Tungsten Sizes

by Harold Kelly
(Gonzales, Louisiana ,U.S)

im using 1/8 tungsten with 3/32 filler welding ss 316 and Inconel625 at 55-80 amps wanted to know would using a smaller tungsten help in anyway or does it pretty much stay the same at low amperages?

by the way love the vids and your post are really helpful.

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its usually best to use pretty much as small a diameter electrode as you can within reason. . arc starts are crisper and there is more control a low amperage with arc wandering.

that said, if what you are doing is working just fine, I would not recommend changing anything.

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