Tig welding cast iron

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I've seen quite a few threads on welding cast iron. I posted this question over on Welding Web. And watched a few videos on You Tube. And did a little reading on the subject.
Got some 1/8" A2 Aluminum Bronze yesterday. I ordered 1/16", and 3/32". But the Post Office lost those rods.:mad:
I did a fillet weld on 1/4" flatbar. Set the Dynasty 300 on AC, and at 150-AMPS. I read where Jody set the balance at 95%, so this is what I did.
As you can see the 1/8" rod was a little big to weld the pipe cap to the coupling.
Never done this before. Pretty :cool:
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Just saw this topic over on WW. Some really nice links were supplied on the topic. Nice results. How does one keep from getting into the base metal with TIG though. I guess I need to watch Jody again.
 
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What I learned along the way, was just heat the base metal enough to melt the filler. Couple times I melted the base metal before dipping the filler rod.:eek:
I was shocked how easy this stuff is to run!:cool:
 
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What I learned along the way, was just heat the base metal enough to melt the filler. Couple times I melted the base metal before dipping the filler rod.:eek:
I was shocked how easy this stuff is to run!:cool:

It IS pretty--beautiful bead, in fact!

Amateur Question: If the base metal is not actually puddling, isn't this technically brazing (as one would do with oxy-acetylene) rather than welding?

Thanks,

My Hoe
 
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Amateur Question: If the base metal is not actually puddling, isn't this technically brazing (as one would do with oxy-acetylene) rather than welding?
Yes, it is. But brazing doesn't roll off my tongue as easy as welding. :D
 
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Do you absolutely have to have AC to make this work or would it work on DC? Or would siclicon bronze be more the ticket for DC?
 
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Nice welds-oops i mean braze/tig

that is interesting filler rod , looked at some on ebay and the description of uses included repairing ship propellers,bearings and even piston heads.
 
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Yes I had watched Jody's video a while back. I watched it again to see what all I forgot. Silicone bronze works on DC and he runs beads with DCEN but the aluminum bronze pretty much needs the AC according to Jody.
 

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