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been welding for 35 years and tig welding for 25, made most my living tig welding aluminum and anodized aluminum. it takes longer to tig but it's much cleaner in the end. nice vid, thank u.
Funny thing happened while i was in the middle my 1st online class from you. My order from Furick came with REAL cups. I installed the Jazzy set up so far , then my welds went from black/grey crappy no matter what I tied. 1st 3 passes with the Furick cups were perfect color and nice small heat affected zone. Only ever touch the cups that came with Eastwood unit for junk steel, or toss em in the china junk can. Furick was one of your best top 3 tips at least.
Rhis is wild. I've never used a rod snaller than 3/32. It's hard to imagine using 035 wire! I'm going to give it a go tonight. I've been tig welding for 29 years, but this will be a first.
It can be frustrating at first. The thinner wire like to bounce around if you not steady with feeding. but once you get it down it makes 3/32 feel like 1/8th
Very interesting Dusty, thank you. If and when I pick up the tig torch to learn, I'll make sure I try that. While watching time slot 8:20 to 8:30 I thought I had been welding, the slight shaking of the torch made me time it was me!! LOL!! Thanks again for your informational videos.
Sometimes too much coffee in the morning gets my hands a little jittery, but keeping good technique keeps the tungsten out of the world. Thanks so much for checking out the episode!🙂🔥
I keep my rod engaged at all times. In order to get a smooth "food grade" type of weld. I never dip and pull the rod, ever. I think it looks much better than a stack of dimes.
Lay wire is probably harder to get penetration into the root for a beginner. It can be a very deceiving weld. Looks good, but doesn’t wet out into the root.
@@Marcus_Woodard Maybe for a beginner. I weld food grade, not a beginner but I sucked at stacking dimes and learned to keep it smooth, just as I do welding pipe.
Oh nice, I actually came to the same conclusion / preference of using 1mm stainless steel filler some time ago. With thicker base materials (with higher amps ofcourse) i rather prefer to half lay wire half push in the thin filler in to the puddle and run a fast bead. I will have to try your double tap technique, most of the time i am trying to be as fast a possible with stainless, less beauty more function minimum gas used with minimum colour. Thin filler works well with tig filler feeding pen if you prefer, which i do sometimes. the brilliant thing is that you can get mig wire reels on sale much more frequently than tig filler tubes. I managed to buy 15kg reels of 1mm Mig wire of 309lsi ,308lsi and 316lsi for about UK GBP 32 each ( that around US$ 40 each). It opens up so many possibilities. I am of thinking of someday getting a cold wire feeder with that attachment that goes on the tig torch. Also when laser welders come down into the price range of hobby welder thinner wire option work better if your stocking up
Too cool! Sounds like you have a lot of great stuff coming your way as far as projects, and that's great to hear that you have found similar results working with smaller material. Thanks for sharing a little bit about your story, and thank you for watching the episode! Hope you have a great weekend🤙
I spent most of my welding career in a sheet metal fab shop then moved to pipe fitting in a factory and it’s crazy to me that a lot of those guys have never considered using smaller filler
Wish I’d of seen this befor ordering 2.4 😭😭 love these videos you do they help a lot I sent you a picture of a cube I did on instagram, I try follow as much as I can il now order some 1mm rods 😂
All good! You can still get some good work done, just pay attention to the things that I mentioned in the video as far as different variables to make sure you avoid as far as overfilling, stoked to see the cube! I will check through my Messages again and see if I can find it🙂
Thats some very helful advice! While never in my life i have welded stainless, i am still very new to tig, and welding basically only titanium. While the welds i do are pretty small (1-3 cm max), they are done sometimes in very uncomfortable positions with not much movement range, and sometimes when i dont even properly see what i am doing, just guessing. All this on some real thin stuff (1-2 mm usually on 6-10mm base material), including fillet joints, and still couldnt learn how to not burn the shit out of the thinner metal, usually standing vertically on the ticker one. Not mentioning the puddles i get are tiny and the electrode itself is thin, only 2mm. Also i am having some troubles with consistent rod feeding, what i still, very much suck at. So yes, i am having a good time😂
All good! Feeding more comfortably and efficiently comes overtime, and as great you are working with titanium! That is a tricky one, well done! Thanks for checking out the video, have a great weekend!
I do this technique on my aluminum. I've got to were I know what size weld I'll get depending on how many taps. And I can also keep the welds straight and consistent by counting in my head
Small filler and ya double tap allows better heat management in contrast to large fill shot will cause large heat absorbtion and sporatic hard to manage heat control.
I always try to have the least amount of heat input on thin and the best Looking weld are the one that my tungsten is in the puddle or just above it, abviously y can’t keep it up and eventually dip in so I back off a little bit more
Yeah I definitely understand. It's a little bit more stringy to hang onto, but much easier to get into the puddle. It's funny after working with it for so many years, working with even 1.6 mm feels like a piece of round bar to me😂
You failed to mention in your video, that Stainless Steel is the easiest material to weld. I also seen in the actual weld shot(s), I can see you have a huge hot spot with a more rounded shape, coming from your rod. An old timer showed me this 50 years ago. Grind the point on your tungsten, after completed, lightly do this again on a *Belt Sander* (not a disk sander) 120 grit or higher. With your tungsten pointed away from you, sand your tungsten Parallel to the rod. You will get a cone shaped hot~spot, The electricity flows more Parallal off the rod, which creates a tighter path.
Pipe welder of 23 yrs here this is absolutely UNTRUE! Carbon steel is WAYYYY easier to weld than stainless steel pipe! This also applies to carbon sheet metal vs stainless sheet metal. As long as your carbon is good and clean you shouldn't have any problems. SS has such low thermal conductivity compared to carbon steel...which is exactly why SS warps and draws so much. It also takes the SS much longer to cool down between passes because of the lower thermal conductivity.
@@p_fiction absolutely UNTRUE! *irrelevant* SS has such low thermal conductivity compared to carbon steel *irrelevant* SS warps and draws so much *irrelevant* These comments have nothing to do with MY comment. However, your statement is based on YOUR opinion and experience, correct? So why can't My opinion be the same?
Stainless steel is easier to weld but easier to overheat and ruin the consistency of the parent material. Secondly, there are many types of stainless steel, which can dictate somewhat different procedures in some cases.
Seeing all these problems you have is a clear sign of a lack of experience and education. Funny because here you are giving welding advise bit also are having welding issues
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been welding for 35 years and tig welding for 25, made most my living tig welding aluminum and anodized aluminum. it takes longer to tig but it's much cleaner in the end. nice vid, thank u.
Funny thing happened while i was in the middle my 1st online class from you. My order from Furick came with REAL cups. I installed the Jazzy set up so far , then my welds went from black/grey crappy no matter what I tied. 1st 3 passes with the Furick cups were perfect color and nice small heat affected zone. Only ever touch the cups that came with Eastwood unit for junk steel, or toss em in the china junk can. Furick was one of your best top 3 tips at least.
Rhis is wild. I've never used a rod snaller than 3/32. It's hard to imagine using 035 wire! I'm going to give it a go tonight. I've been tig welding for 29 years, but this will be a first.
It can be frustrating at first. The thinner wire like to bounce around if you not steady with feeding. but once you get it down it makes 3/32 feel like 1/8th
Dusty, this is for you to go out and do a random act of kindness......best wishes from Orlando, Paul
Very interesting Dusty, thank you. If and when I pick up the tig torch to learn, I'll make sure I try that. While watching time slot 8:20 to 8:30 I thought I had been welding, the slight shaking of the torch made me time it was me!! LOL!! Thanks again for your informational videos.
Sometimes too much coffee in the morning gets my hands a little jittery, but keeping good technique keeps the tungsten out of the world. Thanks so much for checking out the episode!🙂🔥
I keep my rod engaged at all times. In order to get a smooth "food grade" type of weld. I never dip and pull the rod, ever. I think it looks much better than a stack of dimes.
Yeah! I've seen a lot of people make this look super consistent, tricky to do! Well done, thanks for checking out the episode!💎
Lay wire is probably harder to get penetration into the root for a beginner. It can be a very deceiving weld. Looks good, but doesn’t wet out into the root.
@@Marcus_Woodard Maybe for a beginner. I weld food grade, not a beginner but I sucked at stacking dimes and learned to keep it smooth, just as I do welding pipe.
@@PacificArcTigWelding I have learned a lot from you, it seems easier to me than stacking dimes. There is no way I could match your consistency
Thanks Dusty. Your vidz are always so informative and motivates me to try this outside my comfort zone.
I just started tig welding on my Primeweld 225x and your videos have been very helpful, thankyou!
Oh nice, I actually came to the same conclusion / preference of using 1mm stainless steel filler some time ago. With thicker base materials (with higher amps ofcourse) i rather prefer to half lay wire half push in the thin filler in to the puddle and run a fast bead. I will have to try your double tap technique, most of the time i am trying to be as fast a possible with stainless, less beauty more function minimum gas used with minimum colour. Thin filler works well with tig filler feeding pen if you prefer, which i do sometimes. the brilliant thing is that you can get mig wire reels on sale much more frequently than tig filler tubes. I managed to buy 15kg reels of 1mm Mig wire of 309lsi ,308lsi and 316lsi for about UK GBP 32 each ( that around US$ 40 each). It opens up so many possibilities. I am of thinking of someday getting a cold wire feeder with that attachment that goes on the tig torch. Also when laser welders come down into the price range of hobby welder thinner wire option work better if your stocking up
Too cool! Sounds like you have a lot of great stuff coming your way as far as projects, and that's great to hear that you have found similar results working with smaller material. Thanks for sharing a little bit about your story, and thank you for watching the episode! Hope you have a great weekend🤙
Thanks!! I've learned so much from you lately, keep it up!
Awesome! I appreciate you watching so much:) Go grab the textbook pages🔥
Great Instructional Video !! 🤗
Thank you so much! I really appreciate you checking out the video, have a great rest of your week!
I spent most of my welding career in a sheet metal fab shop then moved to pipe fitting in a factory and it’s crazy to me that a lot of those guys have never considered using smaller filler
Wish I’d of seen this befor ordering 2.4 😭😭 love these videos you do they help a lot I sent you a picture of a cube I did on instagram, I try follow as much as I can il now order some 1mm rods 😂
All good! You can still get some good work done, just pay attention to the things that I mentioned in the video as far as different variables to make sure you avoid as far as overfilling, stoked to see the cube! I will check through my Messages again and see if I can find it🙂
Thats some very helful advice! While never in my life i have welded stainless, i am still very new to tig, and welding basically only titanium. While the welds i do are pretty small (1-3 cm max), they are done sometimes in very uncomfortable positions with not much movement range, and sometimes when i dont even properly see what i am doing, just guessing. All this on some real thin stuff (1-2 mm usually on 6-10mm base material), including fillet joints, and still couldnt learn how to not burn the shit out of the thinner metal, usually standing vertically on the ticker one. Not mentioning the puddles i get are tiny and the electrode itself is thin, only 2mm.
Also i am having some troubles with consistent rod feeding, what i still, very much suck at.
So yes, i am having a good time😂
All good! Feeding more comfortably and efficiently comes overtime, and as great you are working with titanium! That is a tricky one, well done! Thanks for checking out the video, have a great weekend!
Comme d'habitude,SUPER.
Merci Dusty
I do this technique on my aluminum. I've got to were I know what size weld I'll get depending on how many taps. And I can also keep the welds straight and consistent by counting in my head
Dusty, this is some awesome information, thank you so much, Paul in Orlando
Small filler and ya double tap allows better heat management in contrast to large fill shot will cause large heat absorbtion and sporatic hard to manage heat control.
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I always try to have the least amount of heat input on thin and the best Looking weld are the one that my tungsten is in the puddle or just above it, abviously y can’t keep it up and eventually dip in so I back off a little bit more
Dusty Would this apply to mild steel also?
What do I need to get started like what kind of materials would I need
Great video!
I need to work on my little filler wire. It's so floppy though compared to the big stuff. :(
Yeah I definitely understand. It's a little bit more stringy to hang onto, but much easier to get into the puddle. It's funny after working with it for so many years, working with even 1.6 mm feels like a piece of round bar to me😂
You failed to mention in your video, that Stainless Steel is the easiest material to weld.
I also seen in the actual weld shot(s), I can see you have a huge hot spot with a more rounded shape, coming from your rod.
An old timer showed me this 50 years ago.
Grind the point on your tungsten, after completed, lightly do this again on a *Belt Sander* (not a disk sander) 120 grit or higher.
With your tungsten pointed away from you, sand your tungsten Parallel to the rod.
You will get a cone shaped hot~spot, The electricity flows more Parallal off the rod, which creates a tighter path.
I appreciate you checking out the video
Pipe welder of 23 yrs here this is absolutely UNTRUE! Carbon steel is WAYYYY easier to weld than stainless steel pipe! This also applies to carbon sheet metal vs stainless sheet metal. As long as your carbon is good and clean you shouldn't have any problems. SS has such low thermal conductivity compared to carbon steel...which is exactly why SS warps and draws so much. It also takes the SS much longer to cool down between passes because of the lower thermal conductivity.
@@p_fiction
absolutely UNTRUE!
*irrelevant*
SS has such low thermal conductivity compared to carbon steel
*irrelevant*
SS warps and draws so much
*irrelevant*
These comments have nothing to do with MY comment.
However, your statement is based on YOUR opinion and experience, correct?
So why can't My opinion be the same?
@@doesntmatter3068 👍
Stainless steel is easier to weld but easier to overheat and ruin the consistency of the parent material. Secondly, there are many types of stainless steel, which can dictate somewhat different procedures in some cases.
Ok, why can I see the puddle so well in your videos but I can't see it when I try to weld? I also have an Optrel.
tyvm
Ok like 💙 ❤
Grind it and paint it buddy
So sad to be you. You can do better.
@@chrisallen2005 No, seriously that's what the spec says...grind it and paint it
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Tap it 3 times and your playing with it
Bitchin bro💯❗
Seeing all these problems you have is a clear sign of a lack of experience and education. Funny because here you are giving welding advise bit also are having welding issues