I am really liking your TIG welding series this was very informative like you said to the Key Board worriers its old news but to someone who is a newbie this is cool shit. Thanks
Ok I been together tig welding for bout 20 years from stainless to aluminum and I just wanted to get a question going for the fans which do you prefer red or green tungsten I prefer green myself with aluminum cause the tungsten tip is a nice ball on the tip and use the red for stainless and sharpening it you are sharpening your tips ( to me ) a lil to blunt I like mine a lil more longer I learned to walk the cup at age 20 on stainless pipe
I dont use either. Those colors are geared more torwards the old transformer TIG welders. The new inverter style machines do better with other tungsten mixes. I use Blue for everything 2% Lanth
If you don't have a dedicated tungsten grinder, chuck the tungsten up in a cordless drill and spin it against the belt or grinding stone. Much faster and more consistent. BTW, I also use a belt grinder to sharpen my tungsten. :)
Im about to attempt to do some chrome moly cage work question is could you make make a video or reply here as to the Tungsten size and type and rod type and size you prefer to use to stack dimes on those cages ..thanks
Dude u r cool ... 4 thumbs down WTF . we would get along good , you have should me a lot of stuff that I didn't know and would not have thought of doing it that way. I'm always getting a little tips from you I like it. Keep it up thanks for your time ..
Hey Kyle. I like the dedicated tungsten grinder from Eastwood... seems like a cool deal for consist results. I'm not a welder, but I remember a buddy of mine mentioning some radioactive dangers involved in grinding thoriated tungsten. I've never really looked into it, but assume there are safer options available. If so, would you mind touching on that topic sometime in the future. Good series. Thanks, man.👊
Hi Mick, The issue with Thoriated Tungstens, is they have 2% Thorium Oxide in them which makes them slightly radioactive, therefore a lot of OH@S groups are stopping use of them (even though it is not a critical amount of Radioactivity) They are changing to 2% Lanthanated or Ceriated or Tri-mix tungstens.
I like the idea of the tungsten grinder, have been thinking about getting one. My thinking is the consistent and repeatable grind angles and tip profile should give you more consistent and repeatable arcs, therefore better welds. Or maybe that's just me justifying some more tools to make me feel like a better welder........
Put ur tungsten into drill and spin it while u hold it to ur belt, bench grinder or even tungsten dremmel, much more comfy thsn twisting it with ur hands
Mount for that Eastwood Tungsten Grinder - www.amazon.com/Dremel-Holder-Vise-Table-mounting/dp/B00YNSETVQ Or make one yourself - www.google.com/search?q=Dremel+tool+mount&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0uYDnsJjbAhVow4MKHXjsBrgQsAQI4QE&biw=1187&bih=600
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Yep. Grinding tungsten. The best part of TIG welding.
Ordered that tungsten grinder......automatically got a $10 discount via using your link.....AWESOME!
sweet !
I am really liking your TIG welding series this was very informative like you said to the Key Board worriers its old news but to someone who is a newbie this is cool shit. Thanks
thanks
Finally! Another vid! Bout time lol I miss the Friday tool vids
yeah I need to find some more tools
Great video your on your game it’s nice that your looking out for us garage dogs
thanks
Nice Kyle.... that Eastwood grinder is handy....👍
yeah for sure....works awesome
Drinking beers! But notification and like is the shot!
- watching tomorow.
Love this anyway, helping out a good guy. Principle.
thansk
I use and LOVE the diamond wheel from mcmaster karr i put on my bench grinder.
oh yeah? I will have to check it out
Great video back in the garage now
every day
Good stuff man, I saw this a few days ago and thought about getting one.
they work awesome
Great advice... Time to go do work!
yup
I only jus5 found your videos 🙂 How far can you keep grinding the tungsten? How short can it go?
Mais um ótimo tutorial com exemplos acessíveis a todos. Parabéns.
Great tips!! Im with the other comment, now if i could learn to tig... only ever did Nasty Stick welding and some mig
tig is awesome....just slow
Ok I been together tig welding for bout 20 years from stainless to aluminum and I just wanted to get a question going for the fans which do you prefer red or green tungsten I prefer green myself with aluminum cause the tungsten tip is a nice ball on the tip and use the red for stainless and sharpening it you are sharpening your tips ( to me ) a lil to blunt I like mine a lil more longer I learned to walk the cup at age 20 on stainless pipe
I dont use either. Those colors are geared more torwards the old transformer TIG welders. The new inverter style machines do better with other tungsten mixes. I use Blue for everything 2% Lanth
Family Mann I use blue as well
Awesome
If you don't have a dedicated tungsten grinder, chuck the tungsten up in a cordless drill and spin it against the belt or grinding stone. Much faster and more consistent. BTW, I also use a belt grinder to sharpen my tungsten. :)
yeah that does work well
That's what I do, I have a little drill that I generally only use for sharpening it :) takes seconds.
Perfect timing! I just bought a tig welder haha
lol....sweet
good tip brother ! now if only i could tig lol
nothing but a thing
its just like oxy-acetylene but with a foot pedal and imo its easy.
david wenzel my I borrow your skills ! I never done it
I guess practice practice practice haha
Im about to attempt to do some chrome moly cage work question is could you make make a video or reply here as to the Tungsten size and type and rod type and size you prefer to use to stack dimes on those cages ..thanks
ER70s-2 is the filler you need to use. I use 2% Lanth on an inverter machine. The size of filler and tungsten depends on what I am welding
Good info thanks
thanks
Dude u r cool ... 4 thumbs down WTF . we would get along good , you have should me a lot of stuff that I didn't know and would not have thought of doing it that way. I'm always getting a little tips from you I like it. Keep it up thanks for your time ..
MrSprintcat they’re drunk and hi the wrong button.
yeah still have some haters i guess
Hey Kyle. I like the dedicated tungsten grinder from Eastwood... seems like a cool deal for consist results. I'm not a welder, but I remember a buddy of mine mentioning some radioactive dangers involved in grinding thoriated tungsten. I've never really looked into it, but assume there are safer options available. If so, would you mind touching on that topic sometime in the future. Good series. Thanks, man.👊
Yeah for sure. I dont think they make the Thoriated anymore. If they do I dont use it. Probably do a series on all the various tungstens
The Fab Forums Cool. Thanks, Kyle.
Hi Mick, The issue with Thoriated Tungstens, is they have 2% Thorium Oxide in them which makes them slightly radioactive, therefore a lot of OH@S groups are stopping use of them (even though it is not a critical amount of Radioactivity) They are changing to 2% Lanthanated or Ceriated or Tri-mix tungstens.
scott carr Thank you for the info, Scott.
I like the idea of the tungsten grinder, have been thinking about getting one. My thinking is the consistent and repeatable grind angles and tip profile should give you more consistent and repeatable arcs, therefore better welds. Or maybe that's just me justifying some more tools to make me feel like a better welder........
yeah that is the case....
i use a drill and disc sander to sharpen my tungsten but its all personal preference.
The quickest way is putting tungsten in drill and using grinder to sharpen tungsten
I would have mine done before you even got it in the drill....so no its not the quickest way
Put ur tungsten into drill and spin it while u hold it to ur belt, bench grinder or even tungsten dremmel, much more comfy thsn twisting it with ur hands
yeah I have done that before but It just takes more time than needed
On the link that you provided, Eastwood does say you can flip the wheel over to get more life out of it.
sweet
Was this the last in this series?
lol...yeah Teaching style videos just arent my thing
🤘🏻
You should make that mount and sell it to Eastwood. “Grinder Mount”.
I mentioned it to tthem awhile back so we will see if they come out with one
Mount for that Eastwood Tungsten Grinder - www.amazon.com/Dremel-Holder-Vise-Table-mounting/dp/B00YNSETVQ
Or make one yourself - www.google.com/search?q=Dremel+tool+mount&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0uYDnsJjbAhVow4MKHXjsBrgQsAQI4QE&biw=1187&bih=600
Yeah I will be buying one of those
Check out Chem Sharp. I use it. Works well.
will do
Yeah, It freaks me out too, seems unnatural to grind it that way but I do it anyway.
yeah
I would dress that bench grinder stone up or toss it. It’s dangerous having a groove like that as it can come apart at them speeds.
nah
Please get rid of the background music. It's so distracting from what your saying.
You shouldn't be putting a groove in your grinding wheel not very safe!