Gday from downunder Karl. Andrew Clatworthy from Steetneat here. Long time viewer and first time caller. ;-) As a fellow seasoned body guy of nearly 40 years I love your on camera approach and ease of explanation. Im mostly self taught of course yet despite decades of experience building cars myself, even I can pick up on some small tips and perspectives with your videos. One common denominator is everything you said here is exactly what I do and to have it confirmed is always a good thing. Specifically make your patch a flush and perfect fit - and your day goes a lot better. Im also good friends with Wray Schelin and Ken Sakamoto and talk to them regularly about the craft and bounce ideas off each other.
Yes, but a bit awkward if your sitting on a train or an airport lounge ! A filter on the camera allows everyone to actually see the puddle !@@martinwalsh3119
Good timing on this video. I've been a machinist for almost 18 years and always wanted to add tig welding to my arsenal. Finally got the chance to learn at work. We mainly do aluminum as we manufacture custom architectural led light fixtures. I finally feel like I'm earning my fabricator 3 title at work! Great tips, now just to take the plunge and buy my own machine.
Hey Karl. Semi retired Jim here following your great vids! Learned a lot from your tig welding video. I have a Miller 211 Auto set that doesn't tig of course but was given a cheapy multi process welder to try some tigging.....scratch tig! I know it's challenging but HF tig comes at a price as you know. Hoping you'll find the urge to experiment (I know you can do it) some scratch start for some of us newbies on a budget. Thanks. Keep up the great vids. Hope to meet you at a local show one day. Cheers!
Man I probably should. I feel like there's not a whole lot of scratch tig videos out there and a lot of these mig welders now are able to do scratch tig
When I first learned to weld we had Gas & Stick When I worked doing Stainless I learned Tig I was given a Mig - (I have no gas setup for it) I've gotten pretty good with the flux core - Now thx Karl
Damn theres so many good questions in comments. I wish you could answer them all. Ive been mig welding last 30 years and have always wanted to Tig. Any thing I can learn will help me be a better welder. Especially how much cars are charging and different metals and alloys being used. Only thing that counts today is lighter and stronger
Excellent welding explanation. I'm not new to welding but have done hardly any TIG. I learned those things I didn't know. Not my Model A sedan chops will look better than my coupe.
The old saying for Tig welding thick to thin was "The only process that you can comfortably weld a fish hook to an anchor!" You can, it works! Michael in Colorado.
great video bud. i have not done tig since 1998 but have just bought a tig welder and this is a fantastic "back to the basics" video and reminded me some basics that i have forgot. and yes the tip grind is def diff now like no "balling" your tip for aluim anymore lol
Great tutorial! Front end set up on the Back Country Squire is looking awesome (couldn't help eyeballing it in the background)! Go Japhands and Elio, keep moving forward!
I really enjoyed your welding discussion and procedure . I have been welding for years, but only with a small arc welder and a torch. I have always wanted to learn how to TIG weld. I found your comments and directions to be very helpful, I hope when I try to do it.
I don't own a tig welder, but I was always curious about the process. I 'm better informed nnow, and in keeping with my opinion that one should learn something new everyday, today I've reached that goal thanks to you. One thing I would suggest is getting a filter for Elio's camera, it would have been nice to see the puddle action you were describing.
I used to be an Aerospace TIG welder and Tinsmith, miss it at times went into Engineering 35 years ago, never used gloves with low amps mainly lower than 90 amps and a water cooled torch. Aluminum is reverse polarity with AC arc jumps up from workpiece to electrode. DC is opposite.
Looks like a nice machine. I bought a Vector New York, a German AC/DC machine that also can do plasma cutting. It feels like it's a great machine too. I haven't Tig welded in 40 years, so I start from scratch now again 😂.
I have been toying with the idea of trying to learn how to TIG. So far I have just be blazing away with the stick n mig and just broiling thru the thin stuff. I might have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing! 👍😁
Sweet! Thanks for sharing the meat and potatoes of beginner tigin. P.S. I asked Scott at Coldwar motors yesterday in his Live about you guys doin a collab for a Patch panel show down, He stated that he is totally down with it, Bro you need to get ahold of him and set something up!!! The ball is in your court homie! Thanks again for all you do and share!! Cheers!
Looking forward to this one. I picked up the Arccaptain Mig200 multiprocess and the mig is really nice (especially for sheet metal - its duty cycle might be too low if you are doing a tonne of fill) so was thinking about trying their Tig. I will add - as a beginner, not only buy a 10 pack and sharpen them all - sharpen both ends! 1/2 the number of trips to the sharpener!
Your channel is the first t channel I look for new content every day! Great video for a newbie like me. Love your channel and what you build. Really love the tools you build. Brilliant stuff!
Great video. I'm considering getting into welding. I'm a 69 year old car guy but build furniture as a hobby and am considering adding metal components to the furniture. Great information and great tips. Be safe and stay well.
This is super informative, but as a retired hobbyist, I can't afford to drop a thousand on another welder. I bought the ArcCaptain Mig200 last year using your discount (thanks for that) and it features, as you know, "lift" tig. Could you do a short video on how to get by with that? It would be greatly appreciated. Greetings from NS.
Karl Please confirm Polarity setting for DC Tig on Steel - Is Electrode Positive or Negative - As AC switches Polarity - Tig on Alloy which pole is the tig torch attached. Love your explanation and info 0.001" inch to 1 Amp For those of us that are in Metric approx 40 amps per 1.0 mm 1.0 mm = 0.3937"
Good stuff. I'm an old fart 66. My dad taught me how to weld sheet aluminium with Oxy Acet. After that sheet steel was a piece of cake. As far as I'm concerned MIG is for structural steel. Thick stuff. Not sheet metal. Grinding hard tacks off after the "weld" is a waste of time. I've compared TIG to Oxy Acet. and have had good results even with my old Lincoln 175 . Yep the secret is a tight , clean fit. Just like oxy.😉
Karl, if I'm not mistaken, you are left handed, correct? I'm asking as I'm right handed, but I tig and gas weld holding the torch on my right hand. Always have. By the way, way back when, the way you tack and then planish the tacks as you go was the same way many of us did in the 70's gas welding sheet metal, was referred to as hammer welding. Normally only used on higher end work or custom stuff. Everyday collision, not so much! A lot of times in collision work, we would braze stuff, then slap on some filler. The boss would get mad if you tried to be more precise, even though it tended to save time in the long run, not having to do as much bondo work. "Bondo is cheaper then paying your time to do 'pretty welds' I was told repeatedly. 😎
Yes absolutely. Hammer welding was the best way and still is. I am right-handed and most right-handed tiger welders will hold the torch in the right hand and filler in the left
Did you edit the video Karl ? Cant actually see the weld , needs a filter or something. Has spoilt what could have been your best video ever. As usual your knowledge and advice is top notch.
Try the spot weld technique where you turn the tungsten around so that you have an unsharpened end, place it just inside the cup, double the amperage, hold it flush with the ceramic cup directly on the metal and stab the pedal for 2 to 3 seconds. Ends up being just like a resistance weld. No more drilling, filling and grinding.
I have a Simder 4050PRO updated 2024 model and am collecting the items to start Tig learning. Would like your opinion of this machine and is MiG preferred for patch panels on rusted out body parts?
Dang> ! Thought I was subscribed and just realized I was not. Thank you for making this video and for the real world tips.. totally useable real world content. 👍
I have a 1967 Jaguar Mk II 4-door sedan (saloon) that I'm going to shorten by about 2 feet to make it a 2-seater, rather like the XK140. I'm deathly afraid of cutting the roof across the middle to shorten it and warping the heck out of it welding it back together. I was wondering if maybe it would be better to cut it off around the perimeter and take the length out of one end or the other or both, then tiging it back on closer to the edge where there would be less probability of warping it. The problem with that is that weld would be really, really long.
Carl,
One of the things I love about your channel is that you're a very good teacher. Thank you!
You sure break it down for most of us to understand I sure appreciate that keep up the good work just like always
Gday from downunder Karl. Andrew Clatworthy from Steetneat here. Long time viewer and first time caller. ;-) As a fellow seasoned body guy of nearly 40 years I love your on camera approach and ease of explanation. Im mostly self taught of course yet despite decades of experience building cars myself, even I can pick up on some small tips and perspectives with your videos. One common denominator is everything you said here is exactly what I do and to have it confirmed is always a good thing. Specifically make your patch a flush and perfect fit - and your day goes a lot better. Im also good friends with Wray Schelin and Ken Sakamoto and talk to them regularly about the craft and bounce ideas off each other.
Next time, have Elio hold a helmet lens in front of the camera, as a filter, so we can see it the weld the way YOU see it… Loved the tutorial!!!
If it makes you feel better why don’t you were a mask when watching 💁♂️👍
Yes, but a bit awkward if your sitting on a train or an airport lounge ! A filter on the camera allows everyone to actually see the puddle !@@martinwalsh3119
Not everyone is watching in their shop, garage, or shed ! @@martinwalsh3119
@@martinwalsh3119it doesn’t work like that.
Good timing on this video. I've been a machinist for almost 18 years and always wanted to add tig welding to my arsenal. Finally got the chance to learn at work. We mainly do aluminum as we manufacture custom architectural led light fixtures. I finally feel like I'm earning my fabricator 3 title at work! Great tips, now just to take the plunge and buy my own machine.
Hey Karl. Semi retired Jim here following your great vids! Learned a lot from your tig welding video. I have a Miller 211 Auto set that doesn't tig of course but was given a cheapy multi process welder to try some tigging.....scratch tig! I know it's challenging but HF tig comes at a price as you know. Hoping you'll find the urge to experiment (I know you can do it) some scratch start for some of us newbies on a budget. Thanks. Keep up the great vids. Hope to meet you at a local show one day. Cheers!
Man I probably should. I feel like there's not a whole lot of scratch tig videos out there and a lot of these mig welders now are able to do scratch tig
Thanks Karl, if there was only one car building you tube site it would have to be yours. Very educational!
I bought an ArcCaptain 200P about a month ago and this video came out about the right time. Thanks
Thanks for the great instruction. It would be nice to see some close-ups and also a shot of what your foot is doing. Love your channel
When I first learned to weld we had Gas & Stick
When I worked doing Stainless I learned Tig
I was given a Mig - (I have no gas setup for it)
I've gotten pretty good with the flux core - Now
thx Karl
This is the best coincidence I've had in a while. I just got my argon tank today to try out tig welding!!
Damn theres so many good questions in comments. I wish you could answer them all.
Ive been mig welding last 30 years and have always wanted to Tig. Any thing I can learn will help me be a better welder. Especially how much cars are charging and different metals and alloys being used. Only thing that counts today is lighter and stronger
Excellent welding explanation. I'm not new to welding but have done hardly any TIG. I learned those things I didn't know. Not my Model A sedan chops will look better than my coupe.
The old saying for Tig welding thick to thin was "The only process that you can comfortably weld a fish hook to an anchor!" You can, it works! Michael in Colorado.
great video bud. i have not done tig since 1998 but have just bought a tig welder and this is a fantastic "back to the basics" video and reminded me some basics that i have forgot. and yes the tip grind is def diff now like no "balling" your tip for aluim anymore lol
Hi carl another day of school 😊
Great tutorial! Front end set up on the Back Country Squire is looking awesome (couldn't help eyeballing it in the background)! Go Japhands and Elio, keep moving forward!
Very well explained!
Karl I passed my aluminum welding test again. Good for another 3 yrs. Lol
At least my body shop is certified again😊
Right on man! Yeah the next time I'll do it with a filter
You didn’t talk about the tungsten types for aluminum vs steel what tungsten did you use. Thanks Karl
Karl great teaching video on Welding. Thank you for sharing your talents and time. God Bless 🙏🏻 💯👍
I really enjoyed your welding discussion and procedure . I have been welding for years, but only with a small arc welder and a torch. I have always wanted to learn how to TIG weld. I found your comments and directions to be very helpful, I hope when I try to do it.
Glad to help you out. I hope it all works out when you try!
I don't own a tig welder, but I was always curious about the process. I 'm better informed nnow, and in keeping with my opinion that one should learn something new everyday, today I've reached that goal thanks to you. One thing I would suggest is getting a filter for Elio's camera, it would have been nice to see the puddle action you were describing.
Fundamentals for a pro,, I love it.
I used to be an Aerospace TIG welder and Tinsmith, miss it at times went into Engineering 35 years ago, never used gloves with low amps mainly lower than 90 amps and a water cooled torch. Aluminum is reverse polarity with AC arc jumps up from workpiece to electrode. DC is opposite.
Crazy how quite it is with the fan not running
Karl, excellent video for people like myself that always wanted to learn TIG ... Thank you !!
Best explanation video I’ve seen so far. Thanks man.
Thanks very much man glad it translated clearly
Looks like a nice machine. I bought a Vector New York, a German AC/DC machine that also can do plasma cutting. It feels like it's a great machine too. I haven't Tig welded in 40 years, so I start from scratch now again 😂.
I have been toying with the idea of trying to learn how to TIG. So far I have just be blazing away with the stick n mig and just broiling thru the thin stuff. I might have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing! 👍😁
I love watching your videos, you talk the right way for me to understand. Now i have ordered me a Tig welder :)
Awesome! Glad to hear it!
Sweet! Thanks for sharing the meat and potatoes of beginner tigin. P.S. I asked Scott at Coldwar motors yesterday in his Live about you guys doin a collab for a Patch panel show down, He stated that he is totally down with it, Bro you need to get ahold of him and set something up!!! The ball is in your court homie! Thanks again for all you do and share!! Cheers!
Hell yeah this sounds awesome man. I will
@@MakeItKustom sweet! Tellem Govey's Garbage Revivals sent ya. He will reconize the name. Cheers!!!
If you have a oxy/ace set that is a great way to train to get control of the filler and heat.. It really helps to learn the 2 handed control too..
Yes if you can gas weld it's easier to learn Tig.
Looking forward to this one. I picked up the Arccaptain Mig200 multiprocess and the mig is really nice (especially for sheet metal - its duty cycle might be too low if you are doing a tonne of fill) so was thinking about trying their Tig. I will add - as a beginner, not only buy a 10 pack and sharpen them all - sharpen both ends! 1/2 the number of trips to the sharpener!
Your channel is the first t channel I look for new content every day!
Great video for a newbie like me. Love your channel and what you build. Really love the tools you build. Brilliant stuff!
Great video. I'm considering getting into welding. I'm a 69 year old car guy but build furniture as a hobby and am considering adding metal components to the furniture. Great information and great tips. Be safe and stay well.
Thanks! It's never too late to learn something new and welding is a great skill to have.
Kick ass channel n yea we have alot of great builds up here wi the reaction rc guys great place to go glad to see our place on the channel
Very good teaching class
This is super informative, but as a retired hobbyist, I can't afford to drop a thousand on another welder. I bought the ArcCaptain Mig200 last year using your discount (thanks for that) and it features, as you know, "lift" tig. Could you do a short video on how to get by with that? It would be greatly appreciated.
Greetings from NS.
I wish I was there with a welding helmet. Karl can you rig a camera with a lens so we can see the welds and pools
It would be excellent if you can raise the volume when you speak and lower other sounds like introduction/background music, grinding/cutting sounds.
Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep that in mind for future videos.
Karl
Please confirm Polarity setting for DC Tig on Steel - Is Electrode Positive or Negative -
As AC switches Polarity - Tig on Alloy which pole is the tig torch attached.
Love your explanation and info 0.001" inch to 1 Amp
For those of us that are in Metric approx 40 amps per 1.0 mm
1.0 mm = 0.3937"
Thank you Karl!
It would help if you record thru a welding lens as we can't see the puddle when you welding. just a suggestion
Excellent instruction 👍🏻
Good stuff. I'm an old fart 66. My dad taught me how to weld sheet aluminium with Oxy Acet. After that sheet steel was a piece of cake. As far as I'm concerned MIG is for structural steel. Thick stuff. Not sheet metal. Grinding hard tacks off after the "weld" is a waste of time. I've compared TIG to Oxy Acet. and have had good results even with my old Lincoln 175 . Yep the secret is a tight , clean fit. Just like oxy.😉
I am welder by trade and silicon bronze is best on cast aluminum
Very good Information Karl about welding
Karl, if I'm not mistaken, you are left handed, correct? I'm asking as I'm right handed, but I tig and gas weld holding the torch on my right hand. Always have. By the way, way back when, the way you tack and then planish the tacks as you go was the same way many of us did in the 70's gas welding sheet metal, was referred to as hammer welding. Normally only used on higher end work or custom stuff. Everyday collision, not so much! A lot of times in collision work, we would braze stuff, then slap on some filler. The boss would get mad if you tried to be more precise, even though it tended to save time in the long run, not having to do as much bondo work. "Bondo is cheaper then paying your time to do 'pretty welds' I was told repeatedly. 😎
Yes absolutely. Hammer welding was the best way and still is. I am right-handed and most right-handed tiger welders will hold the torch in the right hand and filler in the left
Thanks Karl you do a great job.
I was told to always use a clean stainless wire brush on aluminium before tig welding.
What do you think
The cleaner the better for aluminum
Great tutorial ! Thank you. I’m a new welder and this was great information and how to use Tig and not just how.
Thanks Karl very informative
Can you do this awesome video on Mig?
Too funny, i just got the ac tig 200p and saw this video and thought, hey! I need some tig tips....had no idea it was on the same machine haha
Do you grind before you planish, or do you just planish the weld the way it is?
Great information & demo. Now, I'm gonna have to search for your mig welding video to see if it's as good. THANKS
Kool! How about a laser welder demo sometime?
I kinda did one already w Brent's at half-ass but haven't had a chance to use one since
Excellent!
Did you edit the video Karl ? Cant actually see the weld , needs a filter or something. Has spoilt what could have been your best video ever. As usual your knowledge and advice is top notch.
Yeah I've got to do another one where we get really in-depth and see the puddle each time
GOOD INFO, HOWEVER COULD NOT SEE THE WELDING PROCESS DUE TO INADEQUATE CAMERA LENS FILTER
The next video will be filtered
All good tips.
That was a great lesson. Thank you very much.
Awesome explanation! Thanks.
Class is in session 🤓
Very informative ,thanks Karl!
Very good explanation.
Try the spot weld technique where you turn the tungsten around so that you have an unsharpened end, place it just inside the cup, double the amperage, hold it flush with the ceramic cup directly on the metal and stab the pedal for 2 to 3 seconds. Ends up being just like a resistance weld. No more drilling, filling and grinding.
Sounds like a recipe to damage welder circuitry as they aren't supposed to be short circuited?
@ The tungsten is recessed into the cup. There is no short circuit.
Good Video . Well Explained.
Are you hammer down on the pedal to start your puddle? Is that different with aluminum?
Awesome video, thanks again
U forgot to wipe ur filler rod and tungsten with acetone 😄
Hi, when I worked in a plant, 45yrs or so ago, we did/used heli arch welders/welding, is that the same as tig? Don't hear that name anymore.
Thank you! Great video!👍👍
Party!
Sheet metal and I have not been friends....time to change that.
I have a Simder 4050PRO updated 2024 model and am collecting the items to start Tig learning. Would like your opinion of this machine and is MiG preferred for patch panels on rusted out body parts?
Dang> ! Thought I was subscribed and just realized I was not. Thank you for making this video and for the real world tips.. totally useable real world content. 👍
Seriously, how do you like the arccaptain tig welder ? Your opinion .. thanks
Good stuff . Thanks!
What's the pros/cons of trigger or foot controls?
I like to put my tungsten in my drill motor. I find it makes easier to control the angle
The only negative of this video is the camera needed a lens so we can see how you are welding as described.Other than that very good info.Thank you
Awesome 👍
f@t b@st@d says= the new clear view helmets help out heaps [ compared to the old green dark cannot see well]
Great tutorial, the only question I have is how far from your work do you put the tungsten? Is it a different distance for different materials?
About the thickness of the tungsten the piece or puddle
Hi Carl ,the gas is it 100% argon.thanks.
100% argon is for stainless and aluminium.
@@staffanakerhjelm9780 He did say pure argon in the video.....
I have a 1967 Jaguar Mk II 4-door sedan (saloon) that I'm going to shorten by about 2 feet to make it a 2-seater, rather like the XK140. I'm deathly afraid of cutting the roof across the middle to shorten it and warping the heck out of it welding it back together. I was wondering if maybe it would be better to cut it off around the perimeter and take the length out of one end or the other or both, then tiging it back on closer to the edge where there would be less probability of warping it. The problem with that is that weld would be really, really long.
Nice Video.
#STAYSAFE
#PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸
I've been around welders for 48 years and still when I hear "butt weld" I giggle like an eleven year old.
Tip: never look at the arc without a hood (never just close eyes to tack) and keep your skin covered.
SO DOES IT ACCEPT CK 17 TORCH
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👍👍👍👌
The filler is the chiller.
Why aren't you getting your arms 'sunburned'?
I got roasted the first time I TIG'd all day!
Not a good idea to have animals in vicinity of welding as they may look at the arc and end up with eye problems 👍