Dynasty 200DX

[fun4now]

Hawk

did ya forget the pic or do we gota come to your place to see them

[rb455ho]

tig beads

HAWK, I am predominently doing t-joints and try as I may my freezeline spacing is smaller. I will try a wetter puddle and some smaller filler rod. I am not unhappy with my current results at all I just like learning from the pros as I am not one.

[rb455ho]

filer rod

HAWK, I see according to your post your filler rod is 1/4 the size as compared to the material being welded thickness. 3/8" material, 3/32" filler rod. I tried a fillet weld and was able to emulate your bead easier than when I tried a T- joint weld. I believe I am using too big of filler rod.

[HAWK]

did ya forget the pic or do we gota come to your place to see them

James,

You are welcome to visit my shop. However, I did not post the pic since it was in the "TUNGSTEN GRINDER" post, but I can... I am sorry.

By the way, this weld is not mine. A good friend of mine was passing through town. We have similar welding styles though I must admit he is a better welder than I am. I have only met a couple of guys on par with him. He spent a few minutes playing with my machine and testing filler.

I had been having problems with the color match. The color with the 4043 is still off, but not as bad as the 5356. It seems like the 4043 had a better color match and a smoother flow on this 6061 alloy. I usually use the 5356, but for some reason it did not do well with this specific alloy.

[HAWK]

HAWK, I see according to your post your filler rod is 1/4 the size as compared to the material being welded thickness. 3/8" material, 3/32" filler rod. I tried a fillet weld and was able to emulate your bead easier than when I tried a T- joint weld. I believe I am using too big of filler rod.

Rob,

I have always had better luck with the 1/16" and the 3/32" fillers. I will use 1/8" on 1/4" AL and thicker, but was out at the time.

[fun4now]

Hawk

thank's for the invite. i was just funnin ya about the pic. i did go looking for it but now there are 2 tung. grinder posts and 1 is like 4 pages so i never found it.
too easily side traced i gess

that is a sweet looking set of freez puddles. looks like there will be lots to play with when my dyn. gets here. i like that you can verry the apearence so much cuz i realy like the look of a nice bead and cant wait to start playing