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Instructions
1. Assign on the pigskin drudge gloves and safety glasses.
2. Turn on the bench grinder.
3. Hold the tungsten vertically with one end pointing directly at you while keeping the tungsten at a 45-degree angle. Press the tungsten against the grinding wheel. Examine the grooves that the grinding wheel placed on the tungsten. The grinding marks should be running straight down towards the tip of the tungsten.5.
Evenly rotate the tungsten with your fingers while the tungsten is against the grinding wheel. Slowly change the angle of the tungsten from 45-degrees to 15-degrees while rotating the tungsten around the wheel of the bench grinder.4. Place the tip of the tungsten in the water to cool the tip.
Continue grinding the tungsten as described in step 3 until the tip is needle sharp and two to three times longer than the diameter of the tungsten electrode. Dip the end of the tungsten back into the water to cool the point.
6. Flip the tungsten. Repeat steps three, four, and five to sharpen this end of the tungsten as well.
7. Insert the tungsten into the TIG torch. Repeat the process of sharpening the tungsten when the tungsten loses its fine sharp point.
