6G Pipe Test 2" TIG

[@joelbrown3479]

The TIG FINGER has saved me... Great personal tool to pass on to my apprentices. Thanks Big J😎😎😎

[@johnjelinek-g7b]

Thanks Jody, the instructor of instructors . I missed your videos, hope everything's going good . :)

[@tuffmitch]

I would have duffed my tungsten minimum 20 times trying to do this, but I have also never done 6g tig like this and have never needed to. time under the hood and practice is so important, and it's awesome you make informative videos like this for when someone like me might need to learn this, or at least attempt to learn it.

[@jwboilermaker]

You hit the nail on the head about Boilermaker welding. Many times we are not able to walk the cup, and when we can, the guys that can do it relish the chance to not have burned fingers or knuckles. I can’t count how many 6G tests I’ve taken in my career, but surely a couple hundred. The worst ones are super coupon tests with GTAW all the way out with stainless or inconel.

[@stevesmith2171]

I Fn hate the super coupons. Tig,stick, whatever.

[@bikesfightback]

Gotta do 2 super coupons tomorrow morning...I'm sweating 🥵.. one is inconel 2 inch tig. The other is 6 inch combo Tig stick

[@Wifimoneyss]

@@bikesfightbackhow’s u do I got a 2 inch test Friday and need all the tips I can get it would be my second tig job

[@chrisraczak6931]

Inconel is super easy to weld, it’s much simpler than stainless in my opinion

[@ronnrayy5449]

I originally went to welding school back in 2007. After like a year and a half (like 2,500 hours) of mastering stick and MiG I planned on dedicating my last 6 months on TiG. But I got about 15 seconds in and said yeah right 😆 well here I am 15+ years later I had to go back to take TIG. At 38 years old. If I could do it over I think I'd start with TIG. It's not easy. I just don't have natural hand eye foot coordination. Let alone trying to work with my left hand. But something I never thought of that my instructor has us doing is just using your torch. No filler. Getting used to the flow and speed and technique while using your pedal. Finally I made my first TIG weld. It looked somewhat pathetic LOL but it was a bead. Just very inconsistent. But TIG is not easy. I envy y'all who make this look like kindergarten Lol 😭

[@tedsaylor6016]

As a novice welder, you ABC rule has helped me immensely - Always Be Comfortable! (request for some more Pulsed Spray MIG videos)

[@MrMonkforfunk]

I've been welding for over 10 yrs- i think about ABC all the time. Its nearly impossible to do a great weld if you are not at least somewhat comfortable. Its fun finding creative ways to get comfortable and lay down a weld.

[@cj-ef1rp]

Andrew missed his calling. He should have become a welder 😂 Top notch work, Andrew. Top notch.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for the great welding job Andrew and thanks for the great video Jody. Stay safe out there and keep up the great videos. Fred.

[@EvoFXDL]

Love your channel, so does my college level instructor(thats the real compliment). Thank you so much, so much!

[@JamesPearson-yy2dm]

What a legend u are Jody - watched your videos all through my learning process and still watching them 10 years later for tips and tricks 😎😎😎😎

[@PrivateUsername]

Left hand. Damn, that's some practice. Great job.

[@prebaned]

I can't get enough of this Jody kid. Please be kind to your knees. You're future self thanks you.

[@aubreywilliams6153]

Not a welder but I wish I needed a tig finger, only way to show my appreciation !

[@echoewest2685]

This is artistry and real skill, thanks for sharing this.

[@johnnystanley4469]

Awsome content great techniques and patiance

[@akselbering291]

I've welded pipe from 6 inch diameter all the way down to 1/4 inch pipe (1/32 thick), even took a 6G certificate in. I'd say the hardest size pipe is right around 1 inch, just big enough that you can't do one quarter of the pipe just moving your wrist.

[@chadkennedy529]

10years in the rig welding game and my tig still isn't what it needs to be... 2" and tig.. I'd be packing up and heading home 😂 great video Jody!

[@al3xus59]

I’ve probably watched this at least 10 times THANK YOU now to just do it myself !

[@garthbutton699]

Thanks for the reinforcement.🤗😎🤗😎

[@paulmorrey4298]

Thanks Jody

[@WojnarskiWeldingFabricaion]

Awesome video as always Jody you the man . Scratch that you all the man’s 👊🏻

[@Granamire]

This is the money marker for Boilermakers! One difference is there's no tig hot pass on the common arc test. Tig root then stick the rest out.

[@patricksalmon3494]

Merci super vidéo explicative,comme d'habitude

[@ANDY-we7mr]

Good video that joady thanks for sharing that information

[@p3xtigmaster748]

You are the best. Thank the video and trike

[@XolaniMpinga]

Good job

[@juancarlosfochesatto4741]

Excelente ,una decoración ,más que una soldadura ,,felicitaciones ,un saludo ,,

[@masterbetty25]

Excellent video and demonstration. I'm welding stainless duplex pipe of 2-4" with ER-2209 rod, and I just cannot get it to punch through on the root passes, even with perfect shielding. 3/32 gap and I'm following the keyhole technique pretty well, and grinding into my tacks. Fortunately I'm allowed to weld the inside of the pipe seam, but if anyone has advice on successful root passes for duplex it would be greatly appreciated.

[@Thatdamfishingguy]

Ah I’m piece rate tig welder for six years and on convection boxes and economisers and super heaters you short radius 180 returns welding with both hands is mandatory or you won’t make the cut and it’s the difference from making $1000 dollars a day or just be a hourly hand and never touch a return and be stuck welding for 25 an hour

[@elijahperry781]

Whats the most challenging sort of weld that you do day to day? I'm going to school for welding in OK and i'm hoping to get into the piece rate game at one of the local shops. I can make welds like the above weld in the video, and I've been trying to make things as awkward as I can for practice, but im still not sure if I have what it takes.

[@Thatdamfishingguy]

@ bud put your welds in the 5 g position and weld the right hand side with your right hand weld the left hand side with your left hand and if you get into piece rate welding learn tig stringer 7018 fill and cap and work in the refinery a couple of months a year it will help balance your taxes so you don’t have to pay in so much

[@elijahperry781]

​@@Thatdamfishingguy from the few welders I've talked to working piece rate seems pretty lucrative, but I don't see a lot of guys talking about it, what's the catch?

[@Thatdamfishingguy]

@ you have zero taxes taking out so you have to save money to pay your own taxes you have to get a cpa it can be a headache

[@jonwoody3572]

Strange,on this side of the pond we almost never use scratch start! Here we use High Frequency with up and down slope and 99% never ever use a foot pedal. Is this not common in the USA ?

[@joelbrown3479]

Every shop has their SET UP (foot pedal most common), and guys in the field usually don't.

[@juscallmesir]

How do you like that turn table ?

[@lucaskanualipi4192]

I like this God bless you

[@lmwhite2010]

100% carry a tig finger in my box wherever i go!

[@connorrichmond7402]

Best videos!!

[@trevorj.8401]

Jody!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!! Do you have any advice for choosing an electode for stick welding 4130 chromoly to mild steel????

[@xavieredmonds6575]

You gave that weld gun on your website ?

[@JamesPearson-yy2dm]

Any ideas of amps used on cap ?????????

[@seanmetcalf918]

This is a serious question and I'm asking because I'm admittedly ignorant on the subject so no anger is warranted but why is it safe to watch a welding spark through a video with no eye protection? Is it just the UV doesn't translate through other mediums? Thanks in advance.

[@weldingtipsandtricks]

It’s ok to watch on screen without eye protection

[@seanmetcalf918]

@@weldingtipsandtricks I understand it's ok my actual question is why is it ok. I'm not insulting the video at all or your other work I'm legitimately asking how it becomes safe.

[@tedsaylor6016]

@@seanmetcalf918 No matter what you watch on the computer screen, babies - welding - a nucular test, the light/radiation coming from the video screen is the same - minimal. In-person welding generates all kinds of radiation, using a great welding hood with bare elbows will leave you with nasty sunburn on those elbows if you do any more than a few minutes welding. That radiation is impossible for video to replicate.

[@benz-share9058]

@@seanmetcalf918 If I understand your reasoning, I think you are correct. The camera lens and sensor may receive some UV light from the arc through built-in filters, but the display screen does not reproduce any of that for the eyes of the viewer or camera operator.

[@seanmetcalf918]

@@benz-share9058 thanks, I kind of thought the same. Cheers

[@carlosqz148]

Muchas Muchas gracias!👏

[@zhabilhunter8212]

Nice welding

[@johnmoriarty6158]

Amazing

[@nocryers1173]

thats a nice vid

[@michaelshortridge6379]

When i was welding pipe. I was always told clip my wire when i stop. Because of contamination when you restart. True or not?

[@weldingtipsandtricks]

clipping wire in between restarts is a good habit and never a bad idea. but if you keep the tip of wire shielded with argon for several seconds after stopping, clipping can often be skipped.

[@michaelshortridge6379]

@@weldingtipsandtricks Thank you Jamie. Always good to know.

[@thorstenkuper9156]

👍👌

[@RoqueACruz]

Para cuándo en Español?

[@ChaseThatCoin]

Camera man should be wearing gloves also

[@aerialrescuesolutions3277]

Agreed

[@benz-share9058]

True as a general rule, but unlikely to be an issue here. 100 amp arc doesn't put out a ton of UV (though there was quite a bit of arc time in this joint!) and the camera operators were a lot farther away than the hands of the welder. UV light exposure drops off rapidly with distance, explained by the "inverse square law." Example: If the welder's hands are two inches from the arc and the camera operator's hands are 12 inches away, the UV intensity is 1/36 (the factor of six in distance, squared) as much. Then again, good practice is always a thing to advocate, so point well taken. Lastly, your eyes focus light, so don't apply any of this to them-wear eye protection!

[@joelbrown3479]

He's wearing a welding helmet

[@contro_versehiphop3981]

Any of you in the comment section a contractor in uk and want to take me on as a skilled mate? 😂

[@Luke-sl8ry]

Promo-SM 🤭

[@HerbertMoore-n9u]

🐍 turn 260? 🤷🏾‍♂️