This is Part 2 and it is welding the top half of this heavy duty aluminum fixture. I am not exactly sure what it does or why it was designed out of aluminum, but it obviously holds some large round part that needs to raise up and down and spin. Sometimes it’s good to...
I got a thick aluminum job in the shop and also got a new Lincoln Powermig 350mp with push pull gun. Pretty freaking awesome. I wish I had the time to really tweak the setting before tackling this job with a new setup like this but this part needs to get done asap. Deadlines.....
This video shows several tig welding tips and techniques along with a heavy dose of Tig Fingers. The Tig Finger really helps for every situation I showed it being used in this video. Its a quick way to prop near the weld without going to a lot of trouble. Check out what customers are...
I have had quite a few questions come in by email, YouTube comments, and posts asking about HTP welders. So I got hold of one and am going to use it for a few welding jobs that crop up during the next few weeks. Today’s task is an aluminum valve cover that someone sent...
Mig like Tig like ZT fab is what this weekly video is all about. Over at WeldingWeb.com there is a long thread on the topic “Mig like Tig”. There is a guy with username ZTfab who can make some of the prettiest “stacked dime” mig welds you ever saw. Personally, I would really like...
Tig welding an aluminum Tee joint in 3F vertical uphill is a common exercise included in most welding training curriculum in technical colleges and welding training facilities like Hobart, Lincoln, Tulsa, etc. Along with the normal main 3 things that make most of the difference (arc length, torch angle, and electrode extension), the one...
This week’s video is a tig welder comparison between the Miller Maxstar 150stl and the Everlast powerarc 140st. The main difference is that the Maxstar 150stl is foot pedal ready. Other than that, the two welders have similar capabilities. In order to test both welders, I decided to weld thin box cutter blades that...
This week’s video is a culmination of a bunch of random welding tasks… All done over the period of a few months using a tig machine that is relatively new on the market. I did quite a bit of field testing on this unit so over the course of a few months, and I...
Today’s weekly video is tig welding aluminum edge welds with a few extra things thrown in to make things interesting. A few weeks ago, the video was on mig welding edge welds and for a practical example, I used a tiller tine. Building up the edge of anything is easier if you have a...
