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Old 11-29-2018, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by crystallographic View Post
The old-school master craftsmen builders who use the TIG-tacking, use it prior to gas welding the panels. Guys like Jim Hume, Phil Remington, Tom Hanna, Don Edmunds, Don Borth, Dick Troutman, Nye Frank, etc etc.

Maybe the new guys are doing load tests on tack welds ... and this is not making any sense to me.

Good techniques can be misused / misapplied.
Hi Kent. Why would they tack with Tig prior to gas welding? Surely that's counter productive in terms of time taken etc? I'm curious as to what would the benefit be?
Thanks, Matt
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