I have a new project that in past had been mig welded. Stamping company made a new fixture for welding parts and I only need a 1/2" long weld. Spatter has to be totally removed from fixture to locate a new part, also spatter has to be removed from the finished part. I tried Tig welding and was able to get in there and it worked nice with no spatter.
Material is 1/8" steel. Old print called for a weld of .16 and does not specify which welding process.
If I Tig what size weld should be placed on this for I feel a .16 weld was quite large and that an 1/8 will do or even less.
Part does not have really any stress on it.
( I want to be able to share this info with the company, which in the end will make their own decision.)
What about weld strenght mig vs tig now.