[Music] it's all about being comfortable to lay that perfect tig weld so let's go over one
don't stand and try to tig weld this is hard doing this way all right don't be leaning over anything
what you want to do is sit down at get a chair that's at the right height
adjustable one and make sure you're you know i mean you're about chest level don't be up
here with a chair like this or down low where your back certain get comfortable
where you control the filler wire easy and basically finesse with the tig torch
when i go buy a torch or look for a torch i look for a torch flexible
what i mean by that is uh the neck right here is flexible you could turn it to turn it any
way you want any position you want you're getting more comfortable and you're gonna lay that better
looking weld uh you're gonna have a better chance of making dimes i mean this is more comfortable
this it's adjusting to what you want what i mean is this is not adjusting to what you want
just don't move at all you want the torch to move to what you want uh also there's another
type of torch you i always look at this torch is a roto one this is very comfortable torch ever
you get these at everlast they sell them on their website this this adjusts to your
angle your position 2g 5g 6g whatever position you are this will help you be more comfortable
all right because when you're welding with this the one that don't bend yeah i mean
you got to adjust your angle especially walking the cup this will definitely help you not help
you walking a cup because they will definitely want to like you'll have to learn basically a
different way to walk the cup uh because it's rigid it throws your technique off [Music]
a lot of beginners do this they take a filler wire see that right there what's more comfortable
one like this see all that weight hanging off or going like this
and you'll have you have half of the weight gone already
all right you're gonna be dipping and dabbing just like that it's better ain't it huh
well don't go grab thin metal don't go grab 0.45 16 or 18 gauge or whatever if you're learning
starting out for you beginners grab thicker metal because what's going what always happens
when a beginner always do they want to push that pedal all the way down and run wide open if the
machine's set at 200 amps they're going to run that full 200 amps on a thin piece of metal uh
so get a thick piece of metal it's going to hold the heat and the puddle will be easier
control if you could control your puddle easier you're going to understand understand how to weld
and understand how to improve your skills it's all about understanding that puddle
a lot of beginners do this all the time they grab they grab thick gloves don't go buy thick gloves
go buy small thin tight gloves you want to fill stuff you basically want to grab gloves like this
nice thin gloves because you got to feel that torch you got to know what's going on
tig is very tedious i go for gloves like this see it's nice and thin
i can feel everything really good see it i can feel good you want that that's what
you want yeah i mean what's more comfortable this glove it's nice and tight formed around
my uh hand like a golfer glove or you want to do this have this big glove like this
and you can't feel nothing feel like i got fat fingers like fat albert or something [Music]
so let's say you're getting a tig torch you got a foot pedal option a uh thumb
a thumb control option like an on and off switch yeah i mean you beginner's already got a lot of
stuff going on so i usually stick just with a foot control right here down the bottom i think that's
easiest what i mean by foot control is right here it's on the ground because i just think it's way
easier it's easier to control the amps this is my personal preference uh everyone's got theirs
i mean with this up here you got enough stuff going on up here all right i mean you basically
gotta reposition hit that button and you're set at one amps right then there like this
is off and on you basically set it let's say you set your machine at 150 amps you're at 150 amps
all right and that's just more clutter to hold when it's big and you can't get comfortable
it's just fatter to hold uh so i always get a foot pedal
and make sure i'm comfortable because right here it's less that stuff you have to worry about
there's not more stuff you okay yeah i gotta always remember i gotta stay eighth inch
or tiger all the time on my tungsten okay i have my angle i gotta have my filler wire right you
gotta get my puddle right you got enough things you gotta worry about all right that's just one
less thing you gotta worry about too all right stick with the foot pedal i hope these tips help
you i know they will especially for the beginners maybe for some pros i'll see you guys next time
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