Second day with tig welding. I'm learning strictly on browsing various welding forums and practicing. I'd like to get more experience before I start welding more complicated things like piping. I've tried welding two pieces of pipe but stopped every 1/4 of the pipe.

Below is a pic of my weld on two pieces of 1/8" walled stainless square tubing with with beveled edges and about a 3/32 gap. Gas is pure argon set at 15cfh, tungsten is red 1/16", filler is 3/32 308l, using a #6 welding tip. Any constructive criticism will help.

I started understanding and watching my HAZ. The HAZ in the pic is about 1" wide welding at low amps so I can work on torch control so penetration isnt great.

 

I don't know much about tig welding, but they at least look nice.

 

looks awsome for you being new to tig

 

your not a new welder. dont turn this site into honda tech. ---- yourself

 

it's decent for the second time gtaw. Keep practicing and you'll get good at it real quick.

 

Looks great. The only advice I can offer is make sure all your metal is very clean. Make sure you sharpen your Tungsten properly. Make sure you resharpen your tig immediately after contamination the tungsten, IE Spladder on tip, touching material.

 

A little too much angle on the torch at the end,but not to bad.

 

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Looks about like a good solid n00b weld.

Ideally you want to add more filler so the weld is slightly convex, not concave. And your hand isn't that steady - yet - but it looks damn good for your experience level. You've about mastered structural on the thin walled RHS, time to work on the cosmetic.

 

What do you know about welding GAS boy?

 

Here for the **** I see.