Dude even knows the rest of the world is on 50hz mains, that's pretty rare =) BTW, 220V mains makes a big (positive) difference in welding too, a lot of the cheap cheap welders are 220 only, cause it's cheaper and easier to make than making one for 110V
I'm a welder fabricator in the UK 🇬🇧 I've been doing this for 17 years now! I was 17 years old when I first started weld fabricating and these types of videos weren't around when I first started out!!! I love the way you pass your knowledge on to the new generation that are starting out in this field!! I always found that the older guys never wanted to share their knowledge with the young up coming welders because knowledge is power to them!..... I also share everything I've ever learned with anyone that's wanting to learn the trade, when I'm dead and gone my knowledge will live on
amazing video as usual Jody, thanks for that. my question is how close is your tungsten to the puddle when doing TIG in AC and DC current? it looks like you are actually touching the puddle, but we all know if it was touching it would be smoked! that's my biggest problem, I get as close as I can to the work material, but if I add rod, I run the risk of smoking the tungsten. thanks in advance, jefferson
I typically hold a longer arc on AC aluminum than I would on steel. Just because steel is more forgiving if/when you dip your wick. Also, torch angle makes a lot of difference and can fool you . when you lean the torch back too much, the electrode can be really close to the puddle where the taper stops. The tip can look like its not too close, you add wire , the puddle rises, and before you know it you sputter.
I work in bronze sculpture - but I'm an 'apprentice' - there are no apprenticeships in this field.. Your videos are thorough but no videos explain the delicacy of tig on bronze (being such a soft metal and sometimes I'm welding a 3mm finger back onto a hand) .I feel that you have the understanding of the tool that could illuminate the delicate work involved in sculpture. Do you have experience w bronze sculpture or would you please work on one. So you could share your massive welding experience w us learning to get bronze sculptures right. I think if you worked on one you would have a lot too share. This is one of those rare trades where we don't have apprenticeships and there is little too No videos online. My boss is busy and I want to keep my very rare position in this trade. It is very different from structural welding - we have to be able to adapt to the thickness and texture of the piece. It takes all the different techniques at once. I'm doing my best learning on the job but I think you have a way of speaking principles that my boss who has been running a bronze sculpture foundry for 20 years may lack - because we are always under pressure to make a crust and he now works intuitively . I CHALLENGE TOO YOU TO TIG WELD A PROBLEM BRONZE SCULPTURE AND TEACH US WHAT YOU LEARN. I've No Doubt you would have interesting solutions. I also think you would have fun with the task. I'd love too be able too learn from what you find. Sean , Melbourne , Australia.
Nice video! I was wondering do you use Kemppi welding machines in US? They are pretty damn good machines. Basically every company in Finland uses them.
Probably the most informative welding video that I have ever seen, especially here on youtube. A very talented and intelligent man. Thank you. I just subscribed!
Jody, I'm finally buying an argon bottle so I can use the TIG function of my Everlast 206Pi. I'm excited, to start learning. Will likely be buying a tig finger soon!
Thanks for the videos, i've welded for YEARS using a shitty flux core $90 welder, but since it was moslty sheet metal and gunsmithing projects i wasn't a big deal. Now that i want to build stainless turbo headers for my 68 firebird so i want to learn to tig weld. Your videos are very informative.
Jody, I fired up my new TIG welder this afternoon, played around with settings and ran about 20 2" strips alternating hands as you suggested. Moving on to your next suggestion in a couple days. Thanks teach!
Good stuff! How about some really basic stuff about welding tip #1, get a good fit-up? Tools, chop saws, band saws, grinders, methods, plate, tubing, pipe, square/rectangular tubing miter/butt etc. Maybe this would be a whole different series? A lot of videos are like the cooking shows where everything is already perfectly chopped and ready to go and no one covers all that "boring" preparation work that new people need to learn how to do in order to be able to do what was shown.
Haven't done tig since I got out of school 3 years ago and to make matters worse thin stuff. But I've been a follower of your videos for awhile now and I think you may have been the sole reason I passed a test today. Anyway you can consider some big fingers sold.
Taking my first weld test after graduating from Georgia Trade School. It was awesome getting to meet you at the open house! Your videos still help me so much!
Thanks for the great video Jody. Been a welder for many years and learn something from your vids every time I watch. Love the big and little tig fingers. Could you go over tungsten size and selection of different tungsten choices relative to what jobs or materials your going to weld? (Stainless, mild steel, aluminum, magnesium, titanium) Collets needed and any other helpful info you throw in for good measure.
I'm pretty much still a noob at welding. I've welded some mild steel after getting my powertig welder and have only used one size tungsten and one size cup. I know I need to go up a size on tungsten for higher amps and bigger cups for larger coverage but that's it. Some help on this would be great when I move up to aluminum.
My default (I am using an inverter machine) is a large gas lens collet body, using either a #7 or 8 gas lens , a 2% lanthanated tungsten (I switched from 1.5% after some trial and error) . For 25 up to 160 amps I use a 3/32. I find this is my default set up for 90% of what I weld.
Shan Beckstead Since buying my inverter welder (Everlast 250ex right after Jody's review - Thanks Jody) I've played around with a bunch of tungsten and cups and came up with pretty much what you have. I use 3/32 for 90% of my welding.
It works, I have used 1/16th on occasion for super thin gauge stainless. In most cases in dealing with aluminum any thicker than 1/4" I use a 1/8'' as I tend to run around 200 amps and prefer the bead profile Vs a smaller tungsten. I will say that I almost always run a gas lens type collet as they simply produce a better weld.
You make it look so easy lol I wish you were my teacher in my welding school. Well actually you are my teacher. I learn more from your videos than I do at my school. Thanks again Jody and I hope one day I well be a bad ass master welder/fabricator like you
Such an excellent video - learned so many things all in one place that I can directly apply to all the different sorts of projects I have simultaneously planned to do. I've been going from one video to the next to the next trying to acquire all the knowledge I need but this just got me going so well straight off the bat. Great job mate you're a legend!
I have welded MIG and Stick for many years. I am now trying to learn more about TIG and desperately need this information. I am looking forward to this series. I plan to purchase a new TIG machine soon. I encourage anyone interested in welding to visit the weldmongerstore store as I did a few months ago. I am very glad I purchased the MEGA Bundle a few months ago, my fingers don't burn now! After watching the many hours that Jody has provided, my welding skills have improved 100%.
Hey I want to start of by say I love this video your very detail and informative about welding thank you for this but my question is I have never weld anything before and I have a 71 Monte Carlo that need the bottom of the trunk replace so as a first timer on welding which on of the welding machine would you recommend for the price for a first timer like me
awesome video, I'm new to welding but I noticed in some situations you leave the filler rod in one spot and weld over it, and in others I see you tapping like how I was taught. is there a reason you do it like that or is it just a different technic?
What do you think of the Miller Synchrowave 210 for a starter tig welder? Is there one you would rather have for the price? Auto, aluminum and hobby work.. Thanks.
I wish I had subscribed to your videos before I bought my welders. . .I have (3). My first machine is a decent 80 amp Century flux core. I then got a good deal on a used Miller EconoTig 180 and I also bought a 110V 100 Amp Lincoln MIG machine which I spent a fortune on converting from flux core to MIG. Anyway, I wish I had spent my money on machine(s) with some of the more advanced features. Just a word of advice to newbies. I have found over the years that the price buying replacements for cheap tools (including welders) is far more than buying the right thing in the first place. All that aside. . .my question is regarding frequency and TIG welding Aluminum. My EconoTIG is an AC/DC transformer machine, so I assume it is always at 60 Hz. I welded a broken Aluminum golf cart frame once with decent results. The weld is plenty strong, but I could not get it to clean properly - it did not look very good when I finished. You just welded some aluminum at 50 Hz (which is LOW frequency). Everyone tells me that I need high frequency to weld aluminum. The owner's manual on the EconoTIG doesn't give any specifications as to the frequency being "high". It reads: "AC output for superior aluminum welding" and "Built-in arc assist stabilizer for AC TIG on aluminum". I don't do a lot of Aluminum welding. But, I'd like to know what limitations I will face using this machine and what the deal really is about the frequency needed for Aluminum TIG welding.
hi there and thank you for explaining, about tig, , ive never welded tig before, i just ordered a MIG TIG MMA 3 IN 1 Welder Inverter 220Amp , just watching some videos before it turns up it has been a long time since i have welded, , will mainly be using mig but i thought to have tig ( i think scratch) would maybe come in handy one day
I have an old Airco Transformer Heliarc welder. It has HF, AC/DC, Foot Pedal, and does stick. It is a 240 volt unit and Ive been having a hard time controlling aluminum. Steel is a dream. Aluminum is at this time a nightmare and no, I can't at this time buy a new machine. As much as I'd like a new machine I need to learn on this old standby. I really want to do auto sheet metal work but seem to blow through too much. For real thin its also hard to control but easier than aluminum. I do have good cups and proper gas. I may not have good tungsten for the job. Not sure what should be used or how thick they should be for a given job. I don't have foot pedal control except on or off.
As a journeyman Ironworker, we predominantly use stick welding. We are usually outside...duh! We occasionally cross-over with the Boilermakers & vice-versa. As welders, each of us are credited with being best in our field. "Open for discussion", as always. You have just managed to tie the two together in ONE video! Hard to do. I feel more confidence trying TIG now as I'm sure someone else would feel more confident trying arc now. That's what I feel your vids bring to the table. Allowing everyone to weld whatever or whichever they want. Obviously, based on skills. Your vids speak to ALL skill levels though. Great job! Thank you! Recent proud owner of a few tig fingers as well. High quality item & a recommended item for every welder as well. No compensation here...just good advice for fellow burners.
Hi Jody, I'm blessed with an excellent TIG machine, happy with the fact you use some of those to make the videos. Looking forward to the series I'm sure to catch some new material to keep improving my skills. And truly those TIG Fingers are a must in a welding shop...! Thanks, Pierre
Okay, I am about to start my welding profession. I am applying to the local Pipe-welders Union on December 18, hopefully I get accepted soon (said it was a 2 month process). I severely loath my job (I would rather take slag in my left eye then call the IRS 1 more time, btw they are F!@$!@ R374!@#$!@s). Your videos are the only thing that I know about welding thus far. I only learn by watching other people, I'll have to adapt my own technique (got really shaky hands....) I will overcome. So thanks for your videos and effort. P.S. I don't know why, but that TIG finger XL looks like a no brainier....
I’ve got a Lincoln 140 MIG with about a 2 minute duty cycle. Is there any way to work on thicker metals and work longer? Can you recommend a machine that lets you work for longer periods? By the way: you NEVER follow a comment like “smoking hot just like my wife” with “haha”….if she sees that you’re sleeping on the couch…
Hi, I want to buy a welder for stick and tig welding. I'm a beginner but I really like welding and want to learn a lot. Can you tell me what are the differences between fronius TransPocket 1500 and Transpocket 1500 TIG. And I know that when you need to start welding (tig) whith this welder you need to touch a metal, what about stopping? I think 140/150A is enough for me.If you can recommend something else what you think is also good please tell me. I'm from Croatia and I really enjoy watching your tutorials :)
Have watched many of your videos over and over. Have lincoln 210MP and 200 square wave for a.c. tig. Appreciate your info and will be buying off your site. Wish you gave classes.
Bought a good quality machine. WIA 200i. Used one bottle of Argon to get familiar with set ups then left it sit for a few months till I needed to do some serious work. New bottle of gas and turned it on this morning and all the lights came on but there's no way any of the functions or modes would accept any kind of input. Could not adjust a single thing and the only thing that worked was the gas flow when the trigger was pulled.... 7-8 weeks I've been told for a warranty repair... Anyone have any ideas? Service voltage is ok and nothing's changed since day #1 other than there's just no more sparks happening... Started as a welder 50yrs ago and never once did I ever see any machine needing to go back for repairs.......Sept 21 2021.
I have an AC/DC TiG from ESAB. It have a frequent between 20 and 80 hz, what are this for when I weld in DC? Think it's for the thickness of materials, but I'm not sure. Thank for all your films. ☺
Hi. I am a self taught welder and I just bought a tig welder. I've got a questing about ''rule 33''. What is background? Or do you tell about it in another video. I'm working my way through your videos so if you tell about this later on no reply is necessary. Thank you for what you do here. You can thank AvE & This Old Tony for sending me your way.
Hey Jody ! I am a lifelong hobbiest motorcycle builder and occassionally stray into other projects like my 4X4 ... anyhow not really knowing a lot I ended up purchasing a Diversion 180. I may be able to trade up with my dealer but for now its what I have . I am an absolute beginner and for the past 2 years have been experimenting and have a tiny bit of proficiency wherein I dont destroy whatever I work with . Anyhow my questions are : with this welder am I better to switch off to a helium argon mix or stick with straight argon. My current project I intend to fab a simple stainless exhaust for a motorcycle and 2ndly will be adding some tabs and other componetns to my existing sched 40 rollcage on my 4X4 . One other question ..I just ordered your black friday set with both tig fingers and dvd set . Do you also do a from scratch beginners DVD set ?? Really glad I tripped over your vidoes .. I have already smacked myself in the head a few times realizing some mistakes :)
Hey Jody I am going back to school specifically to learn aluminum mig and tig welding and I would like to know what I really need to focus on in the tig area to get the pipe welding jobs I want when I graduate I want to specialize in pipe and go on the road. I am already proficient with 6010 6011 7018 7024 fluxcore etc. And am planning on takeing my 3g 4g certs for them soon but I reaaly would like to know specifically what the workforce is looking for in a tig welder structural and pipe....sorry for the long winded question
Jody hi, I know this video is a little older so I hope you can get back to me . I'm in the process of buyin a new welder . I've been welding professionally now for 10yrs but all fcaw, smaw,and gmaw. But never gtaw... My question is I've been doing my research and in watching your video you had said something about high freq and scratch start . I was wanting your thoughts on lift ark /lift start? I also run a shop at the house and do a little of my ow production welding there. So this is why I'm purchasing a new welder that can run tig. The machine I'm considering is the Miller 304 multi process mig runner . Any thoughts would be appreciated
With your shop here in Australia as yet and believe me I have been looking things like your TIG FINGER you just can’t buy and some of the other products are not realy available so do you send things through mail E C T I am enjoying your tips and tricks videos and am learning a lot I have done quite a lot of MiG / STICK and braising so TIG is a new ball park for me
Hey Jodi, how do you travel along with your tig torch hand without shaking? When I TIG weld, I rest my hand on the piece of metal, move the torch by twisting my wrist from right to left but when I need to move my hand and arm to keep on going, I start shaking like crazy and cannot keep the right electrode distance and dip the tungsten often times. Is there any tip on hand movement? PS. Your TIG finger is a real insiders tip! - best wishes from germany ;)
I was wondering if you could give your opinion on a debate I have found myself caught up in at my place of employment, I am the lead welder/fabricator of the R&D department and since the department is new I was given the opportunity to outfit my fab area with any basic tooling i would want/need to perform my duties to the best of my abilities... I requested for the company to purchase a esab Rebel 205ic so that I could do the small, thin, and intricate aluminum parts with tig rather then using the Lincoln 360mp that they had in the shop already. They agreed to buying the esab with out question but another member of the R&D team (the draftsman/engineer) is trying to fill the rest of the teams head with alot of miss information....hes designed the current project to be made from 5052-H32 aluminum with material thickness' from .06 to 10gage and the odd plate or bracket between 3/16 and 3/8 thick. This project requires watertight welds and his design is poorly configured where pretty well every joint is either a butt joint or a lap joint... Some are fillet joints with a slot and tab for alignment purposes but these end up being on the side walls of every spot that need to be water tight. I've suggested open corner joints instead of having a butt joint for the edges/corners also suggested using tig for all welds that will require watertight seal since Im having to work with 10gage and thinner materials and welding either butt or lap joints I feel tig would be the most efficient and effective process based on the amount of adjustment available with tig that aren't available with the mig, also tig doest have the issue of cold starts and having ugly lumps of excessive weld deposit at every start and stop from back stepping, or no going back and grinding every start and stop and rewelding to make sure there's no leaking from any of those spots. If you were to be doing a job for someone in your own shop and say you HAD to weld the same joints configurations and thickness' that I've mentioned would you use mig or tig....(only for the areas that would require watertight welds though as I would use mig for the rest). Oh also forgot to mention that the design is fairly elaborate and has a fair amouny of parts that need to fit into another with minimal wiggle room so deformation has to be minimal to nonexistent (not likely of course but that's the requirement given to me)
Jody, I have a 96 Syncrowave 250. I purchased a Jautus tig perfect 2.0 so can have pulse on my machine. Can you do a video about how to set up this setup since there really was not much information to do so? Thank you.
I dont have the stediest hand for tig welding (blind as well double cheeters in the helmet) so I choke up on my torch it gets hot and very hard to hold for long. Have you thought about a tig finger wrap for the torch. and yes I do have a tig finger its helpful maybe the XL over the torch could help me. Im using a flex head air cooled #17 and a dual voltage HTP invertatig 221. Thanks in advance your vids have tought me plenty!
I assume you've covered it in one of your TIG videos but I've not found it. Can you talk/demo your left hand filler rod feeding technique. I'm missing my index finger and my other finger joints are mostly fused from a severe snow blower accident. It looks like you are feeding your filler with your thumb. You make it look so easy. I'm struggling.
Sil bronze.. Start adding once the steel gets the shiny spot? Or puddle and back off? I got ragged cold beads and a sooty looking bead so far mild steel and 316L bases. Al bronze.. Will it braze aluminum?
I would love to hear about differing aluminum filler metals, not just 4043 or 5356. A question about the "rule of 33", what is the base amperage used before the pulse is set?
I'm thinking of buying a Lincoln square wave 200 tig machine. Have you had any time on this machine and if so I'd like to hear your opinion on it. I love your videos. Welding for life. Thanks!
For a beginner trying to wrap his head around aluminum, how would you weld thin aluminum, like less than 1/8"? I had a job interview and had to tig an aluminum butt, corner, and lap joint and nothing was behaving the way I had expected, the arc was spraying everywhere except for the root of the joint and the filler metal was melting before I put it anywhere near the puddle (needless to say, I didn't get the job lol)
Jody, what is the feasibility of rebuilding a few damaged teeth on flywheel ring gear for a starter. By removing the starter (this is on a tractor) a good size opening exposes the ring gear. Probably 8 teeth have some damage. I would reshape them after buildup with a Dremel tool. If this is doable, what is the best filler to use for the buildup?
I get lost when he talks about torch sizes. I have a Chinese hi-fre start air cooled tig,stick, plasma cutter. Also if you have any names for tig lead types (plugs into the machine) I would appreciate it. Mine looks like a brass key hole for lack of a better name,
I noticed the rod you use is pretty big in most your videos. Do you use 1/8 on most tig welds or 3/32. Seems the bigger rod helps fill the puddle easier. Ive been using 1/16 tungsten and rod and its ok. But can only make little tiny welds.
TIG welding seems, to me, to be more complicated than MIG or stick welding because you use both hands to weld. Is there a TIG app where you don't have to use both hands?
Hi Jody if you are going to going into an advanced TIG welding video can you do one on the advanced wave Everlast 255ext? Yours are simply fantastic videos and the best on the Internet.
What's the best way to prevent oxidization when tig welding. I seem to have trouble with stainless and carbon steel turning grey, never looking shiny and pretty like yours. I am using pure argon with a harbor freight tig welder. I like the welder it does very well for a harbor freight machine. But the oxidization kills look after.
You are one hell of a welder!! Couple questions I work at a fab shop and we have couple inverters and on stick welding it has a setting for crisp +/-5 can you tell me why and when I would want to adj. it? I do some aluminum tiging and my tungsten was splitting a couple times at the end what would cause that
Hi Jody, this video is just what I have been looking for. Well presented and packed with useful hints and tips. Just one suggestion. As you say your wife is smoking hot, can she present the odd video please?
i have a 175 SE Thermal Arc stick/Tig welding machine that ive bought here in Ireland where i live and im just wondering where would a person be able to get Tig welding gun and other components as im just doing stick welding at moment
I learned to weld using that machine 05:23 in 2006 , great machine to welding small parts but is a shame for muller to build a welding machine without high frequency
Hi Jody, when watching your videos it looks like the arc is sometimes pushed to the side of the tungsten due to the angle your working at. I thought that the arc needed to be directly in front of the tungsten. Is this true or am I just seeing things? Thanks Bud! Sorry for the noob question.. lol
Hello and hope you are well. I mostly weld aluminum fuel tanks. I live in Aus and cannot find those beautiful large clear cup lenses. Do you know of anyone who would export? Love the channel.
24:23 So I take it by that comment then, that the XL Tig Finger was really created for working on your wife??? NO, PLEASE DON'T ANSWER THAT COMMENT! ;). Jody, I've got several questions. I'm just wanting to get into TIG welding and I've purchased (it's still on it's way in transit) a Lincoln Speedtec 215C welder (here's a link to it www.lincolnelectric.com/en-gb/company/newsroom/Documents/speedtec215c-eng.pdf ). Can you (or a helpful viewer) tell me if this machine does the balanced AC TIG welding and pulse TIG welding that you talk about in your video? Also, with your stubby gas lens kits, for the likes of the #17 torches (which I've bought, along with the 2% Lanthanated TIG electrode bundle, the two TIG Fingers and more, from your Weldmonger Store, which are still in transit also) do you have to buy stubby electrodes, or can you just shorten the ones you've got, and if you can just shorten them, then by what means? Also, you touched on the 'Lift TIG' welder briefly, in this video (which I believe the welder that I'm getting is) however, failed to mention how to stop the weld. Is it stopped the same way as the Scratch Start TIG setup, or the HF setup, or does it have it's own unique way of stopping, so that the cooling weld still gets the Argon without having to clean it again before re-starting and continuing the weld? Thanks.
Can you show from start how to connect the machine including wires and pipes for aluminum, I love welding and I'm eager to learn everything about welding I never could come right with aluminum welding so I bought myself a 3 in one welding machine so I does might tig and arc so please help me set up for aluminum welding
Sometimes when tig welding steel I'll get areas where craters are formed... no doubt due to some sort of impurity. If I try to go back and clean them up it seems that I just chase the crater(s) around from one area to another. Do you have any tips on how one can clean them up?... especially if the bead is in an area that is difficult or impossible to grind down to start over?
I am interested in how you TIG weld experimental aircraft tubing when there are several tubes that come together. It takes a fair bit of work to get a good fit-up. It is then a disappointment if I then blow a hole in one of the tubes. Thanks for the videos!
guys, tell me please, what kind of iron thing is it between the hoses, what purpose does it carry? I apologize in advance for the translation, because I use Google translation.
Hey Jody can you tig weld stainless on a DC current? I’m pretty much getting started and I am wondering wich welder to buy to start out ?
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So I've been pulse MIG welding alumn for 12 years now. I just started tig and fillets have been a pita for me. My but welds look great but when I go to do the fillet it seems the arc just doesn't want to get in the joint. I end up creating a pool above and below the joint but to get it started I found i have to basically jam the filler rod into the joint to get it started and fast enough not to ball the rod up. Is this common? Im also finding that even on 1/8 im basically maxing a 200 amp machine out. I mean the welds look pretty good I just feel that I shouldn't have to go that high in amperage. Is there something wrong here? Or is it whatever works....works? Last problem I have is my first weld on a workpiece is always kinda crapppy but after the part heats up it runs like butter. Do you always have to preheat? I see videos where it looks like you're on a fresh part and you just go for it and you don't have the first crapppy weld orobkem I have. Running 1/8 5356 rod. 3/32 2% lanthanated electrode. Pure argon. Welding 1/8 and 1/4.
I'm a novice at TIG welding and would like to know if there is any tips and tricks to get around the bright light of the arc for better visability so i can see what im doing or if there is a specific welding helmat i can purcase
I'd like to hear more about balling the tungsten for aluminum welding. I couldn't ever get my miller 250 to weld aluminum at all and by chance I started noticing that if I had a small ball on the end it would weld great. What do you use to get the ball on yours? Do you use a piece of copper and do you run it on AC or DC when forming the ball? Also is there a rule of thumb on ball size? I never seen anyone talk much about the ball for aluminum
