I will say, brother, that you are "cool beans" and a breath of fresh air. I am a few months from retirement. Or at least full-time. The point is this, I have used youtube for repairing or diagnosing in our shop never thought of welding teaching; One of the younger welders was telling his protege "he watched this dude on youtube about stainless TIG," and to my surprise, later that evening I checked it out and said DAMN, this guy shares years of experience in his tutorials. I had no idea Jody, hope I spelled it right. Man oh man the insights you share are like I said years upon years of experience, wow. Good job dude. Serious, I started back in 82, Primarily TIG aluminum last 15, and wow great stuff here, thank you.
This man is a very good teacher and clearly knows his stuff. Thanks for the effort. I’m just learning as a hobbyist and I often find I’ll get frustrated with some difficulty and come in and search and rewatch some of Jody’s videos for some missed detail which resolves the problem. Had great difficulty getting a good start on an aluminium TEE joint, re practised on the flat all good, try the TEE again with the same settings, no good, fine when I got it running but awful to start. Re watched a few videos saw the tip in this one about the arc wandering around with a balled electrode, tried the blunt angle, boom, nicer start and runs fine. Long way to go but this man is delivering gold dust here in terms of learning.
I love it when you do things the wrong way! They say this is a bad teaching technique but I learn so much from it. Just watching someone run perfect beads doesn't always tell me why mine are so ugly. Thanks for doing aluminum videos Jody.
I saw that in the Welding magazine at the local library last week! Very much kudos to you, Mr, Collier! You are much deserving of the award and many more. The amount of work you put into what you publish is evident in itself. The close ties you keep with your viewers is unmatched as well. We have spoken (via e-mail of course) several times and you prove yourself an unrivaled educator each and every time. Thank you for your gifts and willingness and ability to share them.
i have been trying to learn how to tig weld since October. i have been able to run a pretty bead on flat plate since maybe day 3 of owning my tig welder but i just could not for the life of me figure out how to tig weld aluminum Tee Joints. after watching this video i tig welded a tee joint first try until i dipped the tip! these videos are life savers! i've been a fan for a few years and i've finally been able to actually follow along and practice with my own welder. the key advice given that i think helped me was using a blunt tip. for whatever reason with a sharp tip or balled tip, my arc jumps all over the place. the blunt tip helped pinpoint the arc to the place i'm trying to start welding. thanks!
This is by far the most helpful video I have watched on welding. I just got my TIG welder and have been having some troubles with making joints. This single video solved pretty much all of my issues!
TamJeff from the forum here. This is pretty much exactly how I weld aluminum. The back stepping you showed in the pass is also much more forgiving for those who may not have a lot of hood time with aluminum in which to correct for inconsistent travel speed, and giving some time to correct craters from spacing their puddles too far apart. Excellent video.
im 17, in highschool and taking a CTE welding class. I just wanna say thank you cause you have helped alot! I'd love it if you made more SS and aluminum tutorials.
You've got some really good arc shots in this video. The "what not to do" is embarrassingly similar to what I've been doing. Mostly the arc length being too long. Thanks for the great videos.
I'm not a welder even in the lamest sense of the word BUT I have had the opportunity to be around some super ones. They'd let me put on a hood and watch and I was just flat-out amazed. Most were working stainless or aluminum and the quality was second to none. You're right in there with them and I salute you for it!
I really wish I knew about your videos when I was an apprentice, it would've made me a better welder and I probably would've stayed in the trade. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into making them!
i love watching all of your videos. I recently started tig welding. I was doing arc and mig. there just too easy so i moved on to tig and at first i would always get my tungsten rod stuck to my steel. now as i get more practice i am getting better by the day. Thanks to my welding teacher.
I just finished the TIG unit in my welding course at school, one of the last joints that I had to do was an aluminum butt weld, flat position, and it seemed to me, from what you've done and what my instructor did, that there's more than one way to do it successfully. My instructor put a large bevel, about 35 degrees, onto a couple 1/4 plates, with maybe a 1/16 landing and 1/8 gap, and actually welded backwards, pulling the puddle along and letting the argon flow through the gap to shield the backside of the weld, and it turned out beautiful I could never manage to weld it like that, I ended up just butting the two plates together with no edge prep and hammering a bead through them, but I'm really interested to see if you could try some aluminum groove welds out like that and maybe see your technique and get your opinion on welding like that
YES, been waiting for another aluminium TIG video! i've had school off the last 3 days so i been missing my welding fix and this is just the thing. went to my first competition for aluminum TIG last friday, was real fun. keep up the good work jody!
I'm learning in a class and I've had great success with AL until the fillet weld. We are welding .06 with 3/32 ceriated at 60 amps max. I've been using a 20° grind and having trouble with the arc focusing on only one side or the other. Definitely adding too much filler to start. I'll try the 45° grind and see if I can stabilize, then add less filler to start. Thanks so much for the videos!
Punch up the power quickly to stabilize the arc then back down. Practice holding the electrode close without moving it and touching into the aluminum. Here is something that seems to help me. I move the torch down into position then before I press the pedal to start the arc I touch the tungsten tip to the aluminum then move it up to where I want it when I start the arc. What this seems to do for me is to calibrate my muscle memory and I am more steady holding the torch exactly where it needs to be after that. Seams strange but after doing that a lot it really works.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I'm just a hobby welder relatively new to aluminum. You showed exactly what I was doing wrong! Time to try it again tomorrow.
Great demo as ever. Can see exactly what you are saying to do but often my technique still Fido butts it. Great to come back and watch it again! Thank you.
Thank you very much for this latest installment! I am new to TIG and just started with aluminum (pretty much the exact same setup as this example). I had some problems, but with this video most of them are worked out and running decent beads on the first try.
Thank you Jody!! I have a lot of trouble starting a aluminum bead, I know exactly what I was doing wrong now. Because I did have a rounded tungsten, I will make sure I have a point and add less filler before I start a bead
thanks jodi, expertly demonstrated; aside from never using a tig before, the explanations w/ the basic welder used in the video seemed clear enough and understandable (having the machines user manual or some other type of educational experience as reference) - arc length, tip 'profile', oxidized filler rod, the crater cracks - seen those plenty of times on an associates all aluminum racing carbody repair work, the arc wandering (balled tip) hard to recognize the cup angle in relation to the workpiece in most of the video - taking your word for it accounting the electrode length & cup style as demonstrated. thnx again, respectfully, gerald.
Jody This videos seems to be just what I am looking for, great work. And bye the way, I do have a Ph.D. in an unrelated field, but my interests in fab work requires that I learn what your teaching. Keep up the work!
I'm glad i found your video i have found others but nothing compares to what you put up all the mistakes i was making i was able to correct them by watching your videos.
hey Jody I am somewhat new to tig welding and I love the videos you have. I have learned a lot from them. on this video you touched base on "lack of fusion". I seam to get that a lot when I am welding aluminum. I was wondering if you have a video on that and how not to do that. I am using a miller diversion 180 with the lift arc torch if it matters. ps love the tig finger I got one for me and my dad. thanks again.
I really appreciate your time to share your knowledge and experience with the public. Your videos are very informative, down to earth, and easy to follow. As many others have said, thank you. I will be visiting your store in the coming days ahead, all the best...Glenn Underwood
I've had nothing but trouble doing aluminium a couple of weeks ago, coming to a had today when I felt like throwing and breaking something. I'm gonna have to go back in tomorrow and see what I can recognise I'm doing in your "How not" section. Seriously, I'm on the verge of burning something down.
This is perfect timing. I have the Lincoln Square Wave 255, slightly more advanced than the 175. Thank you for those tips, I'm sure that will help a lot. Can you show how to properly weld the inside corners of a box?
Love this show! Bought some of your products and use the tig finger when welding with my Lincoln 175 square wave. Jody is an xlnt teacher!Many thanx. JB
Your videos are very educational. I appreciate them a lot! Thank you! Could you make a video about different torch angles and their effects? I've been having some trouble tig welding aluminum and I feel that's the cause.
Thanks for the tips, saw what I was doing wrong. I will try again tomorrow. Just putting a small guide tab on a flat plate. Flat but joint was ok but T joint, couldn't get it hot enough so it was just like your example.
Jody, you make it look so easy that you should be held accountable.. :D Because of your videos I bought Stamos S-AC200P BASIC tig welding machine.. I have been now training to weld with tig something like week and now I'm starting to understand how difficult that can be.. Total respect your skills and expertice.
I'm just getting started to be introduced tig welding what are the the tools I need just bought a Lincoln 210 mp and that's all I have i love you're videos they are very helpful
I just bought one of these Lincoln 175 machines for 700 with brand new pedal and new ck 17 tig torch. Now I need to weld some really heave stuff so I will preheat and pray it works. I have the skills so I think it will. Question if we always want a balled end why not grind one? Seems to work when I tried it. Tungsten in cordless drill. Spin it up and round the end a bit.
I'M TIG WELDING A 1" ALUMINUM SQ BLOCK, THAT I CAN DRILL AND TAP, TO A 1/8" X 2" AL BASE STRAP. I HAVE 1 A LINCON 255 SQ WAVE PULSE TIG WELDER BUT I HAVEN'T LEARND HOW TO USE IT YET . THATS WHY I'M HERE . GAS SETTING, PROB LENGTH, AMPS AS A PERCENT OF THICKNESS BUT WHICH THICHNESS ? LOL. THE PULSE LOOKS LIKE A GOOD OPTION. I HAVE A HAND HELD PROB, FILLER ROB. AND RED TUNGSTEN. AND PLENTY OF SCRAP AL. GREAT CHANEL!
For anyone wondering how to get into the metal fabrication world, you can go to school or you can buy a entry level machine, practice and practice and then start looking for a job at any local metal company, weld tests helps boost your skills, specially when you see some really good welders, anyway I bought a miller diversion 180 (similar to the square wave 175) and now I am getting a job at a local metal shop, 16 bucks an hour, that's more money then most college graduates.
Just went from steel to aluminum at school. I gotta master that backing off the arc length when feeding. In comparison to steel it feels like the aluminum puddle rises more.
back in the 70 in the 300 area at hanford i was in the need of a clear extended heli arc cup to reach down through a small hole. they had a glass shop there and i asked if they had any glass that would hold up to white hot temps and they had quartz tubing the right size so they used a lathe to mount the pink ceramic cup and the quartz tube and they melted them together with hydrogen gas. then i had then cut the end of the quartz tube at a 45 degree angle and had the point bent over to direct the gas sideways then cut the sharpened end of the 2% 3/32 tungsten off then re welded the sharpened tip back to the shaft and put all this together on a straight torch then taped a steel rod to the torch handle then stuck this about 3 feet down a small hole to weld a small part. the quartz tube helped me see what i was doing. its odd to see 40 years later now they are making quartz cups.
Hey Jody, could you make a little video on how much wire you should add when tig welding on various materials? I'm still learning and I'm constantly getting crap for adding too much or too little. I personally prefer adding a lot for aluminum and quick rapid dabbing for steel and stainless. Any help would be awesome!
Jody, Many thanks for these tig videos. I really appreciate you showing the wrong way to do it. That helps me see some of the things I've been doing wrong. Joe
Few of my observations when welding Al - It can be harder to differentiate the color of your tip and the puddle. You can be holding the tip closer than you think and it sticks. - The puddle and bead fills up a lot thicker than on steels, you can have what looks like a nice contact distance but you can easily put so much rod in that you bury the tip. - And when the filler rod slips out of shielding gas and it forms oxide layer with a visible ugly tip. You have to stop right now, you're asking for trouble if you dip it like that. Avoid the above and Al is so much fun to weld when it goes right. It's so awful when it's going wrong.
Great arc shots as always, and good to see the Lincoln Square Wave getting some love, (What I have) I keep looking at inverters but so far have resisted, The Lincoln keeps chugging along....
Jody I dont tig aluminum much but my last project started an issue. I was repairing a cast bearing housing. All was well until I ran out of filler rod. I got more and went to work. The bead started and starts ok. Puddle looks good but when I add filler I get blobs and contaminates. Looks like something coming out of the filler rod. I know cast is know for impurities but the puddle is clean until I add the rod. I checked my gas and think I may have had too much gas but not sure. Please help. I finished this job with a spool gun but still get the same effect when welding tubing or plate 3/16 to 1/8. Thanks Jody for the great videos. Im looking into the new Lincoln Aspect 375
Tig welding aluminum, that's very hard I heard. What are the hardest things about it, and how to overcome them, that's what I would like to hear in the next videos about it :) as always I enjoyed watching, waiting for more;)
I always like starting on the bottom piece right next to the joint, adding very little filler metal and getting the puddle to join the top then run the bead from there
I love your videos. I have been welding quite a few years now and I really like to use kevlar gloves for welding. They are the yellow ones. I will wear 2 pairs for aluminum and just one pair for steel. I weld mostly thin gauge tubing so not too much on the amps. I like them because they last and I can throw them into the washing machine so I can keep them clean. I have some tig fingers too and I use them too. Any reason others don't use these? Am I doing something wrong using these. Thanks for your help. Pete
Can you or have you discussed your technique for feeding rod? I'm finding it really hard to shift the rod in my hand as it gets shorter. Would love to know how you do it so gracefully.
Gracias por la enseñanza. ¿Hay algún producto que se recomiende para limpiar el aluminio? y ¿Que pasa cuando sueldas dos calibres de diferentes en una union "T" de aluminio, debes de orientar el arco a la de mayor calibre o que se hace?
I really enjoy your videos. I have been welding off and on for a while .. not where near where you are but I practice.. I recently acquired a mler syncrowave 250dx water cooled welder... I have been searching for videos explaining freq, and setting things up for different types of materials but haven't had much luck. I read the book on it but I learn better with an explanation of why and how, or visual.. anyway I have a project coming up on aluminum and am having issues figuring out settings.. how can I go about getting this thing set up
the tips are great . i ve got a project lined up . but dont hav the equipment . i m hoping to hire equipment . the project involves motorcycling . i ll send piks when i get it sorted . i ve seen cups numbered 4 to 9 . can u explain where one wud use the various sizes
Thanks as always, Jody! Have you tried the E-3 (EWG) tungsten? I have found it works well, to the limited extent I feel qualified to judge, on Al, carbon steel and alloy steel (4130). It's been recommended as good all-around, just like you say of 2% lanthanated...
I've got a very old 1956 P&H Transformer machine...How would the lanthinated electrodes work? Machine is 300 Amps, AC/DC...high freq. but no adjustments...
This might be a little off topic, but is there a different method for tig welding cast aluminum? Sorry to ask if you already answered this awhile back, i may have missed it.
Talking about “hot short” is interesting. I view welding as being being a casting without a mold. Like in casting, metal has been introduced hot and will contract as it cools. The center of the molten pool is still shrinking as the outside solidifies first. Casting techniques you utilize a casting tree for the part to draw from while it is just starting to solidify. Same thing goes for metals that have high thermal expansion such as aluminum. Other factors such as alloy being used as well as process of deposition will effect in the ductility of the weld when cooling. Pretty neat subject when you stop to think about what is really going on.
All the advanced guys show aluminum tig with the stubby gas saver kits. How much different is it with the standard alumina cup set up? Is the difference extreme or is the only real advantage the electrode stick out for visibilty? Also, on the square wave I tried, the tungsten doesn't maintain a point at all it immediately balls up.
I have a LOTOS LTPAC2500, Is this a good machine ? I like your videos, I'm learning a lot ! The Lotos did not come with any videos or user instructions, And when you call them I can't understand the guy. I wish I had bought another brand just for those reasons.
I will say, brother, that you are "cool beans" and a breath of fresh air. I am a few months from retirement. Or at least full-time. The point is this, I have used youtube for repairing or diagnosing in our shop never thought of welding teaching; One of the younger welders was telling his protege "he watched this dude on youtube about stainless TIG," and to my surprise, later that evening I checked it out and said DAMN, this guy shares years of experience in his tutorials. I had no idea Jody, hope I spelled it right. Man oh man the insights you share are like I said years upon years of experience, wow. Good job dude. Serious, I started back in 82, Primarily TIG aluminum last 15, and wow great stuff here, thank you.
This man is a very good teacher and clearly knows his stuff. Thanks for the effort. I’m just learning as a hobbyist and I often find I’ll get frustrated with some difficulty and come in and search and rewatch some of Jody’s videos for some missed detail which resolves the problem. Had great difficulty getting a good start on an aluminium TEE joint, re practised on the flat all good, try the TEE again with the same settings, no good, fine when I got it running but awful to start. Re watched a few videos saw the tip in this one about the arc wandering around with a balled electrode, tried the blunt angle, boom, nicer start and runs fine. Long way to go but this man is delivering gold dust here in terms of learning.
I love it when you do things the wrong way! They say this is a bad teaching technique but I learn so much from it. Just watching someone run perfect beads doesn't always tell me why mine are so ugly.
Thanks for doing aluminum videos Jody.
Congrats on being recognized by AWS, flipping through the Feb. issue of welding journal and seen the article.
Christopher Cumbee Thanks man, it was quite an honor
weldingtipsandtricks You deserve the recognition. While I'm at it, I love what the pyrex cup does for the video.
Joseph White
thanks, I think it helps the arc shots too so I will probly use it more in the future
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I saw that in the Welding magazine at the local library last week! Very much kudos to you, Mr, Collier! You are much deserving of the award and many more.
The amount of work you put into what you publish is evident in itself.
The close ties you keep with your viewers is unmatched as well. We have spoken (via e-mail of course) several times and you prove yourself an unrivaled educator each and every time.
Thank you for your gifts and willingness and ability to share them.
i have been trying to learn how to tig weld since October. i have been able to run a pretty bead on flat plate since maybe day 3 of owning my tig welder but i just could not for the life of me figure out how to tig weld aluminum Tee Joints. after watching this video i tig welded a tee joint first try until i dipped the tip! these videos are life savers! i've been a fan for a few years and i've finally been able to actually follow along and practice with my own welder. the key advice given that i think helped me was using a blunt tip. for whatever reason with a sharp tip or balled tip, my arc jumps all over the place. the blunt tip helped pinpoint the arc to the place i'm trying to start welding. thanks!
This is by far the most helpful video I have watched on welding. I just got my TIG welder and have been having some troubles with making joints. This single video solved pretty much all of my issues!
TamJeff from the forum here. This is pretty much exactly how I weld aluminum. The back stepping you showed in the pass is also much more forgiving for those who may not have a lot of hood time with aluminum in which to correct for inconsistent travel speed, and giving some time to correct craters from spacing their puddles too far apart. Excellent video.
Jody, out of all the You-tube channels about welding and fabrication, I can honestly say I gain the most knowledge from you, keep making videos!
im 17, in highschool and taking a CTE welding class. I just wanna say thank you cause you have helped alot! I'd love it if you made more SS and aluminum tutorials.
You've got some really good arc shots in this video. The "what not to do" is embarrassingly similar to what I've been doing. Mostly the arc length being too long. Thanks for the great videos.
I will be attempting to tig weld aluminum soon with my everlast welder. Jody breaks down the process so well.
I was having this problem and came looking for a video to help. Jody didn't let me down
I'm not a welder even in the lamest sense of the word BUT I have had the opportunity to be around some super ones. They'd let me put on a hood and watch and I was just flat-out amazed. Most were working stainless or aluminum and the quality was second to none. You're right in there with them and I salute you for it!
I'm currently attending a welding course for AWS certification. Out of all the vids I've watched your's are the best. Keep it up and thank you!
Fantastic video. Really nice shots of the arc pool and examples of what to do and not to do. Well done. Thank you.
I really wish I knew about your videos when I was an apprentice, it would've made me a better welder and I probably would've stayed in the trade. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into making them!
That slow mo was icing on the cake .. !
Hands down your the most helper person on UA-cam.
Excellent video, I really appreciated the tip on preventing the crater cracks.
Love your videos Jody. In my college welding shop, we’re doing a butt joint to a lap joint to a tee joint with aluminum. Thanks for the useful tips
i love watching all of your videos. I recently started tig welding. I was doing arc and mig. there just too easy so i moved on to tig and at first i would always get my tungsten rod stuck to my steel. now as i get more practice i am getting better by the day. Thanks to my welding teacher.
+dviantre german You go man.
thanks
you got me through so many welding classes at my trade school.
Always helpful. I often end up watching your videos several times.
I just finished the TIG unit in my welding course at school, one of the last joints that I had to do was an aluminum butt weld, flat position, and it seemed to me, from what you've done and what my instructor did, that there's more than one way to do it successfully. My instructor put a large bevel, about 35 degrees, onto a couple 1/4 plates, with maybe a 1/16 landing and 1/8 gap, and actually welded backwards, pulling the puddle along and letting the argon flow through the gap to shield the backside of the weld, and it turned out beautiful
I could never manage to weld it like that, I ended up just butting the two plates together with no edge prep and hammering a bead through them, but I'm really interested to see if you could try some aluminum groove welds out like that and maybe see your technique and get your opinion on welding like that
You have no idea how much you just helped me, thanks Jody.
YES, been waiting for another aluminium TIG video! i've had school off the last 3 days so i been missing my welding fix and this is just the thing. went to my first competition for aluminum TIG last friday, was real fun. keep up the good work jody!
I'm learning in a class and I've had great success with AL until the fillet weld. We are welding .06 with 3/32 ceriated at 60 amps max. I've been using a 20° grind and having trouble with the arc focusing on only one side or the other. Definitely adding too much filler to start. I'll try the 45° grind and see if I can stabilize, then add less filler to start. Thanks so much for the videos!
Punch up the power quickly to stabilize the arc then back down. Practice holding the electrode close without moving it and touching into the aluminum.
Here is something that seems to help me. I move the torch down into position then before I press the pedal to start the arc I touch the tungsten tip to the aluminum then move it up to where I want it when I start the arc.
What this seems to do for me is to calibrate my muscle memory and I am more steady holding the torch exactly where it needs to be after that. Seams strange but after doing that a lot it really works.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I'm just a hobby welder relatively new to aluminum. You showed exactly what I was doing wrong! Time to try it again tomorrow.
Great demo as ever. Can see exactly what you are saying to do but often my technique still Fido butts it. Great to come back and watch it again! Thank you.
All I have to say is these videos are awesome. You do an incredible job of explaining and demonstrating. Thanks for the help
Thank you very much for this latest installment! I am new to TIG and just started with aluminum (pretty much the exact same setup as this example). I had some problems, but with this video most of them are worked out and running decent beads on the first try.
Look up his "Aluminum Welding Drill" - it's phenomenal & will help you out -
Those arc shorts are beautiful! Great welding tips and camera skills.
''Thanks for watching''???
No. Thanks for sharing Jody.
Thank you Jody!! I have a lot of trouble starting a aluminum bead, I know exactly what I was doing wrong now. Because I did have a rounded tungsten, I will make sure I have a point and add less filler before I start a bead
thanks jodi, expertly demonstrated; aside from never using a tig before, the explanations w/ the basic welder used in the video seemed clear enough and understandable (having the machines user manual or some other type of educational experience as reference) - arc length, tip 'profile', oxidized filler rod, the crater cracks - seen those plenty of times on an associates all aluminum racing carbody repair work, the arc wandering (balled tip) hard to recognize the cup angle in relation to the workpiece in most of the video - taking your word for it accounting the electrode length & cup style as demonstrated.
thnx again, respectfully, gerald.
thanks for you sharing I always find great content. I just picked up a TIG machine and just started learning.
Jody This videos seems to be just what I am looking for, great work. And bye the way, I do have a Ph.D. in an unrelated field, but my interests in fab work requires that I learn what your teaching. Keep up the work!
Thanks a lot for these videos Jody, I am in school right now and you're TIG videos have helped me out a great deal.
Cheers!
Thanks for this, I was having trouble with my fillet weld practice today and managed to do EVERYTHING in your what not to do section ;)
I'm glad i found your video i have found others but nothing compares to what you put up all the mistakes i was making i was able to correct them by watching your videos.
Congratulations for this video. I got my AWS Certificate years ago building boats in Florida.
These vids really help me out a lot I use scratch start air cooled at the shipyard and I am teaching myself thanks a lot.
Finally I know how sometimes I didn't get nice welds on aluminium, thanks Jody!!!
hey Jody I am somewhat new to tig welding and I love the videos you have. I have learned a lot from them. on this video you touched base on "lack of fusion". I seam to get that a lot when I am welding aluminum. I was wondering if you have a video on that and how not to do that. I am using a miller diversion 180 with the lift arc torch if it matters. ps love the tig finger I got one for me and my dad. thanks again.
I really appreciate your time to share your knowledge and experience with the public.
Your videos are very informative, down to earth, and easy to follow. As many others have said, thank you. I will be visiting your store in the coming days ahead, all the best...Glenn Underwood
I've had nothing but trouble doing aluminium a couple of weeks ago, coming to a had today when I felt like throwing and breaking something. I'm gonna have to go back in tomorrow and see what I can recognise I'm doing in your "How not" section. Seriously, I'm on the verge of burning something down.
This is perfect timing. I have the Lincoln Square Wave 255, slightly more advanced than the 175. Thank you for those tips, I'm sure that will help a lot.
Can you show how to properly weld the inside corners of a box?
Love this show! Bought some of your products and use the tig finger when welding with my Lincoln 175 square wave. Jody is an xlnt teacher!Many thanx. JB
Your videos are very educational. I appreciate them a lot! Thank you! Could you make a video about different torch angles and their effects? I've been having some trouble tig welding aluminum and I feel that's the cause.
Hi Jody,
Excellent, teaching and the closeup shots are very clear, to practice now...
Thanks, Pierre
Thanks for the tips, saw what I was doing wrong. I will try again tomorrow. Just putting a small guide tab on a flat plate. Flat but joint was ok but T joint, couldn't get it hot enough so it was just like your example.
I always learn some subtle thing from your videos. Keep em' coming!
Great information, thanks for helping those of us striving to learn more.
Jody, you make it look so easy that you should be held accountable.. :D
Because of your videos I bought Stamos S-AC200P BASIC tig welding machine.. I have been now training to weld with tig something like week and now I'm starting to understand how difficult that can be.. Total respect your skills and expertice.
I'm just getting started to be introduced tig welding what are the the tools I need just bought a Lincoln 210 mp and that's all I have i love you're videos they are very helpful
Awesome video. I was having trouble with starting my welds and making them look good
Probably the best video on UA-cam!
I just bought one of these Lincoln 175 machines for 700 with brand new pedal and new ck 17 tig torch. Now I need to weld some really heave stuff so I will preheat and pray it works. I have the skills so I think it will. Question if we always want a balled end why not grind one? Seems to work when I tried it. Tungsten in cordless drill. Spin it up and round the end a bit.
5:40, you answered my question, always wondered if it was bad to hold a tight arc and then back off, thanks.
I'M TIG WELDING A 1" ALUMINUM SQ BLOCK, THAT I CAN DRILL AND TAP, TO A 1/8" X 2" AL BASE STRAP. I HAVE 1 A LINCON 255 SQ WAVE PULSE TIG WELDER BUT I HAVEN'T LEARND HOW TO USE IT YET . THATS WHY I'M HERE . GAS SETTING, PROB LENGTH, AMPS AS A PERCENT OF THICKNESS BUT WHICH THICHNESS ? LOL. THE PULSE LOOKS LIKE A GOOD OPTION. I HAVE A HAND HELD PROB, FILLER ROB. AND RED TUNGSTEN. AND PLENTY OF SCRAP AL. GREAT CHANEL!
For anyone wondering how to get into the metal fabrication world, you can go to school or you can buy a entry level machine, practice and practice and then start looking for a job at any local metal company, weld tests helps boost your skills, specially when you see some really good welders, anyway I bought a miller diversion 180 (similar to the square wave 175) and now I am getting a job at a local metal shop, 16 bucks an hour, that's more money then most college graduates.
The "How not to start a bead" section was brilliant. Very helpful.
Just went from steel to aluminum at school. I gotta master that backing off the arc length when feeding. In comparison to steel it feels like the aluminum puddle rises more.
back in the 70 in the 300 area at hanford i was in the need of a clear extended heli arc cup to reach down through a small hole. they had a glass shop there and i asked if they had any glass that would hold up to white hot temps and they had quartz tubing the right size so they used a lathe to mount the pink ceramic cup and the quartz tube and they melted them together with hydrogen gas. then i had then cut the end of the quartz tube at a 45 degree angle and had the point bent over to direct the gas sideways then cut the sharpened end of the 2% 3/32 tungsten off then re welded the sharpened tip back to the shaft and put all this together on a straight torch then taped a steel rod to the torch handle then stuck this about 3 feet down a small hole to weld a small part. the quartz tube helped me see what i was doing. its odd to see 40 years later now they are making quartz cups.
Hey Jody, could you make a little video on how much wire you should add when tig welding on various materials? I'm still learning and I'm constantly getting crap for adding too much or too little. I personally prefer adding a lot for aluminum and quick rapid dabbing for steel and stainless. Any help would be awesome!
Jody,
Many thanks for these tig videos. I really appreciate you showing the wrong way to do it. That helps me see some of the things I've been doing wrong.
Joe
really good videos! making me feel a lot more confident as a beginner
Amazing seeing how the crack forms so easy.
Few of my observations when welding Al
- It can be harder to differentiate the color of your tip and the puddle. You can be holding the tip closer than you think and it sticks.
- The puddle and bead fills up a lot thicker than on steels, you can have what looks like a nice contact distance but you can easily put so much rod in that you bury the tip.
- And when the filler rod slips out of shielding gas and it forms oxide layer with a visible ugly tip. You have to stop right now, you're asking for trouble if you dip it like that.
Avoid the above and Al is so much fun to weld when it goes right.
It's so awful when it's going wrong.
Great series , really enjoying your posts and will probably buy your DVD
Great arc shots as always, and good to see the Lincoln Square Wave getting some love, (What I have) I keep looking at inverters but so far have resisted, The Lincoln keeps chugging along....
Jody I dont tig aluminum much but my last project started an issue. I was repairing a cast bearing housing. All was well until I ran out of filler rod. I got more and went to work. The bead started and starts ok. Puddle looks good but when I add filler I get blobs and contaminates. Looks like something coming out of the filler rod. I know cast is know for impurities but the puddle is clean until I add the rod. I checked my gas and think I may have had too much gas but not sure. Please help. I finished this job with a spool gun but still get the same effect when welding tubing or plate 3/16 to 1/8. Thanks Jody for the great videos. Im looking into the new Lincoln Aspect 375
welding is an art. and you are the artist
Tig welding aluminum, that's very hard I heard. What are the hardest things about it, and how to overcome them, that's what I would like to hear in the next videos about it :) as always I enjoyed watching, waiting for more;)
I always like starting on the bottom piece right next to the joint, adding very little filler metal and getting the puddle to join the top then run the bead from there
I love your videos. I have been welding quite a few years now and I really like to use kevlar gloves for welding. They are the yellow ones. I will wear 2 pairs for aluminum and just one pair for steel. I weld mostly thin gauge tubing so not too much on the amps. I like them because they last and I can throw them into the washing machine so I can keep them clean. I have some tig fingers too and I use them too. Any reason others don't use these? Am I doing something wrong using these. Thanks for your help. Pete
Can you or have you discussed your technique for feeding rod? I'm finding it really hard to shift the rod in my hand as it gets shorter. Would love to know how you do it so gracefully.
Awesome! Always like the aluminum tig videos. Thanks, very helpful!
Great tips on preparing the tungsten..
Gracias por la enseñanza. ¿Hay algún producto que se recomiende para limpiar el aluminio? y ¿Que pasa cuando sueldas dos calibres de diferentes en una union "T" de aluminio, debes de orientar el arco a la de mayor calibre o que se hace?
Looks amazing!
welding aluminum looks pretty close to just soldering. Same tricks.
I really enjoy your videos. I have been welding off and on for a while .. not where near where you are but I practice.. I recently acquired a mler syncrowave 250dx water cooled welder... I have been searching for videos explaining freq, and setting things up for different types of materials but haven't had much luck. I read the book on it but I learn better with an explanation of why and how, or visual.. anyway I have a project coming up on aluminum and am having issues figuring out settings.. how can I go about getting this thing set up
the tips are great . i ve got a project lined up . but dont hav the equipment . i m hoping to hire equipment . the project involves motorcycling . i ll send piks when i get it sorted . i ve seen cups numbered 4 to 9 . can u explain where one wud use the various sizes
That's great, is there any video that you talk about that "glass" cup on your tig torch? Can you describe it ? thanks
Really enjoyed the video, I have that lincoln 175 , great little machine!
Love your work Jody, always very informative and energetic. Keep it up!
Thanks as always, Jody! Have you tried the E-3 (EWG) tungsten? I have found it works well, to the limited extent I feel qualified to judge, on Al, carbon steel and alloy steel (4130). It's been recommended as good all-around, just like you say of 2% lanthanated...
So it looks like you used a 60 degree blunted tip @9:00 , or maybe the arc just changes the appearance?
thank you, good advice as usual. been having the problem with balled on alum. will give that a shot!
I've got a very old 1956 P&H Transformer machine...How would the lanthinated electrodes work? Machine is 300 Amps, AC/DC...high freq. but no adjustments...
your explanations are very understandable, thanks.
This might be a little off topic, but is there a different method for tig welding cast aluminum? Sorry to ask if you already answered this awhile back, i may have missed it.
Beautiful filming, and very informative..
great tips on how to start the bead!
I'm just learning, but having trouble starting on flare bevel square tube joints. Need some pointers. Hard to find videos on flare bevel joints.
Very helpful presentation. Thanks for sharing this with us.
That’s the trouble I’m having - getting the puddle in the corner. Are you going full pedal to start off? I’m using a square wave tig 200
helps a lot Jodi! thanks again for your tips & tricks.
Talking about “hot short” is interesting. I view welding as being being a casting without a mold. Like in casting, metal has been introduced hot and will contract as it cools. The center of the molten pool is still shrinking as the outside solidifies first. Casting techniques you utilize a casting tree for the part to draw from while it is just starting to solidify. Same thing goes for metals that have high thermal expansion such as aluminum. Other factors such as alloy being used as well as process of deposition will effect in the ductility of the weld when cooling. Pretty neat subject when you stop to think about what is really going on.
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All the advanced guys show aluminum tig with the stubby gas saver kits. How much different is it with the standard alumina cup set up? Is the difference extreme or is the only real advantage the electrode stick out for visibilty? Also, on the square wave I tried, the tungsten doesn't maintain a point at all it immediately balls up.
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I have a LOTOS LTPAC2500, Is this a good machine ? I like your videos, I'm learning a lot ! The Lotos did not come with any videos or user instructions, And when you call them I can't understand the guy. I wish I had bought another brand just for those reasons.
How do you start your puddle on tee joint. Do you just hold the torch on base metal and let it heat up before adding a little filler?