Tig Welding Steel and Controlling Heat Input 

is it just me or is it actually therapeutic to watch TIG welding videos ?

Enjoying my morning coffee and figured I'd prepare for the day ahead by watching some instructional videos. I'm just getting in to TIG (I've done MIG and pulse MIG for nearly 15 years in a part-time production environment) and I'm so glad I landed on your videos. Very clear, concise, and informative!

I'm just so glad you put your years of experience up for us to see. You could have compiled your own coursework and sold it to schools. You could have STARTED your own school. You could have kept only to the lecture/guest educator circuit. All these things would have made you crazy rich without reaching the audience you do here. Thanks man. (P.S You can still do all those other things but please dont stop the videos :D)

This man reminds of my favourite teacher, genius of an instructor that can’t be taught at teaching school, gifted.

Thanks to Jody I'm well on my way on getting my D17. 1 certification fusion welding for aerospace applications. GOD BLESS YOU JODY!

What a different way to approach the issue, I was bringing up the heat slowly until I first got the Puddle needless to say I was putting in way to much heat. Time & travel speed effects the heat input more than even the amperage setting, it's like a light just went on in my head, thanks.

I've learned more about Tig welding watching this guy than I did in school by far the best instructional welding videos out there

A real treat watching you chase that puddle at 160 amps. Amazing what a reduction in HAZ there was between even 140 and 160. Clearly, we're dealing with a non-linear phenomenon.

I just wanted to say I appreciate your content it really helps. All the data you include really helps. Filler size tungsten using multiple amps and materials and how you lay it.

Somehow , you get a perfect focus on your puddle , and this makes it easier to understand just what you are trying to get across to us . I appreciate that .

im a mechanical engineer. everytime i watched your video i always wanted to dive into welding practise and try your techniques and etc..😊 this is really educational.

6 years old still learned a lot from this vid. love your vids helped a lot.!!!

I would very much like to see the exact same video with stainless.

Impressed with this video. Every tig vid teaches me something else I should know. Week 5 of my year long course, improving little by little.

Great video Jody . The wife came out to the shop and I showed her the tig finger and she took exception to it's placement on the particular finger it was placed. I just had to say that is how Jody does it and then it was all good. Thanks

Jody you're a wizard sir, you make this look so easy. finally got the power line run for my tig machine and I've been trying to do your "steel drill" for the past two evenings. to say I have a lot of practice to do would be an understatement. thanks for your videos

WOW! Huge difference in the look of the weld at 80-140. My instructor told me to turn my heat to 60 on 1/8" stainless steel, and I must admit it took forever to establish a puddle. I'll try to turn my amperage between 90 -100 tomorrow and use this technique

TIP FOR YOU WHO havent bought the CD's.... Its a must have!!!! I gave it a try and man it makes stuff go way easier than I thought. Well made !

As always, a great and very instructional video. To the point and well put across. Thanks too for not assuming that everyone lives in the US. You have a worldwide audience where most of us use metric!

Thanks, Jody 😊. I'm basically a novice when it comes to tig welding. Was having issues last night trying to tack up a new welder cart, I believe I was long arching causing my tungsten to constantly lose its point 😒. After dipping my tungsten half a dozen times (but in my defense, I was on the dirty, crooked floor trying to get a nice square joint 🤣) guess I was overcompensating. Thanks again man 👍😊👍. Cheers!

Thanks again, you really get to the nuts and bolts of the operation and makes it easy to understand the reasons why you are showing the methods to use.

This is one of your best videos in my opinion. You and your tig fingers rock!

Of all the videos I've watched on welding this is one of the best. I just got my first tig, a Dynasty 210 DX and thanks to you and Mr Tig I have ben putting down some good caterpillars. 😎 Thanks Jody

Just got started with TIG welding. You videos are excellent. Thank you for putting them together. I'll look at your store to see if I can express my appreciation in more material ways. :)

Always solid info on this channel

I use and like a tri mix tungsten, can't say I've seen any of your videos using different kinds of tungsten. PS keep the video coming your a bank of welding knowledge that I greatly appreciate you sharing. (Tig finger genius!)

Just bought 2 tig fingers I cant wait to try them out, they will be a huge help getting CWB tickets!!!

Great video was just working with our new diversion 180 today and can't wait for my tig fingers to get here. I ordered 2 lol. Thanks again, Ian.

Great video thank you for being an excellent teacher and an expert.

I have purchased 2 TIG fingers and a XL. Love love love them

What you demonstrate in this video is a daily ordeal at my job! I weld aluminum floors that are sometimes up to 28 feet in length with 8 seams that get fully welded. If you run to cold, you basically warp the entire floor. Hot and fast is the only way to do it. It's all push pull of course, TIG would never be practical. Thanks for the hard work you put into your videos man, keep it up.

Hi Tom, Love your hands' on approach with all the examples and options vs results... Thanks, Pierre

thank you very much for this excellent lesson, I think showing less heat by increased speed is very helpful and you did an excellent job. details like larger spark is higher voltage helps me a lot and I do need help.

Another great video, Jody! I finally ordered a TIG finger...can't wait to try it out.

Awesome video. I learn something new every day.

Okay. Finally sold me on the tig finger. Great video as always!

Awesome video as usual! Tons of great knowledge and info. And for those that TIG weld, and don't have a TIG Finger yet, get one....or 2 or 3...worth every penny 10 times over!

I was just explaining this to a RU-vidr that bought a 3 in 1 Mig Tig and Stick for his car restoration, this video will probably be twice as effective as my explanation

All the video's are great....and the TIG finger is GREAT!

Superb video, you’re very good at teaching.

Those tig fingers r good Jody I must say I like em I do a lot of tig. I find it helps if u wear a heavier glove like a mig or stick glove on that torch hand your puting it on it fits more snug. If u could make a smaller size one that fits snug on a tig glove would b good. U want it snug n they r a little big if u use it on your pinky finger like most prob do. Otherwise handy little things. For others using em they do fray with use over time but if u have a flap disc\ sanding disc they last quite a bit longer if u give sharp edges a little sand to remove the sharp edge.Sheared edges or burred edges chew these things up pretty quick. But once again these things r very handy. Always got one in my box!

Damn, wish I had seen this video a few weeks ago. I just got done finishing an exam piece and was running 50 amps on a v-butt, outside corner and T-fillet, with anything higher I just got undercut no matter how much filler wire I put into it. Got it done in the end but was sloooow going. Great video as always.

You the man Jody! Love your vids! Got me 2 XL and 1 L TIG finger!👍

Beautifully explained enough to understand.

Beautiful welds! You are very straight forward, very informative tutorial.

Hi Jody. Really like your videos, ive been tig welding for a good few years now and I still learn something from your videos. Could you do a video on how to deal with porous welds when welding mild steel? Even when properly preped I still get abit of porosity occasionally and its very frustrating. I doubt I'll be the only one who suffers this problem from time to time.

Great video Jody, as usual.. I always learn something new from your videos. Thanks!

Sr You are just a legend!! Thank you for all your videos

Love my tig fingers! I often use the xl one across my knuckles on my support hand when mig welding

As always awesome video Jody my skills have come a long way since I started watching and I actually passed my first test first time and you have a little to do with that. Also your DVD is going to make a good addition to my collection

I know this video is very old but I would love to see this test done without a gas lense with maybe a regular #7 cup. take a look at the fabrication series video that shows how the gas lense changes how the heat effected zone looks

Wonderful as always. You make it look sooooo easy.

Jody, Thanks for all the videos. Helps me teach my students.

On the tube mills that I’ve worked on. Both carbon and stainless the seams are joined together using a coil on carbon. steel as the seams are mashed together and a skiving blade right after to shave the the top weld off. As for stainless a laser is used right at the point of seam contact to mash the two together. Carbon runs anywhere from 160fpm to 300fpm. The best we can get out of stainless because of the annealing process is about 30fpm.

Jody, love your channel. Please keep them coming.

Your the biz jody, just want to say. 40 yrs welding never done a lap weld.

This guy is a national treasure!

Man I want to tig weld now. Gotta get me that new everlast welder that I have been looking at. Can't wait to make arcs.

Jody Great Job really appreciate the info and yes the tig finger has saved me many times My welds don't look that good but the tig finger helps me stay on track thx art

I don't think I have missed one of your videos as yet simply because you are so straight forward and to the point with some humour. At this point I was going to praise you quite a lot but I want you to still be able to fit that mask over your head. I do however have a question about the TIG finger .... would it also be suitable for use with a MIG welder in a case where there is simply nothing to steady against other than the work piece with the left hand little finger and the right hand steadying on the left hand, so essentially the TIG finger would be worn on the little finger of the left hand and pass approximately 3" away from the welded joint and approximately 7" from the active weld? Please keep on posting so that I can keep on learning. Allan

Hi, love your work and procedure❤ Harrington.

thanks for the lesson Jody...you're the best PROPS!!!

Love those video Jody, still trying to get it down. I am having better luck with aluminum than SS. I think my arc is too long, because I am having a horrible finish with lots of porosity and too much heat discoloration.

Another great video - loving my TIG finger XL (Big hands!).

My second charpy test piece past today ironically. I had to do stringers as apposed to my normal weave or j technique. And yes I did cheat on the travel speed. Lesson learned! Didn't think these things were so important. Thanks for this lesson

Outstanding instructional vids. Thanks Jody!!

The key to controlling heat input is higher voltage and borderline current. Voltage is also the key to better quality welds.

Good explanation about travel speed and heat. Love my Tig Finger, before using that I was stopping too soon due to the heat

A FOUNTAIN OF INFORMATION THANK YOU WTT!

you have helped me out big time!

As always another good, well explained video! Thank you for posting!

Thanks for the uploads! Huge, huge help!

really good finishing welding broo

i always welded @ 130 amps for 2 mm stainless steel and it feel good when you use to it

What sort of camera/lens/shade setup do you use? Your close-up arc shots are amazing.

Ran those tube mills for years started with a twin tig head at 9fpm then went to lasers at 20fpm on stainless

These are awesome ! I picked up a TIG after doing a little research for my body shop. A lot more aluminum is being used in the bodies, and they have to be welded. In steel bodies, the metal has gotten thinner so the old icy-acetylene torch with fluxed brass or copper clad steel rods are out due to warpage. On the thin steel I've laid a wire from my MIG as filler and welded over it. Leaves a nice flat surface with very little grinding. My question is this: can I use this lay wire technique with aluminum?

This was an awesome video. Great knowledge. Thank you!

Amazing video as usual. Thanks Jody!!

Given that your arc length was nearly the same, the heat input would be 4,800 amp-seconds at 80 amps and half that, 2,400 amp-seconds at 160 amps. Good video lesson.

Many thanks, Jody.

Thank you, taught me a lot

That lay-wire technique would be perfect for times when you want to hide the seam.

U MAKEING IT LOOK LIKE A PEICE OF CAKE ,WHICH INFACT IS NOT THAKS FOR U R GREAT TIPS

If I ever get a shop my plan is to make an argon bubble, 100% shielding until the parts are removed. Very specialized, I know, but there are applications. Say you gotta make some FJP stainless or titanium parts, the bubble will be your best bud. Luckaly I don’t need to worry about that because I’m a stick welder hahahahaha

Just a small physics point here about the heat spot at 10:00 - air is a poor conductor of heat relative to your metal table.

At the end of the video you touched on heat spread affects on aluminium welding. Repairing structural things like aluminium boats, can they be welded without bad HAZ effects?

Hi Jody. Great vid. My wife surprised me with a tig finger on my birthday! I used it to make a steel bird house for my 3 yr daughter. Lol. That rule about 1 amp per 1 thou. Will that work for aluminum? Thanks for video and sharing your expertise.

Great video Jody 👊🏻

Tig finger the best spend money, priceless, thx Jody

Love your videos. As an R/C Heli instructor, explaining things in understandable detail is your forte. OK, I'm on my second "m" size bottle of argon just doing bead line after line, with and without filler. However, try as I may I just can't my fillet weld the color and small weld size of your fillets using the same steel as in the video. My amps are 120 with 1/16" 1.5% lanthanaded rod, wp9 torch and my time for welding 3" is right around 35 seconds. Before I pull out what's let of my hair, can you help? Thanks for your effort, Pete O

Great video joli.

Perfect instruction. Question. That DVD contain the same video that you have on youtube? I mean If during the yeas as a subscriber I watched all your videos, will I find anything new there/

Nice weld! Thanks for the tip!

Thanks a lot. As always great video full of information.

I hope he’ll do a video on .25” steel flat bar with a 200 amp machine.

I've also applies the rule of 33 theory because alot of my welds are to make corners or such things, and Ill tell ya it works great!

When dipping the welding wire into the weld pool do you just keep doing it rhythmically, or can you actually see when it needs to be done. Thanks in advance Stuart

I've tried this type of experimenting, but i just couldn't get comfortable enough to get a good melting point. So the puddle wasn't moving and i just kept adding mroe and more wire with horrid welds.

I like these video how about stainless tubing sanitation purging i got maintenance coworker who think they can do it but terrible welds i would like to see a video to compare and help them so them how to do it the proper way thx for your time. Ps thats all we work around is stainless steel. We a dairying plant make milk products