Carbon Steel TIG welding

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Tips for carbon steel tig welding

• Aim for a tight arc length. (equal or less than tungsten electrode diameter)
• limit torch angle but torch angle can be very forgiving provided the arc length is tight enough
• keep the hot tip of the tig rod shielded with the argon coming out of the cup
• a gas lens cup upgrade like a Jazzy 10 ceramic can help a ton in not only better shielding but longer stickout

Links to other pages on Carbon Steel TIG Welding

Carbon Steel TIG Welding 11ga lap joint video

Carbon steel tig welding 18 ga

carbon steel tig welding tee joint

TIG welding 4130 chromoly

...Introducing the New WeldMonger Challenger TIG kit that includes the most frequently used Cups. 

If you are still using the standard TIG cups and hardware that came with your machine or TIG torch, I can just about guarantee you will get better results if you upgrade to a weldmonger® stubby gas lens kit.

One of the keys to carbon steel tig welding is metal prep.

It is difficult to make a decent weld when there is a thick layer of mill scale.

Clean bright metal is what you want...mill scale completely removed and not just polished.

Restarts on Carbon Steel corner, lap, and tee joints

Being able to make a stop and start without it being obvious is a skill worth practicing.

The same restart technique works with almost all carbon steel tig welding.

Carbon steel is usually the first metal you weld when you are first learning to Tig weld because its cheap and readily available.

But alternating beads on aluminum when you are learning to TIG weld can be a big help in shortening the learning curve