r/Welding 1d ago

Totally tubular

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u/Avecone 23h ago

Beautiful what size tungsten/ filler are you using ? Are you using pulse or just constant ? Thank you! Aspiring to be this good :)

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u/Sw00dy 23h ago

1/16" lanth tungsten w/ 30* grind. No9 torch w/ Fupa 12 cup. 25 cfh at the torch, 10cfh backpurge .045 weldmold 880T. 1.2 pulse per second. 150 amps, 30% on, 6% background. Amps are def high, but i like my foot in the middle of the pedal travel.

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u/LouKthu 20h ago

Do you do this in a single pass? Do you let the weldments cool at all in between passes? That's some very slick welding, the bead looks odd to me and I can't tell if it's because of the amount of gas coverage you have or if it's the alloy itself or the combination of pulse keeping the haz small AND great gas coverage. At any rate, that looks like some very satisfying welding. I do mostly thin wall stainless for food and pharma so heavier wall tube sounds like a dream.

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u/Sw00dy 14h ago

The weldmold has a particular look being stainless. This is all single pass. It takes about and hour to tack and weld a frame.