MIG vs TIG for your first welder?

[@JustVoss]

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[@ChristopherSalisburySalz]

One of the most methodical and organized presentations on choosing a welder I've ever seen! Nice job!

[@bukanmasmentri]

agreed.

[@zymurgynet]

I like the way you presented this information. It actually asked and answered questions that I would have never thought of while I decided what I wanted to start with on my first forays into welding.

[@Mike-ud5of]

Nice job distilling this topic down in a very logical way-thank you for putting in the effort and sharing.

[@comradebread4736]

Mine was a stick welder

[@WTFisAuserFRCKINname]

Self shield flux core is my favorite process overall. Stick is the most satisfying when completed because it is the most challenging for me. Tig is what I do when I need time to myself for therapy reasons to chill out lol.

[@JustVoss]

That’s awesome

[@ChristopherSalisburySalz]

Cool! A lot of people disparage flux core because it's messy. It's how I started and works fine for my little projects.

[@Numnutz]

The best thing about stick welding as somebody who doesn't do it a lot is when you finish a weld and remove the slag, and it looks good. Any time I'm not sure how to feel about a weld and remove the slag to find it's good I always get excited

[@joeolejar]

My first welding experience was with a borrowed flux core machine. For some reason that made learning stick welding harder. Now I'm going through the learning process with DC TIG. So far I am adept in sticking the tungsten and running mud ugly passes without filler metal. It is still early in the process.

[@leoleydekkers7024]

Damn brilliant! Short, to the point and backed up by loads of important information - thanks so much

[@Sharp-dp9dx]

High quality video + great information = The best video

[@Kapil-Patel]

Very informative video, thank you for sharing.

[@ctrchg]

Thanks! Great video! Great graphics…very well produced.

[@joeolejar]

This kind of advice would have been great when I was first considering the purchase of my first welder. I started with a MIG machine, eventually was enticed by an inverter stick welder, and recently was gifted with an inverter TIG welder. I'm not unhappy with the process, but some might not be as able to change that frequently.

[@modishwoodz5042]

Very informative! I'm new to welding and have a lot to learn. Thanks

[@nataliefenelon4796]

You should go into teaching! So detailed… looks like Mig for me to start until I’m better set up. Cheers from Australia x

[@jeftesantiago]

Thanks, that open my mind about what to buy when open a shop, and help me understand how to split the budget.

[@JustVoss]

Awesome, there are also multiprocess machines to make it even more complicated. If you will eventually have multiple people working I’d want separate machines.

[@jeftesantiago]

@@JustVoss Yeah I love the ideas. Actually, what shop dimensions do you think are the correct to operate a milling machine, metal lathe and some welding? Length: Width: Height:

[@tomcampbell2246]

Awesome video, very quick and to the point

[@G60syncro]

A friend of mine and I are still kicking ourselves over when the place we used to work at went belly up and we could'nt make an offer on the welding machines we had there... Really nice portable TIGs that could do 600/220/110v with the right adaptors... Of course the duty cycle went accordingly, but knowing you could weld pretty much anything anywhere was cool!! We could have bought them for a bargain yet still way over what the liquidators valued the machines at!! Dammit!!!

[@ryaldeveau207]

Miller has an awesome combo machine i want. Tig and mig, ac/dc. But its expensive, but its a one time purchase.. soo

[@nataliefenelon4796]

Hmmm food for thought, thanks

[@thehoofandhearse1125]

Great video!! Project based knowledge!!! Thanks!!!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Awesome job. Very helpful video thank you so much. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Weld On. Keep Making. God bless

[@JustVoss]

Thank you, glad it was helpful.

[@cenccenc946]

I am going for an everlast stick/ dc tig, POWERARC 210STL (or similar) after way too much research. sort of best bang for the buck, for what I will face. which is really a combo farm repair with old rusty painted metal outdoors, and some small delicate/ fabrication work with welds that will be seen. I decided best to get a dedicated mig machine, for mig. lots of moving parts in the mig. so prefer to have those isolated, rather than try to get it all in one machine.

[@gas5490]

As a certified welder this is great info, you got a new subscriber man keep up the good work

[@JustVoss]

Thank you! Means a lot

[@nataliefenelon4796]

Thank you so much. My stick welding made me look like I was having an epileptic fit trying to arc- so these are my next move !!

[@helm9981]

you should talk about multi process machines, like the Everlast Lightning MTS lineup vs Miller multimatic and Esab Rebel!! that would be a good video i have the Everlast lightning 225 thing is awesome! does every thing but i have always wondered how it compared to a bit more expensive units like the miller and Esab. Just ideas and im sure other people are looking at the 3 units to compare as well! there was not a lot of info out there comparing them from what i could find when i bough mine apx 2 year ago now.

[@randysretired2020]

I went with the Miller Multimatic 220 AC/DC. Does pretty much everything, except pulse on AC TIG. It’s pricey, but worth it, IMHO.

[@melgross]

I had the esab 215, but gave it away when the 205 finally came out. Great machine.

[@nate_k9277]

Love the videos Justin! After this I’m gonna look at an ac/dc tig welder. Thank you!

[@robertdelisle2412]

Started with a arc welder then bought a mig now I want a tig

[@hendrikarqitekt6286]

very interesting, Justin

[@maxjohnson1758]

Bought a TIG welder recently as my first welder. Uh. Just ordered a MIG welder... .

[@bozhidar-petrov]

I think to take course for welding so in my country - Bulgaria, CO2 and Argon as I heard are most in demand and well paid. So should I learn MIG if it is true what I ve heard or to go with TIG. I think tig makes you very good welder but for beginner is probably not good idea. Advice me

[@sammooney537]

stick is one of the easiest to learn and it’s very useful

[@melgross]

Welding well with stick isn’t that easy.

[@shorttrackthing6919]

Doesn't tig have colorful welds

[@JustVoss]

Yup, especially on stainless. 😍

[@Justforfun-ek7et]

Why not both? 😂

[@eloyceja6132]

I would say Mig just cause it’s the easiest to learn to use.

[@JustVoss]

In that regard I would agree. It was the first thing that I got comfortable with.

[@RaffyMaBoi]

I believe in stick. Somebody said if you can master stick you are probably good in mig or tig

[@JustVoss]

I believe that was Gandhi

[@ChristopherSalisburySalz]

Stick is certainly very useful!

[@rcstl8815]

@@JustVoss Sorry, no, it was Socrates.

[@swiss6253]

Grug make up mind. Grug go with flux mig and stick. Grug tanks you.

[@monroesweldingservices6234]

I say learn to stick,tig,flux way before you learn mig seen alot of mig welders struggle to learn the others if they dont learn those type before they learn to mig weld many jobs will need you to be versatile in all areas of welding

[@garywhitmerwhitmer6786]

Neither one start with a stick get good with stick that will make you a much better welder and way ahead when you go to tig

[@stanislavshubin3447]

+

[@jomommajokes5836]

Stick

[@MrBlue-ib7oi]

2nd?

[@Lordlagmaster]

First maybe 🤔

[@frjedi9081]

Thanks. I was just a little surprised by the « thin / little - bodywork » answer. I have to weld thin sheets of steel such as car doors (0.6 to max. 1mm parts) and I really thought TIG could be the best for me. I don’t need speed, nore long welding.