{"id":135,"date":"2008-04-29T14:08:33","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T22:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmenelectrode.com\/?p=135"},"modified":"2008-04-29T14:08:33","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T22:08:33","slug":"weld-like-a-pro%e2%84%a2-tip-tungsten-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2008\/04\/29\/weld-like-a-pro%e2%84%a2-tip-tungsten-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Weld Like A Pro\u2122 TIP: Tungsten Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Arc-Zone.com we offer a free, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=page&amp;id=8&amp;chapter=0\">downloadable PDF on the correct way to grind tungsten in our Welding Library,<\/a> but here&#8217;s some quick tips from the Weldcraft\u00ae catalog to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grind your tungsten electrode  Longitudinally, not radially<\/li>\n<li>Prepare a tip flat<\/li>\n<li>Use a dedicated wheel for grinding tungsten<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/weldcraft-tungsten-tip.jpg\" alt=\"weldcraft-tungsten-tip.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We also recommend a dedicated tungsten grinder for TIG \/ GTAW welding and Plasma Arc Welding (PAW) applications.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=15\">Arc-Zone carries a full line from the handy, inexpensive Sharpie(TM) hand-held tungsten sharpening tool to the more rugged, precise DGP with a fully integrated vacuum system.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Arc-Zone.com we offer a free, downloadable PDF on the correct way to grind tungsten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[33,34,9],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welding-how-to","tag-tungsten-grinder","tag-tungsten-preparation","tag-weldcraft","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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