Thank you! It’s been a blessing to have it so far but on the current job I’m on I’m bouncing back and forth between thicknesses and making it real easy to lose track of settings.

Sorry for not responding sooner Aren, yeah you’re right, I got to thinking about it and I had used some flap discs that may had not been intended for aluminum and some other impurities. I managed when I welded that piece to get the bubbles to cease but it took some work

Aren Jenkins I’ll have to sit down the try to install it then. I’m almost done with this job but the next boat needs a whole new bow front on it so it’ll probably get broke in there

Aren Jenkins I have a spool gun set up for my 216 Mig welder but I haven’t installed it nor have any prior experience with it unfortunately. I’ve told myself after this job I’m going to sit down and figure it out. It’d be a lot easier and quicker

Hit a few speed bumps. Tried preheating but eventually found out I guess my IR thermometer can’t be set to the right emmissivity setting for bright aluminum, I guessed at it with a trick I heard a while back about marking the piece with a sharpie and heat till it disappears and welded fine but then the second bump came. Duty Cycle. I could weld a bit and man. That torch and lead got hot quick fast and in a hurry. And then the little light came on telling me it was time to give it a break. Eventually I kept hitting the cycle and was losing heat so I decided to call it for the day. I get off my day job here in a few and hopefully I’ll knock it out and can call the customer. I only have like 3 or 4 behind him and then maybe I’ll be caught up on boats for sometime.

Lincoln Precision Tig 225 with a 17 series torch