leed

Why is it not bling blang HT shiny?
To much heat?

SpankedYA!

Clean your meatl with a wire wheel that only cleans the stainless. Then use some acetone on it. How many amps was that at? Whats your argon flow? Do you use a gas lens?

leed

Its a Smiley, the big **** is set to a C-hair under Nog, or 120. Whats a gas lense? lol The pink shroud?

BoosTedZSix

thats a cup

SpankedYA!

Back that thing down to around 85-90 amps. Clean the metal better. Run your gas around 16-20. Go get a gas lens. Take your torch to the local welding supply to get the right one. I believe you have the same 17 torch and all the parts are standard. You need a gas lens and a new cup. The parts are cheap. Under $20 for everything. I buy lots of different size cups. You dont need the gas lens if you don't want to bother. It only helped me a bit.

Here is without the lens.

88dx

because you are a 6th grader :P U get the HT bling after the JB cures all the way

RSWEPN

Can someone post a pic of a Gas Lens please, ive read it on alot of forums but never seen one.

FooK

dave you nog ,you shoulda migged that ---- dontcha know.

leed

Went down to a local welding supply place and checked out the gas lense's. Seemed like a good idea, but they did not have the right size in stock.
Ended up turning the voltage way down, and the welds are turning out pretty sweet at 80-90.
The baller status top mount in the CRX is taking on a pretty sexy shape.

LSD Motorsports

nice, good to hear, seriously dave, cleaning the materials and tungsten makes all the difference. Also as you get better and steadier with your small z's, you can move faster and yield some nice rainbows. You may even be able to bump the amps down a little more then you can keep the pedal full throttle until you get the technique down. Its just less things to worry about. Lastly make sure ur adding more filler, the picture you posted is well undercut and is bound to crack, so work on that.