Aluminum TIG Welding Tips
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2019
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In this video you will see Aluminum Tig welding tips on an outside corner joint, inside corner joint, and padding beads on scrap aluminum.
Balling or rounding the tip prior to welding seems to help with better cleaning action.
I dont always take time to ball the tip but lately, i have been experimenting and rethinking details like balling the tip in an effort to get better and provide better welding content.
hope it helps! 
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I buy from weldmonger solely as a way to try and pay back for the amount of effort this guy puts into his videos ! Jody is fantastic. I’ve been welding for 31 years and i still learn from this guy. Information with no agenda and ego. Absolutely priceless.
It kills me how easy he makes it look. I did some aluminum welding just today. Lets just say it looked different when I did it....LOL
Great arc shots and content as always.
Looks like some of yours.
Figure out how to feed wire?
Like that time I ran out of filler rod so held the MIG torch in my left hand and the TIG torch in my right? That was some proper wire feeding!
This came in just in time, I am building a mirror cabinet out of aluminium (alu frame and wooden inlays). Thanks! You make the best welding videos on youtube!
I've welded for 40 years, always enjoy your videos!!!
I'm finally getting into TIG, haven't done any yet, but have everything to scratch start.... I have a few miles of irrigation pipe that needs some repair, so this winter I will be practicing.... lol.. just going to do it!
already done aluminium stick and mig...years ago😎
thanks for the video!!!!! always enjoy your teaching!!
Great stuff as always, I have been welding ally for 20 years and I STILL learn something. Thanks Jody!
Brought me back to my college welding days of padding welds. Thanks for making me feel old. Once again great video Jody.
I learned on a classic 60Hz sine wave machine. The only thing you could change was the balance. The ball on the tip was pretty much the diameter of the electrode. You also only had the choice of pure tungsten or zirconiated tungsten.
With new inverter machines we are truly spoiled.
Great video as usual I wish you had classes I’d go. 68 years old just bought my first welder a Miller. Your so right practice, practice, practice. Thanks
Im 55 years old. You're correct, practice practice. I finally got it, beautiful welds. You can to. Took me several years of a couple hours per morning of hood time.
Watching your videos is like watching a great artist at work. Thank you.
Who can give this a thumbs DOWN ? Jeez .... thanks mr Jody. Great as always
Probably someone who thinks that they're THE BEST welder to ever walk this planet. In my experience it's somebody like that.
I really appreciate your note on stickout. I see so many people welding mild steel with a #16 cup with huge stickout for no reason at all. Finding that happy medium for cup and stickout saves so much gas and coverage is still adequate. Also, the same people running huge cups on stainless that pull off early to get pretty colors aren't getting the point of the cups and gas coverage.
Thanks for these great videos! I just picked up a tig machine and your vids have helped me immensely! All the best!
I hope you made milions because with effort you put in, deffinitelly deserve it. Chears from Croatia
Spectacular Video Sir, always enjoy your vids.
useful tips for aluminium tig weld,thank you so much. Form south Asia (Bangladesh)
As well as From Australia, Cheers mate from John.
Great techniques and tips for practicing!
Great video, thanks!! I also love the products you sell on the web store. So nice to have them easily available like that, and at reasonable prices. :)
Great video. Show us more practice exercises ( stick , MIG, too ) that we can do at home with bits of scrap metal. Thnx.
Exercises using your stick/MIG welder and some bits of scrap metal?
OK, well, how about lift the welder with one hand and place the scrap under it with the other hand, then set it down. Repeat until you've had enough exercise.
Great content as always Jody, thanks for sharing,
Cheers
Take me in as an apprentice sensei. Love your videos.
Great video, and great welding!
Good video and great information too. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you Jody. I also buy from your store, to keep you going. Everyone who gets any good use from these videos, support the one who made ‘em. Buy some stuff.
Yes. As always great videos. I would like one on tig welding where you tell us how to fix mistakes or how to prevent such things as porosity in a tig joint. We don’t need to have a demo of what it looks like...we know! What’s your method of elimination and how do you go about fixing it. A lot of us are real amateurs at this and (at least I) rely on you tube for instructions...as always, thank you
perfect timing, my new tig arrived on friday,
very nice , great lesson, thanks..
Great tips as always,thnx
Love your work
Jody, I always learn something from your videos. Thanks so much for your efforts. TIG Fingers to TIG Gloves yet? :-)
Experienced welders always told me more surface area for current/arc.
As an aluminum welder/ fab. , great video !!!!
Thank you
Jody, I believe there was a tig welding class you promoted a while back that your friend is teaching. Do you have that information?
Thank you
A little off topic but i cant seem to get a good vertical weld with my millermatic 220 using .035 mig. I was welding 3/8" square tubing and the profile was very crowned up in the middle. Could you do a quick video using that machine on that thickness? Thankyou
Great video as normal. 👍👍
Would love to see some information about doing this stuff with the cheaper generic machines that don't have all these fancy settings & options. I'm currently stuck with an Eastwood Tig 200 that has nothing but; amperage, postflow, preflow and "clearance effect" along with the switch from DC to AC. Not even a DC + or -.
Jodie sorry for the repeat question, I know you have answered this before. Where did you get your wide combination square? I didn't see it on your store.
I find it interesting that you feed the wire through your hand while the wire is in the puddle. Amazing control.
Hey Jody are you using 2% Lanth in this video?
What do you prefer for aluminum?
I was welding with that cup I got it from ur website , I think I was running 200amp and it overheated and exproaded on me , it's a good cup for low amp. I wish I knew
send in a request thru weldmonger.com and we will replace it
Looking good
I would like to see a video on when a advanced waveform like triangulated and when would it be used over a square wave.
I'm about to get a welding job can you please make a video on what I need to know to get a welding job
Website for the angle pieces? Thank you 🙏🏼
Hey, could you do some experiments with old and used aluminum?
Pieces that are broken and such? I repair a lot of stuff that's pretty old or has a lot of dirt inside the aluminum like oil and such.
Sometimes repair aluminim autogenous (chalumeau) but that one is still kinda tricky for me.
I have the glass furick cup and it says not for AC use. Is that just from the heat? I see you using it on aluminum so I assume it's ok to use.
Thank you.
Nice, nice job
Another great video.
Sometimes I have to deal with red painted construction iron on a jobsite or in the shop. According to the ironshop it needs no cleaning and can be welded on immediately, I believe the paint is red menie. What's your thought or could you maybe do a video. Thanks
You should never heat paint up to a temperature that it smokes or burns if you don't absolutely have to and even then you should have the proper protection, a fume extractor and preferably a welding hood with and airbox. The paint releases chemicals that gives both an increase risk of cancer and asthma along with other nasty stuff. And aside from the health risks it's also not great for the weld results. So you shop is probably just saying that to be able to pump out more work at the expense of the workers.
Wonderful - I'll be padding some this weekend for practice, I see.
Great video Jody you the man 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
Thanks Jody
can you use aluminum brightener you get from an auto parts store thats used as a mag wheel cleaner to prep your work?
Be careful what you use, some chemicals form really toxic gases when lit up with a welding arc. Safest is scotch brite and some alcohol. Acetone is fine too but not the healthiest to be handling all the time.
can I weld aluminum with flux wire 120v
Verdammt , das sind mal richtig gute Alunähte 👍👍👍
gut aber nicht richtig gut ;) grüße aus Österreich
Can you make a video on how you record yourself welding?
Jody how are you
I need details of your machine to using alu welding
Onpoint tips
I can seem to get the proper amount of gas coverage on my welds. Not sure as to why. But, I am thinking I might be tightening down my collet to tight. Shutting off gas flow. Could you please give me some ideas as to what my issues are. I am using a #17 torch.
Nice
What are your settings. I can not get my 200 dx to do right, no matter what I have tried.
That's the difference between Jody's videos and just about all the rest ... You can learn and just relax . :)
I like to learn more about this , because I never with TIG and fore showing us my friend
Nice video! I just started out welding aluminium and I find my filler rod balling up when I feed it, does anyone know why this happens? Could it be to much heat? Hope someone can help! Cheers and stay safe!
thanks máster. 👍
Wow super
i'm guessing the cleaning action of the balled tip is from the arc being spread out into more of a circle rather than being concentrated on one point from a needle sharp tip?
Muratic acid works great on Dirty aluminum !
Is a ball tip necessary or can I just keep my tungsten sharp?
Whats the best tungsten for aluminium?
How about showing aluminum welding with a spool gun on a Lincoln welder
I'm welding some pontoons, mostly 14 gauge but also some 1/8th for deck mounts using 3/32 and a #8 gas lens, would I be better off using a #6 or even smaller instead?
not necessarily, but a #6 does use less gas and narrows the etch zone a bit.
I repair pontoons daily...all I use these days is a gas lense stubby set up from jody's with 1/8" wolfram tri-mix that I wish he sold. The clear furick cup helps when you need to use a mirror to weld on the back side of an "M" bracket on top of the pontoon without removing it from the boat.
@@pontoonrob7948 cheers, do you like using a #8 cup or do you run smaller?
@@KenyonPayne I use an 8
Great video. Does anyone even make a thumb arc control for TIG anymore?
CK worldwide has them for lots of different machines www.ckworldwide.com/wheel.html
@@weldingtipsandtricks Thanks
Also take a look at the TIG button if you want an alternative to a foot pedal.
are you using magnifying lenses to have your helmet that far away from the weld?
when i am welding i go right up close, is that bad?
Possibly posture/fatigue later on if you spend large amounts of time welding. Primarily, you want to ensure that you're comfortable to ensure the quality of your weld is maintained throughout the pass. Other than that, it's personal preference. I would ensure that if you're stick welding, or another that produces BB's that you properly protect yourself with a hood that has a back on it, so that they don't fly up, over your mask, and down the back of your shirt. Ask me how I know!
Hey Jody, I’m having some trouble with some aluminum round to square or rectangular tubing, my arc wanders everywhere and it’s just not going well at all. Could you do a video with that? Thanks. -Mitchell
If that happens, you want to bump the max amperage. It's usually because the aluminum is cold and it takes more heat to start the arc smoothly.
It can also be a contaminated tungsten, and/or your tip grind being too rough or your grind marks going around the tungsten instead of in line with it.
CavemanJoe I try to clean as much as I can, I raised it up to 145 or 150 and it’s definitely a lot better, the largest cup we have is a 8 gas lens, and it’s frustrating because I can’t get that far down there and the puddle sometimes tends to favor one side of the 2 pieces of the weldment
CavemanJoe I do grind it correctly, but I’ll have to ask mr woods what size torch it is so I can get my own kit
@@GraduatedIn
In the case of the round stock to square tube, the puddle will favor the tube because it doesn't have as much thermal mass as the barstock, so it heats up faster. Compensate for this by angling your electrode slightly more into the bar stock, and wash the puddle into the tube as it evens out before you make the run.
Almost forgot, a lot of arc wander on aluminum can also mean you're using too much cleaning action. If you're at 80%, try bumping it down to around 60%. (Or if your machine's balance references EN and you're on around 20%, bump it up to around 40%). You have to play with these things until you get a feel for it, especially with different thicknesses and types of stock. Keep a little notebook with things like this in your welding toolbox so you can look up settings for certain jobs on your machine, it saves a lot of time.
CavemanJoe thank you!
So here is a question. How do you determine the proper amount of tungsten stick-out for a given cup size?
I would say as a rule of thumb..that stickout should be far enough to see the tip of the tungsten and not much further except when needed to reach tight spots. usually that means the diameter of the cup. so a #6 cup is 6/16" or 3/8" and that is a pretty good stickout for a #6 cup
@@weldingtipsandtricks Thank you!
what tungsten
What type or color of tungsten do you recomend for ac aluminum tig welding?
Don't know about the video dude but I've always used Zirconiated (white)
2% lanthnated. May not be the absolute best but it works really well and is a good all rounder. Jody sells them on the store.
@@bodkinofnurk8898 thanks. I recently tried green and I'm not liking it. It gets really brittle after it's been heated up. I've tried red too and somebody told it's not right. I'll try some white.
I settled on 2% lanthanated after testing most everything else. It might not be the best for every specific application, but it seems to be the best all around for AC as well as DC. it holds up to high amperage on AC and starts pretty well at low amp DC for thin steel
@@weldingtipsandtricks awesome. Thanks for the reply, I'm sure your a busy guy.
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So that is why you do that. I need to try with my everlast welder.
Fred Almond same here, i always left mine needle sharp
Ok I'm glad I found this cuz I wasn't sure if thats why my bead looked like that! All runny. I figured it was because I didn't let it cool
What gas are you using? Settings?
100% argon, 77hz , 69% AC balance setting
If I had that ball feature I'd do the same.
I'm am looking for a Tig welder that will weld alum, I am a homeowner. I went to your Amazon site but a little confused, which would you recommend for a part time welder wantbe. Thanks for your videos.
I think the AHP 200x alpha tig is a pretty good welder for the money... the foot pedal kinda sucks but it welds good
@@weldingtipsandtricks Thanks for your time I enjoy your videos.
Miller syncrowave. Older machine but prty simple to learn on. Craigslist is a good place to look.
@@bryanmoffett1917 Thanks
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you do provide useful content,but could you add an Arabic translation ?
That joint will outlast religion.
Jody, this classifies as weld porn. Great video
Nice. Fucking nice.
Stacking nickels!
I can stack dimes like an Italian housewife stacks plates, i.e. smashed all over the floor.
Your ad interrupts are badly placed at critical points in the video.
I like your videos because they just explain little bits at a time and make it possible to remember them and use them the next time I weld. I love welding and even though i am not a professional my welds get sh!t done. However the only welding machine I have access to is in my fathers company and it comes with one problem, an older brother who thinks he knows too much because he has met one or two professional welder to many. I can't get him to STFU. His Aluminum welds are porous as f*ck and he says they are supposed to be, I have welded aluminum the first time yesterday and they were clean. Can someone please tell me how I can make him shut his stupid mouth?
Dont ball your tip. Instead put a flat on the tip.
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