I couldn't say it any better. As a welder that has barely known it for even a decade, you have nothing but amazing content and truly great knowledge of the trade!
Jodi, Ive made this comment in the past on your channel and Im going to make it again........You are a class act brother! I love that I can watch an instructional welding video without vulgar language or crazy death music. I dont tig weld yet but I watch all your videos. I taught my son to mig weld and now he is in highschool learning to do it the correct way. Lol!! Thank you again for your clean, easy to understand content that you have put out for so long. Its easy to see why you have almost 1 million subscribers. Keep up the great work and God bless you.
I just recently received my package from weldmonger a couple of weeks ago and while the furic #5 kit did make a huge difference with my aluminum welding, the gloves were the biggest surprise. The fit and feel is incredible and the amount of control that I have over the torch was easily doubled! Who would have thought you could pick up a 1/16 rod off the floor on the first try and not have to make it your sole purpose in life until you give up and take your glove off.
"this is the kind of weld that makes you feel better about yourself" ha love it! I always find that an amazing thing about welding.. as soon as you lift up your hood or even as you're going, you know right away that you either did a good job or not. .. and if you did good, it gives you that much more confidence to do the next one. also vice versa and one can sometimes get into a slump after just one bad weld. but hey, one weld at a time. great job, Jody. nice to see you
Your videos are fantastic, and the products at your shop are seriously high quality. It’s great to find an online store that you can absolutely 100% trust will be the best available kit. You sir are a class act.
I agree! I can always depend on finding excellent information and demonstration of quality welding. I refer many friends to look at these over the last few years, and I continue to do so myself, great stuff.
These videos are the best combination of arc shots and circumstances ever. It shows what good prep and cleanliness does for you. I had a hard time getting my welds to flow for a while. I wasn't fully cleaning everything.
I need to say thank you Jody. I just took and passed my first 6g carbon and stainless tests. I have watched all your 6g videos at least 100 times preparing for it. Also without your tig finger I never woulda been able to do it
Let’s begin wishing You and your family Happy, Prosperous and safe New Year 2021! I’m not a welder and only have purchased from You the DVDs for me to learn (and avid viewer of your UA-cam channel), allowing me to have a much better relation with subcontractors and fabricators. Stay well and safe. Thank you for your sharing!
Not too sure of fillet sizes on pipe,but structural as long as the leg is as big as the thinnest member of base metal,you will be good. I spent 20+ years as a cert welder,mostly arc and flux core,many certs in each. Now that I'm no longer working,I've really taken an interest in gig. So far this channel is EXCELLENT!
A great Educator and Role Model to follow as a welder! I really appreciate all of your videos! Thank you and definitely getting both TIG Fingers the Sweatshirt and cups!
These days I buy a good deal of my welding stuff through the weldmonger store. It's the least I can do to pay Jodi back for his effort and how much he has improved my welding.
Thanks for the share here jodi.. I really am alot better for all the info you have shared.. it's really practical knowledge that a guy cant learn short of an apprenticeship.. iam a welder and thses videos inspire re me to be all in and learn everything I can..
Big Jodi you have the best welding videos ever on UA-cam give this man a TV show!!! And how do you get the camera to record the welding nobody on UA-cam has your camera recording
I just broke out as a welder, I’ve been in school for a bit longer than usual because of the Covid mess and it causing work to slow down. I broke out last week and I was welding simple socket welds. I don’t know why I got so jittery even though I’m pretty adept. I totally forgot about cup size. This was very helpful. Thank you sir
Pretty work. I love that Black Hills gold look of 309 on a heavy wall socket. I've always been interested in the different ways welders hold the torch and walk the cup. There's definitely plenty of right ways and yours is one of them. I've always been of the opinion that the tungsten should stay pointed toward the centerline of the bead as much as possible and let the puddle do the melting of the toes. It takes more filler metal control and more torch movement to control it but it's something I did most of the time. I think I do it this way because I tend to weld a good bit hotter than I should. A lot of guys would pick up my scratch start torch and fire it up and would panic. Lol. I was a 56 coded Navy guy but cut my teeth on nickel pipe on my first job as a civilian. That material took some heat. Learning how to read the puddle to make sure the inside was breaking without sucking back took some time to learn. Good puddle control was a must to get consistent welds and RTs. All this kept them from gettin' my money for a long time. I was young and lucky enough to get so good at it that the old timers gave me the honor of taking the position pipe rack welds while they stayed on the ground rolling their stuff in the stands. We worked over a year in that AkzoNobel plant and I really learned a lot from those guys. I sure do miss the trades.
Jody I would like to commend you on this socket weld video. In it you demonstrate and talk about (amps/filler diameter) getting the proper root pass root penetration. I worked for Southern Nuclear and was involved in their welding program. I was on an Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) committee that researched socket weld failures in the nuclear power industry. Our research indicated that the biggest contributor to these failures was lack of root penetration. Again, thanks for the video demonstrating proper socket welding technique.
You are the best willder I know any best teacher but unfortunately I can't afford all That type of Welding I just stick to the Rods, Thank you very much
Great stuff there Jody, i was wondering if you could do a video on mig welding round tubing , 95 or 120 roll bar tubing for instance . do you weld down hill with it or up hill only? im pretty sure no whipping or stitching is allowed, any insight on this would be great, thanks Jody.
amazing i've been watching your video's and just now getting a linde 305 setup that i've had i know old but stillworks to start re learning as i just started learning then life happened then cancerr happened now its game on
It's interesting to see you use a large gas lens instead of a regular one, and I'm curious about the reason. I'd expect a socket configuration like this to trap argon pretty well, so a large lens wouldn't be necessary. Since the larger diameter lens is also longer, perhaps it keeps your hands a little farther away from what must be (after 1+ minutes of steady 140 amps) a very hot piece of work!
I work in maintenance currently so I totally feel you on the nice clean setup and material. I don't get that too often nowadays lol. My socket weld experience all game from on the job. Nothing in schools. At my previous employer, we also used compression rings between the pipe and socket on some jobs. Any experience with those? Thanks for the content as always.
like watching you work i am learning a lot from you but just wish we here in good old Australia could for a reasonable price and postage get our hands on some of your products you sell in store but sadly not to be thanks and keep the tips coming
Jody, Would you say that by the time the tungsten has stopped glowing after a weld that the shielding for the weld has probably completed to address weld contamination?
good morning, i've been subscribed to your channel for a long time, i'm a brazilian welder for 18 years, will be who going to use as a tourist with you work as a welder?
Thankyou Jody, I am only a novice at tig, and your videos have help me a lot! I use to do a lot of oxy and sticking welding but that I am over 60 the hands aren’t so steady!
@@weldingtipsandtricks Hi Jody I am really really struggling to see through my welding helmet, is there any difference between tig helmet and mig helmet, I ended up using my oxy glasses! It’s the only way I could see my job and the weld!
What is. A good tig welder in your opinion I’ve been watching your channel forever and I know you have had the opportunity to use A lot of different machines I will be buying a machine this week utilizing your videos to teach myself I’m curious as to what machine you would recommend I have a bout a $2500 budget at the moment
Very Nice, Thanks for sharing. I'm considering a new welding helmet. Whats your opinion on the one your wearing and a speedglass 91xxx? Thanks for the info.
im wearing the optrel 2.0 and its very clear and an excellent shop hood. but with controls on exterior I wouldnt use it for field work... I havent used the speedglas 91xxx but I have friends who swear by speedglas
So im 16 and I'm into heavy equipment, constuction, welding, auto mechanics all that and currently I'm focused on learning about welding and learning the basics. For me my issue is all the different terminology and different ways of welding and processes there is. Any recommendations of where to start my focus and what things I should probably learn about first. Thanks all In advance
I've been having a lot of problems with Stainless socket welds where it's sch 10 pipe. If im too hot I sugar the inside and I'll have to cut it out and redo it or if I'm too cold it just doesn't weld nicely and still sugars cause of how slow I got to go. I'm not using a positioner for welding
Iv watched quite a few of your videos and I'm looking for some input on a good entry level ac/dc tig welder. Do I go with the new ahp welder that just came out or an everlast welder
Hey buddy have a few questions for you being older an what not I have bought tig finger from you. But I just got from a guy who passed away is a dialarc hf welder .it was in his basement an do to things I got three welder but this one is one ide like to get to work with there's no chiller for torch but. Was wondering if u have any info or have used this welder an if you can give me pointers on it the tig torch that came with it is huge but no water tank to cool torch an I think its about a 82 an up in year. I wish I could send you some pics of it an the pedal that's with it an torch this guy used it in his basement he made his own invented krackanut for nut crackers.
This has to be the longest streak of quality welding content in the history of published educational welding content.
thanks so much
@@weldingtipsandtricks No, thank YOU for the information and content Jody. The comment is 100% accurate and very well deserved.
Agreed! 👏🤝👍🤜🤛😎
I couldn't say it any better. As a welder that has barely known it for even a decade, you have nothing but amazing content and truly great knowledge of the trade!
Good welder
Jodi, Ive made this comment in the past on your channel and Im going to make it again........You are a class act brother! I love that I can watch an instructional welding video without vulgar language or crazy death music. I dont tig weld yet but I watch all your videos. I taught my son to mig weld and now he is in highschool learning to do it the correct way. Lol!! Thank you again for your clean, easy to understand content that you have put out for so long. Its easy to see why you have almost 1 million subscribers. Keep up the great work and God bless you.
thank you very much
I miss my trade. I am retired and watching this brings me back to my younger years.
I'm 67; never thought that I'd miss welding on a production line.
I just recently received my package from weldmonger a couple of weeks ago and while the furic #5 kit did make a huge difference with my aluminum welding, the gloves were the biggest surprise. The fit and feel is incredible and the amount of control that I have over the torch was easily doubled! Who would have thought you could pick up a 1/16 rod off the floor on the first try and not have to make it your sole purpose in life until you give up and take your glove off.
Thanks for sharing!
All I can say is that your welding is an art form and I appreciate every video showing it. Thank you.
I appreciate that!
"this is the kind of weld that makes you feel better about yourself" ha love it! I always find that an amazing thing about welding.. as soon as you lift up your hood or even as you're going, you know right away that you either did a good job or not. .. and if you did good, it gives you that much more confidence to do the next one. also vice versa and one can sometimes get into a slump after just one bad weld. but hey, one weld at a time. great job, Jody. nice to see you
Why would anyone dislike these videos. There’s nothing to say negative about them. Well done sir!
Your videos are fantastic, and the products at your shop are seriously high quality. It’s great to find an online store that you can absolutely 100% trust will be the best available kit. You sir are a class act.
A humble man, a great master and a true artist.
You are 100% the reason why all my money goes to tools/welders etc. you’re a good man! Thanks for all the knowledge!
I agree! I can always depend on finding excellent information and demonstration of quality welding. I refer many friends to look at these over the last few years, and I continue to do so myself, great stuff.
thank you
Walking the cup in class today. Perfect timing with this video, brother.
Perfect!
Serious craftsmanship there Jody.
These videos are the best combination of arc shots and circumstances ever. It shows what good prep and cleanliness does for you.
I had a hard time getting my welds to flow for a while. I wasn't fully cleaning everything.
Brief, to the point, and filled with good quality info! Thanks sir.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your TIG welding is like a work of art. Beautiful and still functional. Always a pleasure to watch you at work.
Jody, thank you so much for no-nonsense, top-quality welding videos. I've learned so much from you. Hands down my favorite welding channel!
I need to say thank you Jody. I just took and passed my first 6g carbon and stainless tests. I have watched all your 6g videos at least 100 times preparing for it. Also without your tig finger I never woulda been able to do it
Glad to help
Let’s begin wishing You and your family Happy, Prosperous and safe New Year 2021! I’m not a welder and only have purchased from You the DVDs for me to learn (and avid viewer of your UA-cam channel), allowing me to have a much better relation with subcontractors and fabricators. Stay well and safe. Thank you for your sharing!
Not too sure of fillet sizes on pipe,but structural as long as the leg is as big as the thinnest member of base metal,you will be good.
I spent 20+ years as a cert welder,mostly arc and flux core,many certs in each. Now that I'm no longer working,I've really taken an interest in gig.
So far this channel is EXCELLENT!
Just got into welding and your videos have helped me a lot! You're doing a great service to this world brother and I really appreciate it!
Glad to hear it!
It is a credit to your skill that you make it look so natural and easy. Very nice.
hello mister tig. I've been studying from your videos for 5 years now. I'm a welder from Russia. take me to your work)))
Man, the finished work is positively a work of art... and crazy mad skill!
A great Educator and Role Model to follow as a welder! I really appreciate all of your videos! Thank you and definitely getting both TIG Fingers the Sweatshirt and cups!
These days I buy a good deal of my welding stuff through the weldmonger store. It's the least I can do to pay Jodi back for his effort and how much he has improved my welding.
thank you for the support
Those Beads are like artwork! Beautiful!
Thanks for the share here jodi.. I really am alot better for all the info you have shared.. it's really practical knowledge that a guy cant learn short of an apprenticeship.. iam a welder and thses videos inspire re me to be all in and learn everything I can..
Big Jodi you have the best welding videos ever on UA-cam give this man a TV show!!! And how do you get the camera to record the welding nobody on UA-cam has your camera recording
excellent video on walking the cup weld is perfect thanks Jody.👍👍👍
good to see you Jodi! thanks for the video, you always teach me something.
I always wonder what type of person would thumbs down this video, great video 👍 Jody.
@@mr_fnh They could fix that by watching his videos and practice. 😀
I just broke out as a welder, I’ve been in school for a bit longer than usual because of the Covid mess and it causing work to slow down. I broke out last week and I was welding simple socket welds. I don’t know why I got so jittery even though I’m pretty adept. I totally forgot about cup size. This was very helpful. Thank you sir
Thanks for taking the time to make another awesome video Jody you the man 🔥👊🏻🍻🙏
Nice work. Weld looks great but that’s to be expected from a master welder such as yourself. Keep up the great content!
Jody is a welding god, I remember watching his videos before I even knew how to turn a welder on
Wow, that was not only mesmerizing, that's just beautiful!!!
NOW that is nice workmanship!
I needed this video today. It put a smile on my face. Big thumbs up 👍
Awesome! Thank you!
Amazing work as usual! I have so much from watching and listening to you sir. Thank you for your instruction.
Always right to the point, best in the game! Thanks Jodi
Best welding videos out there man!! Thanks for all of them - helped me out a lot over the years !
Pretty work. I love that Black Hills gold look of 309 on a heavy wall socket. I've always been interested in the different ways welders hold the torch and walk the cup. There's definitely plenty of right ways and yours is one of them. I've always been of the opinion that the tungsten should stay pointed toward the centerline of the bead as much as possible and let the puddle do the melting of the toes. It takes more filler metal control and more torch movement to control it but it's something I did most of the time. I think I do it this way because I tend to weld a good bit hotter than I should. A lot of guys would pick up my scratch start torch and fire it up and would panic. Lol.
I was a 56 coded Navy guy but cut my teeth on nickel pipe on my first job as a civilian. That material took some heat. Learning how to read the puddle to make sure the inside was breaking without sucking back took some time to learn. Good puddle control was a must to get consistent welds and RTs. All this kept them from gettin' my money for a long time. I was young and lucky enough to get so good at it that the old timers gave me the honor of taking the position pipe rack welds while they stayed on the ground rolling their stuff in the stands. We worked over a year in that AkzoNobel plant and I really learned a lot from those guys. I sure do miss the trades.
Excellent work, both the welding and the instruction. Class act! Thank you sir
Jody's Back! Thank God
Jody I would like to commend you on this socket weld video. In it you demonstrate and talk about (amps/filler diameter) getting the proper root pass root penetration. I worked for Southern Nuclear and was involved in their welding program. I was on an Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) committee that researched socket weld failures in the nuclear power industry. Our research indicated that the biggest contributor to these failures was lack of root penetration. Again, thanks for the video demonstrating proper socket welding technique.
thank you
Another great video. Wish you had a class that i could come learn how to tig pipe. I learned alot from you when i was in welding class
You are the best willder I know any best teacher but unfortunately I can't afford all That type of Welding I just stick to the Rods, Thank you very much
First time watching one of your videos. Very detailed sir
Thanks Jody, good information and seeing is believing! Great job.👏🏻👏🏻👍👍
Thanks for watching!
Way advanced for me. Nice to see to get idea of goals.
Good show Jody, LIKE IT👍👍👍
It makes you feel better about yourself!
Wow, thats just a beautiful weld.
Thanks for sharing the video!
You make it look so easy!
another amazing video jody. i always look forward to your videos.
Thank you so much!
Great stuff there Jody, i was wondering if you could do a video on mig welding round tubing , 95 or 120 roll bar tubing for instance . do you weld down hill with it or up hill only? im pretty sure no whipping or stitching is allowed, any insight on this would be great, thanks Jody.
Very didactic thanks you sir. Hello from Greece.
amazing i've been watching your video's and just now getting a linde 305 setup that i've had i know old but stillworks to start re learning as i just started learning then life happened then cancerr happened now its game on
Seeing this quality is inspirational. I just need several hundred hours of practice. 😁
It's interesting to see you use a large gas lens instead of a regular one, and I'm curious about the reason. I'd expect a socket configuration like this to trap argon pretty well, so a large lens wouldn't be necessary. Since the larger diameter lens is also longer, perhaps it keeps your hands a little farther away from what must be (after 1+ minutes of steady 140 amps) a very hot piece of work!
Well done jody i love it. Unfortunately not allowed to walk the cup where im at too much heat input still love the way it looks though. Cheers!
I have worked jobs where walking the cup was not allowed too. gotta go with the flow
Missed you Jody ! Hope all is well !
I weld just like that in my dreams.
Yeah I've managed to weld like that a couple times in my dreams 😂😂
Thanks Jody
He’s alive!!
Still the best.
Thank you sir ~
Hi brother happy valentines day
Gracias maestro desde chile!!!!
Could you do some really in-depth start and stop videos with scratch start tig. I’m struggling getting my wire started.
I work in maintenance currently so I totally feel you on the nice clean setup and material. I don't get that too often nowadays lol. My socket weld experience all game from on the job. Nothing in schools. At my previous employer, we also used compression rings between the pipe and socket on some jobs. Any experience with those? Thanks for the content as always.
like watching you work i am learning a lot from you but just wish we here in good old Australia could for a reasonable price and postage get our hands on some of your products you sell in store but sadly not to be thanks and keep the tips coming
I understand...maybe one day shipping rates to Australia will be better
Wiggle it, just a little bit. Great job Sir
@weldingtipsandtricks Are you using 3/32" or 1/8" tungsten? Great videos. Thanks for posting all of these. 😀
Jody, Would you say that by the time the tungsten has stopped glowing after a weld that the shielding for the weld has probably completed to address weld contamination?
Beautiful
good morning, i've been subscribed to your channel for a long time, i'm a brazilian welder for 18 years, will be who going to use as a tourist with you work as a welder?
I would have liked for you to have shown folks how to set the gap between the the pipe and coupling.
Great video Jody, I would like to know how to tig stainless to copper please.
silicon bronze filler rod is one way
Thankyou Jody, I am only a novice at tig, and your videos have help me a lot! I use to do a lot of oxy and sticking welding but that I am over 60 the hands aren’t so steady!
@@weldingtipsandtricks Hi Jody I am really really struggling to see through my welding helmet, is there any difference between tig helmet and mig helmet, I ended up using my oxy glasses! It’s the only way I could see my job and the weld!
Hey Jodi, are you getting any under cut? In the arc shot it looked like maybe ... but not in the finished shot.
You tell em!!!
could be a bit of undercut. the internet always shows it. LOL
This actually makes me feel better, because I feel like I am constantly fighting undercut. Maybe a video on strategies to minimize it?
What is. A good tig welder in your opinion I’ve been watching your channel forever and I know you have had the opportunity to use A lot of different machines I will be buying a machine this week utilizing your videos to teach myself I’m curious as to what machine you would recommend I have a bout a $2500 budget at the moment
Jody are the best!
Nice job!!
Seriously quality 👌🏿
Very Nice, Thanks for sharing. I'm considering a new welding helmet. Whats your opinion on the one your wearing and a speedglass 91xxx? Thanks for the info.
im wearing the optrel 2.0 and its very clear and an excellent shop hood. but with controls on exterior I wouldnt use it for field work...
I havent used the speedglas 91xxx but I have friends who swear by speedglas
@@weldingtipsandtricks thank you.
Jody, you forgot the most important part, measuring the fillet size after welding !
For the root, is it ok to use 1/8 Rod for good penetration?
do you ship to Canada .Awesome vid brother. peace
yes we do
So im 16 and I'm into heavy equipment, constuction, welding, auto mechanics all that and currently I'm focused on learning about welding and learning the basics. For me my issue is all the different terminology and different ways of welding and processes there is. Any recommendations of where to start my focus and what things I should probably learn about first. Thanks all In advance
I've been having a lot of problems with Stainless socket welds where it's sch 10 pipe. If im too hot I sugar the inside and I'll have to cut it out and redo it or if I'm too cold it just doesn't weld nicely and still sugars cause of how slow I got to go. I'm not using a positioner for welding
Love you dude keep up the good work
Appreciate it!
Are you pushing filler or walking into it?
I keep a bit of pressure on the rod so it feeds if it needs rod, but mostly just walking over without feeding
I would like to know more about the turntable, how the earth is connected?
more on the turntable coming soon . its a MK model and there is a short ground strap the connects to workbench
@@weldingtipsandtricks how is the earth prevented from passing through bearings and the motor?
Dear weldingtipsandtriks im please small help. Good idea if Im buy orbital welder for tube welding ??? How do you see it pays off??? Thank you
Do you have any recommendations on weld positioners?
Iv watched quite a few of your videos and I'm looking for some input on a good entry level ac/dc tig welder. Do I go with the new ahp welder that just came out or an everlast welder
Hey buddy have a few questions for you being older an what not I have bought tig finger from you. But I just got from a guy who passed away is a dialarc hf welder .it was in his basement an do to things I got three welder but this one is one ide like to get to work with there's no chiller for torch but. Was wondering if u have any info or have used this welder an if you can give me pointers on it the tig torch that came with it is huge but no water tank to cool torch an I think its about a 82 an up in year. I wish I could send you some pics of it an the pedal that's with it an torch this guy used it in his basement he made his own invented krackanut for nut crackers.
Thanks Jodi! Love me some grrrrrav-ay!!!