Stick Welding, MIG Welding, and TIG Welding Blog
OK Here's how this Welding Blog works: All the latest posts on welding tips and also the latest welding videos get posted here. , that means I will be making several new posts every day.
Tig Welding Stainless Shafts
Video shows tig welding stainless steel shafts and how to straighten them
Welding Aluminum 2g horizontal position
video shows tips for tig welding aluminum 2g horizontal butt joint
Different Types of Welding
There are 3 main Types of Welding used by the Average Joe...TIG, Stick, Mig
How to Tig weld Stainless Tubing for Food and Beverage
Video with tips for how to weld stainless tubing 6g test
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Arc Force Setting for 7018 electrodes
Video shows arc force also known as dig settings also called arc control on older machines
Tig Weld 1045 to 4140
Video of Modifying some Snap on Pliers and Using inconel 82 filler rod to Tig Weld 1045 to 4140 steel
Mig Welder Boom Arm
Video shows welding tips along with Building of a mig welder boom arm for hanging the wire feeder.
Late 70's & early 80's oil boom.
Some of the Ol' Hands that read the comments on here will remember after the Alaska pipe line boom there was the Wyo. oil boom in the late 70's into the
Welding Techniques
Jody, I enjoyed your video I have welded for 38 years & I have to say that some old school techniques will make you a better welder. Todays machines
6G tests Carbon & Stainless Duplex
Gid'ay i'm from the land of Oz, (or down under) Question: hay i was doin a 6G test with my scratch start Kempi inverter 150 and it was gonna be X-rayed,
Lincoln 225 AC/DC Tombstone and Tig
Jody, 1. Can I use a Lincoln AC/DC Tombstone without the extra rectifier for Tig? I have DC+ and DC- up to 125. yes you can. 2. What thickness of metal
weldor2
Scratch start tigs are definitely still in use today. I am a former Millwright and we were using this within the last 10 or less years on stainless food
Fabinator ll
Jody, just wanted to say thanks for all the informative videos. I learn something every time I watch one. Also I especially want to thank you for being
memories of youth
I have an old Miller econo tig hf . It has no pedal and it has no argon valve . I believe it dates from 1980 or so . How might one get a tig torch with
Old school started me out
Because of your Tig Welding Old School video I added tig to my game about a year ago. I liked it right away and bought a used high freq box. This winter
Miller maxtar 150 stl
I do stainless food service sanitary tubing for a brewerey. We use a miller maxstar 150 stl lift arc with a foot pedal. the biggest problem we have is
2% lanthanated tungsten
I saw your review on 2% lanthanated electrodes a couple of years ago. that junk is hard to break. you pretty much have to score it with a diamond wheel
Tip for starting the arc using the filler rod
Thats a good tip using the filler rod to start the arc. I always rock the torch in slowly until it touches and then rock it back quickly. But sometimes
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Scratch Start Tig Welder
Video shows How to hook up a Scratch start Tig welder and run some beads. Tips for starts and stops and a surprise
Understanding cleaning action of AC reverse polarity
If you get a thick piece of copper and hold the AC arc on it you can actually see the ions dancing off the copper plate. I suspect it has to do with the
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Davbro Inc. EZ Weld TIG
I haven't tried this stuff but it says it can weld anything. They show a picture of steel welded to cast iron and then both welded to copper. It is flux
HTP Tig Welder Settings
Instructional Video shows HTP tig welder settings and practical applications of AC frequencies
Lincoln PowerMig 350mp
Instructional Video shows arc shots of mig welding aluminum with a Lincoln Powermig 350mp
Here is what others have to say about the TIG Finger...
i will admit i was a little leery about these tig fingers, but glad i went ahead and ordered. got three of them about a week or so ago. they work. what
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Tig Techniques Video
Video shows tig welding techniques like walking the cup vs free hand, lay wire vs dip and more
Weld Mold 880
Weld Mold will sell any amount of welding rods directly. They charge $3 more a pound however so it's about $18 a pound but it is better than buying 10
Weld Mold 880 Composition
My friend owns a junk yard so I have access to a XRF gun. I specked out the comp out the Weld Mold and it is 21 Cr and 9 Ni so it's similar to 309 stainless.
TIG filler rod
If you're not the best at feeding filler rod constantly forward in your hand, (like me) here is what I do. When you are about to run out of room and need
Welding Project shows Fabricating a Belt Guard
Welding Project video about fabricating a belt guard
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Welding Project - Fabricating a Belt Guard for an Air Compressor
Welding Project Video shows fabricating an air compressor belt guard
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Welding Aluminum Valve Covers
Video Shows Tig Welding Aluminum thick and thin using an HTP Invertig 221
Mig like Tig like ZTFab
You just found The Best Video on how to Mig like Tig so far. And this is only part1
Welding Rods for Maintenance Jobs
You dont need 10 different welding rods...Certainium 707 is a great all around maintenance welding rod
Tig Welding Tubing...Thin Wall Steel Tubing
Video shows Tig welding tubing for a bike frame using pulse tig
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6011 Welding Rods - Tips for Vertical Uphill
Video shows welding vertical uphill tee joint using 6011 welding rods
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flux core welding tip
When flux core welding especially for newbies like myself, do yourself a favor and buy a flux core nozzle so you can actually see the puddle or you can
Mug welding for cleaning mig wire
Whelp we all know that it's good to keep our wire clean,so I like to take a but from a cigarette and put it on wire just after the rolls before it goes
mig nozzle 'dip'
Don't know how correct it was but a Light coat of Never-Seize helped control splatter inside nozzle.~Phil:-