So this is pretty typical for me and aluminum... I was seeing this before with the 180SD, and now with the Dynasty 200DX...
None of my welds are going to have people thinking "Did HAWK do that?"
but 2 of the 4 are at least "ok" in my beginner book... The big thing that I can't explain is what causes the "explosion" of black crap all over the place found on the weld that is 2nd from the left... I ran all 4 beads with the same tungsten, same settings, same technique, etc. and 3 of the 4 went smoothly, the other was a complete disaster.
balance = 75%
freq = 140Hz
3/32" 1.5% lanthanated, sharpened tip
pure argon at 20 scfh
5356 filler
6061 base metal (which didn't get much cleaning/prep honestly)
any ideas? feel free to rip me a new one, I'm not on here for pats on the back, I'm here to learn!!
Thanks,
Jeff
None of my welds are going to have people thinking "Did HAWK do that?"

balance = 75%
freq = 140Hz
3/32" 1.5% lanthanated, sharpened tip
pure argon at 20 scfh
5356 filler
6061 base metal (which didn't get much cleaning/prep honestly)
any ideas? feel free to rip me a new one, I'm not on here for pats on the back, I'm here to learn!!
Thanks,
Jeff
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