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There was a pin hole I was chasing around and around and got pissed off so cut it lol

It had a ding in the back and was warped a bit so the pin holes made my decision

Bugga, that sucks but hey you gotta be happy with what ya build in the end

Yeah that's what I thought might try plate it and if it works I'll use it as my fifth mod

Just measured it could try weld a 4 inch sight in

I have faith you will sort it. The rest of it is a piece of art..

Lol it comes down to if I can b bothered and how much money I want to spend lol decisions decisions

I'll cope a bit of four inch out and c if I can weld that on to extend it out this light guaged welding sucks I'm a boily give me some 12 mm plate to weld lol been playing around with the pulse setting on the welder might give it a crack

Sorry for talking to myself on here lol no one in my house cares about my still lol

You have 3 tee's? If so finish it and fire it up. Can always add another down the track :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Yeah three r good thought 4 was ideal for rum

If you have the shits with it finish it with 3 have a play then revisit the 4th tee :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I understand the frustrations with tigging thin stainless. A few of my sightglass tees have a very slight warp on the 4" ferrule closest to where the 3" ferrule juts out. Only out of plumb by 0.5mm but where they are located it opens up a 1mm gap at worst between 2 sight glass tees when stacked. Have had to carefully organise the sight glass tee stack to minimise any gap and used the thickest seals I have.

I recon the pulse will only work in the AC setting.

You can get the bow out with heat if your patient enough.

I'm with you mate a thick bit of plate is much easier. I found the transition to tig a bit of a pain. I'm used to laying on a nice big fillet with the mig or arc then going to squinting to try see this little tiny weld that looks like it will break if you sneeze on it :laughing-rolling: I found the smaller the better with stainless, zero gap and no filler if I can get away with it but the shit will still pull.

Was the pin hole you were chasing at the end of your weld? I found the best way to stop that pin hole right at the end was too turn up the post flow on your gas and sort of lift the torch up a bit to flare the arc just before the arc stops. Make sence?

Good luck with it mate and hope it doesn't give ya too much greef.

Yeah I'll sort it pulse works in dc helps minimise the heat going in but takes a bit mucking about with settings

Started the 4 inch sight got fit up spot on unlike before

Awesome work :dance:

Amazing how much easier it is to weld when the fit up is shmick got it tacked and ran out of argon I'll try get to boc tomorrow

All my other modules I ground the weld down and polished it but was done with a stick welder so now I have just fused the ferrules on not going to bother with grinding it might b an eye saw seeing the weld time will tell

So not happy with three of my modules they are two to three mm out of level due to warping thinking about cutting half way around the ferrule with a two mm disc tap it down and reweld any other suggestions