TFS: TIG Simple - 4 Ways to Feed Filler Rod 

I think I've found a valuable source of knowledge with your videos. I'm starting out in the world of fabrication and I love TIG, so thanks for making and putting these videos on RU-vid, your helping me big time. I was shown one way to feed the filler, and man did I struggle with it, not no more after this video! I've just chosen a method from the four you've shown that works for me, and that the one I'll practice and use from now on. - Thanks again man.

Thankyou, time spent listening to you is never wasted.

I am new to TIG and can see progress just from all the info on your videos. Awesom and thank you.

Good little series. I'm sure it will help a lot of people.

Index grip is the grip I used the first time i held a filler without knowing about these different grips. I loved the video.

Bro your hilarious w the kane grip. Way to have a sence of humour.

The Fabricator Series thanks for the advice I'm starting school next week for this and I hope I make a career out of this! But I will cut me a pretty good good wire and bring it home and practice those techniques I will be back to watch this from time to time again thanks for that helpful tip I didn't think of that. But will do that.

That Rush Kane montage is really cool

Hey man, I'm an aspiring fabricator and I've learned pretty much everything from your videos. I'm trying to get better at my tig and your videos are really easy to understand. Keep them coming

Keep up the good work and vids. Wish I could fly to LV for a session.

Not gonna lie the ending got me so pumped 😂

Awesome! I Never knew that there were so many ways to feed your weld.

Holy crap thank you all I knew was traditional or don’t move the filler at all. I’m working on this right now thanks again!

Great feeding tips!

Dziękuję za wyjaśnienie tych kilku metod, pozdrawiam kursantów z Tychów ;)

Great video. Thanks!!

Very informative, thanks bro 😎😎

That’s out there! Cool dude!!!

Thank you for the ideas I get it now thank you so much

Very helpful!

I'm going to give a couple of these methods a go next time I've got the powertig out.

Great 👍 Tips guys

Next time I come to Vegas I'm going to come take a Tig class. Better than just walking around and I really want to learn

Gosh I guess I have to use the bunny ear grip, er I mean the Kane grip, after that ultimately epic montage.

Hey brother I love your show I watch it almost every day...🤘 How about doing a few shows on Spool gun welding on Aluminum. Thanks.

Thanks as always for the info & props for including your fails& giving compliments where they're due to your competition. You're a legend

thanks dude

Don't forget Harbor freight Tools August parking lot sale the 18th - 20th!! lol I can recognize our coupons easily after working for them for 4 years

'Kane grip' inherently moves the rod laterally as it feeds, look at the position of his hand, he seems to use that motion as a dab as he goes, if your hand/wrist rotation is off you will flick the rod off to the side and have a wonky run or just straight contaminate your 'trode. Did a dry run of this for shots and giggles and it requires not only a steady hand (not good if you shake like a strung out meth addict) but guitar player-like dexterity/coordination and takes a while to get the muscle memory/rhythm. Not for everyone, probably only a select few but interesting nonetheless. I clip my rods in half and use a mix of steady and index, so I can feed when I have to but still have the beginner dab control, but I don't do many long runs. Great vid as usual anyhoo.

Please no offense or ill will meant period. Kanekid is good, very good. But 6061 is nearly "God" level and I've been TIG welding for 35 years and He continues to amaze Me. Good video as usual !

It's easier to feed bare hand than with gloves though!! I loved the video.

I think you forgot the other two; laywire and the dreaded wire feeder pen for those of us who don't have full use of our fingers due to "accidents". :-/

Then there's me ... The clutch gripper😭☕ shoving the dann rod in all Willy nilly💃😂😂😂

I just chopped up and press fit a couple Bic pens together while watching this to practice at my desk. A little too fat, but it's handy.

I didn't know it was called Kane Grip, but that's exactly what I used when practicing 5G pipe TIG root pass. It's just the most natural and effective way to do it in that case.

Lucky dude to have this business.

I was taught a fifth way, pinkie on the under side of the one next to it (open & close), thumb and index feeding, the feeding technique can easily change to the dip method as the wire gets too short for this thechnique.

I'm a aspiring welder and if never tiged before the Kane grip feel natural

Would this work with any wire? all I have is solder wire in my house and i'm not at school because it's spring break

Still trying good video dude just started to tig

My advise for the hobby welder that wants to get this down but doesnt weld as a career is to cut a 1' section of filler and carry that MFer every where you go and practice. Thats how i did it now when i tig weld on Bradley's and M1 Abrams tanks here on ft.hood its just muscle memory now. Good video though bro.

What in your opinion is a good Everlast welder to buy for all around welding?

Is that Everlast welder your main welder I am looking to buy a tug welder for my shop and in a aluminum welding class now and don’t know which welder to buy ?

I'm always having the problem, that when i try to do this, the end of the feed wire is wiggeling to much continued by not being able to hold it in the gas flow

I naturally gravitated toward the index grip but I feed with my thumb. I find that the end of the rod swings less this way

Respect for showing that you duffed the rod.....why no F-bombs? I usually let out at least half a dozen on my way to the grinder.

Do you have any advice for blow through on a door jamb when you are full throating? I have to grind out the boogers and make it look not welded. Obviously I realized not to blow through, but it happens. Usually it's 16G CRS and I'm using a Miller 200 hard wire.

AWE SOME

What kind of torch does kanekid use?

What aluminum gauge are you using

I'm new to this. I can do the Kane feed so perfectly good, feeding so steady like from a machine, when I feed with my right hand. But am a righty and I hold the torch in my right hand. I so suck at using Kane feed with the left hand. SO suck, that I can't use it in real welds. Oh well :(

Just started to learn to weld. I am terrible at it....really. So much harder than it looks like most else in life. Anyway, tried tig welding yesterday and had a number of really bright flashes like the end of your Kane Grip weld. What is that? Is that the tungsten touching the rod or touching the filler rod? Actually made it like I was not even wearing a welding helmet...really bright. Love these videos. Really helpful. Cant wait to be able to take hands on classes when this Covid thing ends.

Alright I scoured the comments but didn't find the answer. What is the music from you used for the Kane Kid montage?

wow the timing just got a synergy machine

Do you guys do LA certifications?

I'm right handed and now discovered I feel more comforting holding the torch with the left hand and feeding with the right? is this normal/common at times with your experience in the students you have taught? I just started practicing and not sure if I should switch hands and learn the traditional handed method for a right handed person. Thank you for all your videos and everything you do for the community!

I’d love to take a real class I’m very good at tig

i found pushing the filler rod with my thumb in traditional grip is easier for me rather then pullling with index and middle finger

How do you weld left handed? It’s very hard welding left handed... can you make a video on that or you already made one on left handed tig welding?

The problem I have is when I try to feed, the hot end of the rod is flicking all over the place, not going into the leading edge of the puddle. It’s just not smooth enough as when I don’t feed. Any tips? Thank you for all the videos and demonstrations. Inspiring.

The 'kane grip' he holds his wayyyyyyyy closer, maybe like 3 inches away, that's probably why he has more control and the fact that's he uses most every time.

as much as i want to feed filler wire traditionally, my friend artur itis says nope. and to top that off i have trigger finger in my left ring finger which makes it even harder. gonna try a tig feeder from strong hand tools.

Can you weld a straight line ?

The steady grip is the grip that nearly all professional welders that have been welding for 40 years use. The grip you call tradional grip is not a traditional grip and is not commonly used by traditional welders. The grip that is commonly used by seasoned professional welders is the steady grip. As the rod gets shorter, your hand gets closer to the weld no matter what grip you use.

A weird question maybe - but when your right handed, which hand you hold the torch and which feed?

I don’t think I use any of these. I use more of a ‘ scoochie ‘ method and hold it a lot closer. I don’t know how they can hold it that far back and look like anything. ( unless you’re welding 3/4 inch aluminum at 300 amps or something)

what is the spacing from the rod to the material ????

I'm curious on how u het them shiny aluminum welds. Mine r always dual looking.

Awesome . That kid is a freaking artist .

Couldn't help to notice that 9100XX

my problem is I do not weld mostly at desk :-( then to keep right moving and distances in strange positions is my nightmare, I have both hand in space not touching anything

Been practicing feeding the rod 24/7, day and night. All of a sudden, one night i hear my girlfriends voice: "Honey! i remember it being much thicker yesterday!".

Vegas Strip?

Dub step wasn't loud enough at the end

Awesome video as always. I have a question regarding the roll cage welding/pipe welding you have done. Are the welds full penetration? Every video I watch says the key to roll cage/tube welding is the have the smallest gap possible at joints. Yet when I do that I can't seem to get anywhere near full penetration with my tig welder. I have a decent looking bead, but the inside doesn't show fusion. I know if I had a gap I could get full fusion, but everyone says not to do that. The other thing I always wondered was what is best practice with weld bead size with tig? I took a tig class at the local school, but they never covered what size I should make my actual beads. Aluminum is easy for me in that regard, the bead winds up being fairly wide. My steel welds tend to be half the width of the aluminum beads or smaller. Much smaller than most mig/stick welds I see around on a daily basis. I often wonder if I should multi pass and add another bead. Thanks in advance, and I will gladly share a beer or a pack of filler rod as a thank you :).

RK's your hero ? James WeldBond 00FakeBook welder ?

Bu adam işi biliyor on numara

I must be and odd ball. I advance the rod with my thumb and let it slide along the length of my index finger

Filler rod, pencils, pens..i feed constantly...it's an uncomfortable habit especially when dining at a Chinese restaurant ...those chop sticks sure strengthen up the fingers...i am now a Rush Disciple!

I'm right handed but feel like it would be easier to feed with my right hand and use my left to move the cup

so kane grip is IV style? Just not as terrible of a name since you teach lol XD

@The fabrication Series - Please help me. I am about to weld my first set of headers 304. I received some filler rods from a friend, he is 90% sure that its 308. How can I make sure? What do you do when you mix up multiple filler rods?

HAHAHAHA LMAO... So yeah about 3mins into the vid I paused it & decided to go get a short length of filler wire to practice with. Then bam your like practice practice practice everywhere you go...😂 I'm buying primeweld 225 in a cpl weeks to weld 1/8" 6063 up firework racks. I had a guy doing it for me but he didn't work out so I'm excited to learn the art form of tig welding. Could ya possibly give me basic settings to get me close on the 1/8" as a starting point?

So I use the "Jason" grip cuz it's different then all those lol. That kane feed is wack

I wish I was closer, I'm in Arkansas! Tig is kicking my ass. Maybe I should start on steel, but I'm trying to learn on aluminum and it's stomping a mud hole in my behind! Thanks for the videos! Nothing comes free, you have to keep working at it! How bad do you want it?!

Best feeding method is traditional only you push the rod with your thumb and dont move yoir index and middle finger at all. If you do you are going to burn your fingers alot

I'm an index gripper

Noice.

Whoa, that thumb nail.

Hi how are you sir I am big fan of all what you do to teach us tips and tricks but there is something I need to tell you and I hope you take care of it I am Arabian guy and I know English very well but sometimes I don't understand what are you saying because you're talking very fast So please if you can speak little bit slower it will be great I hope you read this massage Thank you sir

Can't do it never cold

Never pick up rod with lead hand

I could have done without the kanekid addvritisement.

Anyone asks you what you’re doing with the filler rod... just whip them round the face with it, they won’t ask again.

How do westerners not know how to use a chopstick but no problem with a tig rod.

this kane kid could be a surgeon

Mate, I'll work on my grip and you work on your hand hygiene..ok?

why does my filler look like a stick weld lol

The loud music is a no

To hard for me