[TheForge] Tig welding

[Adam Whiteson]

Doesnt scratch start  damage the TIG electrode?

Adam


At 04:50 PM 7/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>You can tig weld   quite handily with a DC stick welder and a scratch start
>torch. We were doing it today, welding the nuts on stainless steel anchor
>bolts of some benches we were installing- gas drive miller welder, set on
>dc, argon gas and a 100 scratch start tig torch. works great on steel,
>stainless, and tig brazing with silicon bronze rod. We use the same torch in
>the shop with a dc power supply when we need to run two tig torches at once.
>It will not work with AC, however. A competent tig welder can adjust to
>scratch start quickly, a competent stick welder likewise. after all, all
>stick welding is scratch start.
>
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