This week, we weld stainless tubing. After talking about scratch start tig welding a few weeks ago, I thought I’d talk about how to weld stainless tubing…a 6g stanless tube test using the same crude scratch start tig setup. It’s a Lincoln 225 AC buzz box with a diy rectifier hooked up to a...
What is the arc force setting on new inverter welders? What is Dig? What is arc control on an older Miller syncrowave 250? Guess what? These differently named control knobs are the same thing. No matter what the name, it is a setting that allows you to adjust the arc to a soft smooth...
This weekly video is about Tig Welding 4140 Steel to 1045 Steel. The customer supplied a drawing to modify 20 snap ring pliers and weld some jaws on the end that were machined out of 4140. Inconel 82 tig rod was used because I have had a lot of success with inconel 82 in...
This weekly video is about a simple scratch start tig setup along with a diy foot switch. The rectifier seems to put out a very wavy DC current. I kinda like it. It’s like high speed pulse. What kind of stuff have you welded with a simple scratch start rig? ( As always, feel...
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...
This is Part 2 of the “making a belt guard for an air compressor” video. If you missed the first one, click “Video of the Week” in the top bar, and Part 1 should be the second one down. In last week’s video we left off with the sheet metal all tacked up and...
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...
For some reason, I have wanted to try welding a bike frame for quite a while. Every time I go into a store that sells bikes, I check out the welds. You know what I’m talkin’ bout. I even check out the welds on the tanker truck next to me on the freeway… And...
This weekly video is on tig welding tubing… thin wall steel tubing. What kind of steel is this tubing made from? I don’t really know except that it seems to weld a lot like a plain carbon steel and that it is used for custom bicycle frames. According to Mike Zanconato of Zanconato Custom...
