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Tig question
Peteff - 1/6/07 at 09:32 AM

I've just been reading tig specifications, what is the difference between 2T and 4T and when are they used?

Peteff - 1/6/07 at 11:39 AM

I'll get back to reading the book

Mark Allanson - 1/6/07 at 07:03 PM

sore thunb? - what exactly are you doing with your thumb?

omega 24 v6 - 1/6/07 at 08:22 PM

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sore thunb? - what exactly are you doing with your thumb?


Usually grinding through it sorry Mark But it had to be said

Peteff - 1/6/07 at 10:27 PM

Holding the button down on 2T I think

omega 24 v6 - 1/6/07 at 10:32 PM

I find that on 2t as I'm concentrating hard the harder I tend to press the switch. (crazy but true) as a result it can get a bit crampy so i can relate to the "sore thumb".

907 - 2/6/07 at 05:44 AM

I've worked in engineering as a welder for 30 odd years now and never met a Tig
welder that used their thumb on the button.

That even sounds awkward.

Paul G

omega 24 v6 - 2/6/07 at 09:32 AM

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That even sounds awkward.

Works for me, but then I can be an awkward cnut sometimes. There's more than one way to skin a cat and all that.

Mark Allanson - 2/6/07 at 09:46 AM

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Originally posted by 907
I've worked in engineering as a welder for 30 odd years now and never met a Tig
welder that used their thumb on the button.

That even sounds awkward.

Paul G


Thats what I thought, I have always used forefinger, holding the torch like a pen. I used to work for Camel of Cornwall, we made the stainless steel pyramid on the top of Canary Wharf, but they wouldn't tell us what it was until it was installed

907 - 2/6/07 at 10:01 AM

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Originally posted by omega 24 v6
quote:

That even sounds awkward.

Works for me, but then I can be an awkward cnut sometimes. There's more than one way to skin a cat and all that.





Absolutely.

So many things in welding are down to personal preference.

Paul G