TIG Welding Aluminum - Tack Welds Made a LOT easier - How-to

This video teaches you how to troubleshoot and improve your aluminum tack welds.
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[@JimMartinez-x6u]

He about MIG weldion 090 auto metal ?

[@estelalopez674]

Gracias por tu ayuda

[@paulkurilecz4209]

How about overhead position? Tia

[@whitey7388]

So much better than that one day welder joker all over Facebook. Love you're videos man keep it up

[@johnk9054]

That shot of the Lap-Joint tack blew me away. Starting at the bottom and then flicking up. I remember when I was first learning how to TIG weld aluminum on 16 gauge, the top plate would run away because of my too-large cup size and poor torch angle. That five second clip is now going to be engrained in my brain for the future! You and Pacific Arc Tig Welding have been instrumental in my TIG welding learning process!

[@haxguy0]

Your videos are like a gold mine of knowledge. I don't even Tig weld, but I'm tempted to buy your videos on your website

[@RonCovell]

Excellent tips, Aaron!

[@Bodydrop6969]

I swear, this happened to me just last night. Just kept burning holes. Thanks for the help!

[@danielsplayhouse3804]

Aaron I've been following you for the past 4 years and you give great insight on Tig welding I enjoy watching the content you have put together... It's a lot of knowledge I have taken in over the years to make myself a better welder and really help me get jobs done in a more timely fashion. Definitely interested in the Tig button for my setup I'm running a Tig 225x with a Maxcool watercooler and flex-loc water-cooled torch on a 25' hose setup.. I'm the same way as everyone else trying to make the most money possible for the least out of pocket.. I tried the Miller dynasty 300 and the only thing I see different between the two is the dynasty will light up at 2 amps how often do people use 2 amp to weld is it worth 16k? Keep up the amazing content and work I'll be giving you a 👍🏻 dinger every time!!!!!!! 😉

[@timf2914]

I learn something every time I watch your video's. I think you do a great job it's fun to watch

[@jf7393]

i really appreciate what you do and i wonder if maybe someday you'd do a video of kinda how you got started, what made you want to get started, and maybe talk about characters youve met and people that taught you things. i get the impression that you're mostly self taught which is pretty wild but i wonder if there weren't a few mentors along the way. maybe thats a lame video that nobody would watch but i love hearing about the origin story of tips and tricks as much as the tricks themselves

[@ypaulbrown]

I would love a video like that

[@dbayboyds409]

I’d watch that!

[@zekecook6586]

I just received your tig button, it is stupendous! Thank you.

[@adambergendorff2702]

Aaron again your videos offer better info than anywhere else, always learn something!

[@kenw8875]

bump welding anodized aluminum tubing (1-1/2 to 2”) used as tuna towers in offshore fishing boats. love the look of the welds on those towers

[@darrellmellott6096]

I was a professional welder in another life, but my experience was with carbon, stainless, and chrome moly steels for the petro-chemical and power generation industries. Now I'm retired, I bought a nice little Everlast Powertig 200 for DIY and hobby projects. I've found that aluminum is the best material for a lot of my projects (especially for the boat) and I can get pretty much whatever I need by buying scraps from a local boat builder. However, I have precious little experience with welding that material. Caution: Steep learning curve ahead. I was trying to fabricate a strap to hold my argon bottle securely to a shelf in my shop from some 1/8" aluminum plate. Simple design, but the flanges I bent on the ends for the bolt, needed gussets to keep it from straightening out when I bolted it tight around the bottle. I cut some small bits, but found they melted away before I could get a tack to work. TIP: I finally got it work by cutting a much bigger piece, put it in place and welded it, then cut it to the dimension I need after it was welded.

[@TheoTHERON_SA]

You can't see from my KZbin Username, but you directed that answer to my question. (I changed the Username a short while ago) Thank you sir. Just this morning (South African time) I said to my fiancé that I have been thinking about this a lot over the last month or two.... I want to pay the membership fee, because I can brush up on my welding. I did my TIG Welding training while I still lived in France. But I am out of practice for a while now. Got back to South Africa and 'had to' get stuck in normal boiler making work. However, it is time to step up. So thank you for answering my question. I will be subscribing within the week. I look forward to re-learn some of the things I forgot. Blessings to you.

[@boostedbuiltgarage]

Always learn something new. Never thought of using the Freq as a tool to help with tacks. I'm impressed what a difference it makes. Good to know!

[@tridium-go6hw]

Excellent video! My suggestion - sorry if you've already covered this - putting together a box or other inside corner, where two sides and the bottom comes together, with limited/difficult access. How to weld into/out of the corners without making a big mess. That's where I struggle.

[@doublediamondgarage3031]

Another great lesson from the master. Thanks!!

[@brucelott3583]

I see several good tips in this one, thanks

[@gr8momba]

I start aluminum welding on Monday. I just passed my 4f stainless. I struggled with tig for a couple weeks but once I figured out my rod feed angle I took off.

[@stirch9]

These are the best videos!! I can't wait to get a PimeWeld Tig225x

[@6061]

Please use the code "6061" for a discount (at the very end of the checkout process), it helps me out too, thanks! Primeweld.com

[@benz-share9058]

Very good info about the problem with gaps/poor fit-up with aluminum. Seems to me that molten aluminum has very high surface tension and that's why two pieces melt back (away) from each other when you are getting the puddle established. Therefore it can be very helpful to stab a bit of filler rod into the gap as the puddle is forming, to bridge the gap. Once the gap is bridged the surface tension is not such a big problem.

[@wadepatton2433]

I think a lot of guys/gals who want to learn welding at home might benefit from someone like you telling them/us how to spot the BS welding videos that sound quite rampant. Seems everyone is a youtube expert, where they can make a buck no matter how helpful or truthful their videos are. I'm extremely selective as to who I'll watch (there are only two at present-and I've been subbed to them for years). I tried watching others, but some aren't good and others are more concerned about moving product than they are welding. Some may also need to be reminded that shop time is where welding is learned, not binging videos. Lots of learning goes on during the filling the holes we novices make.

[@JacksonPratt-e6q]

You should start a machining channel or something. There are hardly any intro to machining videos out there (that I could find) that explain what cutter does what, how many rpm’s to run the lathe at, how to true something up in the mill, etc. I would like to get into machining as well but have no idea where to start.

[@bma56]

Quelle expérience très utile 👏🏼

[@paulkurilecz4209]

Nice video, very helpful.

[@TBJK07Jeep]

Great video as usual Aaron.

[@Tig_Weldor]

I often use the edge of the cup to press two parts together, on outside corners and lap joints. Gives me another hand free so I can use filler. I do a lot of 1.5 mm this way

[@usersony112]

wonderful video. Will sign up for the website soon

[@Hood_Tyme_Fab]

Thankyou, i'm not a tig welder but tried aluminium recently, i thought i was doing ok until a tried to tack a lap joint on 1.5 mm sheet, The corner edge of the top plate would just melt away, Very frustrating.👍

[@joshua43214]

Just ordered your TIG button :)

[@8MADJACK]

Great stuff thanks, something that I've been struggling with

[@GameBacardi]

Nice work!

[@jamesa7506]

The subscription is definitely worth it! 👍

[@ls2005019227]

Tacking can be difficult..... great video/tips! Comparing your tig button with a foot pedal; how much [amperage] range does it allow? I.e, if the amperage control on the welder is set to 150a, any guess how low lightly/barely touching would start at? How hard would you have to push, to get the full 150a? No doubt these will be a challenge to quantify, but I'm curious. Thanks!

[@dbayboyds409]

Such a helpful video

[@reeljamescooper]

Thank you

[@johnjay5143]

Great video Aaron . Al can be a little pain trying to figure it out alright . lol

[@ypaulbrown]

Outstanding…appreciate these tips…pb❤

[@karlopadilla2718]

your tig button sir allow you to put more heat or less depends on how much force you put, same with footpedal? i use a miller tig button for my dynasty 280. i want to have that tig button from your shop soon. if my boss will buy it. lol

[@907jl]

Good stuff Aaron, thanks!

[@rowycoracing]

Good stuff. Thank you.

[@tomgrant6563]

What changes have you noticed with your eyesight? I'm about the same age and think mine is mostly OK. Maybe I have noticed I need more light when doing mechanical work.

[@dnaumowicz]

Same here with the eyesight... age and all.

[@ericsteel7643]

great informative Content. AAA+

[@soulthatcreates]

I think the biggest struggle I am having lately is getting my tungsten to keep its shape... I prep the angle on a bench grinder with a drill and then ball the tip with a blast of high balance on some scrap. As soon as I turn the balance back down to weld, the tip gets all wonky with nodules after a few inches ... I feel like I have tried everything, balance up, balance down, pure tungsten, lanthanated tungsten, different cup sizes... Nothing seems to help it stay in shape for any length of time.

[@6061]

Email me through the website with your exact welder settings. I'll help you out.

[@donmcpheephotography]

Aaron do you ball your tungsten??

[@6061]

I explain why and when I do everything I do in detail here: 6061.com Feel free to email me with any questions Thanks for watching

[@matthodgson5223]

Great video! I'm a paraplegic and can't use a foot pedal. Can you get me a Tig Button for a Jasic Tig 200p AC/DC digital welder? Thankyou. (Of course i'll pay for it)

[@hectorr814]

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