Learn how to tig weld better & faster - by learning how to feed that tig rod

[MrRaErickson]

Cancer is no joke!!! Keep those hands covered.

[adamsbeer]

what an idiot

[1SciencePlasmaWorks]

i priced a new one from a couple sites. might beat the bushes and find a cheaper one. still no comparison in what you can do for the money. the welds are as good as the person using the machine too.

[TheStryker13]

Well done !

[actionjackson250]

Great site just started tig at WTTI still getting the hang of it.

[mrstickyish]

Bloody unbelievable!! Cancer and all that crap !!

I got melanoma cancer directly from tig welding SS, using only a fine light synthetic glove (I was a fool for not investigating the warning signs)

Cancer was the most devastating thing for my self and family . I lived passed the 3 years they gave me but lost a new business I had started .

Others I heard of (tig welding for a living )were not so lucky . DO NOT TAKE THIS health threat light. Steve Marshall Marshall Design

[ssouthur]

Awesome - I played around with my new TIG last night for the first time and found feeding the rod a bit of a pain (total noob with welding so my tungsten tip didn't last long before it met the filler rod). Thanks for the info!

[TurboNitrous66]

@ssouthur you can make a new tip on your filler rod by resharpening it on a grinding wheel.

[ssouthur]

@TurboNitrous66 Yep - been there done that... A few times. ;) Thx

[1SciencePlasmaWorks]

Dont buy tig welder, buy a Multiplaz 3500 for less than 1/2 price and its does way more, but the way it does it is the unbelievable part. check into it.

[rickcperry]

@1SciencePlasmaWorks Just went and saw the video...NO THANKS! unless the welds can look better than in the video, I'll stick to my TIG.

[ssouthur]

@1SciencePlasmaWorks I think you need to shop around more - my TIG/Arc welder cost less than half the price of a Multiplaz 3500.

[Spongey1337]

I welded without long sleves last week with tig, 130 amps on carbon, on a whole day i guess i welded like 3-4 feet (just a fillet weld) and my arm i used for pumping the wire was pretty well burned so dont forget to put on long sleves guys :)

[yusef1818]

like welding trying to get back to into it

[iGODFaTheR2499]

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[SuperManDingos]

the first way you showed should be the only way you EVER feed wire, 90% of welding is how you feed wire... using your fingers the way you did makes it very unstable...

[IronPump89]

is it save to arc-weld without a machine that removes the fumes? thanks

[RastaLee311]

thanks for the glove tip. i was using those exact same clumsy tig gloves

[jeffery19677]

@RastaLee311 If you consider yourself a professional, and the company doesn't have your size gloves, you would BUY YOUR OWN. Assuming you are worth your salt, you are making $30 an hour and up.. Buy a $20 pair of gloves. I buy my own because I prefer the proper fit. If they have my size, I use theirs. If not, I ALWAYS have two new pair in my gang box.. Don't blame the "clumsy" gloves for your poor workmanship.

[ornum123]

what a tit,likes pumping his wire-nob jocky.

[ligyro]

it's pretty hard to follow what your fingers are doing at 0:40. mind slowing it down? its impossible to follow

[Crowstew]

@ligyro Thats what she said!

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[HybridWaterMan2]

That's great info= thanks!

[seigneurvoland666]

lol do you get muscle strains?

[matt41083]

@seigneurvoland666 hell yeah i bet he does i always get muscle strains tiging

[woodworkertool]

good tip for us beginners thank you.

[tw1st422]

my metal workshop teacher was diagnose with cancer, but he is now done with his therapy and treatment stuff... ~~ atm I am doing steel rod and its scary cuz it pops :( help plz!

[TheMattcity]

my father has ben welding for 20 years, and he has no signs of any cancer anywhere in his body.

[MrMultiplesarcasm]

Great demo. Novices would do well to take the time to view this video and practice feed techniques for this or Oxy/Fuel welding. Most people want to jump right in there and get the arc going but if you start of with the basics and try some gas welding first you will really reap the benefits later in your career. Knowing the geometry of the required torch angle and being dexterous with both hands is a must if you want to become a skilled welder (and not some MIG monkey :])

[Mikwelic]

first off you should always wear gloves when welding and second if there too big....

get some that fit

[pabgoa]

it normal to heat the pipe before u well it,if you are a professional welder.

i like to se you well it,if the pipe are from 100/200c

And don't use gloves...

the welding tipsandtricks are only four noobe....this is not the discovery channel

im a,G6 welder and i had more than 12.G6 And they are all update

[Deathbed976]

@pabgoa Good thing your such a so called "great welder" cause you can't spell or type for shit!!!

[3000GtVR434]

@pabgoa lol. Congrats! you can weld! But grammar has failed you...

[quincyoil]

some times you have to wear gloves, ya right.... how about all the time!!!!!!!! i work union if i got caught not wearing gloves i will be down the road.

[bushboy567]

a while back... like 4 years or so i ran out of filler wire while working on a site, putting in st/st balustrading so all i could find was st/st cable 4mm 7*7 which i unraveled into single strands of about 1 mm thick and even thru they were not straight i found they welded just fine! to this day i just use all the cable off cuts to weld with . if you have big holes to weld up you dont even have to unravel the cable

[volFD59]

@bushboy567 wire coat hangers are miracleworkers on carbon steel. you talk about can repair some exhaust with it!

[XJoedreckX]

izzibizzispiderthing

LOL

[asherap]

nice video! this really helped me in finishing the butt joints at the ends of pipe bombs im working on. quick queston, is it dangerous to weld the pipe while i have the explosives and ball bearings already packed in? i wouldnt want it to blow me up in my workshop!

[hellsundeadarmy]

@asherap :O are you kidding me right now?

[ICUC007]

@asherap Oh no, it's perfectly safe. Just go right ahead and do it.

[MuscleLa]

Thanks for the tips bro! I just recently started a job as a welders helper and im trying to learn as much as possible as fast as possible. Your website is by far the best one i've come across! I cant stop reading all the information on there! The info is great!

[charlie29943]

Thanks Welding Tips . I hang my hat on sheet metal fabrication . Most of what I weld is thin( .063 or less ) I get a cheap pair of cotton glove and cut the index , thumb and birdie finger out.

[pepecito1]

hahaha thats senorita way...come to texas my amigo land aof the best welders...

[cenggay]

thank you on your reply,i am looking forward on your more e-mail.GOD bless and thank you again.

[moseseseseses]

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[cenggay]

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[ICUC007]

@moseseseseses Who in hell can work 84 hrs in a week

[kargmeister1337]

@ICUC007 my old mans worked close to 100 hrs in a week once. at his old job he would work an average of 75-80hrs a week.

[manofmagic64]

well when i weld stainless...i got it set up at 120...and the steel filler like sticks to thge pool and i have a hard time feeding it in easy...any ideas?

[ghostynoises]

@manofmagic64 what kind of weld are you doing? I typically make corner beads on mild steel about 3/16" wide. I find 75-80 amps plenty for that. Perhaps you're too hot and it's causing you to feed faster than you would otherwise need to.

[weldingtipsandtricks]

they do make dressing tools for grinding wheels,,,but unless you are about to make some x ray inspected welds or something, it wont hurt to just leave the wheels alone...

[freddytk421]

Thanks. I tried that thing with the rock and I'm pretty sure it gave me cancer with all the white dust all over the place. I didn't get your response in my inbox because you didn't hit reply, I just happened to come back here. Thanks again.

[freddytk421]

do you know any tricks to get the grinding wheel clean enough for sharpening tungsten if you have already used it for steel? I don't want to go to the store or buy another one. I was thinking of grinding a rock from the yard and wearing the outer edge down a bit. do you think that would work?

[429psi]

when you feed the rod forward using both these methods, are you actually dipping into the pool, or are these methods just to gain more wire infront of youre hand so it doesnt get too close to the heat/torch? Thanks.

[7628739]

remember that the tip needs to stay in the puddle. show the method in action

[ScreemWriter]

"i know all about cancer and all that crap"

haha

[javelinjoe]

Well ur glove is like 2 sizes to big!

[beast36001]

gloves are good, not with production, why work for bottomfeeder production wages anyways,?

[raptureorbust]

Tell me about it, i've been in fab shops for about five years now, N. Texas has some pretty low pay for welders, $11.00-$13.00 hr on avg. need to get into TIG, and relocate.

[Bgkgtjh]

hehe " I know about cancer and all that crap, but"... :P

[Trip772]

man those gloves seem nice i was using regular stick welding gauntlet gloves lol and i love tht wire feed method tht seems so much easier thank you so much

[xjnate5150]

It's simple. If you claim to be a production TIG welder and can't feed wire properly, you're not a production TIG welder. I've seen many really good TIG welders not know how to do this. It's sad. The way I learned it perfectly, other than a shitload of practice, is that my old welding teacher sent me home with a stick of weld wire. He told me to practice while I was watching TV or some shit. It works. Im 28 and can weld and feed wire better than ANY veteran 50+ welder that I've ever worked with.

[lkjyuiop]

i got to wher the sloppy white gloves i weld staneless i think its fun and easy job

[FallFromGrace13]

Ha I just spent like an hour on that site

Its a great site, so much information

[michaelreading9296]

Thank you, this was just the kind of advice I was seaching for.

[ENRIQUEGRCC]

Im one of those people that had been struggling with the rod-feeding technique.

You lay it out very simple and easy to follow. Thank you for the tip and your videos.

[chakaron77]

gracias

[RotaryNoob]

I have a simlar method to the two that you showed.

You use only your thumb to push the wire forward, and lay it between your first two fingers...almost a combination.

Thats whats always worked for me...but I'm gonna have to give those a shot.

[Ostazfareed]

thanks

[xjnate5150]

Nice man! Tru dat. I prefer the itsy bitsy spider way since i'm in the precision aerospace field. I've used em all, they all have their place :)