Machine = Miller Syncrowave 350LX
Gas = Argon @ 18 cfm
Tungsten = 3/32" 2%
Filler = 5356
Material thickness = 1/8"
Current = 75A (not full throttle)

It was my first time welding aluminum today. These beads were after 1/2 hour of practice. Let me know what you think.

Thanks in advance, and sorry for the bad pictures.

Soroush

 

very nice... good control in such a small area.

 

looks good

 

looks good. not to shoot you down or anything, but running a bead on aluminum is far easier than joing two pieces and running a bead down a joint. looks like you got the hang of the straight bead on flat metal down...so try doing a joint now!
Kyle

 

looks good...

 

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Kyle</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, I agree with you. Too much heat and you'll blow holes streight though a 90* joint, kind of like melting a piece of plastic with a lighter. I actually started on joints a little bit after I finished those beads. I started an aluminum catch can. I'll post pictures of that when I finish it.

Thanks everybody for your feedback,

Soroush

 

nice welds

 

what's your ballance setting at ??

try a little more ballance, and a little more amp's, dunno what thickness you where welding, though, look like your bead is not flat enough,


you got to do a butt, or square joint to really show a good weld's, on AL, welding on flat plate don't mean a really good representation of your usual weld's

overall, really good job though, only need practice.
hope this help
Kranked

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kranked91dx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what's your ballance setting at ??

try a little more ballance, and a little more amp's, dunno what thickness you where welding, though, look like your bead is not flat enough,


you got to do a butt, or square joint to really show a good weld's, on AL, welding on flat plate don't mean a really good representation of your usual weld's

overall, really good job though, only need practice.
hope this help
Kranked


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Thanks for your feedback.

I think I have the welder set at the proper settings. The thickness is 1/8", as mentioned in the first post. I don't think I need more amps. The reason the beads look cold is because of the camera and lighting in the room. I put the pieces of cardboard over the piece to get rid of the glare a little but, but it doesn't help much.

Here are a few more pics for the height/width comparison. I'll post a few pictures of the joints when I finish my catch can.

 

Yepp,

look great from another angle! I think you have it good in the machine setting.
altough, I thing you could use a little more ballance to get more cleaning trough the bead.
you bead will look shinnier a bit

all in all, it really look good, post pic's of the catch can !

- later!
jp

 

You were right kranked!

I changed the balance from 3 to 5 and it made a big difference. I felt like it was easier to control the puddle and weld. My catch can unfortunately got scrapped. I'm not sure what happend to it, but it wasn't where I had left it off. I'll make another one.

Here are two pics with the higher balance. Ignore the big chunk of filler at the end of the beads. I left a piece of filler rod in the puddle to use as a handle, which I later on cut.

 

Great ! those look very nice,

smooth all the way, good cleaning and shinier bead, that some nice work's.

more ballance will cause less penetration, much more cleaning action, meaning that the spread area in width of the string will be larger ( dunno if this sentence make sence, I'm french... might sound's weird a little ) oxide will be on each side of the string.

I often do a pass on 3% overall ballance, to get full penetration on my root pass, then I get the second pass on 8% over all ballance, this will give a smoot, almost chromed bead, bead will be wider than the root pass, but will be much more estetic.

Glad everything turn's well for you !
Now go on, make a nother catch can and post it, Lol

Kranked

 

nice for the amount of practice

 

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll post pictures of the catch can when it's done.

Soroush

 

they suck...you should quit. lol

good **** meng go weld some more stuff...

 

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good **** meng go weld some more stuff...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Who let you in?? LOL

Thanks Jay.

 

Not bad...

 

Looks good. Your just like me though and got the wavy line. Getting a steady straight line is a PITA.

 

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Yes, I agree. My hand isn't the steadiest when I'm just "laying" beads, but my welds come out pretty streight if I have a reference line to weld on/along, like when doing butt joints, tee, lap,....

 

alot better than what ive done


Modified by deryck324 at 8:02 PM 2/21/2006