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    .065" stainless tubing, TIG welded?

    Read up, right here...
    http://www.everlastgenerators.com/fo...-Welding-Video
    Attachment 2433

    The settings for buttwelding .065" stainless that gave these great results were, in a nutshell...

    Quote Originally Posted by jakeru View Post
    large diameter gas lens & cup
    (that big cup, which looks like a #12, takes 30 cfh gas flow! Looks like he is using a WP-17 torch. 1/16" tungsten)
    ...
    butt welding of .065" tubing without pulse
    (he states with 45 amps and a .045" filler rod)
    ...
    butt welding with low speed pulsing
    (he states 90 amps peak, 10% background, 30% pulse duty cycle, and it looks like about ~1.5 pulse per second)
    The solar flux on the inside of the joint is a really good idea, to help your stainless buttwelds get penetrated, and strong.
    Last edited by jakeru; 06-14-2011 at 10:08 PM.
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