Zero thumbs down as of posting this comment. This is not just a result of your quality and informative videos but also the supportive and unified community you have built. I am proud to be a subscriber and look forward to being apart of your continued growth. Thank you Justin for the outstanding content and thank you to everyone reading this. Semper FI -Gunny
Dude, thank you for the information. I have done some mig, stick and even a little oxy acetylene welding but I inherited one of these Lincoln tig 185s and didn't have a clue where to start. Now I at least have some base line information to start playing around with it.
I really enjoy your videos because you are talking to regular people who may not know so much. I went to school for metallurgy. And ended up working in automation. I wanted to weld but I got paid better in automation. I have the Precision Tig 275 with the pump and the pulse panel. I have done a few repair jobs. But never had a job as a welder, I found your skills with the rocket stove very impressive. Keep em coming I will be back.
Love your videos man! I run a machine shop and can machine anything, but I’ve always wanted to learn how to weld. I love for a decent TIG welder in my shop but it always seemed so intimidating to learn. Your videos have helped me out a ton and I’m going to give it a shot. Being able to weld will save me from having to machine everything from billet. Haha. Sure bullet parts look cool, but it costs so much money in material haha. Anyways, thanks so much for making these videos, I’ve been watching as many as I can!
Dc+ on a tig machine is usually used to ball the tungsten for a/c welding. Some aluminum welding can be done with dc+ and helium, but I've never had any real success with it.
I have this machine and also a 325 TIG inverter machine. The 185 is simple and very smooth. I use 3/32 tungsten and 1/8" Aluminum filler. It handles most in the home shop welding and is very simple to use. Welds are crisp & bright. I am thankful that my machine is not one that had the dial amp problem. I would not upgrade to another Lincoln because they knew about this problem and should have fixed this instead of ignoring. 👇 I think Miller would have took the bull by its horn and fixed the problem if it was a machine they produced.
Welding of Titanium also in (AC) Alternating current too... Enjoyed the video, great job man. keep up the good work!!!🤘😎👍 #WeldLife #AlwaysWelding #StayWelding #Welder4Life 🇺🇸👨🏭✌
Got that same machine and enjoyed your vid....subbed! Tried to weld some 1/4 aluminum last weekend and failed... Believe my amps was set to low....125... probably should have took it up to 170+ but I'm a greenhorn.
The cleaner your material is the easier it is to weld especially aluminum. Also aluminum welds at a significantly higher amperage than mild steel and stainless.
What about the machine itself? Lincoln is one of the high-end welders. I'd like a machine for occasional hobby use that can do most things well enough, but doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Are there any good "chineeziums" you would suggest? Thank you.
"Heliarc" is a register trademark of the Linde division of Union Carbide Corp. They developed the process. Heliarc is now owned by Esab Welding Products.
You are the man! I love your videos! Just won't where was the clamp, I guess, was attached to the table? So the table need to be stainless steel or Aluminum is fine because is conductive too?
Hey thanks! Yeah it was clamped to the table, I’ve only really worked in mild steel tables tops but anything metal would work I would think. I’m not really sure on aluminum though on if it would effect anything.
Honestly in this video I don’t remember, but most likely an overhead boom shotgun mic. Lately I use a lav mic on my shirt. Doesn’t sound as good but more versatile.
pro tip ( im not a pro by the way ) NEVER just hard open your bottle like that. Did you see and hear how hard that steel ball in your flow meter hit the top ? The top of the flow meter can crack or fail completely. Just think of the kinetic energy that ball has when that gas hits it that hard and fast. You might be better served to just slowly crack the bottle open until the flow meter is full of gas so as to not shoot that steel ball to the top like a rifle shot. Im more than baffled that you don't know much about tig welders and their associated consumables but your welding skills are more than just a beginner ! Subbed
At 11:23 he keeps saying the flow meter reading in Psi, That is Wrong, 20 on his guage is 20 CFH, cubic feet per hour. Here in Australia, we measure flow in Litres per minute, there is about 2.1 CFH per litre per minute, so, 20 CFH is about 9.8 litres per minute. In what I weld, I rarely go over 8 litres per minute.
Sorry, you have just spent 20 minutes adding to the confusion on the internet. I'd rather you ran your tests and told us wat works, than saying you don't have a clue (e.g. the different types of tungsten electrodes)