God bless you sir, I've been welding for 20 years and alot of experienced welders take joy in watching beginners struggle. it's takes men to show boys what manhood is. I've always been one to help and I really believe that is one of the things that set the best apart from the job scared guys. Love to see anyone get better at their craft. Your awesome brother
Hank Jr I agree ! When I started welding a Missouri Drydocks back in the middle 70’s there where some guys that would show you a few tricks but most of the would not show me little tricks of the trade to help me get to journeyman and it took me years to get there so when I got there I began teaching the new guys as soon as they hired on and most all them became journeyman in about a year or more
Hello Bob ! I'm a 70 year old disabled Vietnam vet, and have been learning welding, so I don't have to send out my work as my son and I build cars. I truly appreciate your excellent instructional videos, and my welding has improved a lot faster than I expected it to, due to the help you, and some others have published. Myself, and I'm quite sure, the other veterans who watch your videos, enjoy and learn quite a bit from the wonderful help you provide. THANK YOU !
Done this many times just as you mentioned, putting a root pass on a pipeline. Excellent videos. 50 some years as a welder and I still enjoy watching and learning. Thank you.
Hello, I have learned so much from your informative videos, you sir are the "Tubal Cain" of the welding world! I just wanted to convey a hearty "Thank You" for investing your time and knowledge to those who wish to either learn or improve their welding skills. Best of luck in all you endeavor to do. "There is never time enough to do it right...But always time to do it again" "Buy the best you can afford, purchasing quality tools and equipment only hurts once, garbage or inferior tools and tooling continue to cost you long after the initial purchase" - Two of my late Grandfather's favorite sayings...
Miller is good and Eastwood is making some nice videos. But Jody and Bob make videos that aren't product specific. They teach welding for everybody with any type of machine like this video shows.
Thanks for the video Bob, to many people think they have to buy these very expensive welding machines to TIG weld and the reality is all they need is a buzz box, argon bottle and TIG torch. I weld off my gas drive all the time, its how I learned to weld years ago. you learn arc control very quickly when you have 200- 300 feet of welding cable drug out threw a paper mill, you cannot be running back and forth to the truck to adjust amperage when your welding Stainless pipe.
AC or AC/DC the younger generation will call them old fashioned transformer machines, down and dirty straight welding machines not an inverter machine. For AC on aluminum you can get a HF and your off and running. Simple and works great.
I learned how to weld with a Lincoln AC-225 back in high school. Did a bit of DC welding around the ranch with a Lincoln "Pipeliner" unit, but never really knew the difference since they both seemed to work the same for the steel pipe we were using for fencing. 20 or so years ago, I stumbled across an AC-225 on Craigslist and I've used it for a lot of things, including 200+ ft of steel picket fencing built from scratch in my backyard. There's some things that I really wish I had a TIG unit for. Is there anyway to adapt the AC-225 for TIG or must it be DC?
Man, a true expert at his craft. You just displayed true excellence as a person. Humble is a character trait many dont understand, leader always reaches down to lift others up never to climb higher. If I could leave work ID head up. Thanks you sir.
Have been a stick and mig welder for a long time now thanks to men like you I am tig welding with a small Forney and will try my dad's old Miller next. Thank you.
You are a good man sir, my son SSG Nicholas P. Bellard gave his life for his country in Iraq, he was well respected because he was always going out his way to help others. I raised 4 sons alone and told them to help your neighbor when you can, I guess he was listening,according to all the letters and phone calls I received pertaining to his way of helping others. My grandma always told me that you will never get rich helping others but you will die a wealthy person.
Ive been looking for weeks and waiting for school to start very little experience with welding but becoming more confident at work all we have is thin stainless steel food grade machines are limited thank for this video
Thanks so much your tub has helped me so much have welded for 40 years and devoted to learn to tig I think I can learn with the help I have gotten from your tub
I’ve been watching your vids for a while now and have become an acceptable welder. I really like your teaching method, no bullshit just the facts. I’m not going to tell you thanks for your service, because I hate people saying it to me just so they can feel good. When your in the foxhole fighting for your life, it’s nice to know the guy with you in that foxhole has your back..you are that person in my foxhole right now and I appreciate the time you’ve given teaching me the basics. Old Vietnam vet, Jan 1968-Aug 1993......thanks brother
By far the Best Welding tutorial channel out there, truly appreciate all intel n knowledge you are willing to pass on to the newcomers like myself, just started stick Welding n I can’t get enuff of it, just wanna say Thanks for all the help you have offered n can’t wait for future episodes. Take Care
I must have had my old stick welder for at least 30 years and it was anything but new when I bought it. It's survived years of storage in a leaky shed and literally being stood on when it got in the way. I swear I could run a small truck over it and it would continue to work! It only goes up to 150 Amps, but that seems adequate for my needs. Several years ago I bought an almost identical TIG torch with a view to using it to TIG alongside stick, MIG and oxy/ace. I now have no excuse to delay - other than changing my Argoshield Lite (argon/CO2/O2 blend) for pure argon. Maybe have both? Thanks. You make it look so simple, but I think I'll find it isn't when I start; just as I did for the other methods of stitching two pieces of metal together.
From Canada you sir are a truly gifted individual who shares his knowledge openly to help who ever asks for it and those who watch you for your expert workmanship and work ethics. Thank you for all your advice and well put together vidoes on welding.
Your the real deal Bob. I like your attitude and willingness to help people that are trying to improve skills to provide for their families. Jody Collier has a similar attitude that's why you two are the only ones I watch. I have a suggestion for a video, cover engine drives and how to set amps/volts especially the Lincoln SA vs SAE controls. Any tips you have on dialing in the settings for different arc characteristics.
I told a guy from Miller at an Open House display at my local welding store about how I use a Miller MiG wire feed head to do cold feed TIG welding at my job and he told me “ Sometimes we do things we shouldn’t “ I said “ What ??? “ I told the guy that run the store and he was trying to sell my company an expensive cold feeder
As a welding noob I am just getting started with MIG, flux core, and stick. I won't be trying TIG or gas welding for a while, but you just proved to me what I suspected, the most important "machine" in welding is the human.
I wholeheartedly agree with PapaCope's statement below, there's a lot of tig welding been done and still being done this way. This is how I started out before I could afford a machine with hf start. Another great video guys thanks.
I just put together the same set up last week so I can try my hand at tig welding. I'm not a very good welder so its gonna take me a while to get the hang of it.
Always impressed when a true professional comes along and shows it's possible to use 'wrong' equipment and do a good job. Just to make things easier, use non-dominant hand and no foot pedal adjustment. Sir, you are an awesome weldor and obviously not trying to sell anything., it's just, yeah, YOU (me, anyone) can learn to do this
For you to say that you will help anyone out is the greatest thing a have heard in a long time. People in the pass would help others with knowledge but not today, it's all about money .
Thanks for sharing that video I truly enjoyed it as a welder fabricator you never truly stop learning in this business and when you think you can't learn anymore in my opion it's time to hang it up!! This just taught me I can get by with what I have, my Tig machine gave up the gas after about 15 yrs of just about daily working and it was old and I needed to buy a new one but needed other equipment!! Thanks again!!
I think it awesome all the help you offer to anyone. Being up here in northern Alberta Canada it's just a little far to pop down, but if you were closer I would come by if for no other reason than to shake your hand. Great videos, thank you very much.
Bob, you are a darn good man, and an outstanding welder/ steel fabricator. I really appreciate you and your videos. I know talent when I see it as one who spent years in industry as a journeyman welder fabricator.
Bob, love your videos. I'm a total novice at welding and find your videos extremely helpful. They've done a lot to build my confidence and inspire me to try things I might not have dared to otherwise. Your camera angles and content are excellent and you do such a great job of explaining things without a lot of fluff. It's like having a pro looking over my shoulder telling me how to do things right.
Thanks for this video. I’ve been trying to get my century tri-star ac/dc to run my tig torch for metal. When I bought it 30 years ago I also bought the high frequency box for aluminum welding so this video has given me a lot of information to try and get my torch working for steel. Thank you.
You might want to check out Jody at weldingtipsandtricks here on YT, if you haven't already. He did a video about using the high frequency box to tig aluminum this way.
Bob, thanks for this video. I have a Lincoln Idealarc 250 and will set it up to do tig now with scratch start. Your channel is one of the best. Subscriber for life.
Sure like watching your videos. I've been a ship welder, railroad welder, Ironworker, assistant Welding Instr. @ Highline College, stick, mig, tig, exotic metals. Retired from Boeing Co. Seattle after 25yrs. Still welding @ home - love arcing and sparking! Jerry
I weld aluminum with a similar set up using an old Lincoln AC/DC Ideal Arc, the old 'bullet proof' last forever welder with the rounded top. To weld aluminum use 100% Argon, use copper to ball the tip of the tungsten electrode and to avoid contamination of the electrode always initiate the arc on copper placed next to the base aluminum to be welded. For copper a flattened 1" [or larger] hard copper tube coupling works well. At home I rarely weld thin aluminum, it's hard to justify spending $2K on an AC Tig welder. I also own a DC Mig with spool gun but it is best used on thick aluminum. Excellent informative video, thanks !
Oh the memories!! 1992 APG Maryland.. US ARMY 44B welding school.. this how we were taught to tig... didnt touch a non scratch start etc until the 21st century
Richard Elbe I was there in 65 and 66 we had a really huge blizzard that winner I can remember walking to school when it was so cold I was in the night class the weather was so bad we couldn't get out of the barracks they had to dig us out we missed school for about 3 days till they got the roads cleared
Richard Elbe ... I'm US ARMY 68W combat Medic and wanna learn TIG welding. I took a short MIG welding class ... a few months ago, through a "free" Veterans organization.
This is the 1st video I've watched of yours an the last min or so made me a sub of yours THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WILLING TO HELP ANOTHER WORKING MAN OUT WITH A LIL TRAINING A LIL KNOWLEDGE JUST LIKE YOU OFFERED TO THE WORLD!!!! I SALUTE YOU BROTHER GOD BLESS!!!!
I am a union plumber and half-assed pipe welder who wants to learn tig. I have a ac/dc buzz box and would like to not dump thousands on a new machine. Thanks for this video...looks like this years Christmas is gonna come early! Great video.
Thank you for your work,I am a veteran and I went to Billings MT votec.and went to welding, down and round, 28 year's on now, boiler Makers, pipelines, ship's off shore now i weld on old junk or new junk in South east mt.thankyou
I purchased a Lincoln Le31mp because I saw this video. It has the touch TIG in a basic form, and that's enough for me at this time. I don't have TIG plans in the future, but I want to try it from time to time. I have said it before....this gentlemen is a BAD A WELDER....hands down! I also saw his stick weld aluminum video, another reason I bought an MP machine, I want to try that too. Maybe he has some info on what else I can do with my Lincoln AC 225 buzz box.
thanks. been looking for this. Basically, just bought a small stick welder, with no gas inlet. so needed to see how it was hooked up in order to do TIG. thanks for this vid.
My first experience with scratch start was during a boilermakers 2" heavy wall weld test... nailed it. They even tossed their example coupon and put mine in its place.
Yep I worked at a small fab shop about 30 years ago and that set up is how we tig welded we had a D.C. Lincoln worked great I'm retired now all I got now is a ac Lincoln that I don't use and a Hobart 190 mig that I love but sure do miss the tig welding
So besides the arc welding machine and the ground lead all you need are a tig lead that is made to pass gas, as it were, and an argon cylinder with regulator?
That's how I have been learning. Scratch start on a Hobart stickmate. TIG was all scratch start when it first came out from what I gathered. Cool video
Gramps was a welder blacksmith, dad was a universal welder blacksmith and i was shown at 15 yrs old, now what i will share with you is out there and you dont require gases or any expensive tig rods. first you need to purchase "everdure", 1rst get carbon rod, sharpen to point same as tig, clamp in your electrode holder, DC electrode pos, and use the eveture like any tig rod. hell i made my own short box by literally cutting 18 inches out of the box and frame, i used everdure, to weld the box back together, the rods are about $4-5 last time i bought.
Good knowledge. TIG, just like MIG is all about the settings and controls. Once set up it is pretty straight forward. Get the settings wrong and you can be there for hours trying to get it right.
Been doing this set up on a Lincoln Idlearc 250 for a year now! Works very well only draw back is no heat control. What you set your amps at is what you get at the torch tip! I weld 16 gauge with it at about 45 amps.
DSG Frabrication I weld 18 to 20 Guage steel with around 45 to 55 amps with lift tig and increase travel speed wets in much nicer with abit more heat and moving quicker actually helps keep the heat down aswell as I do car panel work it keeps warping to minimum takes abit to get used to travel speed though give it a try it works well.
Thank you Mr.and him for his SERVICE..everyone always telling me you can't ..as usual more BS.gotta LOVE ingenuity ..the need and ability to do n learn at a reasonable price..merica..leading the way ..
I dint know how to ask, but I'd sure like to build a system like you show. I have a stick welder which WAS AC, but I made a rectifier which makes it a DC output. I wonder where I might find more info on what to get so I can try building a TIG similar to what you show in this video. I see Amazon has VERY affordable torches. I have gauges and can get a tank of Argon. Perhaps my first question would be tip diameter and shape. Also, is the connector that screws onto the torch easy to buy at a welding shop? Your attitude and knowledge about welding really impress this old guy. Thanks for the info .
I have a Hobart Stick Mate AC/DC stick welder. And I want to weld aluminum for a small raft dram project. Could this set-up as shown in the video below used on aluminum?
Good stuff to know. I have a cheap inverter welder that works great with a stick but occasionally need TIG. I usually have to either rent or borrow a TIG machine to do 5 minutes work. This looks like a cheap and easy fix for the guy who just needs a little work done. Thanks for the advice.
My mig is a 200 AC can this be turned into DC and how please, I watched your video it was easy and clear, and its good that you are over 45 years of age with mature attitude Aiden
Thank you sir for the great video tutorial. Very kind of you to offer your help to anyone who wants to learn. There should be more people like you. God bless you.
Thank you for all your videos. I am just learning tig but have welded stick and mig for 20 plus years. Always wanted a tig never could bring my self to buy one as I had no real need. I wish I would of know of this years ago as would of sure used it. I assume you could even do this with a mig. I retired this year and as a gift to myself I purchased the everlast 221 that you are using. Wow what a machine. Very smooth. I came across this looking to see if there is any kind of spot weld attachment that you could use on a tig and use the 2t setting to activate it. If you know of any I would like to see it done. I am building me a little hot rod and would like to have the ability to spot weld. I know I can do plug welds and grind off as I have done that before. I also want to say thank you to our veterans for what they do. God bless
Great information being shared to help us all learn new skills. time to get a TIG torch, bottle of Pure Argon and some rods and have a go! Many thanks young man!
It really seems that way some times. Every time I talk to someone about somthing I get constant adds for what I was talking about and never looked up. Google, facebook, and youtube are working together to sell me everything I mention in casual conversation. XD
I have a small hobby welder stick and tig also a old Miller thunder bolt stick.I aways wonderd if I could just clamp the torch to the Miller now I know .Thanks can't wait to try it.
Thank you so much I have cancer now and I was looking the way to tig so I can set in my shop and make things I enjoy now. That's the best way for me to relax now. One more time I think you so much.
Funny how you have a ventilation for welding fumes, we make brackets for. Can't name them but you know who, they make cranes as well for maximum extention on smoke vents. I really like that fact about my workplace 😁helping welders stay healthy and cool all over the world 👍🏻🌍😘
It works for me, got my skills up on scratch and refined to sheetmetal. Practise, get a problem, find uTube tutorial, practice again. Now I don't need to send out for repairs or small projects😆
Navy here... It would be pretty smart to buy a 1" x 3" thin tungsten plate or thick sheet to initiate the arc on to keep from grinding your tips as often. Just a thought. He really is a good guy to always offer help and advice.
bruhhh this has been a amazing help lol stumbled on this video on accident but i can weld them kegs iv had sitting in the shed for 2 years without buying a new welder
What voltage is TIG? I know it is DC but my machine is 14.5 to 21.5 volts , my amperage is 20 to 135. I love the idea of doing this and from another veteran thanks for your support. I plan to put dinse 25 connections on my electrode and my clamp so I can run dcep flux core. By the way I have a harbor freight titanium flux 125, it's weight helps me because of my disability I am not able to lift a lot of weight around for very long and it weighs 15lbs. And I got it 1for $125. I would love to make it into a simple TIG.
Best of your videos... takes me back. Exactly what I did so long ago I am embarrassed to say. Going to college and wanting a race car but little money. So took my old AC/DC Marquette plug and play (changed output with plug in leads), and did effectively this! Worked nice. Eventually added a High Freq. unit too. Worked well and made good welds!
God bless you sir, I've been welding for 20 years and alot of experienced welders take joy in watching beginners struggle. it's takes men to show boys what manhood is. I've always been one to help and I really believe that is one of the things that set the best apart from the job scared guys. Love to see anyone get better at their craft. Your awesome brother
Thanks for the kind words and support.
To many job scared people watch newbies struggle
Hank Jr I agree ! When I started welding a Missouri Drydocks back in the middle 70’s there where some guys that would show you a few tricks but most of the would not show me little tricks of the trade to help me get to journeyman and it took me years to get there so when I got there I began teaching the new guys as soon as they hired on and most all them became journeyman in about a year or more
Iam the first one to ask if i dont understand something and have always preached there's no dumb questions!
F wraiht is bunch master off wellding but very afew the sharing the experience like you man thank you so much.
Hello Bob ! I'm a 70 year old disabled Vietnam vet, and have been learning welding, so I don't have to send out my work as my son and I build cars. I truly appreciate your excellent instructional videos, and my welding has improved a lot faster than I expected it to, due to the help you, and some others have published. Myself, and I'm quite sure, the other veterans who watch your videos, enjoy and learn quite a bit from the wonderful help you provide. THANK YOU !
James Burba Thank you for the support and feedback, sir.
James Burba
Thank you for your service, sir.
Thanks for your service, sir!
@@tofanedward9049 exactly
Thank you for your service sir
Done this many times just as you mentioned, putting a root pass on a pipeline. Excellent videos. 50 some years as a welder and I still enjoy watching and learning. Thank you.
First time i hear someone welcoming anybody who wants to come to his shop !
I give you my respect for saying that . You're the best
Bob you'r a good teacher and a hell of a guy... thanks for being so kind to our vets!
I cant tell you how much I appreciate you stepping up and helping our Vets!! They deserve our full support at every turn. God bless you sir!!
Veterinarians?
I wish there were more teachers and instructors like you! Thanks for the video
hi Bob, from Australia, you are an excellent teacher and knows a hell of a lot, what would we tubers do without blokes like you to learn from.
Hello, I have learned so much from your informative videos, you sir are the "Tubal Cain" of the welding world! I just wanted to convey a hearty "Thank You" for investing your time and knowledge to those who wish to either learn or improve their welding skills. Best of luck in all you endeavor to do.
"There is never time enough to do it right...But always time to do it again" "Buy the best you can afford, purchasing quality tools and equipment only hurts once, garbage or inferior tools and tooling continue to cost you long after the initial purchase" - Two of my late Grandfather's favorite sayings...
Oh my, I didn't think anyone remembered Tubal Cain. Some really great books
Great video! Proof again that Bob and Jody are the only people worth watching on RUclips to learn welding.
Tony Baggett yes they are awsome
I like them both too. Miller is starting to put out 1 minute videos that are great for basics also.
Miller is good and Eastwood is making some nice videos. But Jody and Bob make videos that aren't product specific. They teach welding for everybody with any type of machine like this video shows.
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Thanks for the video Bob, to many people think they have to buy these very expensive welding machines to TIG weld and the reality is all they need is a buzz box, argon bottle and TIG torch. I weld off my gas drive all the time, its how I learned to weld years ago. you learn arc control very quickly when you have 200- 300 feet of welding cable drug out threw a paper mill, you cannot be running back and forth to the truck to adjust amperage when your welding Stainless pipe.
By buzz box do you mean AC welder only?
AC or AC/DC the younger generation will call them old fashioned transformer machines, down and dirty straight welding machines not an inverter machine. For AC on aluminum you can get a HF and your off and running. Simple and works great.
I learned how to weld with a Lincoln AC-225 back in high school. Did a bit of DC welding around the ranch with a Lincoln "Pipeliner" unit, but never really knew the difference since they both seemed to work the same for the steel pipe we were using for fencing. 20 or so years ago, I stumbled across an AC-225 on Craigslist and I've used it for a lot of things, including 200+ ft of steel picket fencing built from scratch in my backyard. There's some things that I really wish I had a TIG unit for. Is there anyway to adapt the AC-225 for TIG or must it be DC?
@@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire you can get a tig pig unit
Man, a true expert at his craft. You just displayed true excellence as a person. Humble is a character trait many dont understand, leader always reaches down to lift others up never to climb higher. If I could leave work ID head up. Thanks you sir.
Have been a stick and mig welder for a long time now thanks to men like you I am tig welding with a small Forney and will try my dad's old Miller next. Thank you.
You are a good man sir, my son SSG Nicholas P. Bellard gave his life for his country in Iraq, he was well respected because he was always going out his way to help others. I raised 4 sons alone and told them to help your neighbor when you can, I guess he was listening,according to all the letters and phone calls I received pertaining to his way of helping others. My grandma always told me that you will never get rich helping others but you will die a wealthy person.
Ive been looking for weeks and waiting for school to start very little experience with welding but becoming more confident at work all we have is thin stainless steel food grade machines are limited thank for this video
We appreciate the selfless attitude that you project towards Vets God Bless you and please keep up the Patriotic attitude.
Thanks so much your tub has helped me so much have welded for 40 years and devoted to learn to tig I think I can learn with the help I have gotten from your tub
I’ve been watching your vids for a while now and have become an acceptable welder. I really like your teaching method, no bullshit just the facts. I’m not going to tell you thanks for your service, because I hate people saying it to me just so they can feel good. When your in the foxhole fighting for your life, it’s nice to know the guy with you in that foxhole has your back..you are that person in my foxhole right now and I appreciate the time you’ve given teaching me the basics. Old Vietnam vet, Jan 1968-Aug 1993......thanks brother
By far the Best Welding tutorial channel out there, truly appreciate all intel n knowledge you are willing to pass on to the newcomers like myself, just started stick Welding n I can’t get enuff of it, just wanna say Thanks for all the help you have offered n can’t wait for future episodes. Take Care
I must have had my old stick welder for at least 30 years and it was anything but new when I bought it. It's survived years of storage in a leaky shed and literally being stood on when it got in the way. I swear I could run a small truck over it and it would continue to work! It only goes up to 150 Amps, but that seems adequate for my needs.
Several years ago I bought an almost identical TIG torch with a view to using it to TIG alongside stick, MIG and oxy/ace. I now have no excuse to delay - other than changing my Argoshield Lite (argon/CO2/O2 blend) for pure argon. Maybe have both?
Thanks. You make it look so simple, but I think I'll find it isn't when I start; just as I did for the other methods of stitching two pieces of metal together.
From Canada you sir are a truly gifted individual who shares his knowledge openly to help who ever asks for it and those who watch you for your expert workmanship and work ethics. Thank you for all your advice and well put together vidoes on welding.
Your the real deal Bob. I like your attitude and willingness to help people that are trying to improve skills to provide for their families. Jody Collier has a similar attitude that's why you two are the only ones I watch. I have a suggestion for a video, cover engine drives and how to set amps/volts especially the Lincoln SA vs SAE controls. Any tips you have on dialing in the settings for different arc characteristics.
In these troubling times, you are an island of calm and generosity.
I had been asking this question of my friends and all I got was dumb looks, glad to see it can be done.
I told a guy from Miller at an Open House display at my local welding store about how I use a Miller MiG wire feed head to do cold feed TIG welding at my job and he told me “ Sometimes we do things we shouldn’t “ I said “ What ??? “
I told the guy that run the store and he was trying to sell my company an expensive cold feeder
That final part about helping anyone fell so genuine. LIKE
As a welding noob I am just getting started with MIG, flux core, and stick. I won't be trying TIG or gas welding for a while, but you just proved to me what I suspected, the most important "machine" in welding is the human.
I wholeheartedly agree with PapaCope's statement below, there's a lot of tig welding been done and still being done this way. This is how I started out before I could afford a machine with hf start. Another great video guys thanks.
Thanks Bob, so generous and kind of you to share and help.
I just put together the same set up last week so I can try my hand at tig welding. I'm not a very good welder so its gonna take me a while to get the hang of it.
Always impressed when a true professional comes along and shows it's possible to use 'wrong' equipment and do a good job. Just to make things easier, use non-dominant hand and no foot pedal adjustment. Sir, you are an awesome weldor and obviously not trying to sell anything., it's just, yeah, YOU (me, anyone) can learn to do this
For you to say that you will help anyone out is the greatest thing a have heard in a long time.
People in the pass would help others with knowledge but not today, it's all about money .
Thanks for sharing that video I truly enjoyed it as a welder fabricator you never truly stop learning in this business and when you think you can't learn anymore in my opion it's time to hang it up!! This just taught me I can get by with what I have, my Tig machine gave up the gas after about 15 yrs of just about daily working and it was old and I needed to buy a new one but needed other equipment!! Thanks again!!
I think it awesome all the help you offer to anyone. Being up here in northern Alberta Canada it's just a little far to pop down, but if you were closer I would come by if for no other reason than to shake your hand. Great videos, thank you very much.
Ian Little Same here well said.Nova Scotia.
Bob, you are a darn good man, and an outstanding welder/ steel fabricator. I really appreciate you and your videos. I know talent when I see it as one who spent years in industry as a journeyman welder fabricator.
Bob, love your videos. I'm a total novice at welding and find your videos extremely helpful. They've done a lot to build my confidence and inspire me to try things I might not have dared to otherwise. Your camera angles and content are excellent and you do such a great job of explaining things without a lot of fluff. It's like having a pro looking over my shoulder telling me how to do things right.
I sell welders for a living and this was the best explanation of scratch start you welding I've heard in awhile.
Excellent video Bob! Your support of our veterans is also appreciated.
Thanks for this video. I’ve been trying to get my century tri-star ac/dc to run my tig torch for metal. When I bought it 30 years ago I also bought the high frequency box for aluminum welding so this video has given me a lot of information to try and get my torch working for steel. Thank you.
You might want to check out Jody at weldingtipsandtricks here on YT, if you haven't already. He did a video about using the high frequency box to tig aluminum this way.
What a nice chap, shame we havent got more people like him to help.
Bob, thanks for this video. I have a Lincoln Idealarc 250 and will set it up to do tig now with scratch start. Your channel is one of the best. Subscriber for life.
Sure like watching your videos. I've
been a ship welder, railroad welder, Ironworker, assistant Welding Instr. @ Highline College, stick, mig, tig, exotic metals. Retired from Boeing Co. Seattle after 25yrs.
Still welding @ home - love arcing and sparking!
Jerry
I weld aluminum with a similar set up using an old Lincoln AC/DC Ideal Arc, the old 'bullet proof' last forever welder with the rounded top. To weld aluminum use 100% Argon, use copper to ball the tip of the tungsten electrode and to avoid contamination of the electrode always initiate the arc on copper placed next to the base aluminum to be welded. For copper a flattened 1" [or larger] hard copper tube coupling works well. At home I rarely weld thin aluminum, it's hard to justify spending $2K on an AC Tig welder. I also own a DC Mig with spool gun but it is best used on thick aluminum. Excellent informative video, thanks !
Oh the memories!! 1992 APG Maryland.. US ARMY 44B welding school.. this how we were taught to tig... didnt touch a non scratch start etc until the 21st century
Richard Elbe I was there in 65 and 66 we had a really huge blizzard that winner I can remember walking to school when it was so cold I was in the night class the weather was so bad we couldn't get out of the barracks they had to dig us out we missed school for about 3 days till they got the roads cleared
Richard Elbe ... I'm US ARMY 68W combat Medic and wanna learn TIG welding.
I took a short MIG welding class ... a few months ago, through a "free" Veterans organization.
This is the 1st video I've watched of yours an the last min or so made me a sub of yours THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WILLING TO HELP ANOTHER WORKING MAN OUT WITH A LIL TRAINING A LIL KNOWLEDGE JUST LIKE YOU OFFERED TO THE WORLD!!!! I SALUTE YOU BROTHER GOD BLESS!!!!
I am a union plumber and half-assed pipe welder who wants to learn tig. I have a ac/dc buzz box and would like to not dump thousands on a new machine. Thanks for this video...looks like this years Christmas is gonna come early! Great video.
Thank you for your work,I am a veteran and I went to Billings MT votec.and went to welding, down and round, 28 year's on now, boiler Makers, pipelines, ship's off shore now i weld on old junk or new junk in South east mt.thankyou
I purchased a Lincoln Le31mp because I saw this video. It has the touch TIG in a basic form, and that's enough for me at this time. I don't have TIG plans in the future, but I want to try it from time to time. I have said it before....this gentlemen is a BAD A WELDER....hands down! I also saw his stick weld aluminum video, another reason I bought an MP machine, I want to try that too. Maybe he has some info on what else I can do with my Lincoln AC 225 buzz box.
thanks. been looking for this. Basically, just bought a small stick welder, with no gas inlet.
so needed to see how it was hooked up in order to do TIG.
thanks for this vid.
My first experience with scratch start was during a boilermakers 2" heavy wall weld test... nailed it. They even tossed their example coupon and put mine in its place.
Yep I worked at a small fab shop about 30 years ago and that set up is how we tig welded we had a D.C. Lincoln worked great I'm retired now all I got now is a ac Lincoln that I don't use and a Hobart 190 mig that I love but sure do miss the tig welding
So besides the arc welding machine and the ground lead all you need are a tig lead that is made to pass gas, as it were, and an argon cylinder with regulator?
Thank you for your videos thay are great resources for anyone trying to educate themselves on welding it's great
Thanks for helping out my Brothers In Arms.
I wish I lived nearby. I'd be there learning 24/7. This skill and experience is priceless
That's how I have been learning. Scratch start on a Hobart stickmate. TIG was all scratch start when it first came out from what I gathered. Cool video
Gramps was a welder blacksmith, dad was a universal welder blacksmith and i was shown at 15 yrs old, now what i will share with you is out there and you dont require gases or any expensive tig rods. first you need to purchase "everdure", 1rst get carbon rod, sharpen to point same as tig, clamp in your electrode holder, DC electrode pos, and use the eveture like any tig rod. hell i made my own short box by literally cutting 18 inches out of the box and frame, i used everdure, to weld the box back together, the rods are about $4-5 last time i bought.
I'm glad my everlast stick welder came with everything I need to tig weld.
Good knowledge. TIG, just like MIG is all about the settings and controls. Once set up it is pretty straight forward. Get the settings wrong and you can be there for hours trying to get it right.
MR. MOFFATT YOU GET THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD !!!!!
Been doing this set up on a Lincoln Idlearc 250 for a year now! Works very well only draw back is no heat control. What you set your amps at is what you get at the torch tip! I weld 16 gauge with it at about 45 amps.
DSG Frabrication I weld 18 to 20 Guage steel with around 45 to 55 amps with lift tig and increase travel speed wets in much nicer with abit more heat and moving quicker actually helps keep the heat down aswell as I do car panel work it keeps warping to minimum takes abit to get used to travel speed though give it a try it works well.
DSG Frabrication and
Just started school/work in welding and i love your video it really feed my growing love for this career !
Nice touch with the army hat! One of these days I will stop by. Worth a 400 mile trip! Thanks for the education.
Please do. We'd like to have you come visit. Bring your gear!!
Thank you very much, Bob. I've been watching your videos from Mexico. It is very useful. Thanks again. Arturo Núñez D
Thank you Mr.and him for his SERVICE..everyone always telling me you can't ..as usual more BS.gotta LOVE ingenuity ..the need and ability to do n learn at a reasonable price..merica..leading the way ..
You've got a wonderful philosophy and teaching methods - very inspiring
I dint know how to ask, but I'd sure like to build a system like you show. I have a stick welder which WAS AC, but I made a rectifier which makes it a DC output. I wonder where I might find more info on what to get so I can try building a TIG similar to what you show in this video. I see Amazon has VERY affordable torches. I have gauges and can get a tank of Argon. Perhaps my first question would be tip diameter and shape. Also, is the connector that screws onto the torch easy to buy at a welding shop? Your attitude and knowledge about welding really impress this old guy. Thanks for the info .
I have a Hobart Stick Mate AC/DC stick welder. And I want to weld aluminum for a small raft dram project. Could this set-up as shown in the video below used on aluminum?
Been needing this video for a few years. Thank you.
Scratch start is all we use where I go to school I am running it off a Miller XMT 304 CC/CV running on 3 phase power.
You're a great teacher. I wish I studied under you when I learned to weld over 30 years ago.
I did not see any smoke sir. I this the cleanest way to weld metal? Thanks for sharing!
Good stuff to know. I have a cheap inverter welder that works great with a stick but occasionally need TIG. I usually have to either rent or borrow a TIG machine to do 5 minutes work. This looks like a cheap and easy fix for the guy who just needs a little work done. Thanks for the advice.
Awesomeness. Never knew you could do that with a stick power source. Very cool video thank you.
Very exceptional Bob...just great welding work, expertise, and guy all around. Thanks again.
I have been wondering about this for many years. Thank you 😊
My mig is a 200 AC can this be turned into DC and how please, I watched your video it was easy and clear, and its good that you are over 45 years of age with mature attitude Aiden
Thank you sir for the great video tutorial. Very kind of you to offer your help to anyone who wants to learn. There should be more people like you. God bless you.
Thank you for all your videos. I am just learning tig but have welded stick and mig for 20 plus years. Always wanted a tig never could bring my self to buy one as I had no real need. I wish I would of know of this years ago as would of sure used it. I assume you could even do this with a mig. I retired this year and as a gift to myself I purchased the everlast 221 that you are using. Wow what a machine. Very smooth. I came across this looking to see if there is any kind of spot weld attachment that you could use on a tig and use the 2t setting to activate it. If you know of any I would like to see it done. I am building me a little hot rod and would like to have the ability to spot weld. I know I can do plug welds and grind off as I have done that before. I also want to say thank you to our veterans for what they do. God bless
Great information being shared to help us all learn new skills. time to get a TIG torch, bottle of Pure Argon and some rods and have a go! Many thanks young man!
Great to see a man with such skills share it.
I was coded welder years ago, been Tig welding this way years, good video.
Your videos are making me want to take a welding class. Every time I watch one I'm more impressed.
Eric French Thanks for the feedback.
Go for it. I know you will not regret it.
Bob Moffatt show me how to weld me car
Eric French can you show me how to do aluminum welding on cars
where did you get the power adapter on for that cable?
Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱. Full respect Sir for you! I really like watch your video.
You're a awesome dude.. I learned to weld off this channel. So thank you!
Thank you I am a Vietnam veteran thank you
XD freakin crazy, my welding instructor just taught me this a couple hours ago at school, and its the first video that came up on my home page.
Viccatrix who taught it better? what other knowledge do i need to learn this
Google listens through the phone's mic #TheTruthIsOutThere
It really seems that way some times. Every time I talk to someone about somthing I get constant adds for what I was talking about and never looked up. Google, facebook, and youtube are working together to sell me everything I mention in casual conversation. XD
Viccatrix big brother is watching.. be afraid...... be very afraid...:-)
I have a small hobby welder stick and tig also a old Miller thunder bolt stick.I aways wonderd if I could just clamp the torch to the Miller now I know .Thanks can't wait to try it.
TIG welding is touchy enough with the latest equipment, but you ran some nice beads with Fred's setup. Great job. Fred is Fred Flintstone.
Thank you so much I have cancer now and I was looking the way to tig so I can set in my shop and make things I enjoy now.
That's the best way for me to relax now.
One more time I think you so much.
Awesome video and very helpful. I am planning to use my arc welder in this way too.
Funny how you have a ventilation for welding fumes, we make brackets for.
Can't name them but you know who, they make cranes as well for maximum extention on smoke vents.
I really like that fact about my workplace 😁helping welders stay healthy and cool all over the world 👍🏻🌍😘
Thank you for your great hearted help! Great video and great heart you have gentleman!!! Much respects to you and your family!!!
Great instructional video.
Wish I could visit you but I am over 9500 miles away. One hell of a long swim.😂
Thank you so much I did not know that you could take stick welder turn it into a TIG welder thank you
It works for me, got my skills up on scratch and refined to sheetmetal. Practise, get a problem, find uTube tutorial, practice again. Now I don't need to send out for repairs or small projects😆
Navy here...
It would be pretty smart to buy a 1" x 3" thin tungsten plate or thick sheet to initiate the arc on to keep from grinding your tips as often. Just a thought.
He really is a good guy to always offer help and advice.
You make it look so easy that i almost want to try it out.
bruhhh this has been a amazing help lol stumbled on this video on accident but i can weld them kegs iv had sitting in the shed for 2 years without buying a new welder
What voltage is TIG? I know it is DC but my machine is 14.5 to 21.5 volts , my amperage is 20 to 135. I love the idea of doing this and from another veteran thanks for your support. I plan to put dinse 25 connections on my electrode and my clamp so I can run dcep flux core. By the way I have a harbor freight titanium flux 125, it's weight helps me because of my disability I am not able to lift a lot of weight around for very long and it weighs 15lbs. And I got it 1for $125. I would love to make it into a simple TIG.
Best of your videos... takes me back.
Exactly what I did so long ago I am embarrassed to say. Going to college and wanting a race car but little money. So took my old AC/DC Marquette plug and play (changed output with plug in leads), and did effectively this! Worked nice. Eventually added a High Freq. unit too. Worked well and made good welds!
bob remember ppl that this way they have a live tungsten all the time! nice video man. cheers. pete