Tig Welding Automotive Sheet Metal

If using the finger switch on the tig welder i like to set the machine to a fixed 50 60 amps for sheet metal work.

Tig welding automotive sheet metal.

Tig welding sheet metal forget the larger 1 8 inch tungsten electrode and use a smaller one. Using this process enables more than effective work on thin materials as it provides high precision and high quality work. Tig welding for sheet metal using a tig welders means that one can work on materials of 26 gauge. Ditch a 1 8 inch tungsten electrode for something much smaller like 1 16 inch tungsten.

Nevertheless the quality of the finished work produced by the tig welding is by far better than that produced by an mig welder. The tungsten inert gas tig welding process is much slower and difficult to do as compared to mig welding. The diameters down to 020 040 and 1 16 inch tungsten are popular. But using this method also requires some practice and practice advice in order to understand it.

Ceriated tungsten are preferred with thoriated tungsten as a second option. I use a 1 16 red electrode and either 030 or 035 tig filler rod. Because it will have you a lot more control over the whole process and it is more forgiving in case you do anything wrong.