From the award winning producer of Shooting the Poop comes Tig Tawk. A heart wrenching story about a man and his struggles to fasten non-ferrous metals together using heat, hope and 2% lanthinated tungsten. Starring the Tony award winning TOT - the interwebs second favorite pair of sleeved extremities. Written by the genius behind the "Metal Spinning" franchise. Now showing in a theater sorta near you, down the road, over a river, under a mountain, through a tunnel and across the pond.
@pjhalchemy5 жыл бұрын
Well Said!
@The_Hairy_Farmer5 жыл бұрын
You mean the internet's most underrated pair of sleeved extremities, who runs the Dinky Tinky Shop in the foot of the magic oak tree by the wobbly dum-dum bush in the shade of the magic glade down in Dingly Dell...
@mikedrop44215 жыл бұрын
@@The_Hairy_Farmer Ahhh, I see you know about Bob.
@pjhalchemy5 жыл бұрын
@@The_Hairy_Farmer That explains how he knew I wore my TOT hoody first time since the winter solstice last night...but mines been washed and hanging in the closet...heavens timerkatroids.
@MrGonzonator5 жыл бұрын
You mean the underhanded duping of an adoring following into believing they were being shown welding when... *... There was never any welding...*
@Luigi02285 жыл бұрын
Me: Honey, I need to buy a TIG welder. Wife: What do you need a welder for? Me: I need to build a welding cart for my new welder.
@OldSneelock5 жыл бұрын
Wife: But you already have one! Me: That's for the DC Tig that I needed to weld your anniversary present. Wife: Oh yeah. Thanks for the trailer tongue. Jeesh Mom Was Right.
@taiwanluthiers5 жыл бұрын
We need this kind of TIG welder: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnLKn316f7NnjKM
@jamesa75064 жыл бұрын
Seems legit.
@glennporter25904 жыл бұрын
Wife: Hand me your credit card Me: Why are cutting it in half? Wife: Because cutting it more is just a waste of time
@TX16954 жыл бұрын
Lol, that actually played out in real life for me... cart turned out great
@fpfree88215 жыл бұрын
Who's AL and why do u have his wire brush?
@wobblysauce5 жыл бұрын
Just like at home it is not a good idea to share brushes.
@jimmytvfclassic5 жыл бұрын
He might get angry when he notice
@premierd89885 жыл бұрын
At a Guess ... AnTONY.. something lol lol lol
@stocktonnash5 жыл бұрын
Dip it in the toilet before you give it back
@Runoratsu5 жыл бұрын
I don't know. But if I can call you Betty, you can call me Al.
@brynyard5 жыл бұрын
The physics of the AC balance is quite simple: The electrons flying of the end is what is causing (most of) the heating, and when the electrode is negative the electrons are hitting the metal. But as the oxidation layer of aluminum has a significant higher melting point than the base material, it simply just going to heat it until the base metal melts while the skin of oxide is still intact (if you do this too long your base metal just turns into a big puddle, pleas try this, its fun!). Reversing the polarity makes the electrons come of the base metal, and since the oxidation layer has a a lower conductivity, the electrons wants to come from the base material, and in the process rips through the oxidation and breaks it up. Unfortunately now all the heat is dumped on the poor tungsten electrode and as it has way less mass than the base metal it quickly melts and eventually evaporates. So in short: the negative side is spraying electrons, causing everything it hits to heat up. And that's why the electrode is so emo.
@clonkex5 жыл бұрын
Good explanation! (Disclaimer: I know almost nothing about welding)
@NomenNescio995 жыл бұрын
Thank you, you just saved me some time not having to use google to find the explanation!
@jonwally20025 жыл бұрын
Nicely explained. That will definitely help me remember which way to hook up my leads. And no I'm not being sarcastic :P
@brynyard5 жыл бұрын
Just realized that if you run with 50% balance it's the same electrons jumping back and forth all the time and causing all the mayhem :) Wee, there's more potential over there. No wait! Wee, there's more potential over there. etc
@bgd735 жыл бұрын
@@brynyard lots of negatives and positives to balance out there
@rileyk27922 жыл бұрын
Every couple months I go back and rewatch about 80% of your videos, I love your humor and content, keep it up good sir.
@cliftonballad16345 жыл бұрын
As someone who welds stuff (including aluminium) for a living, Thank you for making a video I can show the non welders to help them understand things I try and usually fail to explain... Like wise I can show it to welders who Think they know what they are talking about and save my self lots of time having to explain things that they should know and don't... Well played indeed good sir, keep up the noble efforts.
@dhyanais5 жыл бұрын
My great grandmother welded aluminum airplanes with a gas torch.
@macbaar5 жыл бұрын
Mine glued them... 😜🇨🇭
@BensWorkshop5 жыл бұрын
@@macbaar With a gas torch? ;)
@coreddit5 жыл бұрын
@@BensWorkshop It was hot glue.
@thunderstruck10785 жыл бұрын
That was me, not your grandmother. I just had a long hair back then.
@aserta5 жыл бұрын
My great great great, really great grandmother, welded a gas torch with aluminium.
@scottdrillinginc3975 жыл бұрын
How do I turn the frequency up on TOT uploads?
@Mikey-ym6ok5 жыл бұрын
Increasing the patreon amperage tends to work.
@jasoncanon73114 жыл бұрын
@@Mikey-ym6ok 😂😂
@ArmchairDeity5 жыл бұрын
OH! DUDE A TOT VIDEO!!!! And I’m in the first 100 comments! Dude... you have no idea what you’ve done for my life... you’re teaching me shit Grandpa didn’t get to before he died. Yeah... it’s kind of a big deal for me. Thank you.
@Sassenhaim5 жыл бұрын
👍🏻Same here he teached me too solder copper and brass and wanted to teach me too weld them blind.
@willt10525 жыл бұрын
I know the feeling. Kinda like it's the experience you and your grandpa never got tovhave with each other. My grandpa died last year and he taught me so much, and tot is kinda like an extension of him in a way.
@ArmchairDeity5 жыл бұрын
Grandpa taught me mechanics, old school shop skills like unsticking stuck bolts, etc... his shop had a lathe and a mill, and he was creating his own rubber and steel sandwich bushings out of old driveshaft material for 60 years when he died of throat cancer. He wanted to teach me to torch weld, stick weld, and metalwork... just never had the chance. Between all the lessons on dividing heads, toolmaking, welding, lathe work and mill work? TOT is the best shop time channel on KZbin... with some of the best production values in the space.
@Hyperlooper5 жыл бұрын
It would be great to get local groups together to learn this stuff together
@j1mmy695 жыл бұрын
My Grandpa was a carpainter, so right or wrong everything here is a new lesson.
@Caughtitoutdoors5 жыл бұрын
TOT, you've been my inspiration in buying a tig welder. Just yesterday I did my first aluminum welds. I love the process. Thanks for sharing your skills.
@MrSaemichlaus5 жыл бұрын
If you're in concert and your violin is off, and you happen to have a welder and a piece of aluminum with you, 261.63 Hz gets you a middle C. Trust me, you might depend on this trick one day.
@hyperhektor77335 жыл бұрын
jokes a side , sure there is a resonance frequency for that aluminium piece and setting the frequency to that exact value will increase something ;D kzbin.info/www/bejne/raetcpqoiqd5atk
@cyber_Dean3 жыл бұрын
@@hyperhektor7733 EVERYTHING has a resonate frequency, even the earth, learnt from iasca D
@bradleymorgan82233 жыл бұрын
My welder makes a square wave... way buzzier than a violin
@ENCHANTMEN_6 ай бұрын
It's pretty neat just how similar the settings on a TIG welder are to a musical synthesizer. Fundamentally, they're doing the same thing
@serdiefgotreb5 жыл бұрын
You don't know how useful your video was! I'm currently studying to be a welder and my teachers have a hard time explaining the settings to me. I saw other videos but still got almost nothing from them. Some teachers tell me to weld with high frequency +200 and some to keep it at 80. So I got all confused. Your video is concise, carefully explained and gives emphasis on the main ideas that I wanted to know! Thank you, I'll practice more on Monday!!
@Zappyguy1115 жыл бұрын
As an Australian, does this tutorial still work for aluminium while upside-down?
@jpkalishek45865 жыл бұрын
Sure, just reverse everything on your ups and downs and then reverse the reverse and reverb your guitar
@gearloose7035 жыл бұрын
Stick welding is easy, they sell upside down rods.
@gentiligiuliano78825 жыл бұрын
Also you need to reverse the balance positive-negative
@tomf31505 жыл бұрын
Just make sure you use positrons instead.
@mmazz305 жыл бұрын
If you take the "I" out of the aluminium the aluminum might weld better upside down
@justpassnthru5 жыл бұрын
I laughed for nearly 30 seconds at the ankle bracelet. Tony, you make some of the highest quality, enjoyable, humorous, and informative videos on KZbin. I hope the compensation you get for all the time and effort you put into your vids is enough for you to continue making them.
@rogerrichey88072 жыл бұрын
I was like does he have a low Jack on his ankle
@starrex8385 жыл бұрын
God bless you, I just bought me a new AC/DC Tig Welder and I have no clue how to weld Aluminium. Thank you for this Video. What a coincidence. Also, I think you are very competently in explaining all kind of things like welding. By the way greetings from Germany, that's why my English might be a bit rough. I just wanted to write an English comment and say thanks to you.
@RichardCranium3215 жыл бұрын
Coffee out the nose when I saw the ankle bling, well done. Love the subtleties...
@kellyfull6115 жыл бұрын
Hopefully we get a lot of videos now that you’re on house arrest
@bobmcme125 жыл бұрын
That was either a Sena or Scala Helmet bluetooth thingy! can't trick me Tony!
@Lunch_box5 жыл бұрын
Anyone else pause the video and look at Their ankle?? Yea me neither...
This video is the reason I keep coming back, A-grade high quality humour and sometimes if you blink you'll miss it. Throw in some quality learning and you've got a win win, keep it up! Thanks!
@Hrod7505 жыл бұрын
TOT VIDEO! Drop everything time to learn and laugh.
@Farmfield5 жыл бұрын
Well, isn't that every ToT video? :D
@mikedrop44215 жыл бұрын
@@Farmfield no. While they all demand immediate attention and do make me laugh, some are so beautiful they also make me cry.
@Guust_Flater5 жыл бұрын
Better than a THOT video...😉
@andrewslater68465 жыл бұрын
This couldn't be a more accurate description of what I did when I clicked on this video...
@tomdickharryjane3 жыл бұрын
Same as with AvE.
@gutsngorrrr5 жыл бұрын
I love these welding for dummies episodes. Really helps with understanding the real basics.
@jamesblakely81285 жыл бұрын
I don’t even own a welder and I feel like I can just walk in and do it all after I watch these tot videos
@wellscampbell98585 жыл бұрын
Like how I can bust out a walnut dresser, matching dining room table and 8 chairs, sideboard, kitchen cabinets and one of those mud-room things that stores boots and I can hang my coat on, all in half an hour, like Norm Abram over at New Yankee Workshop. "Aand remembah, thayres no moah impoahtant safety rual thahn to weah these: sahfety glahsses."
@julienc84495 жыл бұрын
Never buy a welder and keep living that dream!
@juan-pierreconradie14634 ай бұрын
Truer words have never been spoken. Hyper fixated on wood working, got an interest in welding, and all of the sudden boom, wood working shop turned into a all metal workshop with a couple of wood working tools hidden inbetween@julienc8449
@ambsquared5 жыл бұрын
I fixed my daughter’s car seat with the AmazingAluminaWonderTrodes, and now she started an underground knife fighting club in her Kindergarten.
@operator80145 жыл бұрын
YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT KINDERGARTEN FIGHT CLUB! It's the FIRST RULE man!!!
@Hyperlooper5 жыл бұрын
@@operator8014 kindergartners can't count past one anyway.
@glennmassengill35324 жыл бұрын
Tony’s content is always next level. Still blows my mind, how he can make just about anything interesting. Always learning new stuff when I watch! Thanks Man...
@cygnet19634 жыл бұрын
I am so glad I found you Tony. I’m a tool maker and I’m adding some fabricating to my skills. Just bought my first TIG primarily for aluminum. You have been a great help. Love the quality of the video , the great clear information and the great humor. Truly great production. Thank you for spending time on these videos!
@CCCfeinman555 жыл бұрын
It’s been awhile. It’s good to have you back and doing what you do so masterfully. They are arguably to best known hands in cyberspace....and the wit and learning are unmatched anywhere. Please continue!
@pairadice495 жыл бұрын
I have been professionally welding and fabricating for 5 years now, 3 of which was specialty welding. you explained this PERFECTLY for beginners. hit every point basic and sweet. no overdoing, or complicating. very well made video. awesome stuff!
@jrcicirello5 жыл бұрын
ToT, thanks for your great humor. It is always nice to start any day with a laugh given by ToT. Now the reason for the post. TIG Tawk is so enormous, us, we, I copper-stand the complexity of what you go through determining exactly (precisely) what part, section or topic of TIG Tawk to go over. Us, we, I hope you do a serial series of TIG Tawk of more than just the basics for each type of weldable materials like mild steel, stainless, aluminum and maybe even paper and plastics. Well, on second thought, maybe just the metals. Trust me, well maybe not, your audience (us, we, I) will get a big kick, enjoyment, out of your tutorials (humorous videos). Keep being you, for the world is a much better place with TOT videos. Thanks again for all the laughs and down to earth videos. Hat Tip.
@jimgam730 Жыл бұрын
This is the best explanation of AC balance that I've heard. Clear and almost percise. Thanks TOT.
@illustratedlefty2135 жыл бұрын
Love the video as always Tony. Just a few points. 1. Try a green pure tungsten as it is softer and will not crack as easy as a thoriated or lanthinated. 2. Use a collet and standard cup. Aluminum doesn’t need the gas coverage that steel and stainless need. The arc will follow the gas so to speak so keeping it directed right at the weld will help greatly. 3. To fill the crater just one more dab when done, then back off the peddle “slowly” while swirling the torch around the puddle a bit. You obviously can weld aluminum great already this might be more for your struggling viewers than it is for you lol. Great *ahem* job thanks for reading.
@hexane3605 жыл бұрын
Note that some power supplies aren't designed to work with pure tungsten (I don't know the technical reason, just going off of manuals). Any suggestions for cup size vs. tungsten size?
@FamilyManMoving5 жыл бұрын
Pure green does not work with inverters. Old school transformer power supplies only. Not folklore - it's in the instruction manuals.
@TheMetalButcher5 жыл бұрын
Thumbs down for recommending pure tungsten. Horrible advice. Those are junk. 2% lantanated is night and day.
@illustratedlefty2135 жыл бұрын
I weld aluminum all day with green and guess I haven’t ever used an inverter machine. I don’t know that lanthanated splits on a Lincoln 375 pro tig and green holds all week.
@richardparker16995 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to find someone that knows about this. A long time ago I was working for a pipe contractor. One Monday one of the welders was trying to weld on an aluminum flat bottom boat. He was hollaring about the weld wouldn't stick. I got him a can of electraclean and some rags. The boat had been in a tank with contaminated waste. Later he thanked me and said I was smarter than everyone else in the shop. I'm just a pipe fitter, not a welder. Have a wonderful week.
@derwabbit5 жыл бұрын
I love your flashing socks! how did you get those?
@beardoggin89635 жыл бұрын
Florian M. I thought it was an ankle monitor lol
@bexpi71005 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering if it is a boot heater, because those are in fact things that exist, though I've only seen them on ski boots.
@ebre30805 жыл бұрын
He stole Al's steel brush.
@David-if2hj5 жыл бұрын
@@beardoggin8963 same was just abt to ask y he was under house arrest
@Stikker0215 жыл бұрын
@@David-if2hj I think it has something to do with his wife. If you're married you'd understand...🙄
@greenveg425 жыл бұрын
"Socially well adjusted welders" Gold.
@Mikey-ym6ok5 жыл бұрын
I became a welder so I dont need to be socially well.
@shawnmartins1695 жыл бұрын
As always Tony you have a way with words in a way of keeping your audience hanging on every breath you speak I learned the most from your Channel glad to see you're back we miss you. PS. I am now welding you an aluminum sweater what size are you
@tomoswald329811 ай бұрын
Ok man, I have an invertig 221, & quit using it for years. I have sent trash cans of burnt alum to the recycle bin. This video was so well done, it felt like the sun came out after a 10 year eclipse. Your descriptions on basic protocol are just common sense and refreshing. Now I can';t wait for tomorrow to fix what I have been doing so wrong for so long. THANK YOU!
@tomwagemans18725 жыл бұрын
Watching this makes my emotions go all over the place. I feel negative, positive, negative, positive... I hope I can find my balance back.
@baahklavaah4 жыл бұрын
I'm grateful for you keeping it real. Thank you for being authentic. Thank you for explaining. Thank you for taking your time. Your editing and style are much appreciated.
@AdamNDJ5 жыл бұрын
Looks like Tony's time traveling antics finally caught up with him. I've seen those temporal monitors before. They lock the wearer in to a 1 hour per hour state.
@INSIDEHARDWARE5 жыл бұрын
You are a great teacher! I have a small stick welder and I am light years away from ever needing to upgrade. None the less, I watched this video in full. The puns and pop culture break the monotony. And... you’re great at this 1 on 1 teaching thing. Thanks!
@MisterRorschach905 жыл бұрын
I weld in chlorine gas. Makes me feel like I’m swimming.
@Watchyn_Yarwood5 жыл бұрын
😂
@4wdsome4445 жыл бұрын
Um ..... Yess
@aga58975 жыл бұрын
If you Really did try it, you'd have found out very quickly that Chlorine oxidises as much as Oxygen does. The weld would be pants. The Lungs would be closer to the pants.
@MisterRorschach905 жыл бұрын
aga I basically don’t have lungs anymore. I’m sending this from the afterlife.
@Leadvest5 жыл бұрын
The AlCl3 that formed would melt and evaporate. That gaseous salt would displace oxygen like a shielding gas, albeit more hazardously. Breathing Chlorine gas causes an immediate extended coughing fit, the acids formed in the lungs although relatively harmless(in tolerable exposures) are very painful. AlCl3 in the lungs however would adsorb water, and form a gel. That gel on top of being acidic, would likely take up x100 the volume of the salt. Creating a horrific case of pulmonary edema.
@slots14074 жыл бұрын
BEFORE I rush off and buy a (unsuitable) TIG welder, I want to read as much as I can about TIG work and equipment. This was one extremely helpful video.
@Joelsfilmer5 жыл бұрын
Did getting that material for the weld cart finally catch up to you?
@cflinger19795 жыл бұрын
Yes. Another video. I have been following your channel for over a year now and you have taught me so much. I love this channel. I can’t wait for some more machining videos.
@klab39295 жыл бұрын
My great grandmother welded aluminum airplanes with a gas torch. I bought a pound of AmazingAlumaWonderTrodes™️ at the box store for my stickwelder to fix my kids car seat and it's still holding great!
@billmielke73955 жыл бұрын
You should have used loctite epoxy on n.v that car seat for safety
@donbell81875 жыл бұрын
Great piece. I just learned more about welding aluminum than I have in the last 70 years. Thanks!
@MrGonzonator5 жыл бұрын
ToT: I'm going to show you how to weld Aluminum *doesn't weld anything*
@PexiTheBuilder3 жыл бұрын
How about welding titaminum? What gas is used for titaminum, argominum?
@bojanbebervovk2 жыл бұрын
I think there are very few people that have your combination of technical skill and intellectual/artistic capacity. Your jokes are cracking me up every single time, always get me when I least expect it (some amount food has been spat out) and as a relatively fresh welder in hopes of broadening my skills, you are making my life way easier by giving essential, distilled information in short time, which nobody has in surplus. Eventhough I'm not religious - God bless you, good man.
@SOCMMOB5 жыл бұрын
I’ve got a tungsten drill bit, jumper cables, an inverter and a lightning rod. I think it’ll be a good starter kit for welding aluminum.
@jasonjoens2795 жыл бұрын
MacGyver approves this message.
@SuperSpecialty4 жыл бұрын
This Old Tony is the epitome of sharing knowledge/FYI of a KZbin video...First class, all the way!
@jrmorrisjr14715 жыл бұрын
TOT: "If you're watching a TIG video on this channel, odds are, you're worse off than me. Me: *fighting back tears* Yes, I am. TOT: "Don't make life harder on yourself." Me: *wipes eyes* Okay.
@Werloxali5 жыл бұрын
Bring it in brother. We're family.
@Aulptraum5 жыл бұрын
Been eyeballing TIG welders in my local marketplace for weeks, funny this should come back up. Thanks for sacrificing your cup for our sakes, his noble deed will not be forgotten.
@streamylc5 жыл бұрын
great video! yeah, my biggest challenges with aluminum were/is getting parts clean enough for a weld lacking porosity... once entering the realm of being able to fix aluminum parts, you find out how many aluminum parts tend to be lathered in oil and nasty residues.... and then of course how you find aluminum is in a constant battle with stainless on which wants it cleaner welding cracks is also a very interesting venture
@funkenjaeger5 жыл бұрын
Seriously, thanks for this video, Tony - I've watched countless other videos on aluminum welding from all the usual reputable (and not so reputable) sources, but somehow despite being comfortable on steel, I could never manage to lay even a single simple bead on aluminum before. Your video didn't contain any magic tricks, but somehow your method of presentation made it click for me - today I was able to lay down multiple test beads that didn't end in abject failure. It's not much, but it's a big deal to me. Keep up the great videos!
@jamesc.57345 жыл бұрын
Way back in the last century I welded aluminum with stick arc and used cobalt blue screen in our helmets to view the puddle. It still took voodoo to get a good weld. ;O)
@thatonegayfurry41775 жыл бұрын
how mind giving some tips to a journeyman
@jamesc.57345 жыл бұрын
It's been a awhile since I welded aluminum; But the biggest problem was recognizing the melting point and losing control. We use to make lines with a magic marker on the aluminum and when lines disappeared it was getting to hot to continue. On thicker stock the same method works if you apply soot it from a cutting torch. TIG has eliminated almost all the hassles of welding aluminum.
@levi_madeley3 жыл бұрын
This has to be probably the best explanation of the settings ive come across. Great Job Tony.
@Farmfield5 жыл бұрын
7:34 Top tip. Do not touch your TIG electrode unless you're sure it's not hot. I once "pricked" (more like vaporized) my pointer finger just after welding, not the best experience I've had. xD
@kaitan41605 жыл бұрын
Remember that Tungsten is the chemical element with the highest melting Point.
@AttilaAsztalos5 жыл бұрын
Well you clearly can't trust a metal that calls itself Tungsten and signs his initial as "W"... ;)
@kaitan41605 жыл бұрын
@@AttilaAsztalos Hmm dont know if you take its original name "Wolfram" it makes sense that its the W. But then the english language seems not to like names and has the habbit of calling "objects" a different name just to fuck with other languages?
@tubeonline6295 жыл бұрын
@@AttilaAsztalos That W is the initial of her maiden name.
@tubeonline6295 жыл бұрын
@@kaitan4160 Yeah us crazy Americans, We even spell habit different than you.
@MaxMakerChannel4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this advice! I finally bought an AC welder and a nice Speedglass helmet. This made the process sound less complicated.
@grannyflatgarage75995 жыл бұрын
Super excited to see a new TOT video! Would you by any chance be able to re-post some of your old videos that got taken down, such as the drill press rebuild and part 4 of the surface grinder restoration??? Love your stuff!
@nickthompson31825 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I have been looking for KZbin tutorials on Alu welding for a long time and this one was by far the most informative and explanatory! Great job
@pppaybackkk5 жыл бұрын
"Heavens to Murgatroyd!" Exit, shtage lefft. Without shhielding gas, even!!!
@alexphelan37375 жыл бұрын
I love your work Tony. Strange how you seem so human. Please continue to release new content. I can never get enough!!
@SyberianWulff5 жыл бұрын
So uhhh, hows about that ankle bracelet? Did you pinch some more steel Mr Tony?
@justjoeblow4205 жыл бұрын
Surprised I had to scroll down this low to find this. I'm wondering the same thing.
@proloftz5 жыл бұрын
@@justjoeblow420 same here...subscribers not too observant?
@dougbourdo25895 жыл бұрын
Yep. judge ordered it. Bad boy.
@MiscMitz5 жыл бұрын
Guess it's a helmet bluetooth... not sure why he did it though. Lol
@thatonegayfurry41775 жыл бұрын
@@MiscMitz r/woooooosh
@adrianmurdoch63533 жыл бұрын
just got myself an AC machine ... this is about the best vijaeo i've come across yet. Cheers Tony
@lodgecav4905 жыл бұрын
I was still thinking that the AC button was the Air Conditioning setting, I'm sure you taught us that in a previous video? Great stuff ToT, Thank You!
@jamarie19725 жыл бұрын
I heard the other day welding is like Lightening Glue. I thought a clever analogy. Love your videos, entertaining, knowledgeable and clever cheers
@oreubens5 жыл бұрын
13:45 Note that when Tony says "80 Hz", he of course means 80Hz in imperial measurements, which he converts to metric (70Hz) for our convenience. It's a good thing metric amps and voltages are the same as imperial amps and voltages. Or these videos would be really confusing.
@Gottenhimfella3 жыл бұрын
I'm shocked that this is the only reference I can find on this entire page to ToT's comment about 80 Hz, and yet there are literally DOZENS of wisecracks about how ToT must have stolen Al's wire brush. Even more shocking is the unwelcome discovery that I'm clearly the most far-gone pedant in Tony's fan club, because NOBODY else has commented on how he mis-spoke regarding 80 Hz signifying that the polarity switches from +ve to -ve eighty times a second. (Tony did not complete the sentence by adding the words "and back"....) Do I win an ankle bracelet too?
@waynebordush37453 жыл бұрын
I am just starting out TIG welding as I have retired and I have bought myself on lathe and a milling machine and learning all this stuff myself and this was probably one of the better videos I've watched on welding aluminum
@RookieLock5 жыл бұрын
Wow, some of the coolest welding shots i've ever seen..
@thefishingguys10124 жыл бұрын
So far, this is the tig welding technique video I have seen. You’re a great teacher. I’m looking forward to see more videos from you. Thanks
@patriciocordova4495 жыл бұрын
I see TOT and I drop EVERYTHING!
@GarfyUK5 жыл бұрын
and that is why they still don't ask me to look after the baby
@hansangb5 жыл бұрын
At this point, it's Pavlovian :) I run to the computer, grab some popcorn and prepared to be entertained. It never fails!
@operator80145 жыл бұрын
Wow... Not letting you hold my beer.
@pacman101825 жыл бұрын
is that why the baby's crying?
@OldSneelock5 жыл бұрын
You have a real knack for making interesting videos. I have to admit that I like your crazy gang of commenters nearly as much, if not more than the vids. 😁😎
@thechumpsbeendumped.77975 жыл бұрын
Ah! That’s why my bench keeps exploding. Thanks Tony.
@markm00005 жыл бұрын
The guys at harbor freight started looking at me suspiciously after I’ve been buying a new workbench every week.
@thechumpsbeendumped.77975 жыл бұрын
Mark M I started buying them on line for the same reason.
@StephenBoyd215 жыл бұрын
I have never, nor will I ever (probably) weld anything but I just can't stop watching these videos.
@bat22935 жыл бұрын
You can take _all_ the mystery out of welding aluminum by using rivets. My 96 year old mother assembled aluminum airplanes using rivets. *RIVETS!*
@samuraidriver4x45 жыл бұрын
Still aluminium or aluminum depending on what side of a puddle you live
@johnpossum5565 жыл бұрын
I've got the drill press for doing airplane wings. It's a sit down model with the table real low. I bought it neglected from a garage sale for $20. Original GE motor. I've also got a huge coffee can full of rivets. Probably why I never needed to learn to tig weld all these years but I did just order some of that gas Al-Mag brazing rod he was talking about.
@tunespt5 жыл бұрын
They are still riveted, works better with jetliners thermal range...
@scotthaddad5635 жыл бұрын
John Possum, I first ran into that magical aluminum gas welding rod at a gun show in the eighties and had to buy it because it was being demonstrated by a guy welding Coke cans together. I’m surprised that Ron Popiel never sold the stuff.
@fallenseraph5V5 жыл бұрын
Didn’t they use rivets on the Heningburg?
@MaturePatriot5 жыл бұрын
Another entertaining and educational video. I have learned more about TIG welding from watching you, doubleboost, and Steve Summers, than I ever did in a year at vocational school. Thanks so much for the video. Wish I could afford a TIG welder. I have an AC stick welder, and a Flux core wire welder, that gets me by.
@erklaerbaer015 жыл бұрын
Not to sound rude but when will you ever start that cnc lathe build?!
@ManOnBrokenHorse5 жыл бұрын
+1
@geraldgepes5 жыл бұрын
Forget the CNC lathe, I still want to see that surface gage build!
@fellipec5 жыл бұрын
@@geraldgepes Oh boy, the surface gage.
@deanrobert86745 жыл бұрын
Legend has it, half past tuesday ?
@m1k8695 жыл бұрын
I think TOT should buy a bottom of the line drill press and tune it up a little. See like, new bearings, maybe a new quill...
@prospectvic4 жыл бұрын
Gidday Tot, my mate uses a scrap bit of aluminum along side his build to start his puddle, then it's just a nice clean weld on his work, no pool, then just snaps the scrap bit off. Really loving your videos, to far between waiting for new ones to come, gee, the amount of work in editing, hats off to you mate.
@fellipec5 жыл бұрын
This remembers me that next Monday I have to weld some galvanized stell hinges on a mild steel cart and the only thing I have is a drill and pop rivets.
@ejupa5 жыл бұрын
I worked at a foundry making 6061. Aluminium does change colors at about 1500f to a orange color. It goes from looks like a mirror to orange quickly if you over heat it.
@frac5 жыл бұрын
"As always, I hope you enjoyed that." As always, I did enjoy that.
@rmacoris Жыл бұрын
"If you start the arc and your torch and bench explode, your amps are too high" 😂😂😂 I enjoy so much this type of content, easy going, informative and realistic!!
@_P0tat07_5 жыл бұрын
Is it normal for my AC/DC welder to be playing Metallica?
@davydmir65655 жыл бұрын
That my friend is whats known as a "radio" quite a clever little thing, dont worry though I was trying to stick weld with a toaster, got about halfway and realised that I had more burnt toast then a usable weld......acid is a hell of a drug.
@GraduatedIn5 жыл бұрын
Ok you got me there 😂🤣
@HandlebarWorkshops5 жыл бұрын
Are you sure it's Metallica? Gotta wait until the bell stops ringing and music starts to figure out if it's Hells Bells or For Whom The Bell Tolls.
@rcjbvermilion5 жыл бұрын
Might want to try adjusting your balance.
@daviddemoise35265 жыл бұрын
All I can say is look up fronius welders if you’ve never heard of them, they have a demo that does actually play ac/dc while you weld.
@MadDawg911085 жыл бұрын
Thanks TOT...very educational. Perhaps the most valuable tidbit is at 22:30....I didn't know you could pick the bad weld up and reapply it correctly. Amazing!! Makes me wish I would have kept all those parts I thought I trashed.........
@notamouse56305 жыл бұрын
Reason for electrode negative and ac balance greater than 50% negative: You don't want to overheat your electrode, you do want to penetrate the oxide on the aluminum, thus the electrode must be negative most of the time. AC current goes straight through oxide coatings as they are capacitors, where there is current and voltage in air there is an arc. Hence you want HF start as the capacitance of aluminum oxide is small and you want the arc to start. The arc will then destroy the oxide layer by ionizing the air and allowing the electrode negative side of AC to heat and deform the aluminum under the started arc.
@jonnyoates12182 жыл бұрын
Such a great video! You managed to explain it in English and not Greek half way through like so many others do. Thanks!
@Spectrum1845 жыл бұрын
Its nice of you to give your wire brushes names.
@Snark9004 жыл бұрын
I have to agree with the practice, practice, practice line. Best aluminium welder I have ever seen started as a 14 year old in his father’s fabrication shop making parts for the aviation industry.
@ButBigger425 жыл бұрын
I teach welding and I'm still watching this video.
@Mikey-ym6ok5 жыл бұрын
At least your not like my welding instructor. Smoking outsideor playing in the back while his students teach us how to weld
@pauln15574 жыл бұрын
Great video, very educational and fun to watch. I really like the way you explain the affect of each variable in terms of a beginners perspective. That's just what I need, so I can get started with the settings in the right ball park. I first watched your channel to learn lathe and milling skills. But, after seeing how often you used TIG during your various projects I just had to get a TIG welder. So, now I'm watching your welding videos to learn another new skill! Many thanks, Paul in NZ
@chloehennessey68135 жыл бұрын
I remember a movie with shades of grey my dad forbade me to watch. 🙄 So here I am watching Tony schoolhouse me on being an Aluminum TiGr
@judecas135 жыл бұрын
You can tell your dad you watched some 50 shades of TiG p0rn directed by ToT, nothing can ever surprise you.
@vandievelenvandievelen65325 жыл бұрын
Yep you need a special rod daddy's dissapointment
@ryanrising22374 жыл бұрын
Aluminium only really gets you like 5 shades of grey at best, but I guess better than nothing.
@chloehennessey68134 жыл бұрын
Vandievelen Vandievelen is it normal where you come from to use sexual innuendos with 13-14 year old girls?
@chloehennessey68134 жыл бұрын
Julio de Cassovia you got me grounded 😥🙄
@oneofbillions6915 жыл бұрын
What do you get when you cross a stand up comic and a brilliant teacher/ instructor? You guessed it. I love hanging out in TOT's shop. Great way to start my Sunday!
@m3rkaba865 жыл бұрын
Damn, it's over. Now I have to wait a whole week for another fix!
@boboconnor14035 жыл бұрын
I found this video super informative. I've always to AC TIG AL, but I'm stuck with a DC machine and can only MIG AL with a spool gun. Your video makes me want an AC welder even more, thanks a lot Tony!!!
@TheFishstick99835 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah tot and coffee. Today’s gonna be a good day when it starts like this !
@peter76243 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, thanks for posting! as a beginning TIG welder this has been so helpful in understanding the terms, and what lovely welds are possible! Just need an AC welder now..
@GroovyDrifter5 жыл бұрын
Being first to a TOT video is almost like a World Record !
@duesing65 жыл бұрын
That was the best explanation on tig welding I've ever seen, not that I've ever seen any other tig welding video besides this one but if I had im still sure this one was the best. I have never tig welded before but im pretty sure im a pro at it now no need in even watching the video to the end just set the balance to 83% and hit the ground running. I think ill go out tomorrow and pick me up some anumilum and a tig machine and go into business.
@redbinary5 жыл бұрын
Can you link me to that car seat welding video. My welds didn't hold so well...
@thawk19654 жыл бұрын
Hey Tony a few years back had troubles welding A6 aluminum cast plate. Talked to rep. He sent me welding specs. Blew my mind. DC, red tungsten, high frequency, using helium instead of argon. Had to try worked awesome. Tried on 6061. Work great. No need for preheating, even on blocks 10" thick.
@ioneyesed5 жыл бұрын
My great grandmother welded aluminum spars to wooden ribs on planes using just a lump of burning coal and baking foil.
@brandonb94525 жыл бұрын
ioneyesed sounds like a pile bullshit. How on earth did she do it without milk and ramen?
@brandonb94525 жыл бұрын
*pile of Poo poo
@DudleyToolwright5 жыл бұрын
Very entertaining as always. Terrible "T" nails the clean, clear, crystal, clarion, TIG welding of the Aluminium video. Most creative channel out there. So jealous.