lets post up random facts about tig welding that each of us know.

first off, dressing your tungston makes a huge difffrence in how your weld will trun out. do it properly and save your self a headake, make sure to get the grane runing top to bottem on  your tungston, not side to side or at an angle. belt sander highly recemnened to do this (i don thav eone but will soon!)

second, properly clean, prep your work. iv found tig is uber picky that what your welding is cleaner than a witches nippel befor u try to weld it.

ok .. no everyone keep the ball rolling, i wnat to here about proper ways to back gass, and other rad tricks i have yet to get into!...

The only thing that I can think of to help would be to use a piece of copper on your metal work table reverse the polarity of the welder, and tap the foot pedal enough to get a bit of an arc to round out your tungsten when you plan to weld aluminum.

This might be obvious to all of you......?

FOOT PEDALS.....  BLAAA!!!  set the heat right and its not needed.     the biggest thing i can tell you is be patient and keep a good rythem,  as in how fast you move to how much you dip your rod.  the smoother you are with those two the better your welds will look.  oh and a tip on aluminum tig...  just bacause the weld looks good (a row of quarters) dosent mean its strong.  most of the time to get really pretty aluminum welds it actually welded too cold and dosent penetrate through.  penetration is critical in alum due to its soft nature.  and alum weld will brake in a heartbeat if you dont have good penetration.  i dont have the prettiest alum welds in the world but you cant brake them in a vice with a hammer.  trust me my boss put it to the test.  iv been tigging for 7 years so ask me whatever you want and ill try and give you a good anwser.

fo shizzle!