I graduated HSWT (Hobart) in 1990, had numerous bench TIG jobs building motorcycle frames and swingarms as well as hot rod fab in central California. I watched your video with some hesitation as there's a ton of how-to-TIG videos by guys who shouldn't be teaching at all- and you're absolutely right: you need the proper foundation, theory and fundamentals. Now, 34 years later and a couple of successful businesses under my belt, I want to dedicate the time on this very perishable skill. Your theory, technique and teaching style are SOLID. I look forward to taking your classes. No matter one's experience, it is a perishable skill and you're the best I've seen. I wish you the best success, and thank you for what you're doing!
I want to thank you brother. Been welding for the past 15 years. I got a new job that required me to learn aluminum a few years back. Your videos has helped me so much man. I’m stacking dimes now. I appreciate the help!
I watch for a bit then run out to welder and check my settings then run back and watch some more. Its like a physical fitness program. Back and forth. LOL
I've been tig welding for close to thirty years, and I still find this quite informative and helpful. I'm teaching someone to tig and the details in this remind me of when I was in school, very good!
I love the checkpoint thing! As a motorcycle builder, I get asked for tips all the time and all I can really say is "well, try to build it how you want, and if it sucks, do it again until it's good". Your checkpoint thing is a much more articulate and friendly way of putting that lol.
Dusty your just awesome with how you explain the process. I like how I've learned all the variables that welding aluminum requires you to understand. I've watched every one of your videos. Especially when machine shops seen how I wrapped my corners on plate coupons that I dropped off to show what I can offer. They were impressed
Brian! I really appreciate this message my friend, I'm happy that you enjoy the style of my lessons, and I would be thrilled to help however I can when you get your own machine! Great to hear from you my friend, have a great weekend!🔥🙂
@@PacificArcTigWelding i agree on him with that comment. I understand a whole lot from watching and listening to you, it's just to get my own machine to follow along with you now. Keep up the good work man. Love from Jamaica 🇯🇲❤
Hey Dusty, I'm relatively new to the art of TIG welding, especially aluminium, and I've watched some of your videos in the past. This latest video has taught me a lot, so thankyou for that. I feel I'll learn even more by taking your 3 hour lesson plan, so thanks for taking the time to put these types of videos together...your style of teaching is very easy to understand and follow along, so thanks heaps.
Great content. I am currently tasked with fabricating aluminum handrails for pools. Lots of angles to weld together while keeping all pieces aligned in the same plane. I enjoy any video lesson involving aluminum pipe. 😂
спасибо за ваши пояснения по ТИГ сварке , очень познавательно , много чего для себя лично подчерпнул с ваших уроков , ещё раз Спасибо Вам огромное за ваш труд
I have welded for many years, I have done Mig, Tig, Arc, and Gas. Now people that show these videos, that is what they do all the time, so they will be good. But when you have most people weld on occasion you wont lay down welds like shown here.
Yure the best tig channel on UA-cam thank you for this it will help me at my apprentice job I want to tig together a fence post so bad but butt joints scare me
By far the best video. So much info.ur layout & break down..ur images/ video. And especially like how u did the checkpoints/ time stamps...grate teacher..I will be subscribing and following.
DC is the setup for all metals except aluminum. Most shops cut the filler rod from a sheet of thin brass. All metals are TIG weldable except zinc which is the plating used on galvanized steel. The short list: steel, aluminum, stainless, copper, brass and titanium. And you can only use Argon or a mix of Argon/Helium for TIG welding. Argon/CO2 is only used for MIG.
Technically you can tig weld aluminum with DC current. I think its straight polarity I cant recall, but you burn up the tungsten consumable really fast. I've done it while experimenting.
That's the original TIG process for aluminum, before they invented AC machines. Use DC straight polarity with 2% percent sharpened tungsten, using Helium. The same setup for steel. It's used to weld small brackets on medium to heavy aluminum plate, such as one to two inch plate. It makes a good weld but it will have a black soot on it. You then use a stainless wire brush to remove it. It does not affect the tungsten and I was using the old transformer machines.
@@nickhlawka7073 The welding boss where I worked insisted I do all the thick plate using 100% helium, which was one inch thick that way. I was in training for welding DC straight polarity on aluminum so I did it his way. It worked, beside the fact I never heard of the technique before. I suppose Argon would of given a nice clean weld but never had the chance to try it. I was welding small 1/8 X 1.00 thick brackets to one inch plate, 3 foot square. No MIG welding allowed the customer specified the TIG - DC process.
Ok are you suppose to hook your positive to your ground and your ground in to the positive on your welder for a inverter type welder I'm not sure on this and is it only for welding aluminum only thanks
@PacificArcTigWelding Hey Dusty, thanks for that. You have just made me realise that I need to get a new welder to do ally!! My current one is DC only... In the UK no one supplies the Everlast range which appear to be really good value machines. This means I will have to import. I can't afford the Typhoon range, but do you happen to know about the 200DV or 210EXT? A good topic for a video would be what to look for in a welding machine - in my case for all-round use... Thanks for what you do.
Great videos, I'm still struggling to get my welder set up. I am using the torch button and not the pedal set up. I keep burning through the coupons. I bring down the amps and still burn too hot. I'm a bit lost as to why. I will try practicing with the pedal. Is the heat different with pedal versus torch button??
What a FANTASTIC video, factory I work @ has a Miller sync 250 & nobody ever used it, started playing with it and will incorporate your video while learning. Maybe they should hire you to teach a class…… just saying 🤷🏻♂️
beaucoup peut courir sur une pièce au dessus de 3mm mais quand il s’agit de souder des pièce avec plusieurs angles c’est différent en tout cas très instructif 👍
Aluminum is the only common metal that has to be free of all oil, grease, paint, gum from labels and any anodize coating. When you file, grind or use a carbide burr, you also remove the oxide layer which lowers the melt temperature. Most welders also clean it with acetone. Most medium to large welding shops that do military spec aluminum welding have chemical tanks to etch or clean the aluminum in.
Genuinely confused here. In your video your running ground on positive and lead on negative. My apologies if im missing something. If i google search what polarity to run aluminium tig its reverse polarity or opposite of what you are running. Any direction on this would be amazing! Also greetings from australia!
Great video although I wish you could be more detailed about the process, if only you had a class I could sign up for online or something that would be grear
hi . thanks for all , have typhoone 230 , i intert all your value to my machine , start to solder , i see alluminium oxide do away but alluminium it doesn't melt . can help please ??
Ik this is 5 months ago but could you help me out I’m taking a welding course and we are tig welding aluminum rn and we use pure and 2% lanthanided but I can’t get my 2% to ball at the end no matter how high I turn up the amps
Show us how to backup a TIG weld in aluminum, that's where they use a slot in the backup steel so the aluminum weld sinks into it. All metals are TIG weldable except zinc which is the plating used on galvanized steel. The short list: steel, aluminum, stainless, copper, brass and titanium. And you can only use Argon or a mix of Argon/Helium for TIG welding. Argon/CO2 is only for MIG.
10:00 check-in. You forgot to name the number 1 issue that contributes to horrible finishes. The Welder! I have seen some "welders" bitch and moan about this and that being the culprit for terrible welds. Funny enough, once thatwelder is takenmout of the equasion, the problem is fixed immediately, yet that welder will piss and moan and complain that it was something else
Ik this is 5 months ago but could you help me out I’m taking a welding course and we are tig welding aluminum rn and we use pure and 2% lanthanided but I can’t get my 2% to ball at the end no matter how high I turn up the amps
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I graduated HSWT (Hobart) in 1990, had numerous bench TIG jobs building motorcycle frames and swingarms as well as hot rod fab in central California. I watched your video with some hesitation as there's a ton of how-to-TIG videos by guys who shouldn't be teaching at all- and you're absolutely right: you need the proper foundation, theory and fundamentals. Now, 34 years later and a couple of successful businesses under my belt, I want to dedicate the time on this very perishable skill. Your theory, technique and teaching style are SOLID. I look forward to taking your classes. No matter one's experience, it is a perishable skill and you're the best I've seen. I wish you the best success, and thank you for what you're doing!
I want to thank you brother. Been welding for the past 15 years. I got a new job that required me to learn aluminum a few years back. Your videos has helped me so much man. I’m stacking dimes now. I appreciate the help!
I watch for a bit then run out to welder and check my settings then run back and watch some more. Its like a physical fitness program. Back and forth. LOL
my tv has been temporarily moved to the garage lmao
Just bring the welder inside, wives love it when you get that enthusiastic 😉
Really appreciate the emphasis on the right filler wire. It’s something I didn’t pay much attention to before, but now I see how important it is
I've been tig welding for close to thirty years, and I still find this quite informative and helpful. I'm teaching someone to tig and the details in this remind me of when I was in school, very good!
By far my favorite UA-cam welding instructor
I love the checkpoint thing! As a motorcycle builder, I get asked for tips all the time and all I can really say is "well, try to build it how you want, and if it sucks, do it again until it's good". Your checkpoint thing is a much more articulate and friendly way of putting that lol.
Dusty your just awesome with how you explain the process. I like how I've learned all the variables that welding aluminum requires you to understand. I've watched every one of your videos. Especially when machine shops seen how I wrapped my corners on plate coupons that I dropped off to show what I can offer. They were impressed
Great presentation, and thank you for not saying, "go ahead", excessively.
Dusty, you are a great teacher! I can't wait to scratch together enough cash to buy my first Tig machine and take your classes.
Brian! I really appreciate this message my friend, I'm happy that you enjoy the style of my lessons, and I would be thrilled to help however I can when you get your own machine! Great to hear from you my friend, have a great weekend!🔥🙂
@@PacificArcTigWelding i agree on him with that comment. I understand a whole lot from watching and listening to you, it's just to get my own machine to follow along with you now.
Keep up the good work man. Love from Jamaica 🇯🇲❤
Great video dusty, I'm looking forward to putting your advice into practice 👍
Honestly , from a seasoned shipyard welder, Great video.
Hey Dusty, I'm relatively new to the art of TIG welding, especially aluminium, and I've watched some of your videos in the past. This latest video has taught me a lot, so thankyou for that. I feel I'll learn even more by taking your 3 hour lesson plan, so thanks for taking the time to put these types of videos together...your style of teaching is very easy to understand and follow along, so thanks heaps.
I'm looking forward to having my grandson take his class!
This Guy is 100% by the book . I will use him for training staff ... Great job
Dusty, you kick ass ! very informative and yes, I'm gonna take your pd class, it's worth it.
Brilliant! Comprehensible and simple enough. Big Thank´s all around!
THANK YOU for all you are trying doing for me and the other subs' viewers to start and improve our skills
U r good dude I been welding 15 years and patching up machine settings are very important knowledge
Great info Dusty. It's awesome how much you give to the welding community.
Great content. I am currently tasked with fabricating aluminum handrails for pools. Lots of angles to weld together while keeping all pieces aligned in the same plane. I enjoy any video lesson involving aluminum pipe. 😂
You must grind off the anodize coating or it will not weld. I'd like your ideas on the subject. I used to TIG weld aluminum railings on boats.
This was very good beginner lesson to weld aluminium.
Wow, all the informations you gave are very clear, as a student I really need this kind of video. Tqsm!!
спасибо за ваши пояснения по ТИГ сварке , очень познавательно , много чего для себя лично подчерпнул с ваших уроков , ещё раз Спасибо Вам огромное за ваш труд
I have welded for many years, I have done Mig, Tig, Arc, and Gas. Now people that show these videos, that is what they do all the time, so they will be good. But when you have most people weld on occasion you wont lay down welds like shown here.
Excellent refresher, explained very well
Yure the best tig channel on UA-cam thank you for this it will help me at my apprentice job I want to tig together a fence post so bad but butt joints scare me
By far the best video. So much info.ur layout & break down..ur images/ video. And especially like how u did the checkpoints/ time stamps...grate teacher..I will be subscribing and following.
This looks extraordinary, thanks! I’m on a biz trip right now but looking forward to starting the course once I’m back home!
You do a great job. I’m wanting to learn how to Tig. I took three years of welding was never even introduced to.Tig. Just miles of acetylene.
Wow 😬😁👍👍 Thanks
I think thats the vid i need to watch, i will start soon with my first ACDC machine and the video is in perfect timing 4 me. Thx
Thank you, this has been a great help!
Are you able to weld brass ?
Do you run ac or dc on brass ? And what rod would be the best?
DC is the setup for all metals except aluminum. Most shops cut the filler rod from a sheet of thin brass. All metals are TIG weldable except zinc which is the plating used on galvanized steel. The short list: steel, aluminum, stainless, copper, brass and titanium. And you can only use Argon or a mix of Argon/Helium for TIG welding. Argon/CO2 is only used for MIG.
Technically you can tig weld aluminum with DC current. I think its straight polarity I cant recall, but you burn up the tungsten consumable really fast. I've done it while experimenting.
That's the original TIG process for aluminum, before they invented AC machines. Use DC straight polarity with 2% percent sharpened tungsten, using Helium. The same setup for steel. It's used to weld small brackets on medium to heavy aluminum plate, such as one to two inch plate. It makes a good weld but it will have a black soot on it. You then use a stainless wire brush to remove it. It does not affect the tungsten and I was using the old transformer machines.
@@georgebuck2269 Actually No. I used Argon and there was No soot. It was a clean weld. Your thinking of something different.
@@nickhlawka7073 The welding boss where I worked insisted I do all the thick plate using 100% helium, which was one inch thick that way. I was in training for welding DC straight polarity on aluminum so I did it his way. It worked, beside the fact I never heard of the technique before. I suppose Argon would of given a nice clean weld but never had the chance to try it. I was welding small 1/8 X 1.00 thick brackets to one inch plate, 3 foot square. No MIG welding allowed the customer specified the TIG - DC process.
@@georgebuck2269 Awesome. :)
Can't wait for the kids to hit the bed. Watching this in the garage 😊
Very useful and interesting video! Wish you more and more success
What a great video !!! Thank you 😉👏
Ok are you suppose to hook your positive to your ground and your ground in to the positive on your welder for a inverter type welder I'm not sure on this and is it only for welding aluminum only thanks
My only problem when tig welding is feeding the wire, any tips?
@PacificArcTigWelding Hey Dusty, thanks for that. You have just made me realise that I need to get a new welder to do ally!! My current one is DC only... In the UK no one supplies the Everlast range which appear to be really good value machines. This means I will have to import. I can't afford the Typhoon range, but do you happen to know about the 200DV or 210EXT? A good topic for a video would be what to look for in a welding machine - in my case for all-round use... Thanks for what you do.
very instructive will be looking to take up your welding class
Is it harder to use a thinner tungsten as a beginner?
Thank you for sharing, fantastic tutorial! 💯
Great videos, I'm still struggling to get my welder set up. I am using the torch button and not the pedal set up. I keep burning through the coupons. I bring down the amps and still burn too hot. I'm a bit lost as to why. I will try practicing with the pedal. Is the heat different with pedal versus torch button??
Great Instructional Video !! 💯
What a FANTASTIC video, factory I work @ has a Miller sync 250 & nobody ever used it, started playing with it and will incorporate your video while learning. Maybe they should hire you to teach a class…… just saying 🤷🏻♂️
The gas that you talking about it is the one using in acetylene?
beaucoup peut courir sur une pièce au dessus de 3mm mais quand il s’agit de souder des pièce avec plusieurs angles c’est différent
en tout cas très instructif 👍
Great videos and i can tig weld but a greater understanding is priceless. What thickness Ally are you using in this video? Thanks
Did you clean the aluminum before welding?
Aluminum is the only common metal that has to be free of all oil, grease, paint, gum from labels and any anodize coating. When you file, grind or use a carbide burr, you also remove the oxide layer which lowers the melt temperature. Most welders also clean it with acetone. Most medium to large welding shops that do military spec aluminum welding have chemical tanks to etch or clean the aluminum in.
Great job 👍✨
Genuinely confused here.
In your video your running ground on positive and lead on negative. My apologies if im missing something. If i google search what polarity to run aluminium tig its reverse polarity or opposite of what you are running. Any direction on this would be amazing!
Also greetings from australia!
Typical basic amp adjustment per mm of alu thickness? Same question for tacking.
thank-you for this video. Also, what setting do you put your helmet on? I use around 9-10 for mig.
Great video although I wish you could be more detailed about the process, if only you had a class I could sign up for online or something that would be grear
hi . thanks for all , have typhoone 230 , i intert all your value to my machine , start to solder , i see alluminium oxide do away but alluminium it doesn't melt . can help please ??
Thank you!
Goods job .
This video is so nice,maybe our welding machine to make it will more easily
Merci Dusty
Thanks so much for checking this one out! All the best and have a great weekend!🔥🔥
really perfect 👍👍
This is great. But did I miss 2 & 3? Or are they still coming?
This is just the overview video pitching the course. There are three separate videos somewhere…
Thank you
Ik this is 5 months ago but could you help me out I’m taking a welding course and we are tig welding aluminum rn and we use pure and 2% lanthanided but I can’t get my 2% to ball at the end no matter how high I turn up the amps
You should make video for those people too that don't have access to foot pedal. How do we control the heat input then?
Thanks ❤
After welding stainless for hours I switch to aluminum for some fun and remind myself how much fun TIG welding actually is.
What's with not being able to use helium for heliarc any more..
Easter egg here, boots are made in tassie Australia arnt they 🙌🙌
Nice 👍👍
Thanks so much! Great to hear from you, happy Friday!
I recently aquired an inverter ac tig machine. About 2 seconds into welding, it starts making a very high pitched electrical 'squeal'. Is this normal?
What if I don’t have a peddle and just a button mounted on the gun?
good
Show us how to backup a TIG weld in aluminum, that's where they use a slot in the backup steel so the aluminum weld sinks into it. All metals are TIG weldable except zinc which is the plating used on galvanized steel. The short list: steel, aluminum, stainless, copper, brass and titanium. And you can only use Argon or a mix of Argon/Helium for TIG welding. Argon/CO2 is only for MIG.
Lab la lab.
Good
where can I buy a 80cf used tank for tig welding? I heard these tanks go for $600. no way.
I have a Everlast 325 and it sure as heck does not have that smooth of arc 😂
I have a lincoln 180I and none of these setting are on this. It only has A,B,C and so forth
Are you left handed?
Sure looks like it
Too bad this came out after I screwed up my aluminum project.
I have a strange question sir
Aluminum was easier than stainless. My stainless going to take a little longer 😅
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Euro job requirements alluminium wedding
"...big, dumb, stupid tacks..." 🤣
10:00 check-in. You forgot to name the number 1 issue that contributes to horrible finishes.
The Welder!
I have seen some "welders" bitch and moan about this and that being the culprit for terrible welds. Funny enough, once thatwelder is takenmout of the equasion, the problem is fixed immediately, yet that welder will piss and moan and complain that it was something else
I wonder bhow many are using the wrong hands because you are left handed?
I died
I can do better with a spool gun wire feed.ask curbs……
man , God less you and your loved one 🙏🙏youer awesome !!
Thanks!
Ik this is 5 months ago but could you help me out I’m taking a welding course and we are tig welding aluminum rn and we use pure and 2% lanthanided but I can’t get my 2% to ball at the end no matter how high I turn up the amps
Thank you!