I finally played around with my new welder. WOW, TIG is a lot harder than stick or MIG.
My right hand runs the torch but if you lift it off of the sweet spot it messes up the weld and if you dip the rod it contaminates it and you should stop and clean the tungsten. All this while your left hand is dabbing in filler metal at the correct time and speed while your foot is controlling the amperage output by the foot pedal control. All I had were some old fan blades off of an A/C unit to run some tests. This was pretty thin at 0.040" and easy to burn through not knowing what you are doing.
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I didn't get a before pic on this piece but this axle tube had a chunk busted out of it from the rear bolts being loose. This repair wasn't needed but I wanted to try out welding cast aluminum before I try the broken tab on the transmission.
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I ran out of daylight and it was getting cold + dinner was ready so I stopped. I still need to fill in some area's file it to shape and drill the bolt hole out a little. Like everything else it was getting a little easier as I went.