The Fabrication Series Looked at your recommended items in amazon but didn’t see Everlast 161sth. Have you tried it out and if so what do you think? I’m trying to learn and just ordered it.
Hey, I think welding is pretty cool and I've taken a few classes while getting my machinist degree. As a machinist I think I'd like to expand my knowledge base to include how to stick junk together (lol). I'm in Washington near JBLM in Tacoma. Do you know of any good courses/schools in my area? I can call and ask but everyone is going to say they're Grrrrreat.
I wish I did. I usually like to recommend only places I have toured and checked out first hand, but I dont even know of any in your area off the top of my head.
I am a welding instructor. This video had me laughing the whole time. Everything is so true and should be taken to heart by ANYONE wanting to learn to TIG weld. This video gets an A+ in my book.
I tried watching this video ....I really did ...three times ....and simply COULD NOT. IT IS REALLY ANNOYING TO TRY TO WATCH TO LEARN SOMETHING ...BUT WHEN THE GUY IS VERY CLEARLY MORE INTERESTED IN "PERFORMING" IN FRONT OF A CAMERA THAN PUT A LITTLE THOUGHTS INTO ACTUALLY "TEACHING". . . . . . . YOU MAY KNOW HOW TO WELD . . . . BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. .. . . . . I PERSONALLY THINK YOU JUST LIKE HEAR YOURSELF TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW HOW TO DO. . . . . YOU ARE JUST, SIMPLY PUT, A CLOWN.
@@taxicamel then your focusing on his personality, instead of the words he's saying? Take 9min mark for eg , he encourages you to find your comfy place/position, the relaxation part , its all so true 👍 . I'm saying it's you that has the issue , not him .
Were were you when I needed to hear this? Seriously, I appreciate this video. I'm pretty much retired, 45 year fixing cars, burned out. been wanting to weld for years but teaching myself not getting me anywhere. This was what I needed to hear today.
I remember when I was 16 and laid my first aluminum TIG bead, I literally havent seen anyone lay a worse tig weld, not even on their first time. After 2 years of welding at my Highschool and College, I'm now 2 and a half years into an aluminum welding job, and being reminded of all these mistakes I made makes me appreciate how far I've come.
Thank you for a great video. I'm a mechanic who welds(not a welder), and have been for 30 years. I am just getting my first TIG machine and very much appreciate your approach to newbies. Lots of good information here!
I am starting out, trying to teach myself and that was the single most useful lesson I have seen so far. Added to which you are clearly an excellent teacher. Thank you.
FINALLY!!! After watching a bunch of videos, finally someone who's voice isn't irritating, delivery isn't obnoxious, or who doesn't explain things. I will subscribe to this channel to get more info. Thank you!!!!
Lol, I have been tig welding stainless for work (I am a maintenance man at a local plant). Before my current job I was an Electrician for over 20 years. I had never laid a single bead in my life. Usually bad things happen if an electrician welds. Anyways I am a year into laying sanitary stainless welds and I remember making every one of these mistakes. I, by no means, have not arrived at being the perfect welder but with practice I have gotten a lot better. I don’t have anyone to teach me other than the three RUclips channels that I watch. Between you, Jody, and Bob y’all have taught me so much. Thank you so much for your videos and please keep them coming.
Greetings from Australia: Absolutely brilliant series you have created. What I enjoy most is that you make us all just take a breath and approach welding calmly. Emphasising the fundamentals and with a positive 'just go and do it and have fun' attitude makes the process of learning. There are a lot of pro's on youtube with tutorials who kind of make a new learner feel very inadequate compared to their skills. Your approach is by far the best! Keep up the great work as it has improved mine! I'm still dipping tips, burning holes, making wayward puddles... but learning and loving it!
Nice video I've been welding for 30 plus years and have welded on 2 foot thick steel to bicycle frames in the garage and one thing I've learned is a good welder never stops learning and everyone gets their own style and the most satisfying thing is to teach someone how to do what you do, and it brings the greatest feeling when that person is better than you. I remember getting frustrated, practice practice practice, and then more practice. I think the most important tip he gave was what you are looking at and to be able to see it. Again great video brings back great memory's, thanks.
I have been welding for almost 50yrs, MIG, TIG, GAS ARC, and the big secret to positional welding is.........be comfortable.Great videos by the way..Thanks 🙂
I have been wanting to learn how to weld and I must say, from a former instructor, the way you talk to how you explain everything is epic. I would consider myself blessed if I could have 1 on 1 instruction with a teacher like you
I have only TIG welded once with my friends machine and I enjoyed doing it so ordered my own just for hobby stuff. I found this video very helpful! Thanks!
Ive only welded once many years ago but I’m an experienced crafter in many other areas. It’s fascinating how much this advice also applies to something like knitting as well
Just got started with TIG. Ive done MIG and Stick for over 30 yrs. I was struggling with the TIG. I was doing 5 things out of the 10. I am not now.....really starting to get it now... thanks Justin.
Taught myself to MIG weld and after seeing your videos got hooked on wanting to learn how to TIG. Bought the PrimeWeld 225, ran the 240v line, purchased the Argon cylinder etc. so I am ready to attempt my first TIG weld....right after I watch your video one more time. So I am thanking you for sound advice in advance, the results are on me. Your advice about not setting your expectations too high, will be kept in mind. Keep those instructional videos coming please. I was so impressed I might even by the T shirt.
These vids you do were you talk on the problems then the solutions are some of the most helpful i have seen since taking up tig welding and starting my RUclips welding apprenticeship.
Man its refreshing seeing someone on utube thats professional and not a goose trying to do what he has never gone to a trade school to learn or in shop by a craftsman. Thanks as you said its why you get the likes and shares
In the Marine Corps they taught us "Natural point of aim" for firing a weapon. I use it for welding too. Get into my welding position and close my eyes and take a breath in and out. Then open my eyes and where ever my position is I move my entire body to correct the position and not my arms and hands.
I really appreciate these videos. I am two days into tig welding. Just got my machine set up and started playing around with it. I have mig welded for years and have gas welded a few times. I'm sure those experiences helped, but these videos have been very valuable as well. I still have a long way to go, but I think I'm doing better now than I had expected, and that's at least partly due to these tips. Thank you!
just started tig welding, thank you for the vid! been binge watching your series and getting in prac in every day, gotta learn to crawl before you can walk, and walk before you can run :)
Way back in the early 1970s, when I was young (hmm, I don’t feel as though I was ever young, these days), I decided to do some welding for my own company. We were a small electronics manufacturer, and we needed a number of things for our factory that were really expensive to buy. But as I had always designed and made things, thanks to my father’s encouragement, I figured I could make these things myself. So I went and took some courses and got a couple of certs that would help with what I wanted to do, and we leased a welder. I welded on and off for that company, and my subsequent commercial film lab until 2003, a year before my partner and I sold the lab, and I decided to retire (no, I’m not ancient yet, I was 54 in 2004 when we sold). I hadn’t welded since then, until I decided to begin again, because there are a number of things I simply can’t practically make in my shops otherwise. I was actually a pretty good welder when I was doing it for those 30 years, off and on. But I came to You Tube and watched all the great guys here, and began to remember what I used to do. So I bought a good ESAB emp 215, and started. Boy! Was I out of shape. I couldn’t weld a damn thing useful for a week, and even then I wouldn’t want to show it to anyone. I did think I would pick up the torch and start where I left off, but it doesn’t work that way. I was doing almost everything shown in this video, and it took a good month before I stopped doing most of it. Even now, and I started again last May, I’m not quite back to where I had left off. But it’s getting better. So, great video. I found it to be very informative and very funny as well. I wish I had to time to get to your classes. Maybe someday.
I came across your videos by accident but I must say that I think they are very well shot, very informative, and are just what I need to get me going in TIG welding. Thank you.
I just started two days ago. I think I suck but I must learn this. Thank you so much for this video it is a eye opener. Got rid of some of the anxiety about the learning proces.
Been arc welding for over 30 years...structural steel, pipeline..etc. Tried tig several times...suck at it. Kudos to anyone that has mastered it. I sold mine cheap....wish id run into your channel before then....great tips
I feel like welding is the most zen trade. -relax your body, release tension -concern yourself only with the present This must be why the welders at work always seem chill
You made me chuckle... I'm self taught and Ive had to correct most of these issues in the early days... makes me think of how much time and gas I wasted learning what this video could have taught me in 14 minutes... Good Job.
Loved the use of a torch. BRILLIANTLY OBVIOUS! (now you've pointed it out...) Do you find some newbies hold their breathe when they start welding? I've come across this several times. It's funny to watch them when they get to the end of the run to suddenly lift their helmet and gasp for breathe
Just started TIG classes this week- I can now relate to all 10 of these mistakes because I've working through each of them in some form. Being relaxed is very important- if you're tensed up, you can't advance the torch in a smooth and consistent manner. Good vid, thanks.
If you can’t see it, you can’t weld it! Great advice! I found that out the hard way. When I turned 40, I didn’t realize that my vision was starting to deteriorate. Got some lower-powered reading glasses and it was amazing how much better things worked out.
Yup!!! You can purchase magnifying inserts for some of the welding hoods (Miller is mine). Those have been a blessing for wearing safety glasses under your hood. www.millerwelds.com/accessories/helmet-accessories/magnifying-lens/1-50-magnifying-lens-212238 It just slides into the slot on the back side of your view window.
Love the flashlight analogy and I may have to steal it. Been running SMAW (stick) for nearly 20 years and one of the hardest things I've tried to teach is the same principle as that flashlight. The direction your rod is pointed is the direction of your heat. That and that heat rises so when welding vertical you have to turn your amps down a touch (everyone who tries welding downhill on me either learns to do it right or gets fired).
One of the things my welding instructor taught us off the hop is, ABC; always be comfortable, and also, always be consistent. As I became a more experienced welder, I learned over time how these things factor into a great weld. Being comfortable allows you to be consistent, being consistent helps your welds look their best Always need to keep your focus on the weld/puddle, and not on the other small yet crucial things associated with welding. Great video.
Man I really needed to hear this, thank you! I'm 39 and just back in college for welding/fab I beat myself to pieces over the TIG process, I sit in my cubicle just seething at my welds, I find it so difficult to get the two handed motion going with the foot pedal. I have been in automotive customisation for many years and watch nothing but racecar content on RUclips, I think I want to stack dimes so bad and be great that I beat the crap out of myself, get so tense and frustrated. I'm able to now get a portion of a run looking great, but then it goes to hell..
Man straight up fed an almost entire filler rod into a puddle😂😂 Your videos are realistic and have helped me get through my first ever project and has helped me dial in my basic skills. Hopefully this will open up another venue for me in the future. I do enjoy Tig Welding
Another great video. Excellent explanation on 10 issues when starting out to learn TIG. The light demo was really good. When you laid the light over you could really understand what your argon gas is doing at that angle, it’s not covering the tungsten or rod correctly.
Best video I have see yet about all the mistakes of Tig welding. I have been stick welding for 50 years, got it down. I have been Mig welding for 30 years, got it down. Tig welding aluminum, I am a total Fuck Up. Making all these mistakes. Thank you guys for this video. Still working on getting this down.
Im just waiting to do TIG it looks like it's so much fun. 😊 I have done mig, arc, oxy/acet but Tig looks fun. 😁 my school sadly does not have it yet so I will just have to wait.
Having just found your videos and in the early learning stages, one word covers my thoughts 💭 “BRILLIANT “ At last a easy to learn video with a tutorial second to none
I like 4 and 5 and the fact that you went away from the mechanics of tig welding and went to the mental aspects of tig welding. Excellent I wasn't expecting that but I'm glad you went there. So many people I've tried to show tig well too were "experts before they even picked up the torch" Spot on. All the mechanics of the weld you offered were very good and absolutely correct. The one thing I've always discovered is people tend to either choose too light or too dark a shade and then refuse to change. Either they can't see enough or they are almost turning their heads away. I have never understood why. Tig creates one of the brightest flashes , more than stick and mig bit these people seem to think one shade will cover everything. I have separate shades for almost every process. Been at this for ever and you seem like a very good instructor. Well done.
Man, that physical comedy you've done was masterful. You're a natural. And the part where the rod flew out of your hand was hysterical. Especially the way you turned your head back to look for it had me laughing. I know, that part was probably not planned and just happened. But still. Hysterical!
Amazing video, I've been working in the motor trade a while now and have been welding with a migraine for a few year but recently got a tig so these videos are amazingly helpful. Thanks
Watch video - practice, practice, practice - watch video..... since I’m a new Tig welder this is my current workflow! Appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
My biggest issue when I was learning was rushing/predicting. I had such an issue thinking i was going to keyhole every butt weld, that i would rush rush rush and ultimately destroy my weld. It took a good 6 months of practice to break that habit.
For me the frustrating thing about tig when I started was how many times I had to sharpen the tungsten lol. You practice everyday, you get a little better each day.
I just want to say, I really appreciate your videos, just started watching yesterday. I think I'm a pretty good stick and mig welder, had a chance to get my D.O.T papers through the apprenticeship in the Ironworkers Union. I didn't because if I did, I knew I would be welding 40 hrs a week on structural, not for me, lol! Anyway this tig welding is definately a learning curve! Cant wait to be good at it!
I remember the first thing my teacher taught us was the last you mentioned. “Yes, the spark is cool and your going to look at it BUT, look at the puddle, it is charge”. Half a box of of 7018 later and I finally figured out “the puddle is in charge”.
Thank you Justin. The new TIG arrived this week and I spent yesterday trying it out on Aluminum. I definitely needed some training and your video showed me that I did at least half of the items you detailed as what NOT to do. I am looking forward to applying your knowledge & mentorship.
yup...probably the best instructional video I've seen here on youtube!...now, can you do me a favour and post a video showing how to "untie" the knots in my torch..ive been basically strapped down to this stool for a wk!
Thanks, I'm 56 going to school this spring, just because I've always wanted to weld but always went in another direction. I've got the time and the community college is a mile away from my house. It's little tips like this that make learning easier and less stressful.
I tried watching this video ....I really did ...three times ....and simply COULD NOT. IT IS REALLY ANNOYING TO TRY TO WATCH TO LEARN SOMETHING ...BUT WHEN THE GUY IS VERY CLEARLY MORE INTERESTED IN "PERFORMING" IN FRONT OF A CAMERA THAN PUT A LITTLE THOUGHTS INTO ACTUALLY "TEACHING". . . . . . . YOU MAY KNOW HOW TO WELD . . . . BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. .. . . . . I PERSONALLY THINK YOU JUST LIKE HEAR YOURSELF TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW HOW TO DO. . . . . YOU ARE JUST, SIMPLY PUT, A CLOWN.
I've never picked up a torch in my life....but before I ever do, I will 100% take the trip to Vegas for some face time/torch time with Justin! Outstanding videos, my friend! Keep up the great work! Many thanks, Mike from Toronto.
Actually, if you figure out or are shown by watching a really skilled welder you can become good at a particular welding process pretty quickly. Practice to make sure you can duplicate your quality of workmanship. Getting steady and comfortable and knowing how to do that every time is key. The two biggest mistakes have to do with machine adjustment and technique. Machine adjustment is obviously a no brainer. What ever process you are doing the machine must be set right to achieve good results. When doing TIG or MIG it's not too difficult to get the machine set correctly. Jot a few notes down and record machine settings, polarity etc. when you know you have it right for a particular thickness of material and correct filler rod or wire. Read thru your notes for future reference or when confronting a situation where you need to get dialed in to weld a particular material of whatever thickness. In time this will come naturally. Also, the sound is key. Especially for MIG and to some extent stick. Not so much for TIG. Experience will teach you how to dial in TIG settings and once within the correct range a foot pedal if so equipped is great for starts and stops and for on the fly fine tuning for your travel speed. Welding books, your notes or sometimes a graph inside a door on the machine serves as a guide for settings per material thickness and wire size. For stick a good welding book, notes, memory and experience get you close. Remember, about 75% of newcomers to the trade set the machine too cold. (Amp settings too low.) 1/8" stick rod size is versatile and easier for those starting out or for anyone welding all position to control. Welding "hot" enough is when the rod lights off and maintains an arc without excessive sticking to the welded material. Then it's down to control (comfort), movement (technique), holding a tight arc as you travel and the rod burns down. If sticking do to the tight or short arc length then you need the amp setting increased until the weld can be run with a tight arc without sticking. Some flux core welding sounds like pages flipped thru of a phone book. MIG or some stick rods sound like bacon frying when set right. Correct setting, movement and arc length become critical and are key to welding vertical and overhead. The other thing that can advance your skill quickly is to get your head about as far from the weld puddle as possible within reason. Once travel speed and settings are dialed in keep your lenses clean, head back away from the arc, out of the smoke and over in the direction of travel. Use the arc to show you where you need to lay the weld bead so it fuses the pieces being welded together. Most important welding lighter material such as 1/8th or less sheet metal where weld joint prep may be limited to fitting up with a slight gap or creating a slight trench with the edge of a grinding disc. On thicker plate where weld prep is a bevel the cover pass or passes is where being able to see is critical. A cover pass and then a second directing the arc puddle along the edge (toe) of the first pass and travelling so you achieve 50% overlap of the first bead on a flat or filet weld. Novices tend to stare at the puddle, blinding them. Which leads to more staring at the puddle with head ever closer as the struggle continues, lens getting smokier constantly. Just get you machine set so the bead is fairly flat with slight crown with fairly tight arc and travel speed to achieve the required weld size. Head out of the smoke, looking just ahead of the arc so the path is illuminated by the arc's light direct and reflected showing you the way. Adhere to these good habits and never have to struggle with laying those passes exactly where they belong to fuse two pieces of metal together. Be they light gauge plate but welds or filet welds. Practice will hone your skill at laying the right size bead but you will have a huge leg up skill wise if you keep your head over to your direction of travel, out of the smoke and let the arc light your way using reflected light and not staring at the weld arc and puddle. A very tuff habit to break but an easy one to fall into.
Thank you for your awesome videos! I'm taking a class in Tig and the instructor showed your video on stainless so I've been watching all I can and it's been very helpful. Thank you!
Been TIG welding for over a year now at my aluminum welding company. Have never TIG welded before. Within a year I hear from my colleagues and my father who have experience over 20 years that I am welding like someone who has been welding for as long as them. Unfortunately I can’t upload images here otherwise I would have shown my type of welding. Your tips are superb.
Great vids from you folks, for beginners, and reminders for journeymen too. thank you all for your hard work and amazing instructions. Love you guys. Best wishes and great feelings to you all.
Really good info here. Thank you. I've never TIG welded before but I've done everything else (MIG, stick, brazing). Just picked one up from a buddy and looking to get into it. I've always been fascinated by TIG welding.
Got me going in the right direction and I’ve been doing all but tig for years. Some physical limitations left over from cancer are really challenging me, but ya know what, never give up.
My Son in Law is a pro and has been encouraging me to step up my game. I've always been a stick/mig guy but I'm getting ready to learn tig and your videos are always helpful and entertaining, at the same time. hopefully the old dog can learn a new trick.
I thought this was a great video. As a person who been MIG welding for years and tried TIG (but wasn't that good YET), you gave me some really good hints and tips. If I lived closer, I probably take your class. Thanks.
Thanks for the video. Trying to teach myself. I 've been welding stick mug and flux for 25 years. I would have never thought it would be this hard to learn tig. I'm dying here. Thanks for the video dude.
thanks Justin new subscriber and mig weld guy....just picked up a cheap multi function inverter unit with tig and I am going to start practicing soon, I am always trying to learn new things so I am sure your tips will help, cant wait to see some of your other videos!
I am learning Tig I have watched sever instructional videos and This is one of the best Don't Do Videos I have seen. I Started not to even watch it now I'm glad I did. Great Job
Justin, love your video series! but one really cool thing I noticed about your instruction is the way you hold the torch and filler rod. I’ve learned that the proper angle between tungsten rod and filler rod should be 90° or as close as possible. When YOU pick up your torch and rod for demonstration, your positioning is damn near perfect. You don’t fidget, adjust or anything. Super cool! Please, keep up the fabulous videos!
Great video. Today is my 2nd day of TIG welding training. Its paid training at the shop I work at. I spent all day running beads and dipping tunsten lol. Tomorrow will be better, but by the end of the day I was putting some pretty good beads down on stainless at 125 Amps
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Hey, I think welding is pretty cool and I've taken a few classes while getting my machinist degree. As a machinist I think I'd like to expand my knowledge base to include how to stick junk together (lol). I'm in Washington near JBLM in Tacoma. Do you know of any good courses/schools in my area? I can call and ask but everyone is going to say they're Grrrrreat.
I wish I did. I usually like to recommend only places I have toured and checked out first hand, but I dont even know of any in your area off the top of my head.
Maybe I missed it but what state/city are the classes?
I am a welding instructor. This video had me laughing the whole time. Everything is so true and should be taken to heart by ANYONE wanting to learn to TIG weld. This video gets an A+ in my book.
I tried watching this video ....I really did ...three times ....and simply COULD NOT. IT IS REALLY ANNOYING TO TRY TO WATCH TO LEARN SOMETHING ...BUT WHEN THE GUY IS VERY CLEARLY MORE INTERESTED IN "PERFORMING" IN FRONT OF A CAMERA THAN PUT A LITTLE THOUGHTS INTO ACTUALLY "TEACHING". . . . . . . YOU MAY KNOW HOW TO WELD . . . . BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. .. . . . . I PERSONALLY THINK YOU JUST LIKE HEAR YOURSELF TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW HOW TO DO. . . . . YOU ARE JUST, SIMPLY PUT, A CLOWN.
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@@taxicamel then your focusing on his personality, instead of the words he's saying? Take 9min mark for eg , he encourages you to find your comfy place/position, the relaxation part , its all so true 👍 . I'm saying it's you that has the issue , not him .
Yes 👍👍 Would have to be the best start up Tig videos I've seen
Nice to hear a good comment
Were were you when I needed to hear this? Seriously, I appreciate this video. I'm pretty much retired, 45 year fixing cars, burned out. been wanting to weld for years but teaching myself not getting me anywhere. This was what I needed to hear today.
I remember when I was 16 and laid my first aluminum TIG bead, I literally havent seen anyone lay a worse tig weld, not even on their first time. After 2 years of welding at my Highschool and College, I'm now 2 and a half years into an aluminum welding job, and being reminded of all these mistakes I made makes me appreciate how far I've come.
Clearly you've not seen the crap I've done.
The flashlight analogy was the best way I’ve seen that explained, well done
Thank you for a great video. I'm a mechanic who welds(not a welder), and have been for 30 years. I am just getting my first TIG machine and very much appreciate your approach to newbies. Lots of good information here!
I am starting out, trying to teach myself and that was the single most useful lesson I have seen so far. Added to which you are clearly an excellent teacher. Thank you.
Hey, hope youre improving each day. Its been 3 months since you watched this vid!
I’m new to TIG. You covered a lot here. And with your tone and voice, I think you can easily be in a radio talk show. Thanks a lot Bro.
FINALLY!!! After watching a bunch of videos, finally someone who's voice isn't irritating, delivery isn't obnoxious, or who doesn't explain things. I will subscribe to this channel to get more info. Thank you!!!!
Lol, I have been tig welding stainless for work (I am a maintenance man at a local plant). Before my current job I was an Electrician for over 20 years. I had never laid a single bead in my life. Usually bad things happen if an electrician welds. Anyways I am a year into laying sanitary stainless welds and I remember making every one of these mistakes. I, by no means, have not arrived at being the perfect welder but with practice I have gotten a lot better. I don’t have anyone to teach me other than the three RUclips channels that I watch. Between you, Jody, and Bob y’all have taught me so much. Thank you so much for your videos and please keep them coming.
I'm sure you've soldered! but welding is much different. Soldering is where you infuse metal into wires. I think
Yes, but however isn't it wonderful when electricity and metallurgy combines. Cheers!
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Same here. Electrician for 25 straight years. Arc is bad in that field.
Maintenance man I feel your pain. Constantly. I was a MIG welder but we just "upgraded" and here I am.. nuff said.
Greetings from Australia: Absolutely brilliant series you have created. What I enjoy most is that you make us all just take a breath and approach welding calmly. Emphasising the fundamentals and with a positive 'just go and do it and have fun' attitude makes the process of learning. There are a lot of pro's on youtube with tutorials who kind of make a new learner feel very inadequate compared to their skills. Your approach is by far the best! Keep up the great work as it has improved mine! I'm still dipping tips, burning holes, making wayward puddles... but learning and loving it!
Nice video I've been welding for 30 plus years and have welded on 2 foot thick steel to bicycle frames in the garage and one thing I've learned is a good welder never stops learning and everyone gets their own style and the most satisfying thing is to teach someone how to do what you do, and it brings the greatest feeling when that person is better than you. I remember getting frustrated, practice practice practice, and then more practice. I think the most important tip he gave was what you are looking at and to be able to see it. Again great video brings back great memory's, thanks.
I have been welding for almost 50yrs, MIG, TIG, GAS ARC, and the big secret to positional welding is.........be comfortable.Great videos by the way..Thanks 🙂
I have been wanting to learn how to weld and I must say, from a former instructor, the way you talk to how you explain everything is epic. I would consider myself blessed if I could have 1 on 1 instruction with a teacher like you
I have only TIG welded once with my friends machine and I enjoyed doing it so ordered my own just for hobby stuff. I found this video very helpful! Thanks!
Ive only welded once many years ago but I’m an experienced crafter in many other areas. It’s fascinating how much this advice also applies to something like knitting as well
Just got started with TIG. Ive done MIG and Stick for over 30 yrs. I was struggling with the TIG. I was doing 5 things out of the 10. I am not now.....really starting to get it now... thanks Justin.
ive owned my tig welder for 4 years now and i just started to finally use it thx to some of your vids. Kepp up the great work.
Taught myself to MIG weld and after seeing your videos got hooked on wanting to learn how to TIG. Bought the PrimeWeld 225, ran the 240v line, purchased the Argon cylinder etc. so I am ready to attempt my first TIG weld....right after I watch your video one more time. So I am thanking you for sound advice in advance, the results are on me. Your advice about not setting your expectations too high, will be kept in mind. Keep those instructional videos coming please. I was so impressed I might even by the T shirt.
These vids you do were you talk on the problems then the solutions are some of the most helpful i have seen since taking up tig welding and starting my RUclips welding apprenticeship.
Man its refreshing seeing someone on utube thats professional and not a goose trying to do what he has never gone to a trade school to learn or in shop by a craftsman. Thanks as you said its why you get the likes and shares
In the Marine Corps they taught us "Natural point of aim" for firing a weapon. I use it for welding too. Get into my welding position and close my eyes and take a breath in and out. Then open my eyes and where ever my position is I move my entire body to correct the position and not my arms and hands.
BRASS
That's great in theory but not always practical when welding something. Especially if it's still bolted on car or whatever.
you Sir! are on another level of perfection. thank you for the insight. only a few things in life require this level of balance.
@J Oakley Indeed - they taught us proper breathing techniques in the Army, too. It sticks with you, and can be used in a variety of ways. :)
Thats what the drunk do too, move their entire body to the position instead of limbs. 😁
I really appreciate these videos. I am two days into tig welding. Just got my machine set up and started playing around with it. I have mig welded for years and have gas welded a few times. I'm sure those experiences helped, but these videos have been very valuable as well. I still have a long way to go, but I think I'm doing better now than I had expected, and that's at least partly due to these tips. Thank you!
I have never welded in my life, but I watched the video anyway. Great tutorial, very informative.
Welding is a great skill to know and use.
Me too but I would love to learn
it's life changing ;-)
You will suffer a lot, but you will love it, you feel like a man ... :-)
Learn to weld and learn to machine. You will always have good paying work.
@Summit X yep
just started tig welding, thank you for the vid! been binge watching your series and getting in prac in every day, gotta learn to crawl before you can walk, and walk before you can run :)
You had me cracking up when yo were wrapping the torch around you. 😂 good stuff
Finally, I’ve been ramping this whole time and you’ve finally showed me, thank you so much
Newbie to tig welding and your guys videos are actually very informative and now a drag to watch appreciate the time and effort you put forth in them!
Way back in the early 1970s, when I was young (hmm, I don’t feel as though I was ever young, these days), I decided to do some welding for my own company. We were a small electronics manufacturer, and we needed a number of things for our factory that were really expensive to buy. But as I had always designed and made things, thanks to my father’s encouragement, I figured I could make these things myself. So I went and took some courses and got a couple of certs that would help with what I wanted to do, and we leased a welder.
I welded on and off for that company, and my subsequent commercial film lab until 2003, a year before my partner and I sold the lab, and I decided to retire (no, I’m not ancient yet, I was 54 in 2004 when we sold). I hadn’t welded since then, until I decided to begin again, because there are a number of things I simply can’t practically make in my shops otherwise. I was actually a pretty good welder when I was doing it for those 30 years, off and on.
But I came to You Tube and watched all the great guys here, and began to remember what I used to do. So I bought a good ESAB emp 215, and started.
Boy! Was I out of shape. I couldn’t weld a damn thing useful for a week, and even then I wouldn’t want to show it to anyone. I did think I would pick up the torch and start where I left off, but it doesn’t work that way. I was doing almost everything shown in this video, and it took a good month before I stopped doing most of it. Even now, and I started again last May, I’m not quite back to where I had left off. But it’s getting better.
So, great video. I found it to be very informative and very funny as well. I wish I had to time to get to your classes. Maybe someday.
Wholesome :)
You are a good teacher.
I came across your videos by accident but I must say that I think they are very well shot, very informative, and are just what I need to get me going in TIG welding.
Thank you.
Nice video, it's great that people with your experience can step down and share the basics! Good work!
I just started two days ago. I think I suck but I must learn this. Thank you so much for this video it is a eye opener. Got rid of some of the anxiety about the learning proces.
I love the way you go over board with the wrapped up. Lol
Been arc welding for over 30 years...structural steel, pipeline..etc.
Tried tig several times...suck at it. Kudos to anyone that has mastered it.
I sold mine cheap....wish id run into your channel before then....great tips
I feel like welding is the most zen trade.
-relax your body, release tension
-concern yourself only with the present
This must be why the welders at work always seem chill
I get so nervous I literally hold my breath in class.
@@charlesdodimead4580 that happens a lot
We're not chill, we are lost in thoughts wondering where we can find a decent glove to make a pair LOL
just like playing golf! and... everything else...
I think running a metal lathe is the most zen... watching steel just peel off is awesome.. so is the sound
You made me chuckle... I'm self taught and Ive had to correct most of these issues in the early days... makes me think of how much time and gas I wasted learning what this video could have taught me in 14 minutes... Good Job.
Loved the use of a torch. BRILLIANTLY OBVIOUS! (now you've pointed it out...)
Do you find some newbies hold their breathe when they start welding? I've come across this several times. It's funny to watch them when they get to the end of the run to suddenly lift their helmet and gasp for breathe
Just started TIG classes this week- I can now relate to all 10 of these mistakes because I've working through each of them in some form. Being relaxed is very important- if you're tensed up, you can't advance the torch in a smooth and consistent manner. Good vid, thanks.
If you can’t see it, you can’t weld it! Great advice! I found that out the hard way. When I turned 40, I didn’t realize that my vision was starting to deteriorate. Got some lower-powered reading glasses and it was amazing how much better things worked out.
Yup!!! You can purchase magnifying inserts for some of the welding hoods (Miller is mine). Those have been a blessing for wearing safety glasses under your hood. www.millerwelds.com/accessories/helmet-accessories/magnifying-lens/1-50-magnifying-lens-212238 It just slides into the slot on the back side of your view window.
I wear glasses and have a cheater lens in too. Amazing when you can see things clearly.
Also, real hard to visualize and see the actual weld puddle with aluminum mig..... you cannot see sh!t
Greg Kral A spool gun/MGAW does work for some instances, its no match to a good TGAW Weld.
Love the flashlight analogy and I may have to steal it. Been running SMAW (stick) for nearly 20 years and one of the hardest things I've tried to teach is the same principle as that flashlight. The direction your rod is pointed is the direction of your heat. That and that heat rises so when welding vertical you have to turn your amps down a touch (everyone who tries welding downhill on me either learns to do it right or gets fired).
One of the things my welding instructor taught us off the hop is, ABC; always be comfortable, and also, always be consistent. As I became a more experienced welder, I learned over time how these things factor into a great weld. Being comfortable allows you to be consistent, being consistent helps your welds look their best Always need to keep your focus on the weld/puddle, and not on the other small yet crucial things associated with welding.
Great video.
Man I really needed to hear this, thank you! I'm 39 and just back in college for welding/fab I beat myself to pieces over the TIG process, I sit in my cubicle just seething at my welds, I find it so difficult to get the two handed motion going with the foot pedal. I have been in automotive customisation for many years and watch nothing but racecar content on RUclips, I think I want to stack dimes so bad and be great that I beat the crap out of myself, get so tense and frustrated. I'm able to now get a portion of a run looking great, but then it goes to hell..
Hi from France ! Thanks for sharing, you are very clear, perfect for a beginner like me. Too far to get to your class, unfortunately !
Man straight up fed an almost entire filler rod into a puddle😂😂
Your videos are realistic and have helped me get through my first ever project and has helped me dial in my basic skills. Hopefully this will open up another venue for me in the future. I do enjoy Tig Welding
Another great video. Excellent explanation on 10 issues when starting out to learn TIG. The light demo was really good. When you laid the light over you could really understand what your argon gas is doing at that angle, it’s not covering the tungsten or rod correctly.
Best video I have see yet about all the mistakes of Tig welding. I have been stick welding for 50 years, got it down. I have been Mig welding for 30 years, got it down. Tig welding aluminum, I am a total Fuck Up. Making all these mistakes. Thank you guys for this video. Still working on getting this down.
Im just waiting to do TIG it looks like it's so much fun. 😊 I have done mig, arc, oxy/acet but Tig looks fun. 😁 my school sadly does not have it yet so I will just have to wait.
Having just found your videos and in the early learning stages, one word covers my thoughts 💭 “BRILLIANT “ At last a easy to learn video with a tutorial second to none
Just started tig welding on my own and gonna watch this a couple times to break bad habits. Great video appreciate it
Glad I found your channel, been in collision work for 30+ years, mig is easy, you showed me some of my mistakes.
Getting trained and starting my first job tig welding! I've only ever done arc and mig, wish me luck.
No disrespect, but tig welding aka GTAW welding is gas tungsten arc welding haha
I like 4 and 5 and the fact that you went away from the mechanics of tig welding and went to the mental aspects of tig welding. Excellent I wasn't expecting that but I'm glad you went there. So many people I've tried to show tig well too were "experts before they even picked up the torch" Spot on. All the mechanics of the weld you offered were very good and absolutely correct. The one thing I've always discovered is people tend to either choose too light or too dark a shade and then refuse to change. Either they can't see enough or they are almost turning their heads away. I have never understood why. Tig creates one of the brightest flashes , more than stick and mig bit these people seem to think one shade will cover everything. I have separate shades for almost every process. Been at this for ever and you seem like a very good instructor. Well done.
Thank you for talking me 'down off the ledge'. I will start my TIG welding journey with MUCH more confidence now.
Man, that physical comedy you've done was masterful. You're a natural. And the part where the rod flew out of your hand was hysterical. Especially the way you turned your head back to look for it had me laughing. I know, that part was probably not planned and just happened. But still. Hysterical!
Amazing video, I've been working in the motor trade a while now and have been welding with a migraine for a few year but recently got a tig so these videos are amazingly helpful. Thanks
I'm gonna start TIG welding tomorrow. I'm already a journeyman. I can feel it...
Watch video - practice, practice, practice - watch video..... since I’m a new Tig welder this is my current workflow! Appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
My biggest issue when I was learning was rushing/predicting. I had such an issue thinking i was going to keyhole every butt weld, that i would rush rush rush and ultimately destroy my weld. It took a good 6 months of practice to break that habit.
Truly one of the best beginner vids I’ve seen. Pertinent and to the point.
For me the frustrating thing about tig when I started was how many times I had to sharpen the tungsten lol. You practice everyday, you get a little better each day.
I just want to say, I really appreciate your videos, just started watching yesterday. I think I'm a pretty good stick and mig welder, had a chance to get my D.O.T papers through the apprenticeship in the Ironworkers Union. I didn't because if I did, I knew I would be welding 40 hrs a week on structural, not for me, lol! Anyway this tig welding is definately a learning curve! Cant wait to be good at it!
I've been TIG welding for 15 years and I still suck, LOL
@john Smith 15 years and 7 months. ;0)
MCE Performance that’s just sad you need a good one on one person to help you I’m badass at TIG
@@lkjyuiop1987 well grab your 308L's and come over to my house.. (3-week owner of a new Tig)
Do some oxyacetylene welding, if you can get that down you’ll be badass at tig
@@youngjizzy856 I learned Oxy first then Stick. Mig is EZ as pie. Guess I'm badazz at TIG.
For someone like myself who is thinking about taking up tig welding, this was helpful. I will definitely check out more of your videos for help.
I remember the first thing my teacher taught us was the last you mentioned. “Yes, the spark is cool and your going to look at it BUT, look at the puddle, it is charge”. Half a box of of 7018 later and I finally figured out “the puddle is in charge”.
Thank you Justin. The new TIG arrived this week and I spent yesterday trying it out on Aluminum. I definitely needed some training and your video showed me that I did at least half of the items you detailed as what NOT to do. I am looking forward to applying your knowledge & mentorship.
everyone should learn stick first, tig is beautifuland so versatile...... but not always available. Thanks again for yet another awesome vid.
Your voice, explaining and body expression are simply the best. I was a nobish TIGger, this video promoted me to semi skilled (LOL). Thanks a lot bro
Awesome advice, I'm new to this, I'm booked into a class in July, can't wait to get started. I'd do a class with you but I'm in Australia. Cheers.
Excellent! You are very good teacher. I’d love to come to LV for the training. Maybe someday!
yup...probably the best instructional video I've seen here on youtube!...now, can you do me a favour and post a video showing how to "untie" the knots in my torch..ive been basically strapped down to this stool for a wk!
Thanks, I'm 56 going to school this spring, just because I've always wanted to weld but always went in another direction. I've got the time and the community college is a mile away from my house. It's little tips like this that make learning easier and less stressful.
In my opinion, as a novice TIG welder, those points you listed demonstrated excellent practical wisdom. Thank you for this video.
aHAHAHA, this one made me laugh and remember them days.
I tried watching this video ....I really did ...three times ....and simply COULD NOT. IT IS REALLY ANNOYING TO TRY TO WATCH TO LEARN SOMETHING ...BUT WHEN THE GUY IS VERY CLEARLY MORE INTERESTED IN "PERFORMING" IN FRONT OF A CAMERA THAN PUT A LITTLE THOUGHTS INTO ACTUALLY "TEACHING". . . . . . . YOU MAY KNOW HOW TO WELD . . . . BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. .. . . . . I PERSONALLY THINK YOU JUST LIKE HEAR YOURSELF TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW HOW TO DO. . . . . YOU ARE JUST, SIMPLY PUT, A CLOWN.
I've never picked up a torch in my life....but before I ever do, I will 100% take the trip to Vegas for some face time/torch time with Justin!
Outstanding videos, my friend! Keep up the great work!
Many thanks,
Mike from Toronto.
Actually, if you figure out or are shown by watching a really skilled welder you can become good at a particular welding process pretty quickly. Practice to make sure you can duplicate your quality of workmanship. Getting steady and comfortable and knowing how to do that every time is key. The two biggest mistakes have to do with machine adjustment and technique. Machine adjustment is obviously a no brainer. What ever process you are doing the machine must be set right to achieve good results. When doing TIG or MIG it's not too difficult to get the machine set correctly. Jot a few notes down and record machine settings, polarity etc. when you know you have it right for a particular thickness of material and correct filler rod or wire. Read thru your notes for future reference or when confronting a situation where you need to get dialed in to weld a particular material of whatever thickness. In time this will come naturally. Also, the sound is key. Especially for MIG and to some extent stick. Not so much for TIG. Experience will teach you how to dial in TIG settings and once within the correct range a foot pedal if so equipped is great for starts and stops and for on the fly fine tuning for your travel speed. Welding books, your notes or sometimes a graph inside a door on the machine serves as a guide for settings per material thickness and wire size. For stick a good welding book, notes, memory and experience get you close. Remember, about 75% of newcomers to the trade set the machine too cold. (Amp settings too low.) 1/8" stick rod size is versatile and easier for those starting out or for anyone welding all position to control. Welding "hot" enough is when the rod lights off and maintains an arc without excessive sticking to the welded material. Then it's down to control (comfort), movement (technique), holding a tight arc as you travel and the rod burns down. If sticking do to the tight or short arc length then you need the amp setting increased until the weld can be run with a tight arc without sticking. Some flux core welding sounds like pages flipped thru of a phone book. MIG or some stick rods sound like bacon frying when set right. Correct setting, movement and arc length become critical and are key to welding vertical and overhead. The other thing that can advance your skill quickly is to get your head about as far from the weld puddle as possible within reason. Once travel speed and settings are dialed in keep your lenses clean, head back away from the arc, out of the smoke and over in the direction of travel. Use the arc to show you where you need to lay the weld bead so it fuses the pieces being welded together. Most important welding lighter material such as 1/8th or less sheet metal where weld joint prep may be limited to fitting up with a slight gap or creating a slight trench with the edge of a grinding disc. On thicker plate where weld prep is a bevel the cover pass or passes is where being able to see is critical. A cover pass and then a second directing the arc puddle along the edge (toe) of the first pass and travelling so you achieve 50% overlap of the first bead on a flat or filet weld. Novices tend to stare at the puddle, blinding them. Which leads to more staring at the puddle with head ever closer as the struggle continues, lens getting smokier constantly. Just get you machine set so the bead is fairly flat with slight crown with fairly tight arc and travel speed to achieve the required weld size. Head out of the smoke, looking just ahead of the arc so the path is illuminated by the arc's light direct and reflected showing you the way. Adhere to these good habits and never have to struggle with laying those passes exactly where they belong to fuse two pieces of metal together. Be they light gauge plate but welds or filet welds. Practice will hone your skill at laying the right size bead but you will have a huge leg up skill wise if you keep your head over to your direction of travel, out of the smoke and let the arc light your way using reflected light and not staring at the weld arc and puddle. A very tuff habit to break but an easy one to fall into.
24 people are mad they made these mistakes.
23 now.
Thank 10 lessons in 14 minutes , Great instructor. Grtz. Harry.
This Justin is the BEST TIg instructor I’ve seen on youtube!
Thank you for your awesome videos! I'm taking a class in Tig and the instructor showed your video on stainless so I've been watching all I can and it's been very helpful. Thank you!
Been TIG welding for over a year now at my aluminum welding company. Have never TIG welded before. Within a year I hear from my colleagues and my father who have experience over 20 years that I am welding like someone who has been welding for as long as them. Unfortunately I can’t upload images here otherwise I would have shown my type of welding. Your tips are superb.
Great vids from you folks, for beginners, and reminders for journeymen too. thank you all for your hard work and amazing instructions. Love you guys. Best wishes and great feelings to you all.
Really good info here. Thank you. I've never TIG welded before but I've done everything else (MIG, stick, brazing). Just picked one up from a buddy and looking to get into it. I've always been fascinated by TIG welding.
Got me going in the right direction and I’ve been doing all but tig for years. Some physical limitations left over from cancer are really challenging me, but ya know what, never give up.
I picked up a tig rig last night for like 4 hours and I basically did everything you said not to do. But thank you. U helped me out tremendously
Going to tig welding class in school tomorow, can't wait!! this helped alot
Thanks for this video. Very informative and I enjoyed your matter-of-fact style of presentation.
Stuff I knew but never paid attention to, this video will bring back some control in my welding. Thanks for the advice.
My Son in Law is a pro and has been encouraging me to step up my game. I've always been a stick/mig guy but I'm getting ready to learn tig and your videos are always helpful and entertaining, at the same time. hopefully the old dog can learn a new trick.
Great compilation of useful tips...with a dime of comedy. I’m a beginner with LOTS to learn! Thanks
Concise. Compliments to the chef. I was hoping for more unrelated advertising but I’ll take what I can get.
I thought this was a great video. As a person who been MIG welding for years and tried TIG (but wasn't that good YET), you gave me some really good hints and tips. If I lived closer, I probably take your class. Thanks.
Love the graphics, really helps explain what we should actually be seeing when its right and when its wrong. GREAT CONTENT
Thanks for the video. Trying to teach myself. I 've been welding stick mug and flux for 25 years. I would have never thought it would be this hard to learn tig. I'm dying here. Thanks for the video dude.
Great vid guys! Just bought a Tig welder and never welded before! So glad I found this first lol cheers
I don't even weld or think about starting to do it but damn, this man knows how to be straight on point and so sanely explain stuff!
Been watching your videos. Bought a tig and some materials this morning. Thank you.
thanks Justin new subscriber and mig weld guy....just picked up a cheap multi function inverter unit with tig and I am going to start practicing soon, I am always trying to learn new things so I am sure your tips will help, cant wait to see some of your other videos!
I am learning Tig I have watched sever instructional videos and This is one of the best Don't Do Videos I have seen. I Started not to even watch it now I'm glad I did. Great Job
Have watched most of your video,s and you have the most comprehensive cover of all welding advice I have watched from anyone, thank you.
Justin, love your video series! but one really cool thing I noticed about your instruction is the way you hold the torch and filler rod. I’ve learned that the proper angle between tungsten rod and filler rod should be 90° or as close as possible. When YOU pick up your torch and rod for demonstration, your positioning is damn near perfect. You don’t fidget, adjust or anything. Super cool! Please, keep up the fabulous videos!
Great video. Today is my 2nd day of TIG welding training. Its paid training at the shop I work at. I spent all day running beads and dipping tunsten lol. Tomorrow will be better, but by the end of the day I was putting some pretty good beads down on stainless at 125 Amps