[Craig in Denver]

When I was doing alum fillets (on 1/8" thick), it took a lot of amps and a lot of pedal. For 1/8" material I set the amps at 200 and pedaled hard, this got the pieces to bridge; the rest was easy. As Hotrodder taught us some time ago, a very short arc length is necessary. Rest your cup on both sides of the fillet (wedged), adjust your stickout so the tu is about 1/16" from the root, then pedal hard. If the puddle bridges to the tu, shorten the stickout a bit. Keep your torch as steep as possible and still see, don't lay it over.

Use at least 3/32" filler (again, on 1/8" material). Trying to learn with 1/16" filler will make you knutz.

As Oldiron2 asked, jump up to User CP and fill in your location. While you're there, identify your welder in your signature. It will show up on the bottom of your posts, where mine says Miller Syncrowave 250; etc.

 

[Craig in Denver]

And please, stop asking people for their location, maybe not everyone wants to share that information. If its important to the question at hand, then go for it. If not, then dont worry about it.

I backed up Oldiron2's request for adding location. Since it's an international forum, many of us enjoy knowing where folks live. I only suggest adding their location when it pertains to the thread. Many new guys don't even know it's available.

Obviously, if someone is hiding from the ex-wife or the FBI, they won't add their location; like you. :drinkup:

For instance, locations I've seen: Australia, Bogota-Colombia, Brazil, south, east and west Canada, China, Croatia, Dubai, Estonia, Germany, Guam, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Gozo Island / near Malta, Mesopotamia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovenia, South Mexico, Turkey, UK, Uraguay, Virgin Islands