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Default TIG Welding 6061 aluminum

On Aug 30, 10:28*pm, Don Foreman
wrote:

I'd say somewhere between 150 and 200 amps, but watching the puddle
will quickly tell you when you have it right. *

Ernie recommends one amp per .001 inch of thickness and then some
variation depending on configuration. So if you think of this as kind
of a butt weld that has been oriented strangely.........well that
would be about 250 amps.


Dan