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The day I learned I'd been grinding my tungsten backwards for 6 months
I was at a fab shop in Tulsa watching an old-timer set up his TIG rig and noticed his tungsten was pointed opposite mine. He laughed and said I was basically trying to weld with the dull end. Has anyone else had a basic setup habit that took way too long to fix?
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owens.cameron19d ago
3/32" tungsten every time for 316 stainless. Your old-timer was right about the grind but wrong about the dull end - a flat grind actually holds the arc better on thin material.
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nancy_ross19d ago
Gotta disagree on the flat grind, I've had better luck with a slight point on 316.
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