Titanium Weld Repair

Titanium is a really fun and challenging metal to weld. This vid shows a few techniques as well as what to do when something goes wrong - like blowing a hole in it.
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↓ Swager/Expander Kit ↓ First is the Lisle 17350 expander set. You can use it manually as is, or add hydraulics. amzn.to/3HocdaL A cheap knockout set has the hydraulic cylinder attachment you’ll need. You can also use the hand pump if you’re on a budget, but its insanely slow. amzn.to/3EGsciI You’ll want a high quality 10,000 PSI rated jack hose long enough to reach whatever you’re working on. DO NOT buy a cheap under rated hose as it may burst on you! amzn.to/3FIugYW An air over hydraulic foot pump powers the unit quickly amzn.to/3qzg5iE If you use the foot pump listed above, you’ll need this hydraulic bushing to adapt to the hose also listed above. DO NOT use brass - use ONLY stainless, otherwise it may explode. amzn.to/3FJJmNI The foot pump above takes 1.6 quarts of oil, so buy 2 quarts amzn.to/3JFQ3D4 Happy swaging! Learn to TIG Weld in Our Class! thefabricatorseries.com/classes Use TFS10 to save on your order! weldmetalsonline.com/

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[@WarpedYT]

I really enjoy your videos and I have been waiting for some titanium stuff

[@thomasmastersen3709]

You’re a genius man. Always making it look easy. If only my hands would do what my mind wants them to. 🙄

[@hilltroneye]

Greetings from Poland

[@Admiral45-10]

Witam rodaka!

[@hilltroneye]

@@Admiral45-10 Hej Witam!

[@marcin8432]

Świetny materiał, dzięki! 😃

[@Howt-ooo]

You want a 🏅?

[@paytonlee2896]

This is super cool, especially since there isn't much info out there about titanium. One thing that's also pretty important that I've ran into when welding titanium is to make sure the back purge isn't flowing too much. I've had times where my back purge is set a little bit too high, and the argon leaks through the joints too much, interferes with the torch shielding gas, and makes you lose coverage. It's really baffling until you figure out what happened. It's also a big cause of blowouts and looks a lot like the blowout in the video.

[@wtfftw24]

Cool. How much back purge do you advise then? Thank you.

[@paytonlee2896]

@@wtfftw24 to be honest, I have no clue. The way I do it is kind of jank, I have a Y-fitting after the regulator. Set the regulator at 30-35 CFH with torch side full open, then open the purge side just enough to have the CFH drop about 5 CFH.

[@wtfftw24]

@@paytonlee2896 all right. I got it. Thanks a lot for your kind answer buddy. Greetings from Italy 👍

[@paytonlee2896]

@@wtfftw24 awesome and no problem! From here in the US

[@Sicktrickintuner]

@@wtfftw24 as low as possible

[@TimWelds]

Nice! I built an expander like that when I worked at my dad’s shop almost 20 years ago. I modded a pull back ram with an air over hydraulic foot pedal, but a knockout punch driver is much simpler. Great tip!

[@randomschittz9461]

Tiiiiiiim! Cool to see you here. I’ve learned a lot from you and this guy. Thanks brother!

[@walter2990]

Very nice recovery on the blow-thru! It's always how you recover, not that you have a mistake. Thanks!

[@russellthompson3486]

I’ve learned more from you than I did with other online people. Especially with me just getting into welding at 61 yrs. Ya can teach a old dog new tricks and techniques

[@randomschittz9461]

It makes me feel good to see people going on adventures at an older age. I have friends who think I’m too old to keep trying new things, but seeing people like you lets me know that there are more of us out there.

[@kevintaylor113]

My retirement planning includes melting exotic metals, building things to go as fast as I dare. I’m not stopping!

[@loadb5985]

Original weld was made for looks, yours was made for function. I’d take your weld 10/10 over those original ones

[@kennethbushor1017]

Never weldthe titanium always wanted to

[@CGhee135]

I have never welded in my entire life, but I find this so interesting. Your videos make it seem like an art.

[@caiusr1920]

It is an art it's awesome. You should definitely try it somtime. It's a great skill t have to use though out life even if you don't make a career out of it

[@philanthropist5005]

ah the good old chinese pulse welded exhaust. this is for a can am x3 and the piece that broke off is for a cut out. Justin you should have gone over and rewelded all the other welds as i will guarantee one of those pie cuts will crack. its pretty crazy they charge 1100 dollars new lmao

[@TheFabricatorSeries]

That would eliminate the possibility of future repairs though 🙂

[@janeblogs324]

Easier to just anneal the whole thing in an oven

[@butcheradam1000]

Thank you for always dropping knowledge, but I do have a question for you. Are you going to make/post videos about your products, like your Mitsubishi truck or fabing suspensions or anything like season 1-4? Again, thanks for your videos. 🤘

[@jimmyjones8311]

Yea, I’ve been curious about the truck

[@philipershler420]

Me too 😮

[@nickdubois8218]

Great video. Never messed with titanium but looks interesting. Looks like that was pretty thin wall exhaust and being titanium, it must have been super light. Cool concept.

[@genehunsinger3981]

sweet repair.Keyboard welders like busting plums.And they get ignored,,,,,

[@randomschittz9461]

At this point, I just hit like before the commercial about lightweld is over.

[@hilltroneye]

Thanks for your videos

[@StoicBarber]

Thanks you for your video, awesome information. 👍👍

[@glenpiro313]

Awesome, absolutely awesome, especially the hole filling technique. I had to repack the stock "silencer" on a 1981 YZ80H, and that involved cutting the welded end cap off, cleaning and repacking the inside, and re-welding the cap back on. Needless to say, I blew a couple holes in the very thin and weak steel. I stumbled upon your method purely by accident, watching you do it so smoothly was very encouraging. Ive messed around with titanium a bit, definitely a challenge! What size tungsten did you use on this job? If you already mentioned it and I missed it, my apologies.

[@maloyaircraft1174]

Would be great to see some Inconel welding videos as well! Enjoy your content! Thanks for posting

[@hilltroneye]

Love your channel

[@JamieBainbridge]

lol this is a man who is sick of armchair experts telling him he can't do the thing he literally just did on camera. Don't worry about em. Awesome channel, so good of you to share all these tips, your closeup arc clips are by far the best I've seen anywhere 👍

[@77Dok77]

Haha @ 1:00 Metric itself makes things a lot easier 👍

[@amcustomfab]

Really good info.😎 Thanks

[@petermccuskey1832]

Thank you for your time

[@tukanglaslahat]

Excellent work of art in fropesiinal welding field. I as a welder really admire your work and the way you work

[@bibo524benfarhat7]

Thank you

[@aksel487]

Thank you very much for the metric subtitles. Greetings from Germany

[@Fabrication-FP]

the titanium pipe looks very familiar

[@208Concepts]

I got to weld titanium a few weeks back. It was an experience that I won't soon forget. Like you said, it's unlike anything you've ever welded, and I was able to get by with my #10 cup. It has a slight rainbow color to it though, so I do need to get a larger cup if I do it more often.

[@LordHolley]

I cannot wait to learn how to weld titanium!

[@AlessioSangalli]

Hello Justin, I love the stand for your disc sander. I am building my own, quite different, but the inspiration came from Yours. That sander is very good, the only problem really it's pretty tedious to replace the disc.

[@AlessioSangalli]

@@ButBigger42 thank you, I'll try that.

[@kennethstaszak9990]

I learned I have no desire to weld Titanium!

[@ollieconverse8471]

I recently watched your video on welding up the titanium tubing. I spent several years working as a welder for a company building heat exchangers for the plating industry. These were almost exclusively using 1" to 2" commercially pure titanium, thin wall tubing. Any time we were welding a surface which had an opening inside, we were required to use Argon to displace the air inside to keep the inside of the weld from becoming contaminated and brittle. Once Titanium gets above 900 degrees it very quickly absorbs CO2 and other impurities from the air into the weld, so back purging with an inert gas was essential. Maybe your work was not going to be subjected to heavy stress, but I think the practice of always back purging should be a part of any titanium welding practice. I did like your attention to cleaning the surfaces before the weld process.

[@BuildBreakFix]

I am confused this video says "Titanium".... Why was it sparking as your grinding it then lol? Never seen titanium spark as it's ground. 20 something years of cutting the stuff for airplane parts never seen it spark....

[@vi683a]

Aerospace Welding experts....hahahah good one. I am not a Aerospace/Welder, i just work with them a lot, so i understand your jab. My Aircraft/Aerospace expertise is more a generalist with 20 years experience on everything else relating, including Titanium modifying, shaping and constructing. It's funny because when i seen you sanding down the Titanium, my first thought was that sparking back onto the titanium itself and the repercussions in Aerospace/Aircraft: we are allowed so no sparking back onto the material when reshaping. Having to sand down 2 to 5 thou on a taper shim, for a 787 Stabilizer.....is no laughing matter Sanding down 1-3 thou the Engine bay door contours on a F-22 for R&D.......... but i laughed at myself when you mentioned Aerospace.

[@paulbernett1581]

You might Try 75-25 Argon Helium It will flow so easy and you wont need near as much Heat. It also works Wonders on bronze and Copper. Thank You MacDonald Douglas

[@jicastroe88]

Not a welder here. Question... what will happend if someone uses mig carbon steel wire to "fix" something like that (titanium exhaust)... Ps; asking for a friend 🤫

[@joelstith2120]

THE MAYOR OF whoville has a new 700r thats going to sound !!!!👍!!!!

[@jensen_2261]

The thing that really shocks me about the welding community is how defensive and offensive everyone is 😅 I mean I am only half way through and he has to defend himself about 2-3 times already to comments he just anticipates. I see this on other videos too. I'm sorry yall have to deal with so many toxic trade members.

[@stevesloan6775]

It would of been good to show the actual fault\crack that require so much material removal. Please have a status update..... best quality weld recognition.

[@michaelharper339]

I never not enjoy your content. thanks for sharing.

[@ohar7237]

When you say "dedicated" sanding wheels and flap disks, I presume you mean "dedicated to titanium"?

[@distant4766]

Im here for the prah-fesh-anals comments. How ever I have a friend that has a container that is like a media blaster cabinet. It vacuums out air and inserts Argonne so you can work on things without oxygen. I'll be going to his house sometime this summer and I'll take a video and post it to my channel to show you what I mean if you want. It'll be short. 😂

[@marcosmota1094]

Dude, you are an awesome teacher!

[@austinscheetz7488]

Oh yeah I love hot and heavy. Helped me when I was welding pressurized pipe and structural material but man it's a bad habit to get rid of when I started doing thin gauge stainless and aluminum

[@benjaminjaimez7049]

Yeah Everything You did in this video is wrong, Trust me I have 17 years experience not welding titanium

[@TheOneAndOnlySame]

I'm a welding pRofEsHuNaL in Space Motor Sports and this is ALL WRONG!

[@hassenfepher]

the "BBW" cup? are you going to try and tell me that stands for "Big Borosilicate Window" or something?

[@janeteholmes]

I am never going to weld anything, much less titanium. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@kasperledent4833]

i prefer using thicker filler rods when welding thin pipe, it allows me to cool the weldpool a bit more during welding... the thin wire just goes. ppl underestimate the heat management gotten from the filler rod.

[@98976h]

metric is way to go

[@jamestregler1584]

Nice bead run Bro 🧐

[@fiatbandit]

Normally sparks from real titanium is "red", what type are you using???

[@tapllarrow3984]

"If you dip the tungsten you could potentially destroy the titanium" shows clips at 4:03 and 6:13 of snapping off his dipped tungsten

[@saxus]

5.5 inch is a solid number? :D Like it's almost exactly 14 cm.

[@james.d.8044]

Love these videos you do am amazing job 😊😊

[@retematic2351]

Great. now I can't wait till Tuesday to ask my Teacher whether they let us weld Titanium or not XD

[@OSGGVE]

Man this was interesting. Did it convince me to go and try weld titanium? Hell no. But i sure like lookin' at it.

[@mariobalabanov1877]

Thank you best video 📹 💓 Good info for weldmetals online

[@-MindDrive-]

is the rainbow oxidation considered bad? it looks great tho as in an effect not a failed result... is this aesthetic frowned upon?

[@jl-5188]

Metric, metric is easier. No fractions, everything is a factor of 10. Get used to it. Move into the present.

[@allistairdoeppe]

I think you should test out stahlwerk welders ive heard great things but wanna get down to the truth maybe you can review and test it please

[@joons3374]

One think I cannot understand is why would anyone choose a tiyanium exhaust over stainless steel.

[@DarkInos]

I have never welded.. why do I enjoy watching welding jobs? ...

[@patrickbeer7865]

Nice to see some titanium welding never tried it yet but great demonstration!

[@octymocty132]

Couldn't said or explained it better And your right sod the nasa wannabes its no going to space

[@toddolsen5421]

could see a missed edge lol if you use polished wire it wont try to stick so much keep practicing.

[@markbenyoun1476]

I've got a header tube off my motorcycle that is made out of titanium that need to be repaired can you help

[@chyraxion]

i see so many blue and purple titanium welds and its just like thats gonna crack

[@thatguy6229]

My man, you are amazing.. truly... But metric is superior

[@lewster2000]

To be fair I have seen some pistons sent into orbit.

[@modmotorsports]

Thanks again for the knowledge bomb Justin

[@codys_fab]

That hole repair was perfection. 👌 great video!

[@janeblogs324]

I can't believe you didn't mag a fixture tool before cutting it

[@aaronanderson7619]

Can't find anything on the expander. I was excited too.

[@M91211]

Any chance you make a video using pencil head torch?

[@shawng7902]

Very little penetration and a heavy waste gate hanging off it im sure.

[@gabrielgomescunha]

You can't have more round numbers than you get with metric

[@MAYCOCustomRestorations]

What camera / editor setup do you use? Thanks

[@eddieconvey9223]

Ah, the imperial system. Inferior in every way

[@The_Friendly_Fire]

Hehehehe "tit"anium :3 I'm an adult! XD

[@wills4187]

“best of luck to you” 🤣🤣 shit had me rolling

[@HyperSpeed84]

Titanium is like a girlfriend. Gotta treat her right...

[@JB-vk8jk]

Not sure where lese to post this. I am new to tig welding and I think your vids are great. I do have a question though. Much of what you show is what works and what to do when it works. I am new so I am trying to figure out what works. For me I struggle with keeping the arch at the tip of the tungsten. It is like Medusa snake hair when I weld. The damn arc is all over the place. I try to ensure I am very close almost touching the surface with the torch. Is it me, my welder or the settings I use. It's the same with any type metal, aluminum, steel etc.i grind 8n the direction of the tungsten so the grind lines are in line with the length of the tungsten. I tried sharp points, blunt ends. Example, I am practicing on razor blades. My tip is at the weld point and when I start the arc it is 1\4 inch away from where I want it to be.

[@TheFabricatorSeries]

Welding is one of the few industries you can know everything about except how to do it. It takes practice. Everything I show is "as is" since I only get one chance to record it. There is no "setting" that will suddenly make you weld or anything... just takes practice.

[@james10739]

Where do I get the wire for my Flux core 120v welder

[@Yodarunner]

As a 🚀 welder I 💯 percent agree with you lol

[@TherealMandingo]

Like you said it's a bike part why go so overboard with the cleaning wiping down your gloves. But use professionals what we know hay !!!

[@GforGarbage]

Got my ck torch from weld metals online. 😎

[@weldingempire]

How good are those Defiant Metal gloves 😍

[@hinz1]

Roughly 5 and 1/2 Bananas wide...

[@thedeihl]

What's your favorite TIG welding gloves? I've been through a bunch of them and I get not enough heat protection/ not enough dexterity, I'm using a older synchro Wave 250, water cools, but still it gets hot when welding production

[@ryanclarke2161]

Have you built a handrail for your stairs yet?

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Thanks for cool nuggets like this!

[@Admiral45-10]

Honestly, I always thought titanium superalloys were non-weldable. Now I know it is technically possible, but extremely hard to successfully weld a titanium.

[@kylesenior]

Not a welder, but did learn some TIG welding as part of my engineering degree. Is there a reason you don't use an inert gas box for something like this? I don't imagine that they are very expensive (though I may be wrong), but it would mean not having to stop for post-gas until a section cools and less concern about oxidation in general.

[@danielantonio1201]

what is the name of this expand tool? where do I find ?

[@CL053DC45K37]

Hey Justin, this doesn't have to do with this video. I was watching an older video of your about setting up 4 links, you mentioned you were in the Navy and I'm taking it you were a welder in the Navy, hopefully I'm right. I say all this to ask did you go to AIT at Aberdeen Proving Grounds or APG? I'm a Army veteran and went there for AIT and I was a welder in the Army. I ask if you did because I went to school with people from all 4 branches. I also want to thank you for your service and hope you enjoyed you time in service as much as I did mine. I've been a welder since I was 13 but still had to go through welding school for the Army. I wish i could do what you do, I messed my back up badly while I was in and man it makes me wish I was back in the shop watching your videos.

[@JJ12m89]

Mmmmmm Brown saw coolant.... Yummy :D

[@gixxerkid3120]

Awesome video, I actually have a customer's Titanium Exhaust in my shop right now that I need to do a repair on. Glad I saw your video, I learned a few things as always...I plan on back purging the part but the crack itself is in the previous weld bead, it appears to be on a weld that is where the tube was flared to fit over the other tube, and someone else tried to fix it with what looks like MIG in another spot and burned a pea size hole in the tube along with a bunch of craters like when there is no gas present in MIG. Wish me luck it should be fun !!! I did get some Grade 2 coupons and I know from talking to the manufacturer of the exhaust that they use grade 1 in their exhaust systems, how much difference should I expect when I switch from practicing on the grade 2 to welding on the grade 1 ? i.e. settings (I'm assuming will be really close) should I use pulse ? I'm also concerned about being able to clean inside the crack since I can't get in between the layers very well... As always TIA for your videos and help... Chris @ T-Town Welding and Fabrication.