16 gauge

dont mean to hijack!

 

No i wanna learn. So post up questions. Hopefulky more expetienced people chime in in the threaf.

 

Have you practice with 1/8" thick aluminum at all? Aluminum is tricky it soaks up a lot of heat to get a puddle started then you have to back way off. Is your peddle variable or nasucally an on/off switch?

 

There is, the syncrowave, lol! I have the 210, it works great for my needs.

 

I'm pretty sure all peddles are variable, that's the whole reasoning for them, to control your heat with your foot instead of your finger (finger control).


Jake and Black,

Try adjusting your heat up to 200 and use the peddle to practice making puddles. Get the arc started slowly and slowly increase your heat to build up the puddle. You'll be amazed at the heat ranges you're going to use when welding aluminum, even on the thinner materials.

This video is great, he's a pretty good weldor to. Check out at around 1:30 where he's using a metronome to keep track of his filler dabs. Keeps them in motion and consistent. Most of all, look at the angle of his torch and stick out of his tunk, very important

 

The alphatig got really good reviews, but there was suggestions on upgrading the pedal, I wasn't sure why.

 

I am not familiar with AlphaTig. It is recommended to upgrade the pedal though. There are fixes, here's a video I found, entertaining to hah.

Here's a thread about it http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php...-pedal-problem

 

Speaking if pedals. I bought my welder with the "fancy" cordless pedal. Neat idea but the damn thing eats batteries. I will be buying a corded one shortly.

 

Haha, we have a wireless pedal at the shop. They don't get much use, I prefer the button.
It's nice and all but I prefer wired. That's what I have at the house for both my machines as well as the button.

This is "the button"
Miller RMS-14 On/Off Control 187208

 

I'm about tempted to get a mig and call it good. Tig is kicking my *** lol