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I love seeing someone still using a transformer machine I wish there were more RU-vid videos out there with people using transformer machines because you can find them cheap and they are a good way for people on a budget to have a great quality welder. I mean inverter machines are great I have one but I also have a transformer machine and enjoy welding with it as well!!
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos ! As a new industrial millwright apprentice I’m new to welding and have tig and mig welders at work, these videos really give great insight and dumb down the process for me great work please keep these videos flowing brother !!
Very nice: I especially like the way you explain details of what went wrong: symptoms and probable cause(s). I'm a beginner and have not yet dared to try aluminum...
Could you please do a video on AC, DC+ and DC-, and the difference between them. Thanks for all the videos and details that you get into them. This is not my hobby or my field but I thank you for everything.
Nice videos. I like your explanations. They're simple and they make sense. I'm brand new to TIG welding. One thing that would help me a great deal would be a picture-in-picture or split screen to see the weld being done and also the foot pedal or machine amps to see when you are at full throttle and when you back off. I'm not advanced enough to tell by the picture. Keep up the good work.
Yes for sure. That would be good to do. Perhaps I’ll consider this, it’s be nice to get an additional camera setup for exactly that purpose. Thanks for the suggestion!
+Mike Feeley Thank you! I appreciate you checking this out! Yes, simple is the way to go. I was taught by basically the worst instructors when I started, so just trying to show people how to start in the most non-overwhelming way haha. Where did you teach at?
@@PacificArcTigWelding mostly on the job as a welding team leader for my employer. We would offten post jobs for welding in house, so I would be in charge of seeing if there was potential. Then I would train on the job .
+Mike Feeley Thats great man! So you know how to teach the Way of the Tig Welder... like a shogun showing a young samurai the technique... 😂 Teaching is important! Good you spread the skill!
@@PacificArcTigWelding tig welding aluminum a/c and cooling systems fitting for street rod cars for 26 years at my last job .also did side work in my home shop mainly bulding acc for aluminum fishing boats..
Thanks for all the good info! I just started TIG about 5 months ago. For some reason, I just can't seem to get the lap joints down on thin (.065) aluminum. The upper piece melts and the lower piece doesn't, it just turns grey. I can't get them to tack together. I've tried it clamping them to aluminum and steel chill blocks. Settings are 120hz, ~30 cleaning, tried 45-70 amps, 1/16" tungsten, and 1/16 and 3/32 filler. This is driving me nuts!! I have the same problem with t-joints. Only one piece is melting.
Thank you for sharing your well knowledge ,and for the tutorial for people like me that we looking for more resources. If you don't mind can you please share the exactly amp's., an tools..
I can’t recall exactly off the top of my head, if you watch; I think I weld around 180 amps. Thank you so much for checking out my vids! I really appreciate it and hope you got something from them:) Cheers
This is great but you're welding tank armor compared to what I'm welding so it's a little hard to take it to wafer thin aluminum lol might well train her is having me fuse wallet without rod first I'm just trying to figure out how to not have to chase it lol
Hey I'm just wondering, if you have a MMA arc tig inverter welder that doesn't have a dc-ac switch it just has the stick to Tig, would you be able to get around it not being an AC unit by reversing the polarity the way you would if you were going to stick weld aluminium.
Gravity gonna pull it that way! Whether you want it to or not. So being ready to have the puddle where you need it, so it doesn’t spill too far down, is key. Then just a matter of laying the dabs down at that point!
Why do you whip away when you dab the rod? Snap nevermind that was for the first half of the weld. Our teacher said people would cut the tip off the tungsten 2 days before class ended. He also never mentioned that method. Thanks. I feel like with the point the arch jumps a lot..
ouch! 1 way on that brushing brotha.. your digging the oxides back into the aluminum and contaminating it before you start, now when your puddle forms your enclosed environment in the shielding gas is going to have that oxide burn off into it and contaminates it. the point of the argon is to shield against oxygen. its not as apparent on aluminum but start getting into things like stainless that get into the ppms of oxygen present can really matter so its good to practice the theory all the time to be in the habit
Thanks for the feedback, I’m actually doing an episode that’ll be out in a few weeks to talk about this. Been a cool thing I learned since making this episode. I appreciate you checking it out🙏
@@PacificArcTigWelding Thanks! I have been out of the welding scene for a few years, and getting back into it. I used to use Pure Tungsten when I fabricated with Alu. Nice Videos!
Yes! That’s a common electrode for sure, it’s always a bit of playing around to find the tungsten that works best. There’s never a ‘one size fits all’ type of deal for any consumable. Always good to try different options:)
I start really high on the pedal for sure, but once the puddle sets down and weds in, I back off to about 3/4 of the pedal. Obviously it differs for all kinds of configurations, but a safe plan is to start a bit hotter, then back off to what is "needed" to keep the puddle moving:) Cheers!
+Brandx 1000H.P-V Yes:) It’s involved with the balance between the positive + and negative - sides of the AC wave balance. I could have explained more, but would take up the whole video 😂 I’m going to make a video explaining the theory side of that. Thanks for pointing it out! :)
