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		shirleyquirk on April 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Beauty of Pulse Arc Welding No it's not, there's no spool. It's tungsten electrode, inert gas. Feed wire and electrode diameters are, like, 0.3mm

1970-01-01 on April 11, 2023 [–]

You're right, I see in the video he has a filler rod and tungsten electrode.

galangalalgol on April 11, 2023 | [–]

Why is it ok to touch the tungsten to the silver, when it isn't ok to touch it to steel?

shirleyquirk on April 11, 2023 | | [–]

Reading the manual it looks like it automatically pulls the electrode back away from the workpiece after the arc is struck.

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