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More silly questions TIG.
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F Murtz
2021-10-16 06:10:13 UTC
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Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
Any one help?
John B.
2021-10-16 06:38:36 UTC
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Post by F Murtz
Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
Any one help?
You might try https://weldersmanual.com/tig-welding-polarity/ as a
beginning.
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Cheers,

John B.
F Murtz
2021-10-18 04:06:29 UTC
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Post by John B.
Post by F Murtz
Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
Any one help?
You might try https://weldersmanual.com/tig-welding-polarity/ as a
beginning.
Eureka!! negative, now alluz I got to do is figgur out current and
how to get a 79 and a half year old to maintain a steady arc to a
miniscule exactitude
Jim Wilkins
2021-10-18 10:47:48 UTC
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Post by John B.
Post by F Murtz
Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
Any one help?
You might try https://weldersmanual.com/tig-welding-polarity/ as a
beginning.
Eureka!! negative, now alluz I got to do is figgur out current and
how to get a 79 and a half year old to maintain a steady arc to a
miniscule exactitude

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Ernie Leimkuehler suggested practicing by moving a washer around on paper
with a pencil without making a mark.

r***@aol.com
2021-10-16 14:12:28 UTC
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What size tungsten are you using and at what current?

Randy
Post by F Murtz
Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
Any one help?
Snag
2021-10-16 17:48:21 UTC
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Post by F Murtz
Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
Any one help?
Go to YouTube and look up the Welding Tips and Tricks channel . Look
there for his video(s) on "scratch start TIG welding" .
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Snag
Let's Go Brandon !
z***@delete.com
2021-10-16 20:43:05 UTC
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Post by Snag
Post by F Murtz
Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
Any one help?
Go to YouTube and look up the Welding Tips and Tricks channel . Look
there for his video(s) on "scratch start TIG welding" .
Or you might try electrode NEGATIVE .
Snag
2021-10-17 01:39:09 UTC
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Post by z***@delete.com
Post by Snag
Post by F Murtz
Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
Any one help?
Go to YouTube and look up the Welding Tips and Tricks channel . Look
there for his video(s) on "scratch start TIG welding" .
Or you might try electrode NEGATIVE .
Well , you must be talking to the OP , because my TIG welder is and
always has been set up with the torch hooked to the negative . It also
has all those bells and whistles the OP was lamenting the lack of .
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Snag
Let's Go Brandon !
Jim Wilkins
2021-10-17 11:46:59 UTC
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Post by Snag
Post by F Murtz
Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
Any one help?
Go to YouTube and look up the Welding Tips and Tricks channel . Look
there for his video(s) on "scratch start TIG welding" .
Or you might try electrode NEGATIVE .
Well , you must be talking to the OP , because my TIG welder is and
always has been set up with the torch hooked to the negative . It also
has all those bells and whistles the OP was lamenting the lack of .

Snag
Let's Go Brandon !

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I have a Square Wave stick/TIG welder with a switch that select DC Electrode
Negative (Straight Polarity), AC, or DC Electrode Positive (Reverse
Polarity). I was taught to TIG weld steel with the electrode negative, so
the heat of the arc goes mainly into the work, and only switch to positive
to ball the tip of the tungsten before welding aluminum with AC.

The arc is negative electrons that deposit their energy where they hit, not
so much from where they leave.
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