Said it had been a while, I’m not really sure what he was aiming to do exactly

Hey I’m a product design student currently working on a product for new/ diy welders to help them learn the skill more proficiently I’m am winding any one has used any jigs or aids to do do this, or what you found most difficult when it came to learning the skill, thank you any discussion are welcome just looking for some conversation.

We took two new packs of welding wire, but after a few clean layers, we found rust inside. We struggled with the settings for a long time until we looked inside and realized what was causing the problem.

First time ever welding with no prior training/experience guided with 15 minutes of YouTube tutorial. Also for people telling me to grind the paint before hand, I already did. Just did a terrible job at the weld it self

Cheap machine with a shitty ground that I've already repaired a few times, really just need to rebuild it with twice the size.

Tig welding titanium and needing some ideas on keeping the metal in an all argon environment while welding. I have a back purge set up for tubing but nothing set up to do flat stock. I was thinking like a Tupaware container with steel or aluminum in the bottom and just feed argon in from the bottom to keep oxygen out
Building a transmission mount and crossmember for an 8hp swap into an f-body
Thanks in advance to anyone

6010 stick welding

I’ve been welding stainless steel and carbon steel for a year now, and I’m certified in both. Next year, my boss wants me to get certified in copper welding and furnace pipe welding as well. To be honest, I’m a little nervous about it because it’s definitely not as easy as welding stainless steel or carbon steel. 😂
For the copper heat exchanger, I used 130 amps, 0.5 liters of argon for purging inside the heat exchanger, and an argon flow rate of 14 liters per minute at my TIG torch. I used pure argon, not an argon-helium mixture, because we only use the argon-helium mix for our qualification tests.

I also want to mention that I’m not a walk-the-cup welder. I weld freehand because walk-the-cup is prohibited at our company.

Honestly, I found welding copper really difficult. It feels like you’re blasting one spot with 130 amps for three minutes straight, and absolutely nothing happens. Then, as soon as something finally starts happening, everything melts away really quickly. 😂

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