AC Balance Unleashed: Maximizing TIG Welding Performance on PrimeWeld TIG225

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AC balance is a great feature to have on a tig welder.
This video explains and shows hot to set ac balance on a primeweld tig 225x...a very affordable tig welding machine.
Some machines have the ac balance pre set at around 70% EN but I prefer to be able to adjust it for each job.

[@pittwerx]

I've watched a lot of videos about AC balance but this one was easily the most clear! Thanks for the quality content!

[@IanJohnstonblog]

I haven’t had Pepper in my puddle since my college days. On a serious note, this is an exceptional video. Thanks for making it. I’m looking forward to this series. Your camera shots are incredibly useful to see what’s going on at the business end. Thanks!!

[@thenationdecides7404]

Thsnk you Jodi. I got myself an AC tig machine late last year after havibg played arpubd woth a scratch start to learn the basics. Managed to get some passable welds after just an hour of playing around with it and referring back to your videos to see what i needed to adjust. Built myself a what i consider a pretty decent custom designed luminium bait board for my boat. I still dip the tungston pretty often but every now and then i lay an almost perfect stack of dimes and i think yeah, this is cool. Thanks man

[@dacoelec]

Your the man!! Jody, you're my go to welding source since 2010.

[@replyhere590]

YUP, love to hear from him on the new PW machines 325 & 285

[@jasonburnham1013]

Dude. I’m a completely green when it comes to welding and you’re a WEALTH of knowledge. Thanks for doing what you do. Your videos have really helped me get better.

[@davidoliver2826]

Thank you Jody for all of your experience and expertise over the years ! I have learned so much by watching you,Justin and a couple of others and use your suggested products, i am excited now that you are doing these videos on this machine because this is the machine i have. Looking forward to seeing and hearing more of your thoughts and opinions about it! Thanks again!

[@Zone6G]

I bought this machine recently, and it is a huge upgrade. I lucked up with you doing videos on the settings of my exact machine!

[@ozciva]

I thought it was a detergent commercial you acted in, after hearing so many "clean", "cleaning" and "cleaning action" 😁. If anyone who did not have any clue that clean surface had the utmost importance in aluminum welding watched this, now they know it by heart.

[@keithhansen3963]

Jody, it doesn't get any better than this. Your instructional abilities are absolutely top notch. Been watching for years and it amazes me how much I still learn from you. Thank you sir.

[@BulliKid]

Thank you for making a video with extreme examples. This was just what I wanted to see. Cheers -BULLI KID

[@jimmccarville5152]

This is an outstanding instructional video with real time issues that you captured very nicely. I've been a certified Aeronautical/ Aerospace welder since 1996. With other various welding certifications I received all certs while in the US Navy and through AWS. I've had some good instructors and some not so good instructors and sir you are definitely on the top half of the best instructors I've experienced! Wish they would have had those clear cup in my earlier days. In the aviation section of the Navy you have to be recertified to to all positions in each metal group your original certification specifies each year. I just happened to come across you KZbin site and decided to watch, glad I did. Will look at few more of your videos.

[@Bacongrease00]

My prime weld 225 has been flawless for years as a home hobbyist. Best $800 I ever spent.

[@OsoMagna]

Best arc and puddle photography I have seen. Excellent video quality.

[@f.e.oeeorch581]

Dude thank you sooo much I weld on a ton of dirty and cast aluminum and it’s a nightmare but I guess patience is key this has improved my welds drastically. I always thought I wasn’t cleaning it good enough and it can still be the case but sometimes it’s just not possible thanks for the tips

[@jondavidmcnabb]

Dang!!! I think you may have just broke the internet!!!! This is an incredible video that just shows how it all works.

[@travismarker9617]

I just wanna thank you for the knowledge you’ve put out over the years I was fortunate to learn the basics of most welding processes at a tech center in HS but now as a professional I’ve been wanting to further my craft but don’t have the time for college and I’ve watched your videos multiple times and now after 7 years of being a fabricator I get asked from time to time where I went to college for welding and my response is always KZbin university with professor Jody 👊🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤣

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

Great video series Jody, on this machine's setting, and the magic of AC inverter TIG welding of aluminum!✔👍💯

[@manmachinemake3708]

Tkanks Jody, I just bought one of these to 'enhance' my old Squarewave 175. I'm new to all the settings (Squarewave 175.....) so this series will help me a LOT !

[@weldingtipsandtricks]

That’s great. More videos on primeweld Tig 225 coming soon

[@joemartin6775]

Absolutely fantastic video ! I very much appreciate how you explain your process 😊

[@thorstenkuper9156]

Best tips for welders , thank you....👌😉

[@jimburnsjr.]

Thank you Jody; excellent as always.

[@slhardmaster2514]

Learn many thing from your magical clips

[@bradthurkle7217]

Great video Jodie. 👍. Appreciate it mate.

[@tonisiqueira9543]

Sem dúvidas nenhuma uma bela máquina de solda e apresentação também 🇧🇷🙏

[@botsbass842]

Hey Jody. Thank you for all the tips over the years that have helped me feed my family. I have had fun with a certain AC balance at work lately, on a syncro 250. Welding mass produced parts just as fast as i can with the balance on 0 (most cleaning) and flooring it without any material prep. My poor 1/8 tungsten had like a 3/16" ball on it 😂 I burnt up 2 #9 torches before they got me a #20 lol. Got it done but don't recommend

[@Powerwagon563]

A #9 torch with a 1/8" tungsten on a 250A machine. My fingers got warm reading that, LOL. I use 1/8" on a #17 and it still gets fairly warm on thick castings.

[@botsbass842]

@Powerwagon563 our shop almost exclusively does thin stainless so we didn't have anything else. It was ridiculous, i taped a rag around the handle and wore stick welding gloves.

[@replyhere590]

how about one of those DIY water coolers and a CK torch?

[@InchFab]

​@@botsbass842i use a ck20 on a 325amp machine and I wear tig gloves, maybe a tig finger sometimes. I can blast at 300+ as long as I want without any discomfort. Water coolers are like 250 bucks on amazon, another 250 for the torch and leads, and your torch will never get hot. Your productivity will go WAY UP!

[@botsbass842]

@Josh Swider it did, they got me one. I love it

[@emptyb9968]

Thanks Jody!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Great information Jody, really looked good. Fred.

[@paulmorrey4298]

Thanks Jody

[@myheart2302]

Great video good job👍

[@NelsonBarbero]

Exelente videos Master! Por favor traduzca a español! Saludos desde Argentina!

[@Procharged32]

Great video visuals.

[@minigpracing3068]

Thank you, I've kind of struggled with the settings on my 225x, I also need to get the newer pedal, mine is the old one that's not very good!

[@johnnystanley4469]

Great info to share thanks

[@pearlrival3124]

Thanks for answering my question via video. LOL. Anything I can adjust to keep that aluminum from spitting on the screens is a solution.

[@adnacraigo6590]

That was very interesting.

[@indersingh5097]

Thanks 👍

[@DevilDogMuNky]

I run about 65-70% balance on a Miller 350 Dynasty

[@rubenramirez2031]

Profesional 👍

[@curtbelshe]

Your video lets me see exactly what you describe. I would be a better welder if I could see the puddle and the arc as shown in this video. If I spend gobs of money on a better hood could I see better? Which hood?

[@jacobhoke581]

Do one on tungsten sizing and signs of to small/big

[@shreyas229]

Hi, What coupon size should I use to practise TIG welding Aluminium? I dont want the coupon to be too small that it heats very fast or too big that it gets too expensive to practise on. Thank you for your amazing videos! 😃

[@BulliKid]

How does high frequency compare to low frequency

[@dragon2c-kv6ku]

Jody I'm loving this series as I have the pimeweld. A request it you can help with this on an unrelated topic. As a lot of us older people have this problem. I have band tremors in my torch hand. Any ideas on helping brave the band so as to control this problem? Thanks for any input.

[@weldingtipsandtricks]

I was filming a friend weld some 4130 recently and he is a very good Tig welder. While editing the video, I saw him shaking quite a bit but the weld looked great. But he just used a slightly longer arc and stayed the course and it worked out.

[@shadow69ism]

Hola maestro, porfavor una lista actualizada 2023 que máquinas de soldar recomienda 👍🏿👍🏿

[@ysmwelds1791]

I have AC DC Tig welding machine in my machine have no ac frequency no ac balance so can you explain how I do better aluminium welding without ac frequency without ac balance please

[@andyhill8312]

Hi, can you tell me what grade and thickness of aluminium to practise on, in the UK we don't seem to have places like weldmetals. TIA.

[@TIG2MAN0]

WHat am I doing wrone if my filler metal melts before it gets to the puddle.

[@russelllowe]

If you're talking aluminium then a few things might help ... hole the filler a little further away from the puddle, then get it in there quick and away again (hanging around too close preheats it too much), larger filler diameter will help, torch angle more upright so the heat is focused towards the puddle more than the filler, and I back the torch/tungsten away from the leading edge of the puddle when dipping the filler ... so, I move the tungsten forward to advance the puddle, then back a little and dip the filler, get the filler out of the way (aluminium doesn't need to be in the argon flow as much as steel does) and repeat. Hope this helps.

[@replyhere590]

When will you be analyzing the new PW 325 and the 285 mig? And selling them on your store?

[@weldingtipsandtricks]

325 should be here soon. Not sure when I will get a 285 but I plan to test both

[@replyhere590]

@@weldingtipsandtricks Will you be selling them on your site?

[@chorgzent.3978]

Jodi went from chasin' turds to making KZbin records true Godfather

[@dragon2c-kv6ku]

Sorry spell check is killing me.

[@JesseWright68]

I've seen it mentioned before that running too little cleaning action also tends to increase the graininess of the bead when using 4043 filler. I haven't yet played around with balance with that in mind to know for sure. Have you ever noticed that?

[@weldingtipsandtricks]

could be. that graininess is fickle