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Old 02-09-2019, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Robbo303 View Post
Yes very good info. Definitely easier to tig tack sometimes with the free hand to hold in place and the tig cup pressing the two pieces together. Also on aluminium no flux to remove if any planishing is required saves a bit of messing.

Yes, and you only have to tig the back side of your welds to get the full penetration, so you save all that time spent wiping off the flux.
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