You can only use pulse in tig mode,dont think it operates under stick mode.You mainly use pilse on Aluminium tig.
I know the pulse function on a TIG/Stick welder is generally used for the TIG. But would stick welding also benifit from using the pulse function.
From what I can figure out, it probably would, as the function of the pulse is to momentarily pulse a much higher current than the base welding current. Which helps with penetration and fusion, without burning through the metal.
Would this be correct?
You can only use pulse in tig mode,dont think it operates under stick mode.You mainly use pilse on Aluminium tig.
The pulse function works on either tig or stick with my welder.
No need to pulse on stick, I've never tried pulse on stick welds but i'd imagine you'd get issues with sticking electrodes and funky looking weld beads.
I use the pulse mode only on very thin aluminium jobs.
Has your welder got a button to switch between stick and tig ?
Yep, and even in stick mode if you have the pulse on, you can hear the machine pulsing.
Get two bits of steel, do half with normal a weld and half with pulse.....see which is better.......problem solved, lol
Lol the problem with that is, to actually see the benifits of a good weld it needs to be x-rayed, for penetration and fusion. Guess I could cut em up....
do both welds, then put them in a press and break them, see which one breaks better. thats how they taught us at tafe.
shouldnt "practice" welds be done and broken at the start of every days work or change of job? just to check your setting s etc etc?
so weld two scraps of the current metals together at what you think is the right setting then smash with a hammer... should bend and break befor the weld fails... or so i got taught?
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