How To TIG Weld Aluminum - Beginners Guide to Getting Started 

@Justin Voss, oh man you beat me to it, I was just getting ready to call you on it. Lol Great Job keep up the good work.

Or 425 Liter / hour

@@frozenprakash llplde lol nnbb

A number 5 cup really only needs about 10 cfh. 15 certainly won't hurt, but it is using about 1/3 more than needed.

Copy that JustVoss, 15cfh Over

I’m down! Have any cool ideas?

You guys should get Jody from welding tips and tricks and all do one of those round hurricane challenge and let us see who is king of the tig weld. All in good fun of course we love you all. Even man cub can compete.

Wow you obviously have no basic knowledge at all or comprehension about what is taking place. The molten of the metal, you need to feel some of it and you will learn as you get hand on. Stomp the peddle to the floor get that shit heated up and flow, reduce as you go. This is basic commen sense and what separates the men from the boys in understanding of what you are actually doing and trying to produce.

Thanks! Hopefully it will help a few people get going.

All metals are TIG weldable, except zinc which is the plating used on galvanized steel. The short list: steel, aluminum, stainless, copper, brass and titanium. And you can only use Argon or a mix of Argon/Helium for TIG welding. Argon/CO2 is only for MIG.

Glad you liked it

Awesome!

Glad you liked it!

Amen, to that! I just want to learn, not to hear some really bad Euro/Techno shit music. That's why I like Justin's Videos, no BS, just giving a good education on Welding.

You guy rock I bought a 221sti a few years ago. Amazing machine

@@jvmiller1995 Glad to hear it! #weldmeanweldgreen

No worries man! Same has happened to me haha

it's funny hey, I remember in class my teacher also telling me the heat marks on the back were a bad sign but when I did a welding interview at a shop the manager there looked at the back of my plate and told me I needed to put more heat in so I could see the heat marks on the back, denoting proper penetration

@@backwardsyoga lol I’m happy I went to college, but it still annoys me that I find out more and more how much from college is different than the actual field. Overall I’m happy with my experience though, college in my opinion was way easier than high school.

Did it works perfect?

No you are!

wasup my dude. First off, I always use the purple-stripe tungsten. It's just a great all-around alloy to use, but 3/32 is a great tungsten size. If you can afford it, go for a brown stripe tungsten, which contains zirconium oxides that hold an amazing arc. I run 1/4" diamond plate at 135 amps. I like it nice and hot to really suck out all those pesky oxides. This dude in the video is cool but he only wiped down his metal with an acetone wipe. That's ok for some, but a time-tested method I use is spraying down your piece with acetone, letting it sit for 20 seconds, and then brushing the piece with a stainless-steel brush IN ONE DIRECTION. The last part is absolutely crucial, as a back-and-forth scrubbing motion will actually impregnate the aluminum with the oxides you want off the metal. Make sure the metal is ABSOLUTELY DRY before you start. This dude also uses a #5 cup. I don't know how he gets away with that, but for us mortals, you need a least a #7 cup for aluminum. If you can, spring for one with a gas lens. From what I've heard the gas lens makes TIG aluminum better than sex. Make sure your tungsten and filler are also clean. Any dark spots on the tungsten tells you it's not, and that they need to be ground off. Wipe your filler down with acetone, too. Keep your torch angle as close to 90 degrees, like Justin in the video. Hopefully that fixes your porosity problem. As for weld size, that comes with practice, so keep trying and watching the Tube. Happy welding!

I use their pink multi-mix for everything.

@@JustVoss Ok, Thanks.

Thanks, it’s a Blue Demon Pano

In this video I didn’t pump the pedal but sometimes I do. I only backed off it as I welded to keep the bead width consistent.

Steel table with the ground clamp hooked to it yes, as long as the part is touching the table you’re fine. For aluminum TIG, it is welded with AC current and yes it is louder than DC because of the cycling.

Jeff, I have watched ... numerous ... _beginner_ welding videos for all types of welding. As vital as proper grounding is for welding, I am amazed at the vast number of _alleged_ beginner videos which say _absolutely nothing_ ... about grounding. However, I do appreciate the vast knowledge provided by said videos, including this one.

Might be difficult for Justin to reply here but I have had a Boss weld TIG 161 AC/DC/HF unit for about 20 years. There are some pretty "cute" TIG welders on the market for reasonable prices now I've noticed. Good Luck!

@@ianmac86 thanks Ian. I will look up your brand.

Can check out that one Ian mentioned. I also have a video on the AHP alpha TIG 203xi. I think it’s a little over $700 right now. There’s a link in that same video description. That’s the least expensive one I have actually used that also does AC/DC. I’m sure there’s other good ones out there too.

All over the place, sorry I don’t remember. It’s pretty machine/wire specific though so didn’t think it mattered. Plus I wasn’t 100% happy with it yet.