4 Aluminum TIG Welding Mistakes You Didn't Realize You Make | Everlast Welders

[@stefanczechorskidds5536]

I remember the first experience with a "bad bottle of gas" : The first few times I sat down to practice aluminum , all was going just fine. Then one Saturday morning I sat down for some AC practice and I could barely get the puddle to even form! I was really confused as I thought it was something I had done. I spent the next hour going over everything..... I then remembered that I have a extra 80cf bottle of 100% argon in the corner so that I won't run out on a weekend. I thought, what the heck , I'll try it and "wha-la" I was back in business. If it would have happened with a brand new bottle, you would probably realize it was the gas, but to have it happen mid way through a bottle was a real learning experience. Thanks for the refresher Mark.

[@ralphwaters8905]

I've heard of this before, but it does sound weird to have the gas composition change mid-bottle. I would sure like to hear a credible scientific explanation of how this is even possible. I understand that you can get bad gas from a leak in the plumbing, but I would think such a leak would have to be right at the torch head to suck in any air. Assuming you can solve this, you should be able to TIG weld silver amalgam repairs if only the patient would sit still... 😁

[@SjwNz08]

All week I was doing aluminum welding practice and now down to 400psi left in the bottle, then today after only welding for 5mins, all my welds turned to crap. I fitted a new tungsten, cup, cleaned the crap out of the aluminum , checked flow rates and weld still bad. After reading your comment I think there is something wrong with my argon?

[@ralphwaters8905]

@Dennis Young Yes, CO2 liquefies at 900 psi while argon remains a compressed gas. I can think of only one mechanism so far that could explain why the mix would change mid-bottle. If there were some *liquid* CO2 present in an argon cylinder, it would become an increasing percentage of the mix as the bottle is emptied. If there were an abrupt change in cylinder temperature (as from sunlight?) then the partial pressure of the CO2 would spike and abruptly become a greater portion of the gas drawn off. This seems like a stretch to me, but it's the only thing I can think of right now. I've used CO2 a lot for MIG welding steel, but always Argon for all TIG. It would be interesting to see someone try CO2 for TIG just to see how bad it is. I don't want to mess up my torch so I don't want to risk it. I'd like some else to do that. 😁 Maybe YOU?!!? 😆

[@aMaff]

OMG, THANK YOU!!! I'm new to TIG welding and I've been banging my head against the wall for weeks for a bad bottle of gas! I tried the last few days to find people who could show the problem I was having and 99.9% of the "before" pictures looked 100x better than mine, much less the after. I knew I had something else wrong. And your bad gas example looked EXACTLY like what I've been fighting. The local welding supply place took it and exchanged it, and it was an IMMEDIATE night and day difference! I feel like now I can actually start learning instead of wondering WTF I'm doing wrong. I mean, there'll be a lot of that too, but at least my equipment isn't the problem now

[@taxicamel]

Never heard of "bad gas" before ....never ever experienced "bad gas" before. This is a "controlled industry". Deviating from "standards" is a felony. WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED? .

[@johnfak4034]

Dude - probably the best aluminum tips for beginner (me) - you literally described all the things I do wrong ... and have wondered why. 10/10

[@everlastgenerator]

More coming. Make sure to sub.

[@adamjones5563]

Best instructional vid on tig I've ever seen, clear and straight to point. Thank you!

[@ShainAndrews]

Good points. Good presentation. I recently started following several major weld companies just to see what they put out there. Everlast really seems to do the best job so far.

[@JB-ro3sz]

I am in the process of purchasing a tig welder, I have learned more about tig welding aluminum in this video than all the others I have watched, thank you so much for such a great and informative video.

[@hogman2276]

Telling me about looking in the melt edge of the puddle, was one key point I am thankful for. Good point.

[@dantegallo2232]

Great video, I’ve asked and searched to figure out why I had issues with filler melting and crumbling up and thought I wasn’t being fast enough but it’s definitely my torch angle

[@harveyedwards3725]

That’s a great video, I’ve learnt a lot from watching it. Thanks for sharing

[@ypaulbrown]

I have watched hundreds of welding videos, and this is one of the best...Bravo and Cheers from Florida, Paul

[@PeterJvanHaren]

One of the best I've seen in a long time. I don't weld aluminum often and keep forgetting these four good basics between projects... .

[@johnmacmillan627]

Excellent info! Thank you very much.

[@markshearer1831]

Good advice. I've had all of the issues mentioned at different times and never really understood the why. Thanks a bunch

[@1320_ikimasho]

Really good video. I've had similar issues in Welding school

[@WickedSoul1237]

Thanks dude I literally tried everything I could didn't realize my tungsten was too far out. New to tig welding and no ones at work to help me so I appreciate it 🙏

[@rolandsmith2141]

Why didn't I find this channel first, I'm learning (slowly) and it's because of 3 of the 4 you've covered so thanks.

[@Tomc8030]

This is actually a really good video with some great info….. Thank you! I haven’t picked up a tig torch in 30-35 years, no doubt in my mind I can weld it but wanted to look and watch a few videos and this video covered everything I needed. Thank you!

[@bobsnabby2298]

Wow, best education I have seen about TIG welding aluminum.

[@lukasz20i4]

Thank you very much for illustrating the problems of people who want to learn to weld aluminum correctly. the most difficult for me is keeping the burner at the right distance and feeding the wire. greetings.

[@nate7731]

Excellent video and explanations

[@angusmackay7281]

Fantastically helpful for learners. Thanks.

[@brentsmith5647]

Brilliant video thank you 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mike94560]

I watch this video from time to time to remind me. Thanks for the video.

[@g1zeratul]

This video helped a lot actually

[@stephenrolheiser6261]

Thanks for the tips!

[@wraptorcustoms]

Nice one Mark, think I'll go practice now 👍

[@laabdib]

very good teaching

[@jaimeonesto7102]

Gracias por los consejos,saludos y bendiciones,

[@Barncatfish]

No-fluff content and great camera work. Bad gas is the worst. Been there done that...

[@dangeloenglish4284]

I went from steel to aluminum and basically used the same methods. I figured they were the same. 1. Travel Angle was wrong. Mostly the filler melting too quickly. 2. I was pulling up and even if I started good, yeah…wide pool. 3. Not cooling the plate often enough. Aluminum does not like a lot of heat when ur just stacking for practice. This video helped me a lot. I’d say just from these I went from 4/10 to a 6 - 6 1/2. With not experience. Thank you for this vid.

[@imfbrad]

helpful video. thanks!

[@paulchristian8271]

I noticed that my welds were poorer at the end of a tank. I had some real issues welding on my boat project. Getting ready to weld fuel tanks, and my bottle is getting low. Will swap out tanks first. Thanks.

[@mel-3622]

Very interesting and informative video. Thanks for sharing your tips.

[@spaight711]

Contaminated gas. Never knew that was a thing. Really explains why I was able to do halfway decent welds and then just couldn’t figure it out; I’d gotten a new bottle and it’s been junk since then! Thanks!

[@clutchboi4038]

It really sucks bro and the gas vendor will sit there and call you a shitty welder even if you been welding over a decade 🤬. Had a huge ordeal over gas where I work I few years back and both my boss and the gas vendor pointed the finger at me before even listening to what I had to say. I was able to get a clean bottle and swap back and forth and demonstrate that one bottle made bad welds on the same exact machine settings to prove my point. We stopped doing business with them for 2 years over them trying to blame me instead of owning up to them having contaminated bottles. I think that somewhere along the line the bottles were left open to the atmosphere and they didn't pull a vacuum before refilling like they are supposed to.

[@leonardotonelli2644]

Great video and explication!👋👋👋👋👋

[@janes-e378]

Good clean advice

[@kadekwin7748]

Thank you so much

[@adamapostolos7729]

Thank you very much, super helpful :)

[@TheVeneco]

Top notch advice from a tig welder 👌👍

[@studley2436]

Thanks Mark. That was a really good film that was informative and well measured.

[@19jc80]

This addressed my questions so far as a beginner. Thanks. The examples showed exactly what my welds look like.

[@bobconnor1210]

Very well explained! Have many yards of it over the last 40 years. I will take exception to aluminum being non reactive. See that filler rod melting in the improper angle/long arc scenario? It’s oxidizing like crazy being outside the shield.

[@bluedemon79]

I'm new at TIG welding and I'm working with aluminum at the moment. Based on your comment, does is make sense to use a bigger cup for a bigger coverage area?

[@bobconnor1210]

@@bluedemon79 I have never really found a larger cup necessary for AL, I save those for stainless. Clean metal, good gas flow, the right electrode and keeping the village idiot from turning a fan on you or opening a door right next to where you are welding are key.

[@sureshsrinivasan7048]

Thank you for the illustrative video

[@gonzalocortes3850]

Dear friend, thank you for your dedication and excellent teaching of the gtaw process, greetings

[@austinsmith2756]

Learned something new man, reactive and non-reactive metals, and the need to have the filler rod in or out of the shielding gas zone. Thanks man!

[@adambergendorff7402]

great video, have experienced the bad tank of gas, many people said I've been welding 30 yrs and never had a bad tank, they must not do any aluminum. I've had 2 in a row so bad I took the tank to another welder to see if that was my problem. New tank problems went away!

[@johnwurst6691]

Great video thanks

[@professionalpiddler1071]

Thanks!! I’ve been melting my filler rod, now I know why.

[@paulone-off7286]

Excellent straight to the point, helpful tips, great demonstration and good quality video. Thanks

[@cking4giveness337]

One of the best tutorial

[@killerop2610]

Nice .. keep going .. good presention

[@michaelcostello6991]

Very useful. Im having problem with dirty beads at moment. Will check you tips out.

[@mitsos306ify]

Thank you very much for the knowledge!

[@Pedro-ke6xp]

Awesome video

[@darrylputman564]

Just had this happen to me. I was getting frustrated couldn't figure out what was going on so decided to switch the bottles and that was it!! crazy!

[@fastone371]

That is strange, I have been TIG welding for over 30 years and have never seen a contaminated bottle of argon.

[@tonydownunder5703]

Thanks for sharing and I was having problems, But you answered them 👍👍👍

[@teledunc]

I am just starting out with aluminum and this was very helpful!

[@VincentArdolino]

Dude, great work. This video is awesome as I've been struggling with aluminum but this just answered all my issues. Bad gas 🤣

[@empressboogie1213]

So very helpful, glad I found you guys!

[@wolfgangrehulka6240]

really nice presentation and very well understandable. I am having some of the issues, trying to weld thin aluminum tubes for a bicycle frames. Always maintaining the right torch angle on a small diameter tube is amazingly difficult - especially in combination with a tight torch distance. Finally - your worst weldings still look better than my good ones ;)

[@dilankakumarasinghe6683]

I can help you

[@Stevobee972]

Good video sir.

[@jmyers9853]

great camera work, really clear explanation

[@paulkurilecz4209]

tyvm, most helpful

[@dougjones4987]

Stellar camera work

[@BigLouWelds]

Thanks for the great explanations Mark

[@oficinadebicicletasfabaobi535]

Muito bom, vai me ajudar muito e agora eu sei que apesar da minha falta de técnica, acabei de descobrir que eu estou com o bad gas (gás ruim).

[@wheelhouseadventures8176]

Thanks

[@jjschiappa1872]

Great vid brah

[@gregoryharrison7524]

Thanks for some good information that's easy to understand.

[@Fishing4Reel]

Great info.👍

[@Jursaw]

Great arc shots! Time to go practice!

[@MadyKanouté-j3k]

Good job ❤

[@bluedemon79]

Great tips, thanks for the video!

[@dee1089]

thank you for this very informative video. now i think i can pinpoint my problems.

[@ovalwingnut]

Good stuff. All this is going on my resume. You RoCk

[@johannayala520]

Awesome! Thank you very much! Really appreciated!

[@jakegregory388]

Thank you so much. My filler would ball up and I had ideas why. You sir just confirmed why so now time to get back under the mask and get to it. 100% help on my end thank you.

[@connorking7785]

Good tips

[@damienmikkelsen6056]

I never knew this thx!

[@fpr141]

Thanks god. Thank you

[@TheLinkszal75]

Very informative, thanks 👍

[@michaelcostello6991]

Thanks. Very helpful

[@loquevenga6067]

Thanks Mark, i will try tomorrow that 💪😃

[@oldgeek29577]

Excellent work on the presentation of this very helpful information! THANKS!

[@jacob4884]

The way this guy says aluminum drives me absolutely insane

[@rockitman7276]

Be at 1 with the gas the power & the material, put your mind inside the weld pool, be the weld🙏😉

[@pyladian]

I really appreciate the tips,well described and to the point,great video thank you!

[@MarkLinno81]

This was very helpful for me, much appreciated

[@Noyrt1]

When you say balance , are you saying the heat setting good too high or gas pressure is related? Please explain better , I though you were supposed to get a ball on the tungsten welding aluminum?? I have an old Linde machine , there is no balance setting ? Thanks

[@rickedeckard2006]

Super interesting. Thank you for the upload dudes!

[@RyanANewman]

That was helpful, thanks!

[@davidfuller9088]

My aluminum welds look exactly like the example of bad gas welds. But it welds 304 stainless fine. Could it still be bad gas?

[@marktrepagnier3775]

So I am looking at purchasing an Everllast lightning 225 with Tag and am asking KZbinrs if ties is a good macing for home/shop welding?

[@viktorszuravlovs2668]

Hello there! I would like to ask! When I welding alloy wheels, it seems welding good, but when I sand it off, there is like little holes,like air pockets, and when I’m training to go over again, it is opening up like air pockets! I’m going over and over again, but it is still there beside! Is it in material? Or I’m doing something wrong! Can someone explain it please! Thanks

[@gambitdesert8500]

Man thank you for this video I was about to throw my welder out the back door. I was trying this new brand of welder and if I hadn’t gotten the first tank good the second tank was bad and I went thru the hoses took it apart three times before I ran into your video and went changed tanks. the supplier was cool about it changed it out free of charge not counting my time and gas but he made it right thank you so much for your tips for us new guys

[@jascal8437]

nice

[@CraigHollabaugh]

This is a great video clearly showing problem, reasons why with solution. Excellent camera work as well. Thank you

[@abdulsamad1734]

sir plz can you tell me .which gas do you use for aluminum weding

[@dapperinterplay]

Hi. I have a question is there an easy way to use a blowtorch and some kind of stainless steel rod and bond to stainless steel pieces together or is this impossible. I have a video I can send to show my question in video form. Thanks

[@gumballer133]

I just bought a nice TIG and it's alittle daunting since I have never used one before. Might, Spool gun, stick, no problem. TIG....well, that's why I'm here to learn!