How To Get Good At Tig Welding

First consider these fundamentals required to achieve a good weld with any of the welding processes.

How to get good at tig welding. For welding steels a DC current should be used. Selecting the right tungsten type and size cup size and shielding gas and gas flow can be a daunting task. One of the reasons the welds are so good is because your weld is shielded from contaminants in the air by gas.

Make sure the base material and filler material are clean and free of rust paint oil or oxide. To get half-decent enough to land a job welding copper making stills about 2 months of TIG practice at welding school 5 hours a day under the hood. I did a LOT more TIG welding than any other kind because I found it easier more intuitive than MIG or stick.

For TIG welding arc starting is a major consideration. Tig welding is a beautiful welding process and its versatile. If TIG welding is only required for occasional jobs or a long-weld job ie.

Just like any other welding process there is not a single pattern or way to make a good weld. Aluminum cools quickly and doesnt form a grey oxide film like carbon steel does so you can stack beads one on top of the other and the puddle will flow the same bead after beadwell almost. Ive been doing it for insert number of years or decades Ill let you know when I get good.

TIG welding is preferred by welding professionals to avoid the common problem of the formation of rust on the weld site. It is a suitable time to explore how to use the TIG welder to weld rusty steel. For alloys use AC.

Ask any of the excellent welders that you know how long it took them to learn and youre likely to get the same response. Small portable and cheap depending on what caddy you get but only good for mildstanless. Written by Alexander Berk in TIG Welding.