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  1. How to change your TIG Torch Consumables

    How to change your TIG Torch Consumables

    R-Tech’s Ben Steger demonstrates how to change the consumables in a TIG torch and swapping a standard setup to a gas lens setup...
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  2. Welding Talk – Choosing a TIG Torch

    Welding Talk – Choosing a TIG Torch

    In this week’s Welding Talk we help you decide whether to go small, medium or large with your TIG torch, or whether gas-cooled ...
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  3. Welding Talk – to Pulse or Not to Pulse; Is That Your Question?

    Welding Talk – to Pulse or Not to Pulse; Is That Your Question?

    To Pulse or Not to Pulse?. Is pulsing a must-know technique that you must learn as soon as possible? Or is it an esoteric indulge...
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  4. Welding Talk - Choosing Tungsten Electrodes

    Welding Talk - Choosing Tungsten Electrodes

    This week we’re looking at Choosing Tungsten Electrodes. Which one is right for your TIG project and should you choose single-p...
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  5. Welding Talk – TIG Cups; Ceramic of Glass?

    Welding Talk – TIG Cups; Ceramic of Glass?

    If there’s one process that brings out personal preferences and polarises opinions about welding accessories and consumables, i...
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  6. Welding Talk – Gas Purging

    Welding Talk – Gas Purging

    Have you been trying pipe welding with stainless steel for the first time and noticed unwanted discolouring due to oxygen contami...
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  7. Welding Talk – Welding Dissimilar Metals

    Welding Talk – Welding Dissimilar Metals

    This week Welding Talk introduces you to welding dissimilar materials. Whether it’s mild steel to stainless, or ferrous to non-...
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  8. Welding Talk - Reducing Spatter in MIG Welding

    Welding Talk - Reducing Spatter in MIG Welding

    The difference between spatter and splatter is real and important. The New Oxford Dictionary of English defines spatter as to ‘...
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  9. Welding Talk - Choosing a Welding Helmet

    Welding Talk - Choosing a Welding Helmet

    Choosing a welding helmet correctly is one of the most important things you can do for your safety and productivity in an amateur...
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  10. Welding Talk - TIG & MIG Brazing Basics

    Welding Talk - TIG & MIG Brazing Basics

    This week’s Welding Talk will be on Brazing Basics. Maybe you’re new to metalworking and believe brazing’s right for your f...
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  11. Meet the Welder - Dave Flew

    Meet the Welder - Dave Flew

    In the middle of the countryside in the South-West of England there is a garage, Where we meet the welder, Dave Flew. We popped o...
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  12. Welding Talk - Welding Defects

    Welding Talk - Welding Defects

    Avoiding common welding defects We all know that any weld is only as good as the material preparation, welding technique, equip...
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