TIG Welding Aluminum with a Gas Lens

I don't always use a gas lens on aluminum... but for this video, I was using an air cooled 17 style torch so the extra mass you get with a large diameter gas lens collet body helps keep the torch cooler...at least a little bit.
I set my amperage to 200 and used a foot pedal. I needed 200 amps at first but quickly let off to 175-185 amps once the part heated up.
I used a rounded 2% lanthanated tungsten electrode and I often do that when I am in the upper limit amperage for a 3/32" tungsten.

for the outside corner joint, I rounded the tip slightly on a tapered electrode.
for the tee joint, I just let the tip round by itself so that I could direct heat into the root.
hope this helps.

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I have never seen anyone do this online, but one thing I do when teaching aluminum welding, is grab a pair of side cutters and lightly make marks about every 1/2" to 3/4" spaced out lengths on the filler rod, to give people a visual representation of how much you have to feed the rod into the puddle to build it up.

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I want a welding position-er even though I don't need one. No air cooled torch for me Jody, I'll stick with my liquid cooled old HW20. Thanks for the video.

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