Made a test pipe
 

Well I've been tig welding for about 3 weeks now. About 1 hour a day or so.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37...h_IMG_2747.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37...h_IMG_2744.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37...h_IMG_2743.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37...h_IMG_2742.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37...h_IMG_2741.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37...h_IMG_2740.jpg

Still not where I want to be yet but it's getting better day by day.

Thanks for looking!

Re: Made a test pipe
 

Looks almost as good as my splattery flux-core.

j/k, looking very nice. I wouldn't be able to tell you've only been welding 3 weeks.

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what machine are you working with, the welds look really nice, good work.

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I suck at welding bungs, I always get them too hot and they warp, even when I turn the wire speed and amps down on my tiny Craftsman welder. Your bung looks good (I'm expecting that to be quoted and butchered btw).

Re: Made a test pipe
 

Thanks for the comments.

The machine is an Inverter fusion 200hf, a british made machine. It cost me about $1400.

Yeah I find the bung the most difficult to get a good consistent bead as the nut is flat and the tube is round so there's always a gap to work with. Getting better at it though.

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----, I gotta get me one of those TIGs....My fluxcore slut cant hold a match to that :S

Nice job BTW.

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Weld the bung when a plug/O2 is threaded in.

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I did and it still happened. When I unscrewed the plug it ate the threads.