biggest thing i've learn about your welding... is that what had walked in on the last minute of your video... that is something i have a hard time learning how to weld together............. a family... video might be 7 years old.. but the "stack of dimes of 6010/11" can not compare it. blessed be him with a good heart, and a S.O.B. that can put a weld down smooth.
Great vid Jody, as always!!😀 I have to say I haven't been welding long, maybe 8 months, but everything I've learned , have been from watching your videos! Thanks for your AWESOME way of explaining things in an easy to understand way that makes sense!! I hope to be able to make it to fabtech 2017 and see you there!!😀
Jody is the second luckiest man in the world. I am the first with my family! Great video Jody and I will try out everything I've learned from this video the next time I have my everlast fired up. I haven't migged in a while and am itching to get back at it.
hey jody just wanted to say thanks for the tips and tricks. I just started welding school last month and am getting better fast useing the tips from your video. My teacher asked me if i had prior exper. welding because i already knew quit a bit, I told him no sir, I just watch jody at weldingtipsandtricks😁
Dude. You were born to weld. I have been a boilermaker for about 15 years in Australia . I have seen a lot of your vids and while I have seen someone slightly better at any weld you do , I have never seen anyone as good as you across the whole welding discipline. Keep up the great vids mate.
If only I had material to weld as nice as that. I work in a concrete plant, paint, rust, powder, varying material thickness, 1/8" to 1/2", AR plate, galvanized, very awkward angles in confined spaces, standing on i-beams welding sideways overhead... absolute nightmare. I mainly stick weld, but certain projects I get spoiled and get to use a wire feed, but even that can be a pain in the ass. Best weapon for many jobs, Miller Maxstar... Love those little bastards. Trying to talk my boss into a Caddy Mig as the 12VS is just too damn heavy. The only positive is that the welds don't always need to be perfect.
hey Jody I have let my welding students watch your videos in class thay love them if you ever get down south it would be great if I could get someone like you to talk to them you are one good welder my friend I've been welding 22 year's I appreciate you showing people there's more to it than just striking a Arc
looks, like you just woke her up ... :-) Took a look on Amazon Austria for your Lincoln PowerMig 210 MP, but they asked "Are you looking 4 something special?" :-) I'm a bit envious, as my old MIG has no Electronic and nearly no adjustments - just a very unsensitive wire-speed and a 6 steps-switch up to 360 Amps. I think that mashine tought me a lot to rely on some kind of subconscious zen-spirit, as I had to do the rest by myself. You even learn to tear back in the right milisecond to have no burnback of the wire a.s.o. ... now you no, why I looked for Lincoln in Amazon ;-) Thanks for your videos! I have loads of work to do, but when a video of yours arrives, I sit down and relax for some minutes . . .
Jody you are indeed a very lucky man. Count your blessings my friend. and thank you for all of your videos. I bought my first everlast welder and have learned how to weld because of you. It has opened some new doors for me.
Hey Jody, I think you made me cry;). Thank you for all your info through the years. Im a fabricator/ welder by trade. Its a pleasure watching tips and tricks from you. Take care of your better half, thanks.
I have 20 years under my belt welding I hold three welding certifications with the Canadian welding bureau "CWB" 15 years of 20 I worked fabricating wood stoves. Most of the welds are run vertical down on 1/4 inch plate we used 100% cO2 with .35 wire. CO2 is probably the best gas to weld vertical down it penetrates quite well much better than argon mix gas . Only drawback with cO2 is it needs to have a flow restrictor. But overall cO2 is pretty good gas for down hill welds with good penetration.
Just wanted to pop by and say, you are doing a great thing sharing your wealth of knowledge here on RU-vid. I will soon (pending on entrance times!) be going to college to tackle a welding pathway to learn the trade. I feel like I have already learned so much just watching your videos already. Thank you!
Thanks Jody, actually taking the pipe test tomorrow. Your videos are very helpful, also bought one of your tig fingers a couple years back.. helps when welding boiler tubes. Thank you.
Hey Jody, love your videos, I always watch them all. Up here in Canada (Alberta) we use a process called STT for all almost all of our heavy wall steam piping. Since our oil is so cold and deep in the ground, companies will actually pump hot steam down the wells, and to reduce turbulence in the pipelines they found that using wire roots in the field work best. It's a very similar process to mig.
when I was welding pipe with hard wire I had an 5/32 gap 1/16 land .45 wire 98-2 gas 265 wire speed and 19.5 volts. beautiful 3/16 bead on the inside for the root and 1/8 of height perfect, man good times.
Another great video. I just bought a Hobart 210 MVP based on your recommendation, to replace the Eastwood 135 that finally crapped out after 5 years. Looking forward to applying the stuff I've seen in your videos!
Did an open root 3G test yesterday with .035 mig downhill plate was 1/2" thick and ran the root pass on 15.5v and I want to say 230 wire speed. Pushed out nice!
Super helpful video. Every video I have that shows me welding down hill results in tons of troll/hate comments lol. i will start referring them to this video! Thanks Jody
True. Take a look at some of the downhill pipe welding videos around. Holy cow there are some world class jerks that want to comment saying how awesome they are that that you can't do downhill in the "real world". And that it looks terrible. Never mind that practically all oil and water cross country transmission lines are done that way.
Where I work 90% of the parts I weld are laser cut and bent on a brake press, so I have to do a lot of open butt joints and outside corners to join the seams. So this is actually pretty common for me.
Good idea using 1/8th" metal for practicing the open root pass. I'm practicing for open root 3g gmaw up on 3/8" plate with 3/32 gap and land with 37.5 bevel. The root took the longest for me to get decent. 190ipm on wire feed 18-19volts seem to work for me and other students. But we practice vertical up.
Lincoln and STT......couple videos on here recently with guys using that....36" or so pipe....2 welders, 2 mig guns on each....welds look like sub-arc when done.....100% automated...welders just use hand-held control pendants......watch welds and maybe make slight adjustments......
Hey Jodie, Another great vid mate, Just wondering you that you've got the mig out again, is there any chance that you can show us some aluminium pulse mig work and settings please... Put it on the long list of video requests that you have!!!
Rmd is getting pretty common especially with these natural gas plants being built every where we are using this on all of the supply lines and its very effective and productive.
Thanks Jody for another great video. This is a great technique to master, especially for guys like myself who often cut pieces a little too short! Haha, jk......or not.
Jody what was the gaurd you used on the first shot on your support hand, I like the look of that. Thanks for a great lesson, it's great to see you and your wife are still happy!
I have to do vertical downhill for a test at my job. But they want the root, the filler,and the cap all downhill. My problem is ever time i get about 2 inches from the bottom on my cap the puddle start run from me how do i stop this from happening? I tried to trun the temperature down, and move faster. I got it to stop running from me but i failed the bend test before it even started to bend my coupon. PLEASE HELP!
hey Jody quick question..I know you did a video on macro etching...not using house hold products ..what is the best thing to macro etch with ...great video
the best thing to etch carbon steel is diluted nitric acid. it only takes about 3% nitric using water or alcohol to really bring out the weld. however nitric acid is not that easy to get and is hazardous. naval jelly rust remover works fine too but just take longer.
Hey Jody. Love all your videos but I have yet to see you do (I think) an alu mig video/series. Particularly interested on your take on the process and your thoughts on spool v push/pull option. Keep up the great work!
i work with pipe alot and dont always get the best fit up due to some weird angles, and have filled gaps up to a half inch. How bad of an idea is it to do that?
Please help me I have a CT-312 and the TIG function is terrible. It was working fine until one day the gas tubing to the torch melted after a 1 foot butt weld. I replaced it with tubing and 8 awg stranded wire and how I have porosity on every weld no matter how clean it is. Flow is at 15 Cfm no leaks in the whole chain and I don't get any orange soot around the weld. I feel like I have tried everything Please help guys. Note I am sure Im using 100% argon
great video Jody as usual. I have a question about the root size. what is the absolute biggest root gap that can or should be attempted to be welded in this way? thanks so much for sharing.
hey buddy want to ask about a welder it's called a easb es95i tig and stick wanted to ask if you heard of it and do you think it work fine just need an honest answer don't have a lot of money to be spending ??
biffex same fit up of either pipe or plate 1/8" gap, feathered edges but colder settings (volts & wfs) and a cresent moon motion, is how I weld uphill. And maybe a little preheat. Hope this helps a little.
hello jody, big fan here. i got one question, i have allways been thought by my teacher and boss that you are not suppose to mig weld downhill, he says its becouse when its start to rust it will break of, have you heard about this and is it true? Thank you from Norway.
there are definitely applications where downhill mig is bad. but for open roots with a bevel and gap, it is an acceptable practice as long as the procedure and welder are qualified. All passes after the root are uphill
Every man should feel that way about his wife. She be like, I'm goin' to bed, you gonna be out in this dirty, smelly, cold workshop till' midnight or what? He be like, naw baby, I'm with you!
not take away from this posting... but I know a lot will watch it.. Im returning to the FAB business and the company uses pure CO2. U aced the test eyes closed.. literally.. The arc was so low that even on my lowest setting I could barely make it and the joint out.. running a base miller auto darken.. any suggestions for TINT settings or a new helmet that will make this better?
