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TIG welding
sublime
+1y
the way i learned was to make a bunch of practice beads without fill rod to get the torch movement down. on the insie of the metal, not welding two pieces together. then once you get it start using fill rod. i thought it was a little easier to get good beads going without actually welding anything together to start out.
jaredmxg
+1y
Practice Practice, it takes time to master it there are all kinds of different techniques. I got certifed for tig 3 years ago and i havent done it since. The last time I did it, it looked like total crap and i was pissed off at myself. so it just takes some getting use to and a feel for the machin and a repetative environment.
Low_SST
+1y
try this, strike the arc and then bring the tip to the correct angle and distance and just work on moving your puddle and maintaining even heat, and then work on using filler by just dabbing it on the outter edge of the puddle. ive always dragged the puddle but i was told pushing it isbetter.
scotto79
+1y
Originally posted by Low_SST
try this, strike the arc and then bring the tip to the correct angle and distance and just work on moving your puddle and maintaining even heat, and then work on using filler by just dabbing it on the outter edge of the puddle. ive always dragged the puddle but i was told pushing it is better.
That is all true but its also what you pretty well aspire to, not start out at. When I learned, I started off by cranking the heat up and layed down the filler rod flat on the metal and just melt the rod into the base metal. From there I learned to just hold the filler rod by the end and just find a constant rate to feed the wire. From there I was then able to figure out how to properly dab the pool.
One thing I found that screws a lot of people up with learning TIG is the way they see pros do it. I watched many of my fellow students try to jump right into only aiming for the stacked dime look right away and thats just not how it goes. TIG welding is by far the hardest to learn and to do in general. For me, it took me the better part of 10-15 hours before I was laying down clean, consistent beads. Before that I was doing the same thing, trying to find proper heat and just ending up with holes and globby puddles. Keep trying though, once you figure out what you're doing wrong the whole thing will just come to you.
try this, strike the arc and then bring the tip to the correct angle and distance and just work on moving your puddle and maintaining even heat, and then work on using filler by just dabbing it on the outter edge of the puddle. ive always dragged the puddle but i was told pushing it is better.
That is all true but its also what you pretty well aspire to, not start out at. When I learned, I started off by cranking the heat up and layed down the filler rod flat on the metal and just melt the rod into the base metal. From there I learned to just hold the filler rod by the end and just find a constant rate to feed the wire. From there I was then able to figure out how to properly dab the pool.
One thing I found that screws a lot of people up with learning TIG is the way they see pros do it. I watched many of my fellow students try to jump right into only aiming for the stacked dime look right away and thats just not how it goes. TIG welding is by far the hardest to learn and to do in general. For me, it took me the better part of 10-15 hours before I was laying down clean, consistent beads. Before that I was doing the same thing, trying to find proper heat and just ending up with holes and globby puddles. Keep trying though, once you figure out what you're doing wrong the whole thing will just come to you.