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Default Granite, Glue, Sandpaper, Emery, and Silliness

On 11/3/2017 12:25 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:


**** I'm the same way with MIG welding aluminum.Â* I have to remember how, and
for anything important I get some scrap and make some practice welds. Often you
have to weld so fast its hard to control.Â* I don't know diddly about TIG.


I had years of oxy-acetylene experience before I got a TIG. Paint & body shop
stuff. I was up and running in two minuets. I found I could weld thin aluminum
without the weld puddle falling on the floor. Nothing like having current
control on the torch handle.