Mate thanks for takking the time to explain things in plain language that most of us can understand. Really like your video and it is definitely by far the best tig vid I have seen!!!!
My favorite style of torch actually doesn't have a back cap, and the tungsten goes straight up the barrel. I hold it just like a pencil. I also usually use the smaller style torch because I like working with thinner material.
Thanks for sharing this educational video and explaining the welding process. There is far more physics and mathematics involved in this skill. Kudos to your video editor for all of the special effects. Quite nice. Wishing you and your family a blessed week filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings with your family. Peace brother
This video was really interesting, I watched it despite my TIG welder not even having a pulse mode. I have built a 1.5kg combat robot that uses a TIG welded stainless steel chassis tub, and I've been finding the TIG really fun. My welds aren't pretty but I've been prioritising even penetration and heating over a neat bead because I'm grinding it down and polishing it anyway.
Great stuff Stevo. You're an inspiration as usual. I've used pulse a lot in the beginning, particularly on the sub 1mm ss. I haven't had a workshop for a year, so hardly ever tig. I did manage to get a fresh Argon and a commission for some repair welding on sum fg bins recently. It was tricky, and I'd forgotten the setip of pulse, didn't have scrap to practise on. I managed to get myself comfortable enough to ht the job done neatly, in a working factory by using (a bit too much) gas flow. When i came to finish it was less busy and I was able to tirn thd flow right down. As you know, the problem with repairs is being able to clean up everything before starting. Packaging tape on machinery is the bain of my life, and we don't love acetone either. My cheapo Toolshed dc only $1k Tigger box got the customer happy and me paid😊
The comment at the end about getting a good welder is the gotcha tho - for instance I was almost tempted - ALMOST - by a Xcelarc Viper 200P DC. It has pulse and HF start! for about $NZ1000! OK, it doesn't have AC for aluminium, but HF! Pulse! Remote! an 8m torch/hose! Except I checked the manual. The pulse mode is kneecapped, it has no control except frequency, and the base current is set to a fixed 40% of the peak current, and the pulse with is set to a fixed 60% of the cycle. So it simply cannot do a 15% base current with 25% on time. Your comment about above 40% pulse width - 'you may as well be welding DC'? Yeah, that's this welder's only option. DC, or "basically DC". The starting point for 'good welder' seems to be $NZ1900...
I bought their 195 Max. It retails for NZD $1500, but I upgraded the TIG torch to an 8m T2 torch, cost me $1750 all up. Pulse function works on TIG & Stick which is great for aluminium Arc welding. Whilst it does not have AC, you can still DC weld aluminium very well using old school tricks.
You really do get what you pay for my first couple of welders were on the basic side and if I could do it again I wouldn't have spent my money on them. I would have gone straight to a decent machine. Not sure if they are Captain is available in New Zealand but their machines are value for money.
@@LittleAussieRockets I have to operate off a 10 amp plug & was going to get the Excel Arc 200 ACDC (Unimig) but it does not have Pulse Sick, just Pulse TIG so went the 195 Max. No Arc Captain down here & Amazon doesn't appear to offer the ACDC machine fro shipping to NZ. I will pick up a good second hand machine offering AC but I am enjoying playing around with spool gun welding Ali as well as recently started DC TIG welding Ali using Flux.
@@draincctv8659 doesn't look like that model is available any more, looks like they're dropping a new version soon but it isn't in any of the usual places like George Henry, TradeZone, Welding Tech etc yet
for the non-metric folks (american), 1 mm = 0.040" , so the rule is 1 amp/0.001"! you just need to know your fraction-to-decimal equivalents of course if you don't have any decimal measuring tools...
Mate thanks for takking the time to explain things in plain language that most of us can understand. Really like your video and it is definitely by far the best tig vid I have seen!!!!
Excellent video explanation of the process mate.
Thanks 👍
My favorite style of torch actually doesn't have a back cap, and the tungsten goes straight up the barrel. I hold it just like a pencil. I also usually use the smaller style torch because I like working with thinner material.
That sounds like the go.
Thanks for sharing this educational video and explaining the welding process. There is far more physics and mathematics involved in this skill. Kudos to your video editor for all of the special effects. Quite nice.
Wishing you and your family a blessed week filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings with your family. Peace brother
This video was really interesting, I watched it despite my TIG welder not even having a pulse mode. I have built a 1.5kg combat robot that uses a TIG welded stainless steel chassis tub, and I've been finding the TIG really fun. My welds aren't pretty but I've been prioritising even penetration and heating over a neat bead because I'm grinding it down and polishing it anyway.
Great stuff Stevo.
You're an inspiration as usual. I've used pulse a lot in the beginning, particularly on the sub 1mm ss. I haven't had a workshop for a year, so hardly ever tig. I did manage to get a fresh Argon and a commission for some repair welding on sum fg bins recently. It was tricky, and I'd forgotten the setip of pulse, didn't have scrap to practise on. I managed to get myself comfortable enough to ht the job done neatly, in a working factory by using (a bit too much) gas flow. When i came to finish it was less busy and I was able to tirn thd flow right down. As you know, the problem with repairs is being able to clean up everything before starting. Packaging tape on machinery is the bain of my life, and we don't love acetone either. My cheapo Toolshed dc only $1k Tigger box got the customer happy and me paid😊
Getting it done 👍
Fantastic tutorial, the best i have ever seen! Thanks heaps.
Glad it helped!
Love your videos man.
Is arcaptain shipping to Aus now? Looked up their machines when you did your review and they weren’t shipping our way
They said that they would but you would have to pay extra shipping, I think you need to contact them to get the details.
@jackhooper5523 Does amazon ship to Aus? If so, I purchased my arccaptain200 tig off Amazon, ended up being cheaper than buying directly from them.
Having to rewatch as I’m doing tig units at tafe I reckon that they should have this in their teaching resources cheers again for the video
Don't be scared of upping the frequency even higher. I often run at 200hz on stainless, 33% on, 33% background.
Ever TIG weld copper? Heat dissipation is extreme. My son TIG welded some thick copper for a pot still.
I have tig braised but not tig welded copper. I could only imagine how crazy that stuff would be to weld.
The comment at the end about getting a good welder is the gotcha tho - for instance I was almost tempted - ALMOST - by a Xcelarc Viper 200P DC. It has pulse and HF start! for about $NZ1000! OK, it doesn't have AC for aluminium, but HF! Pulse! Remote! an 8m torch/hose! Except I checked the manual. The pulse mode is kneecapped, it has no control except frequency, and the base current is set to a fixed 40% of the peak current, and the pulse with is set to a fixed 60% of the cycle. So it simply cannot do a 15% base current with 25% on time. Your comment about above 40% pulse width - 'you may as well be welding DC'? Yeah, that's this welder's only option. DC, or "basically DC". The starting point for 'good welder' seems to be $NZ1900...
I bought their 195 Max. It retails for NZD $1500, but I upgraded the TIG torch to an 8m T2 torch, cost me $1750 all up. Pulse function works on TIG & Stick which is great for aluminium Arc welding. Whilst it does not have AC, you can still DC weld aluminium very well using old school tricks.
You really do get what you pay for my first couple of welders were on the basic side and if I could do it again I wouldn't have spent my money on them. I would have gone straight to a decent machine.
Not sure if they are Captain is available in New Zealand but their machines are value for money.
@@LittleAussieRockets I have to operate off a 10 amp plug & was going to get the Excel Arc 200 ACDC (Unimig) but it does not have Pulse Sick, just Pulse TIG so went the 195 Max.
No Arc Captain down here & Amazon doesn't appear to offer the ACDC machine fro shipping to NZ. I will pick up a good second hand machine offering AC but I am enjoying playing around with spool gun welding Ali as well as recently started DC TIG welding Ali using Flux.
@@draincctv8659 doesn't look like that model is available any more, looks like they're dropping a new version soon but it isn't in any of the usual places like George Henry, TradeZone, Welding Tech etc yet
It’s worth checking out the SWS tig units as well. I’ve had one for 2 years and love it
Ah - but can you use pulse welding on the carrots :)
Yes you've got me there lol
for the non-metric folks (american), 1 mm = 0.040" , so the rule is 1 amp/0.001"! you just need to know your fraction-to-decimal equivalents of course if you don't have any decimal measuring tools...