TIG Welding Basics 4 - Metal Prep, Stubby Gas lens, and more
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Tig welding basics part 4. In this video, we discuss metal preparation along with how to shield the back side of a part with argon. Why a stubby gas lens helps, and how to use a StrongHand tools MagTab to position tabs for tack welding - Навчання та стиль
I've been a long time viewer and am going back through the TIG welding videos that I avoided as I only had a MIG and stick welder. Always good, useful information.
Most of all? After hundreds of your videos and lots of moments of ripping hot gloves off my burning hands, I am finally ordering a "TIG finger". Considering how long I have had a keen interest in learning everything I can about welding, you ALWAYS teach me something, usually in the first few seconds of watching your videos. Always appreciative. Thanks for your youtube contributions!
You want viewers to leave comments, so here it goes. I am very thankful you are sharing your knowledge with all of us ! I just signed up as a subscriber to your channel (Nov. 2014). I feel very fortunate because I know for a fact you will help me to become a much much better welder than I am currently. Thank you & keep making more informative how to videos please . This type of knowledge sharing truly does excite me. It's a great time for a person to expand their knowledge & value in the work force/ marketplace.
Thanks Jody just starting on Tig in my retired years you explained this art magnificently thanks again stay safe from UK👨🏻🏭
I've been watching your videos for about 6 months now. The info you share is greatly appreciated. Makes the learning curve for a weekend warrior like me and many others a lot more pleasurable! Lol.
People who know what they are doing rarely claim that their way is the only way whereas people who have no clue of what they are doing have a tendency to say their way is the only way. I love watching these videos. I find Jody extremely knowledgeable, an excellent teacher, and hilarious.
Thanks Jody, I watch you every week and want to thank you for all you do. Also thanks to you I've been sucked into the world of machining via one of the side buttons taking me on a little detour, so after I got myself my own welding machine after using company ones for years, I got myself a little old Atlas lathe I restored and fine tuned and now I'm learning how to turn some things and make some chips.
The reason I even mention this is that every time one of the guys I watch shows or discusses welding in their videos, they always send folks over to check out your videos if anyone asks for "tips or tricks", and I just thought I'd let you know how well respected you are among the UA-cam "Machinist's Community".
Well, thanks again for the great arc-shots and excellent giving back to the trade, Aloha...Chuck
Hi Jodi,
First off, thanks for all your help getting my MIG skills sharpened enough to do a reasonable job with MIG welding. I have decided to learn how to TIG weld and purchased a Lincoln Square Wave TIG 200. I am not stacking dimes yet, but getting better every time I pick the torch up. I have been watching your basic TIG series and you have answered a bunch of the questions I had and solved a few of the problems I was having. Thanks again. It's not often you find someone who is as good at what he does as you are at welding, and is still humble. Keep up the good work.
Did you ever do something over and over for years? And not always know why? You just did it because that what you were taught. Jody offers clear instruction and explanation why "you do it this way" Great Videos!
Your videos have helped me quite alot. Next semester I will be starting GTAW and am very excited about it and looking forward to more of your tips and tricks. Thanks Jody!
Jody
At SEMA today and just watched your video
Good job - Nice way of showing how to get it done
Really appreciate your good work and training
thx
Awful Arthur
I have purchased numerous parts from you over the years and they have helped my welding! Oh, the tips have been helpful too!
Hi Jody,
That's what I call a loaded video, yep, loaded with almost all you need to know to make a successful weld, just need to keep on practicing now..
And yes, the Tig finger is a big plus...
Thanks for your time,
Pierre
Absolutely my favorite channel. Thank You Jodi!
The gloves and singing scene was amazing 10/10 would watch again
Thanks to you and your amazing instructional videos I will be trying my hand at TIG welding this weekend! I just purchased my first TIG welder and I'm really excited! I ended up purchasing the HTP Invertig 221 DV water cooled machine I had seen in one of your videos and of course had to purchase your TIG Finger bundle to go along with it which should also arrive very soon! Thanks again for all the time you invest to make these great videos! Because of you I have the confidence to take on learning this new trade and perfecting my skills which without your videos would have likely never happened.
I guess now that I am finally in a tig class I should go back and watch the first 3 videos again. Thank you Jody for providing us with these and I think I am going to order a tig finger pretty soon.
Great Video Jody,Been thinking of the Magtabs you mentioned in previous videos and used them today.I just went to weldmongerstore,com and ordered 4 of them to start with.Had to have long sleeve safety tee-shirt.Your videos teach So much.Thanks again
Super helpful series. I'm in the early learning phase of a super basic scratch start tig setup
'Clean bright metal' Thanks for your great video !!
Hi Jody, I am getting back into tig welding.. taking your advise and running many stringer beads on aluminum. I am learning from and enjoying your videos.. Thank you, Harvey
no question, just thanks for sharing your techniques and knowledge.
You tripped the Soul brother indicator lamp on my DJ detector dude! *Thumbs*
good videos man respect I'm a begginer tig welder your videos help alot
As always, outstanding information, presentation, demonstration.
Thank you sir
Excellent video as always. Really liked the detailed explanations of the different tools like the stubby lens & magtab, also the focus on how to follow the joint on tubing. Future video idea, maybe something about fit up - how to deal with bad fit ups, how to minimize distortion with certain joints, how to cope tubing, etc. Thanks Jody.
I welded for an outfit called Glosser. We made, among other things Emglo air compressors. We also made compactors and elevator counter weights. There was a guy at station five who would sing. A lot. We would sometimes throw things at him. LOL. Good job on these videos!
I would love to say something else but I really do not know what to say except to say thanks and I will be buying some products from your site. You are definitely changing many lives and thanks again.
Great info as always. Keep the videos coming. Im headed to weldmonger next! Gotta buy one of them tig fingers! !!
Great video Jody with tons of helpful info thanks🙏🙏👊🏻
You know, that latex glove joke never gets old. The singing was just an added bonus. ...from another 50 something guy.
Awesome as usual. Thanks again for all your work.
I have a terrible memory, and kept leaving on (or forgetting to turn off) the purge gas in the tubes I was welding. In the end, I went back to R-Tech and bought a second solenoid valve and put that on the 'Y' piece so that it turns on and off with the main shield gas.
The solenoid is wired straight across the one inside the welder, so it's easy to add.
Now I only have to remember to turn on the shield gas at the start and off at the end of the session and it saves a lot of gas.
Hopefully someone will find this useful.
hey, you actually sing pretty good, Jodi.
I am not quitting my day job just yet...lol
@@weldingtipsandtricks 5 Years later I'm glad that clip is still in there. lol!
Really helpful video. improved my tig game
I really need one of those stubby lens kits for my everlast welder.
As always great video. Thanks Jody
Excellent video. Many thanks for that.
Great video Jody, thanks again
After years of watching your videos never expected to hear a Marvin Gaye one off 🤣 had me rollin laughing
Awesome video! Thanks Jody.
Just getting started with TIG. Your videos are clear and concise and very helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to try and educate and improve those around you. I do have a question. In learning how to basically manipulate the hand torch, I was just running beads on some steel I found laying around. Initially the steel was rusty and had paint on it. I ground that all down until it was clean and bright. When I tried to run a bead down I got a lot of porosity and sparking. I had not been using any filler material at all. I checked amperage and shielding gas flow rate but it didn’t seem to make much difference. Would you have any suggestions on what I may have been doing wrong? Thanks again for all that you do.
thnx jody @ about 2:35 > clean, bright metal. tips i got as an apprentice: 1) a good weld starts with a press fit; 2,3 & 4) know weld finish, weld no finish and finnish weld know.
When i saw the 'weld tab' i did what i normally do when i see something cool on the screen, i took out my phone and took a picture of it. Being poor i tend to build first, buy as a last resort.
But then later in the video i realized i have a magnetic base for my dial caliper. If i put it on the tube, use a flexible soldering gizmo with an alligator clip on the end, i can position it however i want while using tools i already own.
Hey Jody:
I have been watching a lot of your videos and you are helping me a bunch. Should I be seeing though my helmet with the same clarity I see on your videos.
could you add this to the tig welding basics playlist. I watched the other ones and didnt see this one there, just stumbled across this luckily
Another great video, thanks
That was pretty good... Do it again!
Very informative as always thanks jody
dude you always do a fantastic job at filming and especially explaining. I love your videos. I've been welding for many years both in my shop and professionally. I've never been to school for it so some of your technical explanations are very helpful. However it seems I always learn something from watching your vids. I also love the tight finger, or pardon my French, cock sock as some of my coworkers refer to it. Secretly I think they like it to as someone is always wanting to borrow it from time to time. Thanks for the awesome vids. P.S. I was digging the singing. Kinda caught me off guard
Super helpful! Jody, got any tips on how to keep the shop (and yourself) clean after a day of cutting and grinding?
super duzo sie nauczylem od pana. ogladalem wszystko...:-)
That is the one thing I had trouble with, when I was in my certification course
Great video and good tips, I am going to fabtech Wednesday and have strong hand tools on my list to visit. They seem to have all kinds of those neat little tools to help make jobs easier.
Watch all your stuff. Bought your tig finger. Works great. I have a 17 torch and want to get a gas lens for it. I see you use a stubby. So you cut tungsten to be able to use a stubby. What is the best thing to cut tungsten with?
As always, thanks Jody for all the time and effort you put into making these videos, You've got a knack for explaining the finer points of welding and I always look forward to watching your vids every week. I only have one question: I have a Harris 356 dual flowmeter and I'd like to be able to put it to good use for things other than just backpurging SS pipe. I've got all the parts required to make a similar backer box to yours, except for one thing - I can't find a supplier for perforated copper sheet. Any leads on where to get it, and do you have a recommended on what thickness works best for the perf copper section? I guess if all else fails I can drill my own, but copper is a royal PITA to drill
Hו Jody. Thanks for your detailed explanations.My question is: can I modify my IGBT ZX7-200 DC INVERTER MMA ARC MACHINE manual welder for TIG welding?
Hahaha i love to see you breaking character every once in a while. Last time I saw you break character (so to speak) you had just burnt your hand on a hot part on camera 😂. Sorry but im still laughing about that one lol. I think you had the same reaction that most of us would have 😂.
Thanks for the video.
Great tips. I have been a back yard welder for years. Just started a new job as a manteanace man at a hospital. I have been asked to set up welding shop. We have a maxstar 150 STL. Any tips regarding stainless welding would be appreciated as I have never tig welded before.
Thanks for help
Jay
Hey Jody, I have got several of the Tig fingers, But could you also sell some larger portions of that same heat resistant material? I see that Keith has some large sections he uses to blanket his projects.
Thanks,Randy
I need a tig machine. great video thanks
Thanks for the info on torches ..I agree the number system is unconventional. I have often wondered WHO thought that up.
Hi!
I really like your videos and I find them very interesting. I'm a plumber and iv'e started to move more towards industrial plumbing.
Now I TIG-weld the pipes I install myself on a daily basis.
Thank you for your tips.
I've got a question as well, what do you think about Speedglas helmets?
I love mine, and i havent seen you using them.
Johnny/ Sweden
Can you elaborate more on how to adjust the machine and technique for welding a thick piece to a thin piece?
I was told that to get the stacking dimes effect on a TIG weld I can manipulate the pulse settings on my machine. Could you cover how pulse effects the puddle, and how to best "stack dimes"? TIG Finger XL works great.
Future video idea... Flux core hard facing!
Awesome video... Makes me wanna go buy a TIG machine...
Good explanation. Jody makes it look so easy, though I know it is not.
Great for the beginner like me. Thank you.
Hi Jody, great series. I'm wondering whether pyrex cups would work as well? I used one on a watercooled Lincoln we had in our college welding class I took and I was able to get a pretty long stickout with it. Only trouble is I dropped the torch on the table once and chipped a bit hunk off the edge. Cringe!
Hi Jody, I'm a beginning TIG DIY-er, love your videos (I have your box set & a TIG finger).
I've been practicing feeding the rod through my fingers. Do you feed a bit every time you dip the rod, or just after a few dips?
Cheers
I got a tig finger two Christmases ago and it's starting to fray and come apart in places. Any suggestions as to how I can slow that down and preserve it better?
I hope Santa is bringing me a stubby gas lens kit for my powertig this Christmas.
Hey Jody I have not seen you use the CK FlexLoc torch lately. Will you be using it again? I bought one but have yet to use mine. Just wanted to see you use it more for more tips.
1) if you never foul the tungsten by touching it to the filler or the weld, when do you know that is time to resharpen or re-dress?
2) And what about the collet body and cup, how can you tell if/when they are used up.
Thanks, also I bought 2 tig fingers and they are great. Beyond heat protection they give a smoother surface when sliding along the weld piece and they are great for mig too.
Is there any minimum pressure reading to the argon bottle when you consider it empty and being to be refilled, or do you just use it up fully until it's no longer able to put out the SCFH needed? what is the PSI on a newly filled argon bottle?
Thanks again Jody. 2014 video sets out soon?
Hey Jody! Here's a Q for U: At a job I was on, they had me going for speed over quality, welding cold rolled to hot rolled, and they specifically told me NOT to prep, just burn it in. Some salesdood sold them on deoxidizing wire (basic 70S-6), with the idea that you don't have to cleanup first. I'm a pretty decent welder these days (thanks in no small part to your vids, which got me through school and my first couple years on the job, thanks Jody!), so, though I got plenty of pops and sparklers, I still made decent looking welds.
Sorry to ramble on, here's the question: Are those welds going to be weaker or have hidden porosity underneath, like I think is probably the case? Or was this a case where good enough really is good enough? (we didn't do ANY testing after the fact, just visual and send it on to the customer)
hey Jody, great topic but can you address how weld through primers are factored in,whether zinc or copper coated, in the Tig / Mig process? I have some sheet metal that needs to be lap welded and plug welded and I'm not sure now if my primer now needs to be removed ...tx
Best videos out there! Jody, are you using a ck cable? Is it the most flexible torch power cable? Thanks in advance!
What do you prefer more water cooled torch or air cooled .. Also machine wise i have had all of them from esab to miller too lincoln an now i just want something small inverter so too speak .. I actually welded the hand rails for the freedom towers last year for a company i worked for an the used a miller i was not happy with it but i made it work lol thanks
I thought a comercial came on ..you've got the voice of a angle ...who knew!!!
Jody got them vocals!!
Love yer vids
hey jodi i just got a question. when you started off welding how long did it take you to get your welding tickets
I sometimes weld galvanized steel...how do you know when the metal is properly prepped? is that shiny clean as well? thanks Jody
Jody, So I have a Everlast 205Si with a 26 air cooled torch. If I want to put a stubby gas lens on that 26 torch what setup would I need? Additionally, if I am using a 3/32" tungsten should I generally be using a 3/32" filler rod - I am just running practice beads on flat steel at the moment?
Jody, where did you get adapter for your grinder?? I would love to have this, I've thought about getting a straight grinder but I would be happy with the adapter. What is the part number of it and where did you get it?
Thanks
I do a lot of projects like handrails, hunting blinds etc.... repetitive steel welding. I have option of MIG or TIG. My question is MIG seems to be the cheaper quicker weld, do not you find it more money efficient to MIG or TIG?
I'm trying to learn to weld body metal which nis often held in place by magnet backed copper plates to place it--will the heat ruin that kind of magnet
Is there anything we can do to protect the other side of thin tabs like that besides using a "backup box"?
I use Citric Acid to clean my parts it takes longer than that prep, but it's good because i have an 18 month old and cant cut/grind while he's sleeping, 1/2 cup per gallon of water, leave the piece in for about a day or so, and take it out and immediately wipe it off, and then wipe it again with aceton.
Hey jody, i had a question are you formilure with the everlast PowerUltra 205P tig/stick/plasma cutter? Im looking at that just because of versatility thanks!
The white knight welder , great videos , thank you much 😎👍👍
Would a solid block of copper or aluminum work in place of the purge box?
Hey dude
Love the videos
Just like having my own instructor at home in uk
Just a question if you can answer it for me
When it comes to prep on steel ,what's your opinion on sand blasting for metal prep ?
And I'm glad you are excellent welder because I won't have to worrie about you making a living as a singer 😂
Cheers Lincoln from Northamptonshire England 🇬🇧👍
Hi Jody just want to ask if there is any other way to run argon for the shielding from the same flow meter without the need of a duel flow meter thanks Jody. Its Horst from Australia
You can make a mix for welding using blowing argon and carbon dioxide?
When would you consider a Pyrex cup tater than a ceramic cup? What's the benefit of pyrex over ceramic?
Thanks.
How far from the joint do yo need to clean to CBMetal? HEZ? Further?