to your next pics. I do like to see nice welds, and TIG is the nicest looking of them all.

[JonnyBMX]

been doing a bit of ally,

ignore the top half what you think?

Edited by JonnyBMX, 23 September 2012 - 07:19 PM.

[antcole]

The tig is a beautiful weld once perfected.
The pic in the original post is lovely, theres something very satisfying with a nice smooth weld. Looks great mate.

As long as the penetration is sufficient, the only knack is perfecting even pools and a nice straight line.

Practice makes perfect, i think the tig is under used.... although its not the most practical in those tight, hard to reach areas.

Edit* and spotlessly clean fresh metal to weld to....

Edited by antcole, 23 September 2012 - 07:54 PM.

[JonnyBMX]

Yeh to be honest can't beat a bit of welding got a mig, TIG and arc but only qaulified in mig and arc

[tiger99]

I like the look of those! There is something about TIG and ali, the welds just look right somehow. You don't get that with any other process. MIG leaves a lot of spatter.

[JonnyBMX]

more pics to come tonight hopefully been making some real progress neally outa gas though best get myself back down to BOC to get it refilled or possibly get the bigger bottle

[JonnyBMX]

more practise

[CGilmour]

This is Looking good mate! This will come in handy when I need my next exhaust made up

[JonnyBMX]

yes chris, just give me a shout when u want summin welding up, as u know ive made some very good progress stainless and ally lately so i will be able to sort you something out :) just need to get down to BOC to get some more gas ahah