💎💎💎Take a FREE online Tig class on my website HERE👉 www.pacificarctigwelding.com/ Thanks for watching! Check out my latest episode HERE🔥🔥ua-cam.com/video/FpaDdDRMeyc/v-deo.html
Thank You! I was lucky. My dad brought home a Miller welder when I was 8 or 10. I liked metal because I could not weld on more wood, when I cut short. We always were encouraged to work fixing things. Now - 50 yrs later, I worry that I did not instill that knowledge. My kids are adults now and they do fix and work at things. I love your Art! A lapidary guy from the other end of Canada. Cheers Sir!
well if you don't post flow the wire you will have gross oxidation that will be dumped into your next start, should you forget the post flow just make sure you snip off the end
@@donbrown8454 I'm not a welder but maintenance engineer and do the odd bit of welding. I've been cutting the end of my filler wire after every weld for a while. Going to try holding it with the post flow next time 😅😅
It’s not as big of a deal on mild steel but stainless it can be and with aluminum it puts a lot of black pepper or worse in your weld. I got it wrong for years and thought it was badly made filler haha
I agree and would add only one thing: seems to me it's particularly effective (at making the world a better place for all) when we do a kindness to someone we might not normally feel kindly towards.
I've been in the welding industry 21 years & honestly didn't expect anything much from this video, but I was wrong... These are great tips (especially 2 & 3). Even when you know certain steps, it's easy to become complacent and forget to do the little things. Great reminder. Awesome channel! Love the attitude of passing kindness along!
Great! 1. Post flow set to end of glow on tungsten, on weld and on filler rod. 2. Keep tungsten clean and sharp. 3. Keep filler rod at right angle to tungsten and oriented streight ahead of the weld . Thanks, you are the best, love the artwork.
We call it a blanket of argon because it is denser that air so it forms a blanket on the surface. Just as a discharged tank of helium rises to the ceiling, argon falls to the floor.
not just post flow with the filler rod, keep your rod in the flow of gas the whole time your are welding. If the rod leaves the blanket of gas, such as you just move it a little to far, then the same thing will happen. So work on always keeping the filler in the gas coverage during the welding.
I picked up a Tig Welder 2 weeks ago and have been searching for channel that not only instructs but also provides little tricks and tips. Well at last my search is over, I very much enjoyed this video and I look forward to watching every one, thanks. SUBSCRIBED 👍
Dude, the first two tips I learned before I ever picked up my torch, but the last was an eye opener as far as keeping the filler rod inline with the direction of my weld bead. Got to go play on the bench now. Keep it coming. All of us self taught TIG welders out here look for great teachers like you. Love your work man!
Hello Dusty: I am 77 years old! I started gas welding 4130 at 15, but always wanted a TIG machine. I got one when I retired 11 years ago. I was always cooking my welds, but now I do not thinks to you and Justin. I was having a real problem with aluminum. You taught me how to read my welds, so I can correct my mistakes. Thanks for so much for what you do! Thumbs up!
This guy just became my favorite UA-camr with that ask at the end. Dude. Mad props. Thanks for spreading the positivity and requesting that we pay it forward. All the best wishes to you! Thanks for the great tips as well.
Yes! A quick crack with a steel hammer on the tip Will break off contamination as well. But as for now, I have to pay for my own tungsten‘s… So I’ll be grinding them as gently as I can😂😂😂🍻 cheers and thank you so much for watching!
true true or you can do what i do and use a Dremel with a diamond blade and cut the contaminated crap off. just putting it out there for others that may not know!!
Hate to be THAT guy, but don't snap them. It creates a fracture that will split your point. In extreme cases the fracture will follow into future regrinds. Better to cut it off if it's that bad.
Cleaning off "dip" on the face of your wheel is not a great idea as it contaminates the wheel. I grind off contamination on the flat side of the wheel and then put a nice tip on the circumference.
post flow is so key! I was wondering why my tungsten tip always became dark grey, no matter how much gas I used. And then my subsequent arcs were extremely unstable, jumping around everywhere. Now that I have my post flow dialed, my tungsten looks nice and shiny and the arc is stable! Thank you for this huge tip
Really great tips, didn't catch 'm up so easily on other videos. Great attitude. We have a saying in Flanders: Only there love can live, only there life is sweet, where everybody silently and without pressure, does everything for one another.
Ahhh the filler rod tips! Brilliantly explained and I definitely learned something - I've been trying to keep the filler as "low" as possible (low included angle to the workpiece, close to the work etc). I'm going to pay attention to the angles now, for sure! :)
I want to spread some positivity to you right now. You have taught me 3 more things that I needed to know. You are an awesome person for sharing your knowledge. God bless brother.
Thank you for these. I've been welding flux-core dual shield and stick for the majority of my welding career. My newest job i landed required tig welding stainless as majority of the work. I wormed my way in and my skills were not terrible but I was missing a couple of these things to keep conscious of while welding. I'm also a Southpaw, so when I found your videos I was in haha. Thank you
Sometimes a person is unaware of why something works or not. Watching this video potentially saved me days/months of frustration. I train myself to do something the right way. When I have have it inbedded in my brain, I will purposely do it the wrong way so I can see what it looks like and why it it wrong. When my project starts looking similar, I know what is happening and how to fix it. Thank you for these tips and for spreading the word to 'pay it forward ' and spread kindness. The world definitely needs as much positivity as we can give.
Dusty, Thanks for the tips and tricks that you share with us so freely. Random acts of kindness is a wonderful way to improve the world we live in, and could really help someone in need. Speak kindly to the ones around you, Your words may be the last they hear. Take Care and Stay Safe. Bob
Paying it forward by random acts of kindness is the most beautiful thing I've heard all year, the post flow envelope of argon over the filler rod is the second most beautiful thing I've heard all year, Mick Ohman
Thank you for dropping scholarship on these valuable tips. For us guys just starting out, it's kindly appreciated. As someone that's still working a full-time job it's hard to find the time for lessons. These tutorials are hugely important to us. Mahalo for sharing your skills and knowledge.
The tip about pumping a foot pedal from another video has helped a lot welding .065" ss 3"pipe. When I would get the pipe hot enough to form a puddle I had to move so fast I had no gas coverage. I tried the biggest cups i have with no good results. Bumping the pedal gets me deep welds with good gas coverage. (Using a Miller matick 200 portable) also using a purge and going to make purging sleeves so I can cruse without a pedal!
It's crazy how you think you know everything. But then after watching a UA-cam video you learn so much more.. I've been welding since 2004 and have been working at shipyards and honestly after watching your videos I can wait to start applying your techniques to my everyday tasks
Dude, I'm in Abbotsford. Been building customs for over 40 years and you taught me something! Super proud of the Canadian spirit. Get out there and help somebody.
I did a lot of TIG on the mainland years ago and all your points are great points for cleanliness, the number one rule in TIG welding. Wish I had a machine now, it was my favourite method of welding, right up until someone forgot to clean off the parts cleaner from a bunch of aluminum castings I had to fill craters in, and I got phosgene gassed. That is an experience nobody wants repeated or even to happen once.
Finally a youtuber who isn't pushing likes and subscribers , instead he wants you to be humane. A big hat off to you my friend , excellent ! 😎 And oh , I learned what to watch out for beginning this new skill.
Thank you!! 3rd level welding classes and I just learned these lessons for the first time. I love your request of us, beautiful way to send the love forward, I will be watching all soon!
I make sure to watch all your videos even if I am not welding for a long period. It keeps the little knowledge I have fresh in my mind. And this video did not disappoint. Short and to the point filled with precious info. Thank You
Good info, did not know about the 90° filler angle, good tip! You should do a similar video about fillet joints...then maybe I’d figure out why I’m so bad at them.
Thanks Dusty for the info, I didn't know that keeping the filler in line with the weld was so critical on stainless, I knew the 90 deg. but not the alignment.
You are so generous in your sharing of knowledge. Than you, thank you. When I worked for a fabrication company for 3 years they said that they couldn't answer my questions because thier judge of an employee was based on how much they could figure out on thier own. Big words for I'm in it for me & no one else matters. Thier fabrication required specialized instruction that they were unwilling to equip thier employees with cuz either they didn't have answers or unhealthy pride. 🙄
Good to see another leftie doing well in a right-handed world! Thanks for the tips - I don't have a TIG welder yet, but am thinking of pulling the trigger on a Primeweld 225.
I never picked up or even seen a tig torch! Loved welding with my mig and wanted more! Thanks to your vids, and some others, I was pleasantly surprised how well my first 10 minutes went! I wanted tig to do aluminum and I'm still working out some kinks, but I'm very happy!!! I maybe have a total of 4 hours under the hood, and I get a big smile every time I flip it up! Thank you again for the vids bro!! Oh and the issue i think i figured out with the aluminum was trying to weld repetitive beads on very thin coupons I made that are only 2"×3"! I know I'm a gluten for punishment! First bead was fine/ok and couldn't figure out why the others were runny! Lmao, wish I would have seen something on all the videos that taught you how different aluminum is compared to steel and not being able to keep running bead after bead! I was just excited and couldn't put the torch down, I was having too much fun i guess, and wanted to keep practicing! 😏
Thanks for the tips, from another lefty down under in Australia. What a great thing to ask for, random acts of kindness, faith in humanity restored. (and I subscribed).
I’m glad I came across your channel. I’ve been fitting&welding for 30 yrs. I got a tig the other day. First time I’ve ever tried it. Harder than it looks. Thanx for the heads up.
I've been welding for many years. Only recently bought a TIG machine and am learning a new process. Your tips address the problems I've been having. Huge thanks for sharing.
You are a genius! I have been trying to teach myself to TIG for weeks and suck terribly. My cheap machine has manual gas flow. I never knew the importance of post flow or rod angle or keeping the rod in the gas. This has not been discussed in any video I have seen. I cannot thank you enough. Now let me put those lessons to work.
You could rig up a solenoid valve with a little know how. These are good tips. Before I had any money, I also built my own water cooler using scrap machine parts and welded my own tank.
That would have to be the best 10 minutes I have spent on a weld channel, thanks, now I best go and increase my post flow, thanks mate, good one...Andy...
This is all great advice, I did my first tig assessment last month and I wish I had seen this earlier. I've been welding MMA and mig for over 20 years and TIG always seemed so exotic to me. Thanks for the video It's going to help on my next assessments for sure.
Really like the positivity and the good vibe of this channel and Dusty. Check a few videos out before but now I subscribed and wish I've done it before. GREAT videos!
I am a welder from Germany. I really wanna thank you for giving me the idea of art welding. I really appreciate your work, it looks absolutely amazing. I have to try that for myself!
For best results try to always use a power supply with a foot pedal so you can basically downslope the current and leave the tungsten over the joint to cool in a inert atmosphere
Sweet. Thanks for the tips, glad I caught them now as I start my TIG journey :) My act of kindness will be investing time to help kids learn the love of welding, too
Thanks a lot for your tips and tricks! Nobody taught me what you just showed. Until now I kept wondering why some of my TIG welds looked professional and a lot like 'you know what'. Give and therefor receive kindness.
Brand new tig welding and starting off with steel first. Been watching a ton of videos before my machine came in and got it set up. You're the 1st person I've come across that said anything about keeping the filler metal in the "post flow" and, if the electrode sticks, it's contaminated, clean it.. Coming from a less than pro and hobbyist level of OA, stick, mig, and flux core experience, I'm really having to concentrate on NOT pulling out as soon as I'm done with weld pass. Going through my practicing first, no filler, was getting pretty frustrated because my electrode wouldn't last more than 1 or 2, 2", strings. But this video brought to light what's been kicking my ass. Thanks Dusty! Great teacher and what a wonderful positive attitude to spread along with you vids.
I love you Canadians, sorry about us most the time, I am from the USA. I live a few hundred kilometers I live from you, I live in Tacoma. I have made all type weld joint since a young age thanks for the great tips from a great man to share your knowledge. Best of luck...
Decades ago my instructor in school covered these 3 tips in welding class which I took after 5 years of stick and mig welding. By far the most interesting was laser welding on an XYZ positioning table.After the setup and programming, the laying down a bead the size of a pin head, you kick back and observe the work on CCTV.
Thanks for sharing. I've MIGged for years and am about to purchase my first TIG machine. Never having touched a TIG touch in my life, I believe knowing these tips before starting to learn will be invaluable. Subbing and viewing more.
@PacficArc hey great tips I live in Eugene oregon and I went to welding school about 10 years ago and I was never taught to keep the rod in the post flow thats a great tip I would cut the tips when they got contaminated, as well as on the weld and the tungsten I never knew this specifically and always wondered why I would have crap in my welds when I thought I had everything clean, really I didn't though! So thanks thats a huge tip ! Love your work and appreciate your channel thanks !
Shout-out from South London Dusty, awesome episode again! Bring back mempories from the online course with you. Exactly those 2 tips got my comfidance back in my machine and my self. Post flow Tip and Filer Rod Angle Technique Tip. Always thankful for sharing that. Cheers
Thanks for those great tips. Nice work - something I can aspire to. As far as paying it forward, I usually stop for stalled out cars to see whether I can help. Feels good.
Thanks man, I'm currently studying to become a welder, I started october last year and I'm currently going more in depth with stick-welding, but I look to continue with tig aswell, good tips, thanks!
These tips are GOLD and put emphasis on the fact that you just CANNOT TiG weld nice, without a paddle. Scratch welding works, but to stop the arc, you need to move away from the weld and it obviously defeats the idea of protecting the weld you just laid down with a blanket of gas (even more so on small TiG torches). This really is what I hoped to have known when I bought a "All-in-one Welder". I am glad I bought it, but I should have excluded the TiG function. Just MiG and Stick in one is the best, buy a TiG welder separately (one that comes with decent settings and DEFINITELY a paddle) they are much cheaper now and even the cheapest are better than the ones in a All-in-one unit.
Great advise as usual. On a positive note, have you tried bolting a 5” diamond disc on the side of your grinding stone. I find the finish is so much finer than the finest wheel. I shape on the stone and finish on the diamond wheel. They’re only a few $ to buy and last ages.
Excellent tips especially the redressing your Tungsten that is the one that I always stress when teaching newbs to weld , TAKE THE TIME TO RE SHARPEN because the weld will be garbage if you don't .
"If you learned something, do me a favor.." *me thinking: like, subscribe and so on. yeah, thats fair, ill give him a like...* He continues: "... go and do something nice to someone. Help someone with groceries, or say something nice." Wow, that's not what I expected ❤️ The world needs unselfish ppl like you. First time I watched your videos, definitely not the last!
Thanks so much bro i think you have explained this type of tig welding and procedure the best out of many i watched, i want to be able to do aluminum and steel and maybe stainless with the same machine any recomandations for a starter, i am a experienced mig welder and my lincoln can do aluminum if i buy a spool gun and argon but the gun is the price of a decent tig torch set up that does all 3! feel free to charm in and what you think for the money is a good machine??? yes welder maybe??!
God Bless you Bud! I do those acts frequently and I will never stop. I have been helped before so I will always! Thank you for helping us learn about Welding! I appreciate it! ❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸
1. Angle of grinding sets how the arc will behave. 60-90 degree angle for max penetration. 2. using tungsten with thorium on a grinder like that will put dust in the air that is radioactive, and in the length be a risk of giving you lungcancer. 3. risk with to low angle on your tig-torch is injectorflow of air. Setting just the right amount of argon is important. Gaslense helps to get less turbulence great video in all.
Hello. I recently picked up a welder, and I have been practicing tig welding after watching videos. And, man, it is way harder than it looks! I appreciate the tips, and I will watch more of your videos. If this one is any indication, you are a very good teacher. Thanks again and stay well!
Very Helpful. Don't have a tig machine at the moment, but seeking as much education for when I do. Also, I like the random acts of kindness. Thank you.
💎💎💎Take a FREE online Tig class on my website HERE👉 www.pacificarctigwelding.com/
Thanks for watching! Check out my latest episode HERE🔥🔥ua-cam.com/video/FpaDdDRMeyc/v-deo.html
Thank You! I was lucky. My dad brought home a Miller welder when I was 8 or 10. I liked metal because I could not weld on more wood, when I cut short. We always were encouraged to work fixing things. Now - 50 yrs later, I worry that I did not instill that knowledge. My kids are adults now and they do fix and work at things. I love your Art! A lapidary guy from the other end of Canada. Cheers Sir!
I am so glad I found this channel. Thanks for sharing
@@spontaneousexpress Happy to help!
Where do you buy your cups and stuff?
I've been tig welding for 19 years now and have never thought of keeping my filler in the post flow. Never to late to learn new tricks. Cheers Dusty.
Seems like a bad thing to miss for 19 years 😂
well if you don't post flow the wire you will have gross oxidation that will be dumped into your next start, should you forget the post flow just make sure you snip off the end
@@donbrown8454 I'm not a welder but maintenance engineer and do the odd bit of welding. I've been cutting the end of my filler wire after every weld for a while. Going to try holding it with the post flow next time 😅😅
It’s not as big of a deal on mild steel but stainless it can be and with aluminum it puts a lot of black pepper or worse in your weld. I got it wrong for years and thought it was badly made filler haha
It’s a standard thing. I’ve also been welding 22 years.
The random act of kindness...one of the greatest things I've heard in a while. Beautiful message, Bro.
Positive vibes to you all
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I agree and would add only one thing: seems to me it's particularly effective (at making the world a better place for all) when we do a kindness to someone we might not normally feel kindly towards.
I've been in the welding industry 21 years & honestly didn't expect anything much from this video, but I was wrong... These are great tips (especially 2 & 3). Even when you know certain steps, it's easy to become complacent and forget to do the little things. Great reminder. Awesome channel! Love the attitude of passing kindness along!
Were you welding when you were in pre school because you don't look but 25 at most..
Great!
1. Post flow set to end of glow on tungsten, on weld and on filler rod.
2. Keep tungsten clean and sharp.
3. Keep filler rod at right angle to tungsten and oriented streight ahead of the weld .
Thanks, you are the best, love the artwork.
We call it a blanket of argon because it is denser that air so it forms a blanket on the surface. Just as a discharged tank of helium rises to the ceiling, argon falls to the floor.
You’re a natural instructor. I’ve never welded once but this was clear as a bell!
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Bless you from the UK. I'm learning before I've even brought a machine. My random act of kindness on Sunday ended in me being gifted a mig
Karma is real
@@Man-in-da-shed I definitely believe mate. The last two blokes to screw me over had there wife's run off with other women. True story lol
Excellent tips I knew NOTHING about. Thanks.
Humanitarianism, compassion, empathy, are not weaknesses. They are strengths.
not just post flow with the filler rod, keep your rod in the flow of gas the whole time your are welding. If the rod leaves the blanket of gas, such as you just move it a little to far, then the same thing will happen. So work on always keeping the filler in the gas coverage during the welding.
That's a great tip also
I picked up a Tig Welder 2 weeks ago and have been searching for channel that not only instructs but also provides little tricks and tips. Well at last my search is over, I very much enjoyed this video and I look forward to watching every one, thanks.
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Dude, the first two tips I learned before I ever picked up my torch, but the last was an eye opener as far as keeping the filler rod inline with the direction of my weld bead. Got to go play on the bench now. Keep it coming. All of us self taught TIG welders out here look for great teachers like you. Love your work man!
Hello Dusty: I am 77 years old! I started gas welding 4130 at 15, but always wanted a TIG machine. I got one when I retired 11 years ago. I was always cooking my welds, but now I do not thinks to you and Justin. I was having a real problem with aluminum. You taught me how to read my welds, so I can correct my mistakes. Thanks for so much for what you do! Thumbs up!
This guy just became my favorite UA-camr with that ask at the end. Dude. Mad props. Thanks for spreading the positivity and requesting that we pay it forward. All the best wishes to you! Thanks for the great tips as well.
Agreed. And for maximum beneficial effect, I reckon: do a kindness to someone we might not normally feel kindly towards.
Another good suggestion, breaking the contaminated part of the tungsten off with 2 pliers before grinding it down
Yes! A quick crack with a steel hammer on the tip Will break off contamination as well. But as for now, I have to pay for my own tungsten‘s… So I’ll be grinding them as gently as I can😂😂😂🍻 cheers and thank you so much for watching!
true true or you can do what i do and use a Dremel with a diamond blade and cut the contaminated crap off. just putting it out there for others that may not know!!
Hate to be THAT guy, but don't snap them. It creates a fracture that will split your point. In extreme cases the fracture will follow into future regrinds. Better to cut it off if it's that bad.
Cleaning off "dip" on the face of your wheel is not a great idea as it contaminates the wheel. I grind off contamination on the flat side of the wheel and then put a nice tip on the circumference.
post flow is so key! I was wondering why my tungsten tip always became dark grey, no matter how much gas I used. And then my subsequent arcs were extremely unstable, jumping around everywhere. Now that I have my post flow dialed, my tungsten looks nice and shiny and the arc is stable! Thank you for this huge tip
Those are awesome tips, been watching other UA-camrs about tig welding and they never mentioned these tips and why they are important.
The artwork at the beginning of the video is crazy awesome! Nice work bro. You're very talented
As a fellow left handed Vancouver Islander...thanks for the tips!
Really great tips, didn't catch 'm up so easily on other videos. Great attitude. We have a saying in Flanders: Only there love can live, only there life is sweet, where everybody silently and without pressure, does everything for one another.
Ahhh the filler rod tips! Brilliantly explained and I definitely learned something - I've been trying to keep the filler as "low" as possible (low included angle to the workpiece, close to the work etc). I'm going to pay attention to the angles now, for sure! :)
I want to spread some positivity to you right now. You have taught me 3 more things that I needed to know. You are an awesome person for sharing your knowledge. God bless brother.
Thank you for these. I've been welding flux-core dual shield and stick for the majority of my welding career. My newest job i landed required tig welding stainless as majority of the work. I wormed my way in and my skills were not terrible but I was missing a couple of these things to keep conscious of while welding. I'm also a Southpaw, so when I found your videos I was in haha. Thank you
“ I was in haha.” 😆
Pretty sure it’s a typo but it cracked me up! Thanks for the laugh man 😁👍 merry Christmas!
Sometimes a person is unaware of why something works or not. Watching this video potentially saved me days/months of frustration.
I train myself to do something the right way. When I have have it inbedded in my brain, I will purposely do it the wrong way so I can see what it looks like and why it it wrong. When my project starts looking similar, I know what is happening and how to fix it.
Thank you for these tips and for spreading the word to 'pay it forward ' and spread kindness. The world definitely needs as much positivity as we can give.
this channel just reinforces my thoughts that TIG welding is more of an artform than other welding techniques I have seen or done.
Awesome tips dusty the filler rod angle is huge especially for beginners, and can’t tell you how many times I see discoloured tungsten tips 🤙🏾🤙🏾
Dusty, Thanks for the tips and tricks that you share with us so freely. Random acts of kindness is a wonderful way to improve the world we live in, and could really help someone in need. Speak kindly to the ones around you, Your words may be the last they hear.
Take Care and Stay Safe.
Bob
Additionally... there are guys here w similar skill, but zero personality. You're doing awesome with both!
Absolutely the best advice I've gotten from a TIG welder yet and I've been doing it for 20 years
Paying it forward by random acts of kindness is the most beautiful thing I've heard all year, the post flow envelope of argon over the filler rod is the second most beautiful thing I've heard all year, Mick Ohman
Your art gave me literal goosebumps when you showed it. Beautiful art!
The most important part is doing something nice for somebody you rock Dusty!! And God Bless
Thank you for dropping scholarship on these valuable tips. For us guys just starting out, it's kindly appreciated. As someone that's still working a full-time job it's hard to find the time for lessons. These tutorials are hugely important to us. Mahalo for sharing your skills and knowledge.
The simplest things seem to be obvious . . . but they're not. Thanks for this!!
I love your intro.. “hey here’s some cool shtuff u should know” and then u basically show your résumé. EPIC. good job bud.
The tip about pumping a foot pedal from another video has helped a lot welding .065" ss 3"pipe. When I would get the pipe hot enough to form a puddle I had to move so fast I had no gas coverage. I tried the biggest cups i have with no good results. Bumping the pedal gets me deep welds with good gas coverage. (Using a Miller matick 200 portable) also using a purge and going to make purging sleeves so I can cruse without a pedal!
Thank you man for that video, and not for just the tips but for trying to make the world a better place.
It's crazy how you think you know everything. But then after watching a UA-cam video you learn so much more.. I've been welding since 2004 and have been working at shipyards and honestly after watching your videos I can wait to start applying your techniques to my everyday tasks
Dude, I'm in Abbotsford. Been building customs for over 40 years and you taught me something!
Super proud of the Canadian spirit. Get out there and help somebody.
I did a lot of TIG on the mainland years ago and all your points are great points for cleanliness, the number one rule in TIG welding. Wish I had a machine now, it was my favourite method of welding, right up until someone forgot to clean off the parts cleaner from a bunch of aluminum castings I had to fill craters in, and I got phosgene gassed. That is an experience nobody wants repeated or even to happen once.
Finally a youtuber who isn't pushing likes and subscribers , instead he wants you to be humane.
A big hat off to you my friend , excellent ! 😎
And oh , I learned what to watch out for beginning this new skill.
Thank you!! 3rd level welding classes and I just learned these lessons for the first time. I love your request of us, beautiful way to send the love forward, I will be watching all soon!
What a fantastic attitude you have very positive words of wisdom
Thank you my friend 🙏 I appreciate you watching 🤙
Excellent Instruction! And the part about pay-it-forward is great life advice. Thankyou , my friend.
I make sure to watch all your videos even if I am not welding for a long period. It keeps the little knowledge I have fresh in my mind. And this video did not disappoint. Short and to the point filled with precious info. Thank You
Good info, did not know about the 90° filler angle, good tip! You should do a similar video about fillet joints...then maybe I’d figure out why I’m so bad at them.
Thank you! I will do my best to spread positives. Marin, Bulgaria
Subbed at “do a random act of kindness to a random person out there”.
Thanks for the positive vibes, dude. Stay safe!
Thanks Dusty for the info, I didn't know that keeping the filler in line with the weld was so critical on stainless, I knew the 90 deg. but not the alignment.
The most touching video by what you have said in the last few seconds! A big kind Heart!!
You are so generous in your sharing of knowledge. Than you, thank you. When I worked for a fabrication company for 3 years they said that they couldn't answer my questions because thier judge of an employee was based on how much they could figure out on thier own. Big words for I'm in it for me & no one else matters.
Thier fabrication required specialized instruction that they were unwilling to equip thier employees with cuz either they didn't have answers or unhealthy pride. 🙄
Good to see another leftie doing well in a right-handed world! Thanks for the tips - I don't have a TIG welder yet, but am thinking of pulling the trigger on a Primeweld 225.
I never picked up or even seen a tig torch! Loved welding with my mig and wanted more! Thanks to your vids, and some others, I was pleasantly surprised how well my first 10 minutes went! I wanted tig to do aluminum and I'm still working out some kinks, but I'm very happy!!! I maybe have a total of 4 hours under the hood, and I get a big smile every time I flip it up! Thank you again for the vids bro!! Oh and the issue i think i figured out with the aluminum was trying to weld repetitive beads on very thin coupons I made that are only 2"×3"! I know I'm a gluten for punishment! First bead was fine/ok and couldn't figure out why the others were runny! Lmao, wish I would have seen something on all the videos that taught you how different aluminum is compared to steel and not being able to keep running bead after bead! I was just excited and couldn't put the torch down, I was having too much fun i guess, and wanted to keep practicing! 😏
Thank you so much. Invaluable tips received from an expert welder given free to a semi skilled self taught TiG welder. Grateful!
I logged in just to leave a comment, really wanna thank you for taking the time to articulate the steps. This was much better then a lot I have seen!
Thanks for the tips, from another lefty down under in Australia. What a great thing to ask for, random acts of kindness, faith in humanity restored. (and I subscribed).
I’m glad I came across your channel. I’ve been fitting&welding for 30 yrs. I got a tig the other day. First time I’ve ever tried it. Harder than it looks. Thanx for the heads up.
I've been welding for many years. Only recently bought a TIG machine and am learning a new process. Your tips address the problems I've been having. Huge thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your generosity I am 73 wanting to get into bit and spur making thanks again
You are a genius! I have been trying to teach myself to TIG for weeks and suck terribly. My cheap machine has manual gas flow. I never knew the importance of post flow or rod angle or keeping the rod in the gas. This has not been discussed in any video I have seen. I cannot thank you enough. Now let me put those lessons to work.
You could rig up a solenoid valve with a little know how.
These are good tips. Before I had any money, I also built my own water cooler using scrap machine parts and welded my own tank.
That would have to be the best 10 minutes I have spent on a weld channel, thanks, now I best go and increase my post flow, thanks mate, good one...Andy...
This is all great advice, I did my first tig assessment last month and I wish I had seen this earlier. I've been welding MMA and mig for over 20 years and TIG always seemed so exotic to me. Thanks for the video It's going to help on my next assessments for sure.
Love your videos man! Really dig the beginner content and the positive vibes, keep it coming. Definitely earned my sub!
Thanks for joining me here! Doing my best to be positive and get people stoked to learn:) I appreciate you watching 🙏🙏
Really like the positivity and the good vibe of this channel and Dusty. Check a few videos out before but now I subscribed and wish I've done it before. GREAT videos!
I appreciate that! Happy you enjoyed and thank you for watching!🙏🍻
I've been welding for 10 years and never knew about the angles... Thanks so much! I'm looking forward to doing some corrected angles tomorrow. 😄
I TRULY appreciate the time you took to help others via your video.
I learned more from you in this video than 50 other tig videos.
Subscribed!
Also I'm an EMT so helping ppl is my job.
Thank you and awesome work!
I am a welder from Germany. I really wanna thank you for giving me the idea of art welding. I really appreciate your work, it looks absolutely amazing. I have to try that for myself!
Thanks for the post flow tip. Works wonders even on aluminium👍💪
For best results try to always use a power supply with a foot pedal so you can basically downslope the current and leave the tungsten over the joint to cool in a inert atmosphere
First time I have heard exactly how to determine if I have successfully set the post flow. Thanks!
Sweet. Thanks for the tips, glad I caught them now as I start my TIG journey :)
My act of kindness will be investing time to help kids learn the love of welding, too
Thanks a lot for your tips and tricks! Nobody taught me what you just showed. Until now I kept wondering why some of my TIG welds looked professional and a lot like 'you know what'.
Give and therefor receive kindness.
Brand new tig welding and starting off with steel first. Been watching a ton of videos before my machine came in and got it set up. You're the 1st person I've come across that said anything about keeping the filler metal in the "post flow" and, if the electrode sticks, it's contaminated, clean it.. Coming from a less than pro and hobbyist level of OA, stick, mig, and flux core experience, I'm really having to concentrate on NOT pulling out as soon as I'm done with weld pass. Going through my practicing first, no filler, was getting pretty frustrated because my electrode wouldn't last more than 1 or 2, 2", strings. But this video brought to light what's been kicking my ass.
Thanks Dusty! Great teacher and what a wonderful positive attitude to spread along with you vids.
Definitely the best welding video I’ve watched! 🔥🔥🔥
I love you Canadians, sorry about us most the time, I am from the USA. I live a few hundred kilometers I live from you, I live in Tacoma. I have made all type weld joint since a young age thanks for the great tips from a great man to share your knowledge. Best of luck...
Decades ago my instructor in school covered these 3 tips in welding class which I took after 5 years of stick and mig welding. By far the most interesting was laser welding on an XYZ positioning table.After the setup and programming, the laying down a bead the size of a pin head, you kick back and observe the work on CCTV.
tig welding so hard to learn on my own now watching your video’s learning a lot best videos ever thanks mate cheers.
Refreshing advice of spreading positivity! Just learning TIG so this was helpful. I would love to see some of your art!
Thanks for sharing. I've MIGged for years and am about to purchase my first TIG machine. Never having touched a TIG touch in my life, I believe knowing these tips before starting to learn will be invaluable. Subbing and viewing more.
@PacficArc hey great tips I live in Eugene oregon and I went to welding school about 10 years ago and I was never taught to keep the rod in the post flow thats a great tip I would cut the tips when they got contaminated, as well as on the weld and the tungsten I never knew this specifically and always wondered why I would have crap in my welds when I thought I had everything clean, really I didn't though! So thanks thats a huge tip ! Love your work and appreciate your channel thanks !
Shout-out from South London Dusty, awesome episode again! Bring back mempories from the online course with you. Exactly those 2 tips got my comfidance back in my machine and my self. Post flow Tip and Filer Rod Angle Technique Tip. Always thankful for sharing that. Cheers
Thanks for those great tips. Nice work - something I can aspire to. As far as paying it forward, I usually stop for stalled out cars to see whether I can help. Feels good.
Amazing. Love hearing stuff like this. I appreciate you checking out the vid!
Thanks man, I'm currently studying to become a welder, I started october last year and I'm currently going more in depth with stick-welding, but I look to continue with tig aswell, good tips, thanks!
These tips are GOLD and put emphasis on the fact that you just CANNOT TiG weld nice, without a paddle. Scratch welding works, but to stop the arc, you need to move away from the weld and it obviously defeats the idea of protecting the weld you just laid down with a blanket of gas (even more so on small TiG torches). This really is what I hoped to have known when I bought a "All-in-one Welder". I am glad I bought it, but I should have excluded the TiG function. Just MiG and Stick in one is the best, buy a TiG welder separately (one that comes with decent settings and DEFINITELY a paddle) they are much cheaper now and even the cheapest are better than the ones in a All-in-one unit.
i will keep this advice in mind as i just started my B ticket, Learning tig has been tricky for me so thank you for the advice
Great advise as usual. On a positive note, have you tried bolting a 5” diamond disc on the side of your grinding stone. I find the finish is so much finer than the finest wheel. I shape on the stone and finish on the diamond wheel. They’re only a few $ to buy and last ages.
Excellent tips especially the redressing your Tungsten that is the one that I always stress when teaching newbs to weld , TAKE THE TIME TO RE SHARPEN because the weld will be garbage if you don't .
"If you learned something, do me a favor.." *me thinking: like, subscribe and so on. yeah, thats fair, ill give him a like...* He continues: "... go and do something nice to someone. Help someone with groceries, or say something nice." Wow, that's not what I expected ❤️ The world needs unselfish ppl like you. First time I watched your videos, definitely not the last!
Cos of that, I subscribed as well as liked👍🏻
Wow, I am a NEW NEW NEW welder, this video was amazing, thank you. I’m a lefty too!!
Thanks so much bro i think you have explained this type of tig welding and procedure the best out of many i watched, i want to be able to do aluminum and steel and maybe stainless with the same machine any recomandations for a starter, i am a experienced mig welder and my lincoln can do aluminum if i buy a spool gun and argon but the gun is the price of a decent tig torch set up that does all 3! feel free to charm in and what you think for the money is a good machine??? yes welder maybe??!
God Bless you Bud! I do those acts frequently and I will never stop. I have been helped before so I will always! Thank you for helping us learn about Welding! I appreciate it! ❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸
1. Angle of grinding sets how the arc will behave. 60-90 degree angle for max penetration.
2. using tungsten with thorium on a grinder like that will put dust in the air that is radioactive, and in the length be a risk of giving you lungcancer.
3. risk with to low angle on your tig-torch is injectorflow of air. Setting just the right amount of argon is important. Gaslense helps to get less turbulence
great video in all.
1. should be mentioned in the video!
@@dennischristensen5892 i find no2 also important cause risk of cancer
Great Tips! I have wondered why sometimes my welds look dark grey, I will pay more attention to my Argon.
You're awesome! I'm guilty of filler rod contamination so thanks for all the tips but that one especially.
Your advice and attitude are fabulous. Thank you! Much appreciated.
Happy you enjoyed! I appreciate you checking out the vid!🙏🙏🙏
Hallo 👋 Very well explained 👍 I find for me it is better to recognize when the Torch is in the left hand.
love the video man! welding for 5 years now and your way to explain and show is done really good :) keep it up!
Hello. I recently picked up a welder, and I have been practicing tig welding after watching videos. And, man, it is way harder than it looks! I appreciate the tips, and I will watch more of your videos. If this one is any indication, you are a very good teacher. Thanks again and stay well!
Very Helpful. Don't have a tig machine at the moment, but seeking as much education for when I do. Also, I like the random acts of kindness. Thank you.
@Pacific Arc Tig Welding , thanks for the awesome tips! I totally was not expecting the advice at the 10:01 time mark. This is such a great idea!