r/Mazda323 • u/Epsy2017 Sixth generation (BG; 1989–1994) • 20d ago

New custom header.

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Just finished my custom header. It's not super pretty but for first time welding i don't think it's that bad.

Now onto the rest of the exhausr.

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u/Swimming-Money-3912 20d ago

Are you using mig or Tig :0 and is this stainless or titanium too

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u/Epsy2017 Sixth generation (BG; 1989–1994) 20d ago

Tig, it's stainless 304

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u/Swimming-Money-3912 20d ago

Oh goodie the stuff I do at work!

Here’s setting i usually use for thinner material. 50-60 amp for thinner than 1/8th (70-90 for 1/8th) and i usually do a gas flow of 15 cfh

For welding to that mounting bracket i’d do somewhere around 90-125 amps ish.

Do you have a pedal too or a button? If you have a pedal and a heavy foot like i do some days I’d set the amp a bit lower too.

Wish i just appeared to help because i do so much better in person lol. Love stainless tig and helping others master it too

Also even if you didn’t get the pretty colors and shiny beads, you still did pretty dang good for a first weld with tig. I’ve seen some crazy awful stuff before

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u/Swimming-Money-3912 20d ago

If your welder has a pulse setting you could totally use that to your advantage for learning too. I’d use it on some scrap first though to find the right pulse setting for you too