This is a brilliantly judged introductory explanation of MIG / GMAW welding. Speaking as a commercial welder with more than 15 years of experience and having studied welding issues and done research on welding previously. This is so "Goldilocks" - "just right". I wanted to explain to a friend, and you provide the explanation I was looking for - with those graphics which convey it all so readily.
finally a good, clear explanation... been searching trough tons of “what is mig welding”videos of some people who talk 20 or 30 minutes but never get to the point.
As a mechanical Engineer i have studies topics of welding in production engineering and ill be very honest i never understood what the hell and how hell it happen and for my interviews i never prepared for welding because i found this topic very difficult to understand it was a good luck that no one asked me question related to welding.But after watching your video i think im very confident and prepared if anyone ask me question related to welding Damn son keep it up very well explained
@@yeroxff1057 Bro i used to work as an Engineering manager in an automobile firm i currently graduate from my masters and have started looking out for Jobs again as i moved to the UK now
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I just finished watching your tig video. These are great. My kids will learn a lot about the various pieces of equipment before I sit down with them with my everlast welder and have some hood time.
Thanks for sharing such great information. It was really helpful to me. I always search to read the quality content and finally I found this in your video. keep it up!
This video has made a major mistake. I am trying to find videos on actual mig welding. Mig as they said in the video stands for metal inert gas. Carbon dioxide is not an inert gas thus it should be referred to as MAG welding (metal active gas) in Europe or GMAW in the USA which includes both MIG and MAG welding. I work as a welder in a boiler maker shop and am trying to find videos on specifically MIG welding on speciality metals but it is impossible to find when everyone refers to MAG welding as MIG welding. MIG welding on speciality metals such as aluminum or in my case 253 MA has a completely different feel to it than MAG welding. Welder problems.
He just covers the basics. Most common wires are solid wire and flux core. They sound different when using them. So do not match the sound with the one you are comfortable with. Solid wire crackles in use and flux sounds like its melting hot with a slight crackle sound. Need that slight crackle to avoid porosity. Also with flux you run the wire straight. I find with solid wire if you do small circles or back and forth motions. The weld looks heaps neater. Make sure you have the correct thickness of wire and if your weld becomes a bit messy. Its most likely the hole in the tip is larger from use. I work with so many qualified tradesmen and they still can't weld.
Solid wire and flux are 2 different processes. Sound is not important to solid wire, it's only relative to what mode of metal transfer you are running in. Pull, push, circles, zig zags... really doesn't matter with solid wire on a short circuit transfer, just preference and relative to your weld position. "Crackling" in flux is not relative to porosity. Many reasons for porosity, but sound is not one of them. Proper resistance at the tip to preheat your flux before entering the weld pool is the important part when running flux. You're calling out others for not being able to weld, so I'm calling you out for your vague and distorted welding theories lol
This video is good but, Its a tip of an iceberg. It doesnt say - basic things for welders -what gases you use to protect the arc, why do you use those, what metals do you weld with which, what are arc types etc. American GMAW stands for both MIG and MAG methods, which differ by gas type used but not only that. Also 1:27 a mix of Ar+CO2 in MIG ? Anything that contains oxygen is active by definition, in MIG you use only inactive (inert) gases to weld for example reactional metals like Al or Ti (though its common to use 100% Ar and spray arc to weld steel also).
Short of additional explanation of how do MIG welding weld into base metal. i.e. what type of mixing gas you should use, required gas pressure need in order make the base metal and filler wire fuse together. Just to make your vlog complete and not confusing.
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great, please more explanation about Mig and Tig and Stainless steal , Aluminum ..etc when should i select Mig or Tig and the weaknesses points of each one.
This welding is co2 mig welding 1.2 m.m MIG wire, wire + voltage & co2 control after welding, vertical horizontal +flat position +down position & overhead welding! hand gloves+ helmet +safety shoe & after WELDING!.....Thankyou
Im trying to learn to weld and I'm going to school for it in the fall. My welder is wire fed but it doesn't have gas to it. What is this kind of welder called and how can a run a good bead with it? My welder is old so I really don't know much about it, I Know I can control it's wire speed and the power/current. I honestly don't know much about electricity either but I got someone explaining it little by little as we go
You probably have a flux core machine. You can weld excellent welds with flux core but the technique is a little different from MIG. Good luck in school!
@@WeldNotes thank you welding person. I'm gonna go watch videos for running beads with flux core. Friend told me to get good at that cause it's probably what they'll make me do a lot in school
Argon is a Noble gas and those refuse to mix with the Commoner gasses like Co2. That's why they call them Noble gasses. It's just like how Noble families refuse to mix with Commoner families.
MIG is the common term for gas metal arc welding in the USA, regardless of the gas used. The AWS designation of this family of processes is GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding). MIG and (the seldom used MAG) are nonstandard terminology in the US. Other countries have their own standards obviously.
They are both completely different gasses. The CO2 is mainly used to help manage the heat of the weld, and the Argon, being much heavier than air, is primarily used to prevent oxidation in your weld by essentially pushing oxygen away from your weld. It's easily pushed around though, which is why you need to keep your gun angled properly, or else the argon will be pushed away and your weld will gain porosity.
Ar is noble gas that practically does not react with anything. CO2 is active, in arc its changed into CO and free oxygen. Many metals such as Ti, Al, Cu, Ni, Zn cannot be welded with active gas as they will react with oxygen, they must be welded with inert gas like Ar (common, cheap and as stated above heavier than air). Another inert noble gas that can be used in welding is He. Also mix of Ar+He can be used, or even Ar+H to increase arcs energy. Pure CO2 is problematic even for normal ferretic steel, because of its low ionisation, poor arc stabilization and splatter. Thats why its common to use mixes of Ar+CO2 as it stabilizes the arc, weld looks better and is mechanically stronger.
As much as I like this short clip, I'd like to point at a mistake and it's important not to ignore it: MIG or GMAW does not solely produce fillet welds. unlike what's indicated here, It could be used to make groove welds as well.
@@nevinkuser9892 There are two major welds: Groove weld and fillet weld. Unless you're joking, I suggest you to get the basic welding references and study them.
@@Sniperssx from where you live , icant, being in australia we have different brands picking the right welder, is hard , ive found that out ,i have 3 now ,
Each time you weld, you honor my late father. My father invented the current mig/mag nuzzle with the patent nr: 4956541. RIP my dad, Ossi Hiltunen.
Thnx for ur dad's contribution
world will never forget your father's great contribution... RIP 🎇
Wish to contribute like him one day. RIP sir
Any chance your daddy was of German decent?
@@RealDallasFed Actually he was an Karelian descendant, but our family clan colours has the same colours as the flag of Germany.
This is a brilliantly judged introductory explanation of MIG / GMAW welding. Speaking as a commercial welder with more than 15 years of experience and having studied welding issues and done research on welding previously. This is so "Goldilocks" - "just right". I wanted to explain to a friend, and you provide the explanation I was looking for - with those graphics which convey it all so readily.
Thank you for a simple explanation. Everything on RUclips is so convoluted.
finally a good, clear explanation... been searching trough tons of “what is mig welding”videos of some people who talk 20 or 30 minutes but never get to the point.
What is MIG/MAG COMPLETE VIDEO PLZ MUST WATCH . ruclips.net/video/xcQ_kl-dG3I/видео.html
As a mechanical Engineer i have studies topics of welding in production engineering and ill be very honest i never understood what the hell and how hell it happen and for my interviews i never prepared for welding because i found this topic very difficult to understand it was a good luck that no one asked me question related to welding.But after watching your video i think im very confident and prepared if anyone ask me question related to welding Damn son keep it up very well explained
Which job are you doing currently bro
@@yeroxff1057 Bro i used to work as an Engineering manager in an automobile firm i currently graduate from my masters and have started looking out for Jobs again as i moved to the UK now
RUclips provides very important service to the public. I am now happy to have easy access to lots of things in terms of education. "Education is the Key to success" Thanks
I just finished watching your tig video. These are great. My kids will learn a lot about the various pieces of equipment before I sit down with them with my everlast welder and have some hood time.
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Thanks for the great video! It was VERY easy to understand. I'm a complete novice looking to learn artistic welding.
Thanks for sharing such great information. It was really helpful to me. I always search to read the quality content and finally I found this in your video. keep it up!
Holy cow! Best description ever!
Amazing and super educational video for someone who knows absolutely nothing about welding! THANK YOU!
One of the nice youtube about welding. Thanks for teaching..
I was trying to figure out how to explain mig welding to my friend who wants to use my everlast mig welder. Thanks for this video.
great video, simple, to the point, accurate
I love MIG welding. I used it for many purposes as well as MMA and TIG welding
honestly, please keep making videos. no other comment
Very clear and descriptive. Keep it up. Subscribed!
Thank you for simple yet detail explanation.
crystal clear and quick. thanks!
Very informative thank's for uploading this video 🎉❤🤩
Thanks.
That's a very good, concise description.
Well made.
You just got another subscriber, thank you for these, I'm trying to learn more about welding and you make it easy to understand.
Really good job. 👍👍👍
Very helpful video and thanks sir
Thanks for simplifying MIG welder!
Cool little video that does a great job of explaining and illustrating!
Thank you sir,your video format very awesome.easily understand about that.
Thanks a lot for explaining in such a wonderful way...... keep growing
Loved the explanation. Thanks for informing people about this
Good explanation sir.Thank you sir.🙏🙏🙏
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This video has made a major mistake. I am trying to find videos on actual mig welding. Mig as they said in the video stands for metal inert gas. Carbon dioxide is not an inert gas thus it should be referred to as MAG welding (metal active gas) in Europe or GMAW in the USA which includes both MIG and MAG welding. I work as a welder in a boiler maker shop and am trying to find videos on specifically MIG welding on speciality metals but it is impossible to find when everyone refers to MAG welding as MIG welding. MIG welding on speciality metals such as aluminum or in my case 253 MA has a completely different feel to it than MAG welding. Welder problems.
true even in our amateur school shop we use pure argon not carbon dioxide argon mix because CO2 is not a noble gas
i'm so glad someone else also noted this
Love this video, informative and easy to understand.
He just covers the basics. Most common wires are solid wire and flux core. They sound different when using them. So do not match the sound with the one you are comfortable with. Solid wire crackles in use and flux sounds like its melting hot with a slight crackle sound. Need that slight crackle to avoid porosity.
Also with flux you run the wire straight. I find with solid wire if you do small circles or back and forth motions. The weld looks heaps neater.
Make sure you have the correct thickness of wire and if your weld becomes a bit messy. Its most likely the hole in the tip is larger from use.
I work with so many qualified tradesmen and they still can't weld.
Solid wire and flux are 2 different processes. Sound is not important to solid wire, it's only relative to what mode of metal transfer you are running in. Pull, push, circles, zig zags... really doesn't matter with solid wire on a short circuit transfer, just preference and relative to your weld position. "Crackling" in flux is not relative to porosity. Many reasons for porosity, but sound is not one of them. Proper resistance at the tip to preheat your flux before entering the weld pool is the important part when running flux. You're calling out others for not being able to weld, so I'm calling you out for your vague and distorted welding theories lol
Pretty welds are not always strong welds, strong welds are not always pretty
Excellent explanation
Yo thanks man, this was the explanation I needed.
Great explanation. Keep up the great work.
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Good video trying to learn as much as I can on wielding before I start welding school
Nice explanation and demonstration
Very well explained, thank you.
Thanks for information 👍👍👍
Great another one. Thanks a lot.
Amazing explanation sir
Great! I think it would be great if you could also talk about its safety precautions and procedure, like preventing possible electrocutions, etc.
Thanks! That was actually my idea for the first Weldnotes video! I put together a draft, but it got a little complicated. I need to re-visit that.
No problem! Wish you the best!
Sepp A don’t look at the light
such a good video! thks for sharing and teaching. very awesome effort :) *subscribed*
Excellent GMAW overview, we use it at "Chippewa Valley Technical College."
Thomas J. Vanderloop, AWS & LSME Member in Manufacturing, CMfgE & CMfgT
Fantastic video
best explanation
Beatiful machine, sweet machine👍
Nice video - if your looking for MIG welder - Fronius TransSteel is best deal. It is one of the Best Mig welding machine in India
Como sempre, muito bem explicado.
Parabéns.
Jorge Candu Jr avec le tent tu vas treuvez la lumier
Very helpful video
Thank you so much
great explanation because of this i got this topic very well thank u
Basically answered all of my MIG questions. ❤
Thank you for the clear explanation
Awesome video, thank you.
Nice information tq bro
thanks for sharing this video.
Very helpful thank you
Very informative & very simple .
This video is good but, Its a tip of an iceberg.
It doesnt say - basic things for welders -what gases you use to protect the arc, why do you use those, what metals do you weld with which, what are arc types etc.
American GMAW stands for both MIG and MAG methods, which differ by gas type used but not only that.
Also 1:27 a mix of Ar+CO2 in MIG ? Anything that contains oxygen is active by definition, in MIG you use only inactive (inert) gases to weld for example reactional metals like Al or Ti (though its common to use 100% Ar and spray arc to weld steel also).
Thank you regards awesome explanation
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Short of additional explanation of how do MIG welding weld into base metal.
i.e. what type of mixing gas you should use, required gas pressure need in order make the base metal and filler wire fuse together.
Just to make your vlog complete and not confusing.
Love this Video....😍
Angelo Manansala love you too 😘😘😘
MIG Metal Inert Gas is the welding process for aluminium.
MAG Metal Active Gas is the welding process for steels.
Excellent. This and the TIG vid.
Very useful !! Thanks lot!
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(एक बार सेवा का मौका जरूर दे)
🔥🔥Kataria Welding Repair Center 🔥🔥
we are repairing oxygen Reguleter, gas cutter, gas torch, blow pipe etc.
📲 9136152005
Main Karwal Nagar Road, Delhi-110094 (india)
im doing mig welding without a gas tank and it works fine
Excellent video. Normally which metal is used as filler metal and which gas is used as shielding gas?
Thnx for this video😘😘
Mig(metal inert gas)use argon. Mag(metal active gas )use carbon dioxide. Arco weld is for stainless steel. 75%argon 25% Co2...
Could you make one on plasma cutting and ACC carbon Arc cutting.
great, please more explanation about Mig and Tig and Stainless steal , Aluminum ..etc
when should i select Mig or Tig and the weaknesses points of each one.
Majd Khaleel mig ou bien missile
This welding is co2 mig welding
1.2 m.m MIG wire, wire + voltage & co2 control after welding, vertical horizontal +flat position +down position & overhead welding! hand gloves+ helmet +safety shoe & after WELDING!.....Thankyou
Useful information thank u
a right way to describe mig welding i really like it :-*
Please watch ruclips.net/video/qvosqzF44YA/видео.html
Can you please make a video explaining the inverter welding machine. Ty
Can you do one on welding symbols … do you have one on MAG aswell…
Explain the nobs settings mainly what is the use of polarity
what's the background music?! love it all
I've always wanted to know what was going on at the end of my everlast mig gun.
Very nice m opreting in Saudi arab
Im trying to learn to weld and I'm going to school for it in the fall. My welder is wire fed but it doesn't have gas to it. What is this kind of welder called and how can a run a good bead with it? My welder is old so I really don't know much about it, I Know I can control it's wire speed and the power/current. I honestly don't know much about electricity either but I got someone explaining it little by little as we go
You probably have a flux core machine. You can weld excellent welds with flux core but the technique is a little different from MIG. Good luck in school!
@@WeldNotes thank you welding person. I'm gonna go watch videos for running beads with flux core. Friend told me to get good at that cause it's probably what they'll make me do a lot in school
Just a quick question isn’t that argon co2 mix an active gas mix making it mag (metal active gas)? MiG would be pure Argon no?
Argon is a Noble gas and those refuse to mix with the Commoner gasses like Co2. That's why they call them Noble gasses. It's just like how Noble families refuse to mix with Commoner families.
MIG is the common term for gas metal arc welding in the USA, regardless of the gas used. The AWS designation of this family of processes is GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding). MIG and (the seldom used MAG) are nonstandard terminology in the US. Other countries have their own standards obviously.
Good Job
Amazing and clear explanation. The background music is so sick I had to repeat the video twice.
Wire welding is honestly the best
It's
What is difference in welding between CO2 and Argon?
They are both completely different gasses. The CO2 is mainly used to help manage the heat of the weld, and the Argon, being much heavier than air, is primarily used to prevent oxidation in your weld by essentially pushing oxygen away from your weld. It's easily pushed around though, which is why you need to keep your gun angled properly, or else the argon will be pushed away and your weld will gain porosity.
co2 welding heater needed & Argon welding not needed heater!
Ar is noble gas that practically does not react with anything. CO2 is active, in arc its changed into CO and free oxygen. Many metals such as Ti, Al, Cu, Ni, Zn cannot be welded with active gas as they will react with oxygen, they must be welded with inert gas like Ar (common, cheap and as stated above heavier than air). Another inert noble gas that can be used in welding is He. Also mix of Ar+He can be used, or even Ar+H to increase arcs energy.
Pure CO2 is problematic even for normal ferretic steel, because of its low ionisation, poor arc stabilization and splatter. Thats why its common to use mixes of Ar+CO2 as it stabilizes the arc, weld looks better and is mechanically stronger.
As much as I like this short clip, I'd like to point at a mistake and it's important not to ignore it: MIG or GMAW does not solely produce fillet welds. unlike what's indicated here, It could be used to make groove welds as well.
what's a groove weld?
@@nevinkuser9892 There are two major welds: Groove weld and fillet weld. Unless you're joking, I suggest you to get the basic welding references and study them.
Good video sir
Dear Mr. Bob Welds, may I please show your videos to my welding class students.
Susan Russell sure thing!
whats the best to use MI or TIG for welding Metal aluminum??please let me know
Both is fine ? Tig is more costly to buy with a mig , you can use spool gun, or just the mig it self
@@timothyrouse2853 Thanks I need something used for car home use any refer
@@Sniperssx from where you live , icant, being in australia we have different brands picking the right welder, is hard , ive found that out ,i have 3 now ,
@@timothyrouse2853 Saudi Arabia let me bring some names thanks
Make videos on autogeneous and solid (non fus) welding
Which filler should be used to weld AISI4130 material using mig welding,and can i use co2 for mig welding
Kindly add notes on resistance welding. Plz....
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I'm GMAW and SMAW welder, but we can't compare it because SMAW has different result
thank you very much
Sir which is the best welder mig or arc welder for metal please inform me
Could you Please make a video about spot welding?
What animation software are you using to create your videos? I'm a big fan and this would help me on a project I'm currently working on. Thanks!