tips for custom headers

[67camarokid97]

Some tips:

For butt welds, grind your tungsten to a very sharp point. Say around 20º and don't put a flat on it. That will widen the puddle and give you better directional control. It will also lessen penetration to a slight extent. I think i may have been grinding my points too long.(it looks more like a sharpe pencil tip than anything)


What size tungsten are you using? 3/32"

What size filler were you using? .035"

If you have a pulser, use it on the butt welds. I dont know what a pulser is

Don't try to go further around the tube than is comfortable. Lots of well done starts/stops looks a lot better than long but shaky welds.

^^my responses are in bold, because i decided adding stuff in bold was esier than typing [quote][quote] a million times

Awesome help! im definately going to do a lot more practice before i start making my own headers and using em. like you said if im gonna do em, i gotta do em right.

and lastly the welder, and all the steel i use etc. is supplied by my school. can i get a good/decent tig welder under 2 grand? (i browsed some other posts and that seems to be about what im gonna spend) Im a college student so money isnt exactly something i have much of right now.