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TIG welding rod size (steel) Ignoramus26857 10-27-2008
Posted by Ignoramus26857 on October 27, 2008, 1:24 am
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 For regular kinds of TIG welding jobs, such as not too thick steel,
would you say that 3/32 is better than 1/8? I need to order some more
rod and I have never tried 1/8" size.

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Posted by Ernie Leimkuhler on October 27, 2008, 6:19 am
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> For regular kinds of TIG welding jobs, such as not too thick steel,
> would you say that 3/32 is better than 1/8? I need to order some more
> rod and I have never tried 1/8" size.

1/8" is massive.

I go for smaller rods over larger, and just run more passes.

My favorite size is 0.045".
Even 1/16" rod seems like a telephone pole most of the time.

The only time i have bought 1/8" rod was to use it as pin stock.

Posted by TinLizziedl on October 27, 2008, 11:08 pm
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Ditto! 1/8 would be like tigging with a flag pole in hand. Have you got
a monster liquid helium cooled torch or something?

1/16 to 3/32 is pretty much all we use.

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Posted by Pete C. on October 27, 2008, 11:46 pm
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TinLizziedl wrote:
>
> Ditto! 1/8 would be like tigging with a flag pole in hand. Have you got
> a monster liquid helium cooled torch or something?
>
> 1/16 to 3/32 is pretty much all we use.

Fascinating, I'll have to try some smaller filler. All I've ever used
was 1/8" and it never seemed too big to me and I guess it minimizes the
amount of filler feeding I need to do. I'm just using a HW-18 torch at
about 150A peak usually.

Posted by Ignoramus13094 on October 28, 2008, 12:16 am
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> TinLizziedl wrote:
>>
>> Ditto! 1/8 would be like tigging with a flag pole in hand. Have you got
>> a monster liquid helium cooled torch or something?
>>
>> 1/16 to 3/32 is pretty much all we use.
>
> Fascinating, I'll have to try some smaller filler. All I've ever used
> was 1/8" and it never seemed too big to me and I guess it minimizes the
> amount of filler feeding I need to do. I'm just using a HW-18 torch at
> about 150A peak usually.

I ended up taking Ernie's advice and I will not use 1/8. Probably it
is the case of to each his own.
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