The Term- (Manipulate the Weld Puddle) Comes from years Of Experience Especially With Tig Welding!! .......But Once you Learn how to put your Experience + The Eye to Understanding How the Weld Puddle is Reacting , AFTER THAT ITS JUST PURE MIND SET IN THE ZONE AND WHAT'S CREATED IS ART!!
Tigs the jam! Wish yall newcomers the best. I’ve been in aerospace welding for almost a decade and till this day there’re certain parts I gotta build that kinda make me anxious. Take your time! Should be a zen thing.
I learned to tig (but didn't start with tigging) my old man had me in the shop at 10 learning the business and it started with Gas welding both steel welding and brass brazing. He didn't get a tig welder until 6 years later but by then I was able to master stick, air arc, mig (steel and aluminum) and of course gas welding. So when he got a tig machine it was super natural to tig. But it all started with the gas torch. learn the basics of gas and stick and the rest is gravy. 👍🏻
Thank you for your advice for Nubbies like me. I've got a lot of experience with stick, mig, and torch welding..., but I'm having a ton of issues doing tig. I'm gunna keep working at it, and hopefully I'll be able to "get it" before I pass on!
Tig welding galvanized caster wheel brackets, without cleaning the toxic coating off first? You can even see the smoke rising in the arc shots, and the smoke/white residue all over the piece from burning off the coating while welding. Nice work on the tips and your beads, but an educational channel this size where viewers are paying attention to everything should stick close to best safety practices, and welding right over those coatings definitely doesn't promote that mindset.
Thanks for your concern, it isnt a matter to joke with. the coating was ground off the material in the weld zone, or i wouldn't have been able to weld on it at all with tig. im sure the fumes have plenty of it in there. A respirator would've been the move, today i just stuck my head out of the smoke. or at least tried.
I've seen a really good oxy-acetylene welder have a really tough time time trying to learn TIG because he was forever pulling the torch away from the work as you would with a gas torch to control the heat input...
At what point do you decide your gloves are so dirty they become a source of contamination? Picking small parts are just pawing the filler wire and putting oily contamination on everything. I was just wondering yesterday as I changed out a pair of gloves.
Depends on what you’re working on. Steel isn’t so much of an issue. But I recommend using a different pair of gloves for material handling. And another for welding.
If you get heavy grease and stuff and it leaves glove fingerprints yea change them. I do as Austin said I try to swap between fab gloves and tig gloves. I end up welding in the fab gloves to tack and then making myself mad for getting freshly cleaned metal dirty again lol
Get a different pair of gloves specifically for TIG welding on stuff you don’t want greasy or dirty, even using dirty gloves on aluminum filler wire can cause contamination, we used to have a pair specifically for working on aluminum.
Great info but the audio quality was not good. It was hard to follow some of what was said. I would love to get more content like this but if your audio got better, it would be more enjoyable. Keep up the good work, novices like me need your help.
1.5mm goatskin gloves is perfect. I’ve been using dull sticks to put off a job my wife wants me to do and she got me a pro sharpener for Christmas…any ideas for new excuses?
don't let your shield gas get blown away avoid drafts and no fan weld up hill get comfy. as to focus it is a dance do not dip your tungsten and practice
Personally I feel like tig is hard to start but becomes the easiest after you get the feel for it..... especially when it comes to in-position field welds
Tig welding isn't inherently hard - it's a pretty simple process - however it has its place - if you're the kid who welds pharma plant pipes - Tig is your Pal. If you're the kid who is welding panels on some beater, Tig ain't your pal. If you're running tig, you better be getting paid by the inch - Tig is about the slowest welding process going. It's nice, but it's slow. By the time you've cranked up your Tig outfit & are set to weld, I've welded the damn thing using flux-core - which is Fast - at about 1/10 of the cost. Flux-core however, will never cut it in a pharma plant. It would, but they'd never allow it. They want Tig because "Tig is Posh!" - it isn't really tbh - it's just another way of joining metal - but they rate it so who am I to argue? I reckon I could run 1mm flux core on steel beside any Tig welder going & their welds will be same/inferior - but semantics - we want Tig.. So Tig it is,,, it sucks as a process when it comes to production/speed - but it is what it is.
If it was so easy then why is it such a specialty thing ? Sure anyone can learn it … I think there’s 3 main reasons most don’t. Equipment cost, consumable costs, and TIME. Most people do not want to dedicate hundreds of hours + gas costs on a process that is slow and intricate when they can get by with stick or mig … everything about tig is slow. The setup, the prep, the process. BUT I LOVE IT lol f stick and mig
@@fuzznut25 nobody said it was easy. But people like to perpetuate the idea that it is hard, as if it's harder than other processes, but it's not. It's just different. Every welding process has its own set of difficulties. If you start thinking something is hard, it will be.
@@fuzznut25 true. I had a harder time learning MIG, after starting with stick, followed by TIG. There are still things I struggle with in MIG, that are second nature in stick and TIG.
I saw the dumb title and I’m not even gonna watch. Tig is the easiest out of all processes. I’ve taught people who’ve never welded a day in their life and ended out on the production line within a month.
Because you have to know what your looking at in the Weld Puddle to Make it Do What you want it to do!!
Very true!
The Term- (Manipulate the Weld Puddle) Comes from years Of Experience Especially With Tig Welding!! .......But Once you Learn how to put your Experience + The Eye to Understanding How the Weld Puddle is Reacting , AFTER THAT ITS JUST PURE MIND SET IN THE ZONE AND WHAT'S CREATED IS ART!!
Tigs the jam! Wish yall newcomers the best. I’ve been in aerospace welding for almost a decade and till this day there’re certain parts I gotta build that kinda make me anxious. Take your time! Should be a zen thing.
Thanks for those tig welding tips this will help refresh my memory and skills to do tig welding
I learned to tig (but didn't start with tigging) my old man had me in the shop at 10 learning the business and it started with Gas welding both steel welding and brass brazing. He didn't get a tig welder until 6 years later but by then I was able to master stick, air arc, mig (steel and aluminum) and of course gas welding. So when he got a tig machine it was super natural to tig. But it all started with the gas torch. learn the basics of gas and stick and the rest is gravy. 👍🏻
This video is PERFECT timing! I just got my first TIG machine the other day, and I'm just starting to practice the basics
Thank you for your advice for Nubbies like me. I've got a lot of experience with stick, mig, and torch welding..., but I'm having a ton of issues doing tig. I'm gunna keep working at it, and hopefully I'll be able to "get it" before I pass on!
Tig welding galvanized caster wheel brackets, without cleaning the toxic coating off first? You can even see the smoke rising in the arc shots, and the smoke/white residue all over the piece from burning off the coating while welding. Nice work on the tips and your beads, but an educational channel this size where viewers are paying attention to everything should stick close to best safety practices, and welding right over those coatings definitely doesn't promote that mindset.
Thanks for your concern, it isnt a matter to joke with. the coating was ground off the material in the weld zone, or i wouldn't have been able to weld on it at all with tig. im sure the fumes have plenty of it in there. A respirator would've been the move, today i just stuck my head out of the smoke. or at least tried.
Thanks guys!
You betcha!
Haha 4 flat tires that made me laugh. Very true
🤜🏼🤛🏼 great analogy
Where can i get a cordless TIG welding handle? Dragging this thing around sux
great stuff Mr Austin.......thanks.....Paulie
Anyone who is good at oxy-acetylene welding can transition to GTAW without much difficulty.
I agree with this. I think oxy welding is harder. Big heavily long goofy torch lol
I've seen a really good oxy-acetylene welder have a really tough time time trying to learn TIG because he was forever pulling the torch away from the work as you would with a gas torch to control the heat input...
Really useful info 😎👍
Where can i get that TIG handle that he has attached to his torch?
At what point do you decide your gloves are so dirty they become a source of contamination?
Picking small parts are just pawing the filler wire and putting oily contamination on everything. I was just wondering yesterday as I changed out a pair of gloves.
Depends on what you’re working on. Steel isn’t so much of an issue. But I recommend using a different pair of gloves for material handling. And another for welding.
If you get heavy grease and stuff and it leaves glove fingerprints yea change them. I do as Austin said I try to swap between fab gloves and tig gloves. I end up welding in the fab gloves to tack and then making myself mad for getting freshly cleaned metal dirty again lol
Typically the gloves I’ve overheated and lost dexterity on I convert to fab gloves and get new set for tig
Get a different pair of gloves specifically for TIG welding on stuff you don’t want greasy or dirty, even using dirty gloves on aluminum filler wire can cause contamination, we used to have a pair specifically for working on aluminum.
For those interested in TIG, look up Chris Razor at Hi-Tech Welding. He is the "1 of 5" who taught the other 4.
Thanks bro for sharing
Tig welding is so easy
Great info but the audio quality was not good. It was hard to follow some of what was said. I would love to get more content like this but if your audio got better, it would be more enjoyable. Keep up the good work, novices like me need your help.
Yes, its very difficult. Aluminium is especially difficult.
1.5mm goatskin gloves is perfect. I’ve been using dull sticks to put off a job my wife wants me to do and she got me a pro sharpener for Christmas…any ideas for new excuses?
You'll like this tip.
Use a bench grinder to CUT and SHAPE your tungstens at the same time.
don't let your shield gas get blown away avoid drafts and no fan weld up hill get comfy. as to focus it is a dance do not dip your tungsten and practice
How are we protected our ice? thanks
Whats that clamp thing at the beginning?
Where did you get your tig handle?
outlaw leather
Link for the cordless tool that you are using to spin the tungsten when sharpening?
Welders republic
Personally I feel like tig is hard to start but becomes the easiest after you get the feel for it..... especially when it comes to in-position field welds
Great video. What table is that?
Kovosu!
Yuck you use that 17 with that big stuff on AL. I run a 20 with stubby stuff. It can heat your hands up but it’s so tiny
I just don’t have a water cooler 😅 or I’d be doing the same
Tig welding isn't inherently hard - it's a pretty simple process - however it has its place - if you're the kid who welds pharma plant pipes - Tig is your Pal. If you're the kid who is welding panels on some beater, Tig ain't your pal.
If you're running tig, you better be getting paid by the inch - Tig is about the slowest welding process going. It's nice, but it's slow. By the time you've cranked up your Tig outfit & are set to weld, I've welded the damn thing using flux-core - which is Fast - at about 1/10 of the cost. Flux-core however, will never cut it in a pharma plant. It would, but they'd never allow it. They want Tig because "Tig is Posh!" - it isn't really tbh - it's just another way of joining metal - but they rate it so who am I to argue? I reckon I could run 1mm flux core on steel beside any Tig welder going & their welds will be same/inferior - but semantics - we want Tig.. So Tig it is,,, it sucks as a process when it comes to production/speed - but it is what it is.
That foot should have come with a content warning
“why is TIG welding so hard?“
This whole live stream could be 5 seconds long, with you saying “it's not.“
Not hard when you get the hang of it, but for people just starting it can be a lot to get under your belt.
If it was so easy then why is it such a specialty thing ? Sure anyone can learn it … I think there’s 3 main reasons most don’t. Equipment cost, consumable costs, and TIME. Most people do not want to dedicate hundreds of hours + gas costs on a process that is slow and intricate when they can get by with stick or mig … everything about tig is slow. The setup, the prep, the process. BUT I LOVE IT lol f stick and mig
@@fuzznut25 nobody said it was easy. But people like to perpetuate the idea that it is hard, as if it's harder than other processes, but it's not. It's just different. Every welding process has its own set of difficulties. If you start thinking something is hard, it will be.
Agreed. I’m actually horrible with mig but of course most people equate mig to easy
@@fuzznut25 true. I had a harder time learning MIG, after starting with stick, followed by TIG. There are still things I struggle with in MIG, that are second nature in stick and TIG.
So easy a caveman can do it!
I saw the dumb title and I’m not even gonna watch. Tig is the easiest out of all processes. I’ve taught people who’ve never welded a day in their life and ended out on the production line within a month.
Not hard at all
Host isnt funny ... just teach. Dont try to be something your are not.