hey everybody this is mr saw bladehead your favorite rock and roll welder
hey now there are a bunch of you know beginner tig welder uh videos out there
and what this is going to be a little bit different from all those is the fact that
you know we all have to go through those steps those learning curves and everything
else and it's just like oh my god i just want to get i just want to be able to do something
um i apply my principles and drumming is the same principles here in welding when people
want to start drumming you know basically they want to be able to play b they want to play their
favorite song now with welding your purpose is what either you need to fix something you wanna
you wanna create something uh you wanna be able to get up and get welding and have a positive outcome
quickly and and i find out in the in drumming when i teach people is that once you start getting
those quick accomplishments you're more eager to sit there and then work on the next steps now not
everything is going to be quick however this basic tig will be and get you up and running very fast
so so this video stems from uh several conversations i've had with some friends
i have a friend who's actually an art teacher that would love to kind of get into you know
dabble in welding um but honestly he's he's not comfortable with the sparks of meg and stick
and i have another friend that was actually uh you know she wants to get into welding she had
done it you know years prior and everything but she bought in the house and they don't have the
the place to actually safely uh go ahead and weld because the sparks and everything else they
don't have that that space and i i was talking to both of them i was like well you should look into
tig work now when i was explaining tig it's you know it's you know maybe virtually no no sparks
like meg or stick if the fumes are much less uh it's a cleaner process and you know what to
worry about like i said you know uh really having the typical garage or shop in order to do so you
can actually kind of do it in a clean environment so to speak uh they're really intrigued and this
is what this video is based upon also i said not only not only that but it's also to give you quick
goals um as you know with a lot of things in manufacturing you go you go by certain you know
metal things whether it's a toolbox or a table or something and you look look closely on it little
tack welds or little maybe little half inch stitch welds well what i want to do is show you proper
technique proper tack welds proper penetration for those type of people to give you that they
accomplish a goal quickly and you can go ahead and do those repairs that you may need or maybe
hey you you're an art person you want to get you want to make some stuff for your house
that's what this is all about is to get you those uh quick goals that you're going to accomplish and
then hopefully you're going to get that welding bug where you're going to want to research more
and you know watch watch guys like you know dabs wellington and paul sablesky and uh titanium ray
these guys are amazing at tig welding and uh really know their stuff when it comes to that
so come on let's go let's go do this i'm gonna fire up our lincoln electric power mig 210 mp
hit home you know there's some different processes we make steel bug spool gun stick
enter as you notice right here our electrode is on the negative ground is on the positive we're using
100 argon we don't we're not going to be using the foot pedal this is going to be a scratch start
tungsten diameter we're going to use a 3 32
using heavy gauge chain though right now we're gonna set it at the highest setting right now is
10 gauge our output is off meaning that right now if we would go strike the tungsten onto
our material it's not going to arc so when we get ready we're going to turn that on
you're going to want to purge the bottle just in case there's any dirt or any contaminants
inside of the valve before you put the gauge on which is quickly turn it on and turn it off
that's it i'm installing the gauge this is a dry fit so you don't need to use
any lubricant or any other tape just go ahead and just slide this on and just
slightly let me get it snug and then just tighten it and don't over tighten them
to wind up actually damaging these brass fittings and same goes to the hose connection to the gauge
since i don't have an actual tungsten grinder myself what i like to use is my my flat disc on my
four and a half inch grinder here but also put this tungsten in
i drill
and as this is spinning this is also spinning as well
so
so you may be asking yourself you know if we're doing basic take why
are we going to be using heavy chain in order to uh start out well i just i have a lot of
pros for using heavy gauge chain uh for basic tig and here's here's a reason why now the thicker
material is going to allow you to manipulate the well puddle so you're not so worried about
when you're working on you know sheet metal or thinner gauge metal about burning through there
you can actually take your time with that weld puddle and see how it's reacting and how you can
actually manipulate that now small tacks or stitch wells will allow you to get stay comfortable
this is also great practice starting and stopping your welds so this is going to
give you a multitude of different welding angles and positions now this is going to give you a lot
of experience and confidence when you start to go into more advanced welding positions now just by
doing these simple tasks these simple little welds this is going to give you the ability to weld
functional products or parts that you might need you know for your shop or for your house
so first we're going to start off with the chain chain length straight
in this position here just to get you started so what we're going to do is to show you
so we're going to heat up this top chain link right there get that to where it's melting
we're going to heat up this top chain link where it starts to molt
and it pushes down to this bottom link get those two to get that weld pole going
go ahead and drop your filler rod in and then what you'll wind up just melting that and drop
it on down it's going to be very quick once this heats up and ties it over here
and these two chain links are tied in add the filler rod done right there you're going to do
that for all this and then we'll flip it on over even after this white vinegar has soaked in here
and taken all that zinc off of it i still want to go ahead as you can start to see it's even after i
dried it off it's going to start kind of surface rust i'd like to get a wire wheel or even my
uh sanding disc and go ahead and hit this again i'll clean it up so my welds are gonna have a
nice clean metal to weld to because with tig work you have to have very very clean
material in order to well so you're not gonna get a bunch of porosity and contaminants in your well
get that chain length molded
bring it on down fuse those two together
just go ahead and get familiar with how the metal is going to melt
bring it on up touch it bring it up all i'm doing there is fusing
the metal together i didn't even use any filler rod that's why i like about doing practicing with
heavy gauge because it gives you a lot more time to you know throw that heat on there
just to kind of get familiar with how it reacts how that pedal can react how you can actually
move it around and push it around without any without even adding any filler rod all right i'm
gonna i'm gonna alternate between i'm gonna fuse one i'll use filler and a fuse one and use filler
i'll push that puddle down
the bottom one starting to tie in together
excuse so we have filler fuse filler fuse filler
don't be it don't be afraid to play around and melt that metal just to see how that puddle works
and don't get discouraged because you will be either dipping your
filler rod to your tungsten or and or actually dipping your tungsten into your material
and when that happens you will have to stop and actually clean off your
tungsten or get a new one and start the process over again
so
down to the other camera
touch top and bottom
make sure that puddle starts
get my filler rod
blend that second leg
well there you have it some basic tig technique that's going to equal some big results and i hope
you really enjoyed this i hope this inspires you to go ahead and well build some projects whether
it's uh so i said functional parts maybe some cool art projects for your house or you know maybe you
just need a good hammer and once again inspire empower create and repeat saw bladehead outs hello
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