Tig Weld Carbon Steel flash tacks 18 ga outside corner settings

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Flash tacks are a quick way to tack weld sheet metal outside corner joints, lap joints, and butt joints.

Using around 1.5 times the amperage required to weld the joint, a very quick burst of amperage is used to tack without filler metal.

A very tight arc length is used also and the method that works for me is to prop the cup on the joint, rock the sharp tip of the tungsten in to touch off on the metal, then rock it back just enough to have a slight gap and zap it.

Either by a quick full pedal bump, or torch switch.

And since no filler metal is used, 

The main concern is to make sure there is absolutely no gap.

I also advise practicing on some scrap metal first to prevent blowing holes in the actual live part.

Once you get the hang of it, flash tacking speeds up things,

It works great on carbon steel, and stainless steels but I dont really recommend it for metals that are crack sensitive like aluminum and nickel alloys.

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WELD PROCESS = TIG, GTAW, GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING

METAL TYPE = CARBON STEEL

THICKNESS = 18 GA

WELD TYPE = CORNER FLASH TACKS 

JOINT TYPE = CORNER JOINT

POSITION = ALL

AMPERAGE = 90 amps with foot pedal ( pump pedal very quickly or use panel amperage that uses pedal as switch)

TUNGSTEN = 2% LANTHANATED, 3/32"

FILLER WIRE = NONE

POLARITY = DCEN

GAS FLOW = 10 CFH argon

CUP SIZE =  5

PRE FLOW = .5 SEC

POST FLOW = 3 SEC

ADDITIONAL SETTINGS = 

TIPS: prop using cup with very little electrode extension.

rock cup in until tip of tungsten touches metal.

then rock cup back to leave a very small arc gap

pump foot pedal quickly with amperage set to 1.5 thickness being tacked.

practice on scrap if its your first time using flash burst tacks