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    From F Murtz@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 16 17:10:13 2021
    Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
    with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
    frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
    I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
    a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
    Any one help?

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 16 13:38:36 2021
    On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:10:13 +1100, F Murtz <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
    with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high >frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
    I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
    a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
    Any one help?

    You might try https://weldersmanual.com/tig-welding-polarity/ as a
    beginning.
    --
    Cheers,

    John B.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 16 10:12:28 2021
    What size tungsten are you using and at what current?

    Randy


    On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:10:13 +1100, F Murtz <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
    with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high >frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
    I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
    a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
    Any one help?

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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to F Murtz on Sat Oct 16 12:48:21 2021
    On 10/16/2021 1:10 AM, F Murtz wrote:
    Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
    with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
    I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
    a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
    Any one help?

    Go to YouTube and look up the Welding Tips and Tricks channel . Look
    there for his video(s) on "scratch start TIG welding" .
    --
    Snag
    Let's Go Brandon !

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Snag on Sat Oct 16 13:43:05 2021
    On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:48:21 -0500, Snag <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 10/16/2021 1:10 AM, F Murtz wrote:
    Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
    with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
    frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
    I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
    a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
    Any one help?

    Go to YouTube and look up the Welding Tips and Tricks channel . Look
    there for his video(s) on "scratch start TIG welding" .


    Or you might try electrode NEGATIVE .

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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Oct 16 20:39:09 2021
    On 10/16/2021 3:43 PM, [email protected] wrote:
    On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:48:21 -0500, Snag <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 10/16/2021 1:10 AM, F Murtz wrote:
    Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
    with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
    frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
    I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with >>> a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
    Any one help?

    Go to YouTube and look up the Welding Tips and Tricks channel . Look
    there for his video(s) on "scratch start TIG welding" .


    Or you might try electrode NEGATIVE .


    Well , you must be talking to the OP , because my TIG welder is and
    always has been set up with the torch hooked to the negative . It also
    has all those bells and whistles the OP was lamenting the lack of .
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    Snag
    Let's Go Brandon !

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  • From Jim Wilkins@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Oct 17 07:46:59 2021
    "Snag" wrote in message news:skfus8$fs$[email protected]...

    On 10/16/2021 3:43 PM, [email protected] wrote:
    On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:48:21 -0500, Snag <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 10/16/2021 1:10 AM, F Murtz wrote:
    Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
    with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
    frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
    I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with >>> a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
    Any one help?

    Go to YouTube and look up the Welding Tips and Tricks channel . Look
    there for his video(s) on "scratch start TIG welding" .


    Or you might try electrode NEGATIVE .


    Well , you must be talking to the OP , because my TIG welder is and
    always has been set up with the torch hooked to the negative . It also
    has all those bells and whistles the OP was lamenting the lack of .

    Snag
    Let's Go Brandon !

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    I have a Square Wave stick/TIG welder with a switch that select DC Electrode Negative (Straight Polarity), AC, or DC Electrode Positive (Reverse
    Polarity). I was taught to TIG weld steel with the electrode negative, so
    the heat of the arc goes mainly into the work, and only switch to positive
    to ball the tip of the tungsten before welding aluminum with AC.

    The arc is negative electrons that deposit their energy where they hit, not
    so much from where they leave.

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  • From F Murtz@21:1/5 to John B. on Mon Oct 18 15:06:29 2021
    On 16/10/21 5:38 pm, John B. wrote:
    On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:10:13 +1100, F Murtz <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
    with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
    frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
    I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
    a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
    Any one help?

    You might try https://weldersmanual.com/tig-welding-polarity/ as a
    beginning.


    Eureka!! negative, now alluz I got to do is figgur out current and
    how to get a 79 and a half year old to maintain a steady arc to a
    miniscule exactitude

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  • From Jim Wilkins@21:1/5 to John B. on Mon Oct 18 06:47:48 2021
    "F Murtz" wrote in message news:bp6bJ.202564$[email protected]...

    On 16/10/21 5:38 pm, John B. wrote:
    On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:10:13 +1100, F Murtz <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Every time I strike arc The tungsten turns to a blob.I am trying steel
    with argon.When ever I ask google it goes on about foot pedals ,high
    frequency sparks and all manners of crap .
    I just have an inverter with no bells or whistles just a hand piece with
    a knob to turn gas on, and I connected tungsten positive.
    Any one help?

    You might try https://weldersmanual.com/tig-welding-polarity/ as a
    beginning.


    Eureka!! negative, now alluz I got to do is figgur out current and
    how to get a 79 and a half year old to maintain a steady arc to a
    miniscule exactitude

    ------------------------

    Ernie Leimkuehler suggested practicing by moving a washer around on paper
    with a pencil without making a mark.

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