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Greetings,
Many of you will recall my
past whining about not being able to weld. I decided to buy a nice ($$$)
TIG machine, and all the supplies to go with it, and I've been determined to
learn how to use it.
My first practice session
was short, thankfully, because I got the nastiest "sunburn" you can
imagine. Lesson one, when they say don't have any uncovered skin in the
vicinity of the TIG arc, they aren't kidding. Despite the sunburn, I
managed to stick a few pieces of steel together.
After receiving an order of
the proper welding attire, I spend a couple hours Sunday setting off the fire
alarm in the garage. I spent most of my time on aluminum, and had some
pretty good success. There were also some dismal failures, but all in all,
there was hope.
Today, I tried to correct
some problems. Mostly, I cleaned the joint areas much better than
before, and it actually all started to work like it's supposed to
:-)
I've still got a lot of
practice to do, but I'm starting to feel like I will actually be able to weld my
intake when I get it ready. I apologize to those who don't care, but
I was so excited that I had to share. Actually being able to weld
something is a real milestone for me.
Cheers,
Rusty (but will it work on
cast aluminum)
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