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Stainless Steel

Tig welding stainless steel is like an art form. It takes finesse, patience, a good eye, and willingness to follow the rules for welding stainless. What are the rules?

Rule 1...There is an old rule of thumb that says use one amp for every thousandths of an inch of thickness. For welding stainless steel , it takes a little bit less than that. For anything over .125" multiple passes are in order and usually 100 amps is plenty.

Rule 2...never use a carbon steel brush or carbon steel filler rod. The weld might look fine for a few days but soon it will rust and make you look like the slug you are if you take short cuts like that.

Rule 3...get in and get out. Farting around getting the weld going once you light up, or welding really slow builds up heat that you just can't outrun. When you light up, make sure you are ready to weld. Get moving and race the heat. Distortion is a big deal with stainless too and low heat input helps prevent distortion. Low heat input does not necessarily mean low amperage. Sometimes a higher amperage will let you get in and get out and put less overall heat in the part.

Rule 4... use a gas lens . Gas lens collet bodies work better than old school collet bodies. They cost more but they work better. You need all the help you can get with gas shielding because not only the weld, but the hot tip of the stainless steel tig rod needs to be protected by argon. Why? Because oxidation of the hot tip of the filler makes the puddle sluggish. A sluggish puddle takes more amps to flow. More amps means more discoloration, more heat input, and more distortion.

Rule 5... hold a tight arc. A long arc will make the end of your filler rod ball up and blob into the puddle. You don't want that.

Rule 6... Don't chase the puddle.  When welding sheet metal, sometimes the puddle will wander for different reasons like magnetic forces or heat sinks. Stay the course and go straight ahead. Things will settle  in by themselves and be more uniform if you don't chase the puddle. 

See a whole bunch more tig welding tips along with a pant load of other Down and Dirty welding tips. Visit http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/

Where can I find a stainless steel travel mug that has a stainless steel interior?

I can't seem to find any stainless steel travel mugs that have a stainless steel interior. Most come with a plastic interior, which I don't really like. Where can I find the ones with stainless steel interiors?

Try a camping store (don't know which country you live in) but something like Millets or an ex-army store.

Or Amazon...http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aladdin-0-35l-Stainless-leakproof-travel/dp/B0002X73V4

here is one: http://www.surplusandadventure.com/shopscr2335.html

How it's made - Stainless steel ( RO Sub )

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