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Stick Welding, MIG Welding, and TIG Welding Blog

OK Here's how this Welding Blog works: All the best Questions sent in to this site are going to get posted here. Unless I dork around and miss a day here and there, that means I will be making several new posts every day.

Sweet Mother of Crap! What was I thinking?



Welding Video Archives

This is the Good Stuff - Welding Video Archives full of tips and tricks

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Plasma Cutter Review

Everlast PowerPro 256 4 in 1 combo - the plasma cutter review

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mobile pet enclosure

There aren't too many things my dogs like more than ridin' in the back of a pick-up truck (save killin' and eatin' two-thirds of a gopher, then bringing

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tips for passing weld certification test for first time

it doesnt matter what kind of test it is the simple fact is that if it is your first test you will b nervous and nervousness doesnt help to produce a clean

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Keep magnets away!

When using magnets to hold parts for tack-welding, keep the magnets away (at least 6'' )from the spot you're welding. Magnets make a strong field that

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Started welding chinese, then got my hands on a miller

Im in kuwait and I learned welding on a chinese AC Stick welding machine. cant remember the brand name. but it cost all of $80 NEW. uses 220v (standard

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root pass in 5g

i would like to see a video of a root pass being done all the way out uphill on pipe in the 5g position ----------------------------------------------

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How to lay out a standard weld test

Im looking for ideas how to lay out a standard weld test for new employees. Any ideas or where i might look for this? --------------------------------------------------

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i need some opinion pls..

i am about to take a trade test involving a 2 inch schedule 40 pipe doing a SMAW-GTAW combination. can you guys help me out, i need some opinions for the

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setting .045 flux cored wire for uphill?

how do i set the voltage, wire, and gas for doing uphill vertical welds on half-inch thick steel? -------------------------------------------------

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help with flux core settings

Need a chart with flux core (dual shield) amperage and wire feed settings, on different metal thicknesses. ballpark ranges will do, ill be able to fine

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welding cast steel

i broke the h-link on my trackhoe can it be welded with a 252 miller mig or should i use a stick welder ----------------------------------------------

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current type selection

New to welding but eager to learn. Have practiced for 1 year with stick, flux core and mig but want to get hands on with tig. Still, main concern is how

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TIG OVER MIG

CAN YOU TIG WELD OVER MIG WELDS SO AS TO SMOOTH THE WELD.I AM GOING TO TRY AND TIG AN OLD GAS TANK TOGETHER AND IT IS AROUND 25 GAUGE SO WHAT SIZE ELECTRODE

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Porosity/pinholes in mild steel

I recently started to weld vertical up butt joint with tig the root run must be in tig and the cap in mig so after welding the root run it leaves a lot

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Deal with sharp grooves

I want to know how to deal with deep and sharp grooves. Like inside the bottom of a V. Is it possible to place a seam here using tig welding? The Electrode

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tig brazing brass valves

I feel that I'm really offroading here because I get lots of You're doing what? on the phone. I am using a Hobart Arcmaster 5000 and a Jetline head positioner

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salam.p

Respected sir i am salam 32 years old from kerala i am studied ex-ray welding. My aim is to become a good and perfect lovely ex-ray welder. I am born in

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Army Museum Fabricator at Carlisle, PA

Jody, I too took a Lincoln course and have nothing but rave reviews about it. I took the Basic Motorsports Course and can honestly say that you really

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Lincoln Electric school is awesome

Back in 1995 I attended the SMAW Lincoln school. It cost $600 and was a three week course. The very first day we were given a couple of pieces of plate

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Welding Shirt...T Shirt that is

Who Else wants the coolest Welding Shirt on the Planet?

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Welding Videos Reviewed

Welding Videos - Reviewed for you - I wasted my time so You Dont have to.

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Tig Welder Review

3 in 1 Tig Welder Review

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Pre-Heating Aluminum for Welding

Sometimes when welding aluminum, thick to thin, it helps to pre-heat, or for that matter, any heavy thickness of aluminum, to make the process much easier.

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Pre-Heating Aluminum for Welding

Sometimes when welding aluminum, thick to thin, it helps to pre-heat, or for that matter, any heavy thickness of aluminum, to make the process much easier.

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Buy American!

I had an old Hobart ac buzz box that my Dad got from a saw mill, they had thrown it out in the scrap pile, the welder was probably 20 years old then, he

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3G 1" PLATE SMAW

I WILL LIKE TO KNOW IF 1/8 OR 1/4 IS GOOD FOR COVER PASSES ON A 3G SMAW 11018 1 PLATE? -------------------------------------------------- if allowed

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flux core MIG welding

Need to know what tracing the puddle means? Thanks Brad ------------------------------------------------ when i make reference to tracing the puddle

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cea thytronic welder

does anyone know about them ------------------------------------------------ anyone out there heard of cea thytronic

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Pos to Neg ?

I have run into a problem regards cheaper chinese welders re instructions ? They state that electron flow from tungsten to work is + flow and from work

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Lincoln Mig Welding School

One Week to Better Migging at the Lincoln Mig Welding School

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A Mig Welding Technique From an Old Timer

An Old Timer from South Carolina taught me this mig welding technique over 20 years ago

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Tungsten storage

Take the plastic tube that 5 or 10 lb tig rod comes in and cut the butt end off with scissors or a sharp knfe (or whatever)to 3 or 4 inches long, put your

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Protect your tig Torch

Go to your nearest golf shop (or Wally World) and purchase a set of neoprene (Wet Suit Material) golf club covers. They fit a tig torch nicely, are fairly

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hard to set wire speed

i have trouble to set proper wire speed. got good ground. 1/8 metal. with .035 solid wire and 75/25 gas.......no matter what i do it does not want to set

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help welding alum with mig

I have a Chicago electric Dual Mig 165 Model 93793, and I would like to weld alum. with it using a spool gun or something that would not cause a bird's

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help with 1/2" carbon plate flux core test

I've got a 1/2 carbon plate test on Monday..I need some advice. I've never welded with a MIG welded that much..but I am SMAW Certified structural and

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splater with 0.30and 0.35 wire

I am just learning to weld and i an having aproblem with splatter on my work peace. please tell me what i need to do to remedy this problem. I do not

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More flux than metal!

Hi, Great site :-) I have a 160amp arc welder (stick welding) it is set to 70amps and i am using 1.6mm flux coated welding rods to weld 3mm steel box

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Help with flux cored?

Why is the use of a flux cored wire for an open pipe root weld not recommended? ------------------------------------------------- engineers. it has

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help with flux- core settings

flat position 1 inch plate 3/32 wire what are correct settings ------------------------------------------------- it really depends on the wire you are

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help with flux core welding

Do you just push your weld uphill while flux core welding or do you have to move it like you do if you was welding with a 6010 stick rod? Never MIGed and

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help with 5/8's plate ,v-groove 1/8 landing hard wire test

i've taken a vertical , horizontal twice. I pushed and pulled the first two test . I'm hoping for a third test soon. I need any advice on this test!!

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Fitting new guages to bottles.

Hi, do i need to use a sealing tape like PTFE when attaching a set of new guages to a bottle of Argon. Or, do i just screw the guages on and make sure

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Dual Inductor mig

I have got a unimig 250 that has 2 earth lead connections. One is hi inductance & other is lower inductance. Mainly use hi one, have tried low one with

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Amperage

How do you figure amps when all the power sources show is wire speed and volts? ------------------------------------------------- that my friend is

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help with MIG sputtering

I have a new-to-me Lincoln 250. At higher voltage/wire feed setting for thicker metals I can get a good, consistent bead. At lower settings for thinner

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Max groove weld thickness for GMAW on stainless steel.

My boss wants me to weld 1 1/2 thick stainless with a single GTAW pass and weld out with GMAW .045 solid wire & Tri-Mix backing. I have always been told

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proper gas

Mig weld with .035 ER70S-6 wire.12Ga. to 1/2 carbon steel. What gas should I use? I've been using 100% argon, but in some of your video's I've heard you

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