Hello - Our shop inherited a Miller Syncrowave 250DX (air cooled) and we are new to TIG welding, but are experienced stick, mig...etc. We have read the manuals and a lot of general stuff from Miller, but we wanted to hear from experienced welders about general setup. Can someone let us know what is a good machine setup for practicing beads on 1/8" Aluminum plate? We have 100% Argon. Not sure what amperage or tungsten would be best to get our feet wet. Also, I assume that the "AC" setting is what we should be set at on the machine. Thanks for any and all advice!
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If you are going to do any significant amount of aluminum welding, you will want to ditch the 17 torch for something water cooled. I use a CK #20 on mine with a dynaflux cooler that I picked up cheap on Craig's List. I agree with Terry and I like to go with a 1/8th tungsten. I use 2% lanthanated (blue band). Set polarity to AC, set process to TIG, set amperage control to remote, set contactor to remote, set the HF start to continuous, I start with balance on #7, set post flow to around 30 seconds, set your amps around 150, leave the pulse and spot timer off.
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