[TheForge] Tig welding

Fri Jul 26 11:16:01 2002

Not if you do it on a piece of copper.

Ralph Sproul - Bear Hill Blacksmith
Webster, NH
NH director - New England Blacksmiths
 http://www.newenglandblacksmiths.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Whiteson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Tig welding

> 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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