TIG WELDING STAINLESS STEEL - HOW TO TIG WELD STAINLESS STEEL FOR BEGINNERS!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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WHATS UP AND WELCOME TO MY TIG WELDING STAINLESS STEEL - HOW TO TIG WELD STAINLESS STEEL FOR BEGINNERS SERIES!!!!
I am super stoked to drop this episode, as Ive gotten many requests on How To Tig Weld Stainless Steel. Tig Welding Stainless Steel is a bit of a beast, and I find that most videos on How To Tig Weld Stainless Steel don't cover the absolute BEGINNER basics! So today, we drill down on those basics, so that anyone getting started out can learn without getting overwhelmed.
**Our Tig Welding Stainless Steel setup for this episode:**
1/16" 308L Stainless Steel filler rod
3/32" 2% Lanthanated tungsten
1/4" 304 Stainless Steel plate
100% argon gas
**refer to video for exact machine and gas settings**
**SAFETY EQUIPTMENT**
Eye protection, gloves (without holes) Welding helmet shade 10, Long sleeves (no exposed skin) hearing protection, and proper ventilation!!!
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My tig machine Is 200 amp,have two analog button,one is amp and the other is post flow,how do i set it for tig weld stainless steel pipe
The passive layer has nothing to do with whether or not SS is magnetic. It has to do with the microstructure of the material (I won't bore you with the details unless you want). The various SS are either non-magnetic or slightly magnetic. A very strong rare earth magnet will be attracted to the slightly magnetic SS but the attraction is nothing like the attraction to mild steel. The nonmagnetic properties of SS is a reason why they are used where there are strong magnetic fields present. For example, MRI machines have their structural elements made of either fiber/epoxy composites or stainless steel. With the exception of this one point of detail, you video is excellent and I learned a lot from it.
Hello Dusty. I am 76 years old and have been TIG welding for about 25 years now, and to say I love TIG welding is an understatement. I have been following a bunch of your videos and a few others, especially since I recently purchased an Everlast Power TIG 210 EXT welder. I have been TIG welding at home for years with a Miller Econotig ( 150 A ) AC/DC TIG welder. You have been a huge help for me figuring out all the digital settings, especially for welding aluminum with the Everlast that is a bit mind boggling for me. I used a Miller Syncrowave 350 at work before I retired in 2009 but have forgotten all the digital settings. I am by no means an electronics specialist like you younger folks. You have been a huge help for me to get started with the new Inverter type welder that obviously gives me so much more fine tuning of the welding capabilities with the new machine over the old "set it on AC, select the percentage of amps, and weld" - that was it in the way of fine tuning. The Econotig is a great machine for the price point when new ( I bought mine at an auction with 10 hrs. use for short $ ), but it is time for me to move on to perfect my abilities. This is the purpose of my long comment. You, young feller, have been a tremendous help to me. One is never too old to learn new tricks and it matters not if you are a lot younger than me. You are a great enthusiastic teacher as well as wonderful artist. I did custom painting, free hand pin striping, airbrush murals, graphics, glass etching etc. for many years during self employment and are amazed with your enthusiasm, patience, and talent. There is something different in the way you teach and come across. Thank you for your help. I am on my way to being a better TIG welder due to people like yourself who take the time to make these helpful videos. One needs to be humble if they are to progress in knowledge. Thanks !!!
Hey Arachnido3981. I’m moved by your kind and humble words as a (former) professional tig welder towards a welder of this time and age. The respect you pay to this UA-camr is great and could and should be applauded by by many more who are willing to sea that age and experience are not always key to nowedays success. I take my had of to you ‘Sir’.
My dude, talk about someone taking the time to get someone else setup right. All the detail in your video literally answered so many questions, even questions I didnt know to ask. Efforts much appreciated, awesome work by the way. Subscribed for sure.
Dude! Thank you! I appreciate the sub and the kind words immensely:)
Glad I could help! Cheers friend!
@@PacificArcTigWelding best beginner tig video on UA-cam
Yep I can tell this ain't your first teaching rodeo dude. Lol very nice, u have a very patient, informative, enjoyable style. Not sarcastic or intimidating. Very nice brother! U were made for a leadership role in welding ide say. As usual, killin it! And ur format is different than everyone else, ide compare you to a less-sarcastic Bob Moffett teaching style. Very thorough
Haha that’s a funny way to describe my style😂 I love it brother. Thank you so much 🙏
Hope you are well my man? Cheers brother💪
You improved my welds so much, that's the first time I understand how to look at the puddle! 👍🏻
Good so far, but regarding the magnet test, (most common) stainless steel isn't magnetic "inside" - it isn't the passivation layer! That layer is nanometers thick - far thinner than any paint layer, but *self-healing* in air. Also, most stainless is a little bit magnetic if you use a really strong modern magnet.
Very detailed and good video so far!
Cheers Nigel!🍻
Hence your fridge
The magnetic properties of steel have nothing at all to do with any layer on the metal surface! You can glue a piece of electrical tape to a piece of ordinary steel and, by attaching a magnet, make sure that even such a thick coating has very little effect on the magnetic properties. There is no need to talk about an oxide layer several microns thick!
hey, so if i was to wanna keep my welds to more the standard gold color its either moving a bit faster or turning amperage down, or adding more cfh? love your vids btw! great stuff
I know this is an old video. However, the information you’re imparting here is too valuable to have that mindless music over the top. I want to hear what you’re telling me, because it’s good stuff. Thanks for all your videos. Les in UK
So I'm a lady, who has welded for nearly 3 years on plane frames and there were tips in here I had never heard before. Honestly I learned so many things I can adapt in my setup and why certain effects happen. This is my first time delving into utube learning and your stuff is top notch. People don't have to sift through a million sources if they can find one very thorough teacher. You are epic!
Absolutely love seeing the ladies in here TIG welding. Steady hands and an eye for perfection I’ll bet your beads look like works of art and the spacing as if a robot. I’m sure you also could teach us a thing or two on how to ensure consistency and how to have great puddle control. 👌🏼 so awesome to see you in the TiG community BG.
I love lady welders… so hot
A lot of great beginner tips in this video “amazing “! Little things like SS puddle moving around to not tightening end cap before collet/gas lense are in place are crucial tips! Thx from a beginner!
For Christmas I'm taking over my dads syncrowave 200, this has been the best of many how to tig videos, can't wait to start practicing
Great tutorial...I noticed one thing that might be contributing to coloration at the beginning of each weld. When you go to post flow, you're pulling the filler rod out of the gas flow stream and resting on the side of the cup. I know you've got to disconnect from the puddle, but need to keep the end of the tig rod in the gas flow to cool off too.
I have watched so many of your videos including this one. Upon watching again today, I saw something I am doing wrong with torch setup. I won't say because it's seriously embarrassing but now I know and it's because of you being so good at what you do. Bless up brother. Thanks for your content.
Your tutorials are fantastic, thanks! I'm new to this and did my first couple of beads last Sunday. My second pass was the most decent but went downhill from there. I like that Edge setup and would be interested in getting it. Do you have a link to it and would you benefit from my purchase that way? I'm probably too uptight when welding and need relax a bit. Thanks again!
Dude turn your damn background music off! Want to watch but have to keep taking breaks to handle the music. Some of us can't take it. Please just your voice as it's much better. School does not play background music when giving lesson
Your tips are appreciated
I learn more from you than the college class I took. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!
Exceptional! Your clear and thoroughly detailed explanations are the difference that makes a difference! Thanks so much!
Absolutely Kevin. Happy to help!:) thank you for checking my vid out!
Awesome Channel, Really like your videos.
I tried your suggestion on this video for Stainless Steel, Using a 10 cup with a gas lens, but I could't get the nice color out of the welds at all, even with as much as 30 CFH my welds were dull, gray like cooked, So after so many beads I run I then swapped the cup for my Moose knucle settings remain the same and emediately my weld were really nice. So i Started to reduce the CFH all the way down to 15 CFH and the beads were really nice, So I switched to a 12 Cup same as the furick Cup and welds remain the same really nice goldish color and what not, so I decided to step down to a 10 cup, settings remain the same, and the weld again was dull/gray cooked, so I changed my cup to a 12 and the weld came out really nice.
So waht I did noticed on both cups 12 and 14 both of them have the extra screen in the cups, where the 10 did not have that is the only thing aprat from those cups so I could not lay down a nice weld with a 10 or 8 cup with just the gas lens any Idea on what to try next improve up on the smaller cups?
Interesting! Screens do make a big difference for sure- however I’m surprised to think they’d be a reason a weld stays clean or completely cooked out. How about your tungsten stick out? When someone is having problems I usually recommend they pull their tungsten in to a short stick out, this way, you’ll get the best coverage, so we can tell if your cfh is the problem. Glad you’re having some success though! Thank you for checking out my channel and hitting me up!
That’s very strange. You should be able to do this with or without a gas lens, though lenses give mire even coverage. So one or more layers shouldn’t make much of a difference. Neither should the cups. Big cups are great for outside edges where the gas moves away from the weld, up the sides. Make sure the cups you’re having a problem with are fittings properly, or they could suck air into the argon cloud.
I like your channel but It would be so much easier to follow what you are saying if I did not have to strain to follow your chain of thought through the music. It’s like tying to talk to someone on the phone with a baby crying in the background.
Awesome, nice instruction video, Dusty I’m definitely going to follow your videos. Thanks for the details.
Thanks for the clear explanation that I have not heard before. You have added points that others have left out probably assuming we know them. I will definitely be back for more.
Make it look so easy. I don’t think people realize how uniform these welds are 😮
I am new to tig welding, pardon me, what gas are you using? Thanks a bunch for sharing your knowledge.
100% argon:)
Lots of great information but the background music is distracting and really horrible.
I have a job interview tomorrow trainee tig welding thin aluminium iv never done tig before and I have to do a test piece any tip thanks
I have been welding for a while now stick and mig only used a tig welder a small amount in school. I finally got a tig welder and am just learning your videos have been great for me and have help me already in the few I've watch thank you
Hey dusty thanks for making videos. I really get a lot of benefits from each one.
Amazing welds, you are in the Jody league ;)
Haha thank you🙏🙏🙏
Sorry but the metronome sound in the background music was very annoying
I will use all this amazing knowledge received to make some chairs here in Brazil, thanks man.
Chair knowledge! I love it! Let me know how it goes!🙏🔥
Can you demonstrate welding up custom headers with lots of obstacles and curves?
I'm gonna purchase my first Tig welder and your video's are amazing. I can't wait to test all these tips and tricks! Thanks for making these awesome video's!
I’m sorry to say but there’s a serious problem with your channel. 😮
It’s TO interesting, once one started watching one be sitting for hour an hours 😂
Keep up the good work, it’s amazing 👍👍
Appreciate you watching this one! This one goes way back, I appreciate the kind words!
Ferric Stainless? I think the proper term is Martensitic Stainless Steel. The reason it attracts the magnet isn’t because of chromium it’s because of the lack of nickel. There are only three naturally magnetic elements in nature. Nickel, Cobalt, and Iron. Of alloyed together it weakens the magnetic field. It’s about ratios I believe.. in the case of 400 series stainless steel (magnetic) there is no nickel to cancel the irons magnetic field. The chromium is there and it does create the passivation layer which is a wonderfully useful attribute. I’m a beginner at welding but I’m pretty familiar with metals so I hope this helps to clarify. I could see the difficulty and also the need to identify 400 series stainless over mild steel. If you have a scrap you could torch cut it would be easy to tell. 400 will require high heat and only melt. The mild steel oxidizes easily and blows apart with oxygen addition. Also, look first for the grading stamps. You can save a lot of time on new material.
That was an excellent reply! I study metallurgy and found this comment right on target. Thanks.
We do full butcher shop and bakery fit outs from benches to display cabinets. A perfect (undistorted and seamlessly polished) 700mm deck weld "butt joint" on a 1.2mm stainless steel bench is held in very very high regard.
I've wanted to learn tig welding for years and just got my first tig welder after watching some of your videos. You helped me make the investment. I've watched lots of videos from different welding channels and spent a few hours running practice beads over this last week. I was excited when I saw you made this video and it helped me a lot. I really like your teaching style and you explain things well. I'll be watching for more videos. Keep it up and thank you!
Wow thank you! That really means a lot, I’m super happy to hear you decided to get into it! And I’m happy to hear you got some value from my vids. I really have a lot of fun making them and am excited to make more as well:) Please hit me up and let me know how you are making out with running some welds!
Damn.... I have had older instructors, that did not do as well. I think maybe older guys tend to have an issue with explaining things in detail? Like, they think that you should just already know certain things in a "Beginner" Course setting. Not sure, but anyway, thank you. It's certain little things that make the bulb come on... "This is why this is happening, this is why that is happening. Again, thank you!
Hey absolutely! Glad I could help for sure! Cheers
Learnt something about cfh. Usually all out weld machines for TIG are set to around 7.5-9.5, and now I know why occasionally my welds look bland and black. Cheers. I’m just a fitter apprentice, but I love TIG welding.
Thanks for checking out the vid Rory! Cheers!
You were born to teach on youtube. Very informative. Your channel has inspired me to take up tig welding and have a go at creating some art. Any chance of seeing a more in depth video on the techniques you used to create the King Tutt piece?
Hmmm do you mean like a how to? I’m actually dropping a new art piece next week! Very stoked on this one! That’s amazing you’re geared up to try some art out! That really makes me happy to hear! Please hit me up for questions! Hope you’re well 🍻
Great tutorial, thank you. I was having issues with stainless exhaust system on my sons Tacoma, very grey/dis colored welds. I will try some of your techniques, thanks again. Now following on ig.
those "gas holes" are really useful aint they, mate? lol
😂😂😂
Thanks man✌🏻 I wish I saw your channel earlier this week gonna be craving for monday now 😄finishing first stainless project can’t wait to try your tricks 👩🏻🏭thanks times a million for your sharings 👌🏻
The Pink Gas Cups are generally not referred to as Ceramic. They are normally called Alumina Cups or Nozzles, due to the fact they are made from Alumina Oxide. Most people in the Tig Welding community think of Ceramic Cups/Nozzles as like the White Ceramic Cups that are made by Michael Furick. Which are the only brand of Cups that I use. Even when I use an Alumina Cup I use Furick Brand. When I get a chance I will send you some photos of my Tig Ammo Box as my Buddy calls it. I use CK Torches with Furick Gas Lens setup, and Furick Cups, Ceramic, Glass (Pyrex), and Alumina. I just don't use Alumina that often anymore. Really digging your Videos, keep uo the good work, and keep helping people learn how to Weld. Welding is my Zen. There are very few things in the world that I would rather be doing.
Phillip! You spoke my language! Welding is my Zen. Love it. Great way of saying that, I connect with you on that. You’re absolutely right they’re called alumina, I was raised calling them ceramic, but I learned that wasn’t totally right. sometimes I forget things... I appreciate you reminding me! And thank you for the kind words on the channel. It’s been a super fun venture so far! Thanks for reaching out 🍻
Thank you for the very informative video. I’m a newbie tig welder ( hobbiest). I will certainly check out your other videos. Your teaching style is excellent
26 minutes into the video the welding starts for those who already know how to put a torch together
Thank you for including metallurgy! It helps so much. Because I feel like that’s part of the basics, to fundamentally understand metals and how they work.
Though I could be wrong, I thought stainless was supposed to have less carbon in it. Like when using a grinding disc that’s been used on carbon steel, you could impregnate the stainless with those iron and carbon deposits which can cause it to rust.
Just to edit: keep your filler wire shielded with the post flow!
All good points! Filler wire getting oxidized is something that took me so long to figure out by myself...! Self taught takes too long on some things😂
Cheers my friend:)
Pacific Arc Tig Welding haha yeah! It took me a hot minute to learn keeping filler shielded. It doesn’t matter with aluminum wire though since it’s a non reactive metal I believe
Yep you got it! Easy when it’s aluminum, but also easy when i run a #15 cup on stainless too😂 When i switch to a 7 or 8 for fine detail all of a sudden I have to pay way more attention...😂
Hey hey it's happy Dusty. Subscribe to his channel or you're a total jerk
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Excellent video. Really been enjoying your stuff lol I’ve def been setting up my torch incorrectly until I saw this
Been in the trades 20+ years been in commercial but only experience welding is watching my steel guys erect steel. Wanted to get a welder to play with and this video gave me all the tools I needed. Good teacher can answer all your questions, a great teacher answers the questions you didn’t know to ask.
Dusty, I love your videos and am sharing them with a welding friend. I've been breaking in a new tig welder but struggling to get shiny beads on SS, especially thin stuff. Going to follow your advice in this video. Appreciate you. Thanks and keep it coming.
NICE! This vid will help you take a step back and figure out some basic setups, then when you move back to where you were trying to work before, you know you’re setup is gonna be cleaner and you’ll have a better shot at progress:) Let me know how it goes!
And thank you so much for sharing the vids!
Cheers
I'm new to your channel, just getting into Tig welding and so far this is my 4 vid of yours and like your teaching techniques and I'll be watching a lot more. Haven't received my rig yet but can't wait to get into it.
Hey Dusty,
Thanks for teaching all amateur you tubers the most basic tig welding beads on plate on stainless.....this will maybe allow them to skip this module (other than the theory) when conducting this module in their first year apprenticeship.....thanks for that man.....we appreciate you!!! Hopefully trade school teachers will give recognition of prior learning.....ffs!!
Great video! I've seen a number of other welding videos and none of them taught me it was Autogenous without filler rod. Also, didn't realize it was 40 minutes until I read another comment. Seemed like 15 minutes because I was into it.
Ha nice! I felt bad clocking in so long... maybe could have stood to do two parts... ah well. So much info to get into and you know me so far.... I talk wayyyyyy too much 😂😂
Hope you are well!
Hey Dusty.
I've been watching your vids a bit since getting my TIG torch for my unimig viper 185. It's a dc lift arc. I welded some stainless steel piping for some intercooler piping, I didn't purge the system due to lack of argon. The top of the welds are dull and grey, I think they're over heated, how do I go about running cooler welds with correct penetration etc? Move faster? Less amps?
Thanks :)
Wow going back and re-watching this video was such a great refresher. Thank you man
Love Your vids mate. I just struggle with one thing... I keep on converting from cfh to l/min etc. It's really... confusing sometimes. But otherwise. Nice vids, thanks for sharing that knowledge.
Really thoughtful, useful, and well planned lesson. Thank you!
Hey Dusty, another great video, and in my opinion there's no such thing as a TIG video that's too long! I live in Scotland and I find it a bit difficult to source good TIG gloves, we can of course order from the brands in the US but the shipping generally costs 3 times what the product does so it's just not viable, are there any brands that you know of on Amazon that you would recommend? I've been welding for decades but I haven't done any TIG stuff for ages and I am looking to get back into it, inspired I must say by your channel, hope you are well, cheers, Bill.
Hey bill! That’s super nice of you to say! I really appreciate the kind words and very happy to hear you’re inspired to get at some tig! As far as gloves, I go by feel, not brand. Something similar to these guys below, if I can’t hand write my name with a pen wearing gloves then unftheyrr too clumsy for me to use for fine tig work. Hit me up with any questions! Hope you’re well out there! Cheers from Canada
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@@PacificArcTigWelding thanks so much Dusty, I'll have a look at them, that's a really good analogy with writing, never thought of that before! We're all good here and we've just been told we can get back to playing golf next week so small changes are coming re lockdown, hopefully be back in the workshop soon, cheers Dusty, all the best, Bill.
Nice! Man I love golfing actually. Glad it’s lightening up for you out there! Stay out of the sand! ;)
@@thedroneofthebagpipes4926 don't know if it is too late, but we use Ultima gold Tig gloves, they feel amazing, but they do crisp up if you get too close. We get them in the UK, no idea on price as RR pay for them.
Dude you're such a nice guy to watch and you know your stuff so well. I'm moving to Thailand and am watching all sorts of videos because I will be doing frame building for sheds and houses and I'm going to watch your videos a hundred times each.
Thankyou much for the in depth tutorial. I am a beginner so it's nice to see some of the smaller strps other videos skip.
Absolutely my friend. Happy to help. I appreciate the heck outta you watching! Cheers 🍻
Watched this again after seeing it 2 years ago . Still find it excellently done
Absolutely superb video, great for me as a complete beginner . Thank you.
Hi,
just thought I'd drop a comment - I just got my first TIG yesterday. I want to be welding some motorcycle exhausts in Stainless - any help or tips will be gratefully received :)
This vid has some good setup setting for some practice beads:) Id drop the amps really low for exhaust stuff, 45-60 amps. Definitely get some scrap, and try a few passes:)
Let me know how it goes!
Hey dusty. I know this is an old video but if you make another video on stainless it might be worth mentioning that another way to tell if the metal you're working on is stainless or not is to hit it with a grinder.
If you get long yellow sparks its probably your basic mild steel and if you get short red/orange sparks then you have stainless.
Ps love your videos!!
I’m a brand new manufacturing tech/welding student, I have been watching your videos on repeat. It’s really cool to see how far you have gone keep it up!
Hey Dusty I’ve enjoyed watching your Tig videos I’ve been away from my machine for awhile now ( up fishing) but I am looking forward to welding up some aluminum and you make it look pretty easy , when I first got my alpha tig 200 x I spent a lot of time doing thin material, I think it made me a better welder , then when you bump up to some thick material it’s a lot of fun , I was curious on this video maybe I missed it but did you say the thickness of the material you were using, it looked to me like about 1/4 I know you we’re running at 90 amps, thanks Mike
Really awesome mate, am learning a lot
Awesome! I appreciate you watching Justin🙏
Hello. Can anyone please help?!
English is not my primary language but I will do my best to explain what my problem is.
Its called stahlwerk 200 ac dc pulse pro.
I plugged everything as it should be plugged in order to try it on a thin sheet of aluminum. I set the machine to the follwoing parameters: preflow 1s, hot start 50-60 (cant remember exactly), start current 30, upslope 2s, peak current 45, downslope 1-2s, end current 30, post flow 2s, ac balance 30%, ac frequency 90 and clean current i think i set it to 30 (I am not sure what this is to be honest. comparing it to other machines, this is something unique to the machine I have. Same with the hot start parameter).
When I started working on the aluminum sheet it worked perfectly, I even managed to create some dimes with the filler rod. the puddle was formed well and there was no dirt in the weld. However, I felt that it was melting too fast and I am still a beginner, so I decided to turn the peak current down to 40 instead of 45. Since I did this the machine stopped working as it should. One of 3 things happens: 1 - there is no arc: there is only some electric bolt between the tungsten and the aluminum sheet. When this happens, the machine behaves like this for a very short time after which it enters the pre flow state although I still press the button on the torch. 2 - There is an arc but it is very chaotic, there are interruptions and after a while point 1 happens again 3 - I tried to turn the peak current up by a lot (70-90) and somehow an arc appears and it stays constant but of course the aluminum sheet is very thin so it melts and the tungsten starts to melt as well.
I tried changing all the parameters, like the hot start, i even switched to pulse mode but the same 3 things happen. I tried it on DC mode on a metal rod and it seemed to me that it was working quite fine.
Please, if you have any idea, let me know if I am doing something wrong or if there is a defect in the machine.
Thanks for the video and it is great to listen to you. If it was 4hours I would watch it all. The only problem I have is the music. It is fantastic music but I would rather listen to you and I wish there was a way to turn off the music on my side. I use headphones and I think your voice is much better than the music. I hope I am not being out of the line because your information is worth a lot to me and the music distracts me. I think that is my problem and I am subscribing to your channel and if I have to listen to music I will do it and you have a good taste in music too.
Thanks frank! Happy you liked the info. I’m still dialling in the music format. If you watch my newer episodes, you see I use it for intro and effect purposes now, and drop it entirely for the tutorial parts:) I’m still learning! Thank you so much for checking out the vids tho! I really appreciate it!:)
Have learned a lot from you, both basic Tig welding on stainless steel and aluminum. Watching back and forth many times plus jotting down the key settings. Thank you so much for sharing this friendly and informative VDO. Keep generating good stuffs like this, please. Greetings from Thailand.
Tip: Never back in your tungsten into the collet... always introduce your tungsten from the rear... this will prolong the collet thus avoiding nicks.
I find that sometimes my collet doesn't like it when I introduce my tungsten from the rear. she, I mean "it" much prefers it introduced from the front
If you grind your tungsten at the other end as well you can Easily back your tungsten in
@@fredrikthoren1234 True
@@fredrikthoren1234 yeah thats what I do. Two tips(2 dips lol) per tungsten and plus its way faster to change inserting through the front
This video taught me more than ive learned at 7 years at my job. 😂 thanks man.
i like this video
Hey mate, i just subbed!
Why? Because you make awesome content!
I have never welded anything before but i want to get into it. My dream is to build my own boat from aluminium one day.
You provide people like me with knowledge in a clear, clean and very sympathic way. The quality of your videos, the editing and explaining is absolute top shelf!!!
Keep up your good work.
I'm looking forward to your future content!
Yoooooooo thank you! I really appreciate that, and am super happy I could help in any way! That’s awesome you’re gonna zap up a boat! I know many people who’ve done it!
HELP Me, Dusty!! I just bought a small tig,watched a few of your videos (brilliant!!) and had a good start! But I don’t know what has gone wrong… my first issue is, and hopefully you can help me here. I’m sculpting and using 3mm and 4mm stainless steel wire. I have to hold the pieces I’m trying to join, so just a burst of gas and tip, worked perfectly fine for a while!! Now, I’m either burning through or tacking and then trying to fill the joint…! It’s all gone to Hell. I’m nearly through my first tungsten! Paul H
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Hi. I am watching from South Africa. We have a skills development NPO for improving the skills of those living on the bread line.. We have a TIG machine but need a sponsorship for Argon Gas. Any suggestions?
What is your opinion on water quenching , working with stainless?
I trying, 2nd attempt due to not being satisfied from lack of purging, to build a turbo up pipe/ adapter from sec 40 2.5" pie cuts. It gets very hot very quickly. With 7 pices to weld air cooling will be 14-18hr of idle/ cooling time with purge on for 1hr of actual welding.
304L can be very slightly magnetic. 316L I mainly work with is not magnetic at all and Super Duplex, which we use for a lot of outdoor/sea/nuclear applications is extremely magnetic. Super Duplex is a joy to weld, super smooth, though it doesn't penetrate the same as the previous 2 grades. Its almost gummy in how it lays, doesn't sink into the joint as easy.
Hi Dusty, about a year and half ago I started tig welding. I was able to cobble together a gate for my side driveway 9' wide by by 5.5' high and a smaller yard gate all made of steel. Between Jody at Welding tips and tricks and Justin the fabricator and your step by step videos I was able to do it. I am starting to learn to weld aluminum and my next thing is Stainless. On steel I was getting the oxidized bead....maybe too much heat and not enough gas coverage. The odd time I would get shiny beads but did not know what I did differently to get them. Kind of frustrating but you have given me some ideas that I will try. Thanks for all your help!!
Dear Dusty a little while ago now 13th August 2015 I purchased an excelent R-Tec TIG 161 Welder on a 32 Amp Plug with a Custom Made R-Tec Welder Trolly plus various sundries all of which I have used here on my farm! On the 28th February this year I again visited R-Tec, who trade out of, Tewksbury Trading Estate, Gloucestershire and purchased an excelent R-Tec MIG 251 Welder plus various sundries and a Welder Trolly, again the MIG is on a 32 Amp Plug! Saves a 13 Amp Plug getting a bit warm on both Welders sometimes and with the Two Trolleys, me getting a bit warm lugging both the substantial welders about! I have to say though that my first choice of Welder up to now has been the newer R-Tec MIG 251! I feel though that after watching your excellent video on TIG Welding that choice may well change somewhat! I now fully understand the settings, associated equipment, TIG Welding Technics and usage! So I will now be "Wheeling Out" the TIG when a use suggests the a TIG to be the first choice for a TIG Type task! Without the videos knowledge imparted I would not be so confident Dusty! You imparted your knowledge very well and it is now deeply ingrained and retrievable and I will be well able to "Wheel out" the MIG to use all that wonderfully imparted knowledge to "Weld up" my various Massey Ferguson, SAME 100 Six Cylinder Silver Air Cooled Tractor, Fordson Super Major Tractor, Land Rover Discovery 2, Range Rover P38 Vouge SE, 4.7Lt, V8, Various Farm Machinery, Buildings and Farm Equipment! Great! Wonderful! You all know? I can remember what it was like before You Tube and Great Imparters of Wisdom like you Dusty! I for one do not want to go back there! Many a Thank You! See you all about!
Yours faithfully,
Rob Allen.
A Farmer at Halmore, Near Berkeley in The Vale of Berkeley,
South Gloucestershire.
The South West of England.
In the Middle of "The Big Pond"!
Thanks for the content, can't wait to fire up the torch. A lot of details that are lacking on other channels
I’m going to be straight up with you. I have watched every video there is on getting started with Tig welding and I have never seen or viewed However, you want to say it, anything as informative as your video.
I recently subscribed to your channel. I was hoping you would mention how far the tungsten should stick out paste your cup, but other than that which I could pretty much tell by looking at your set up, it was 100+%
I want to thank you for making these videos.
I would like to see you make videos just like this one except for on different types of metals, aluminum regular steel and so on. I would like to see doing these types of videos with a trigger instead of a pedal and the settings on that because I have a problem using the pedal myself.
Again thank you for doing what you do.
I’ve actually been welding with stick and Mig for 35+ years. I thought I would try to get into TIG welding just because it looked pretty cool.
Like I said I’m, new to your channel so I’m going to look back through your videos and see if I may find something of what I asked already on video by you .
Ok, I got me a Chinese tig, can’t get my balance number to the sweet spot.
I’ll continue to try different numbers. I went to -30 no balling, zero gets me the smallest lil blue ball, and + 30 gives me a big blue ball on the end.
Cutips yeah know all about it. I’m good at dipping the tip. Lol
But I’m new I want to get to a 30/70 so I know where to begin. Where do I want to be? Just balling a lil??
Super clear and informative video. Thanks!
Awesome happy to help!
If you get up here to Alaska, i live on the Kenai Peninsula, i am a welder but spend most of the summer Halibut fishing! Ill take you out of Deep Creek! Look it up, great time! Thanks for training:)
5 minutes of intro and have repeated the same thing 3 times on more than 1 occasion. This will send people of early. I’m going to watch it though.
5:00 Stainless steel will rust. The reason why new stainless steel does not form rust is because it has been passivated with nitric or citric acid, by dissolving iron from the surface, leaving chromium, which forms a stable layer of chromium oxide ond protects the surface. If you scratch through this iron-free chromium layer and expose fresh iron, it will rust.
The reason why stainless steel is not magnetic is that magnetic poles of the atoms do not align, like they do in iron, when exposed to a magnetic flux from a magnet. This is a material property, not a surface/coating property.
You say you wire brushed the 304, what kind of brush did you use? You are not scratch starting are you? How do you prep the tungsten? And set the stick out? To acetone clean, do you wipe it on? material and filler rod? and tungsten?
So at my school, I’m in for collision but we get to learn TIG with aluminum. They gave me the chance to weld stainless since I asked and it frustrated the hell out of me. It was probably like 22 or 24 gauge and I was blowing holes in that like nothing. Im gonna try and see if they have thicker stainless because this gave me confidence in the fact that I could do this and maybe the last was just too thin
found your channel today. very well explained👍. subscribed! Greetings from Germany.
George thank you so much! 🙏 Glad you enjoy! More to come:)
Ha ha you said 'gas holes' LOL love you man, you are soooo amazing. Thanks for your videos, love love love them! Learning alot!!!
The best instructional videos get straight to the welding and a lot less talking. Thank you.
wild...... re-watching this vid vs. today's vids . definitely a different vibe. but hey...... tig ON!
Where are amps at ??? I just can get my travel speed and amps to work together..Awesome video man.....good teaching video
A comment - you want to start rolling video before spending eight minutes talking into the camera. You may have excellent content but your methods drive people away.
my friend puts subtitles in spanish and portuguese, the whole world friend watches, with subtitles you will reach a larger audience. thanks.
I bought a little welder I thought I was doing ok with tig welding stainless but like you said they jumped into joints buttwelds you know. I can mig ok and stick lets just say I Gan get it done. I'm a machininest but am really intrigued by tig and MA machine will not weld aluminum and is scratch start.
Try pulsing it at 1.2 pulses a second High amps move fast. You're looking for no color on the outside of the weld that means heat is traveling through your part
Thank you. This is great.
However, you could have done this in half or third the time. Too many words, too many not essentials, too many long sentences. Just get into business and save time. The shortest possible sentences.