Titanium Weld Repair

[@thomasmastersen3709]

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

[@WarpedYT]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@aksel487]

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

[@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!

[@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 👍

[@bigchippa101]

down the rabbit hole and fell into this video... usually wont watch this stuff BUT this kept my interest... dare i say, i enjoyed watching .. Thank you for putting the time in making this for everyone.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@tukanglaslahat]

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

[@hilltroneye]

Greetings from Poland

[@Admiral45-10]

Witam rodaka!

[@hilltroneye]

@@Admiral45-10 Hej Witam!

[@marcin8432]

Świetny materiał, dzięki! 😃

[@Howt-ooo]

You want a 🏅?

[@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.

[@maloyaircraft1174]

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

[@ntwilliams2010]

This guy is slowly but surely teaching me those tips and tricks of the trade that school just doesn't do.

[@jondavidmcnabb]

Wow, like a surgeon inside a live patient. Nice technique and concentration.

[@ChasePalsson]

Clicked on this because I recognized the part and what it goes to. So glad there's one less X3 out there with a cutout exhaust

[@wippip]

Very cool, there’s quite some titanium piping in the chemical plant I work at and I’ve had many interesting discussions with the lads doing the welds on them during maintenance.

[@larryegilman1]

Appreciate your willingness to share your skill. Your welding classes follow that model, exceptional value

[@leslieaustin151]

Plenty of good stuff here. And a reminder (if I ever needed it) to avoid any titanium work! Les in UK

[@patrickbeer7865]

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

[@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.

[@wesathetechnician]

As I recently got into TIG Welding I've of course done my research about different things and one of those things is of course Cleaning the material. Everyone here on KZbin says the same thing. CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN however, when I went to a local fabrication shop that's very well known and do super small to super big jobs I asked them how they work and the guy I was talking to basically told me "If the part is not like SUPER dirty I never clean it off more than with acetone to get rid of oils, but that's about it.". He said most of the coworkers worked in the same way and that's the way he had been taught. So, what actually gives? I mean, how much of a difference does it make? Love the vids! Thanks

[@TheFabricatorSeries]

On titanium, it's a huge difference. Everything else... usually acetone is all that's needed. Sometimes brushing on stainless is needed. Some people take it over the top.

[@wesathetechnician]

@@TheFabricatorSeries Thanks for the reply. That's good to know! I haven't planned doing anything with Titanium yet, but yeah definitely good to know the cleaning process. My first 3 "big" projects is a Welding cart(done), Welding table(gonna go get material this week) and then an exhaust for my Passat in stainless :-)

[@chriso1373]

The only reason i was ever brave enough to try titanium was becuas of your videos on it from a few years ago. Im glad i did becuase its incredibly satisfying to get right. And can make you a lot of money too 😂

[@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.

[@stevesloan6775]

AT 20:30 swadging titanium is amazing... the flare accomplishable it completely different to any other alloy. I took it too its breaking point and its multitudes further than I ever imagined.

[@InformatrIIcks]

Thanks for the on screen metric conversions !

[@LordHolley]

I cannot wait to learn how to weld titanium!

[@kenneyminter2023]

Looks like it flows similar to inconel. I might have to get some of that titanium to try it out sometime.

[@codys_fab]

That hole repair was perfection. 👌 great video!

[@petermccuskey1832]

Thank you for your time

[@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

[@marcosmota1094]

Dude, you are an awesome teacher!

[@mordantly]

I bought some ticon practice cp1 and yeah, not much weight of material and filler in the box! Looks fun to play with.

[@michaelharper339]

I never not enjoy your content. thanks for sharing.

[@77Dok77]

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

[@adamtrokich8605]

Hey Justin. Great video as always. You should do more ti stuff. I had a problem with material getting too hot and moving to fast in beginning.

[@2rfg949]

beautiful job on the hole fill!!!

[@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.

[@loadb5985]

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

[@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 😮

[@randomschittz9461]

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

[@jus1975]

Keep the videos coming. I really enjoy them. I haven't had a chance to apply what i've learned but my confidence is definitely up. Do you have a video that explains and shows how to assemble a torch. I'm not sure where these o-rings go. Thanks again

[@TheRwdyAudi]

I'm getting ready to do my first titanium exhaust.... after I mess up a bunch on scrap😂... thank you for all the tips.

[@proxypanda4156]

You should know that its not very durable material. It can stress fracture easily.. if its for a turbo car, its good for the post turbo piping not the manifold. It resonates the sound diffetently too which makes the car sound awesome.

[@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

[@hilltroneye]

Thanks for your videos

[@jamestregler1584]

Nice bead run Bro 🧐

[@hilltroneye]

Love your channel

[@jeromeirving4770]

I have the same swedger set up. Expander from lisle and ram from harbor freight

[@stephen271]

You definitely have the best videos out there mate. 👍

[@StoicBarber]

Thanks you for your video, awesome information. 👍👍

[@YerkitRacingChannel]

Thanks for sharing! I'm wanting to do se titanium on my race car in the future. Good info here!

[@amcustomfab]

Really good info.😎 Thanks

[@weldingempire]

How good are those Defiant Metal gloves 😍

[@harryhomer1988]

Could you do a video on ever type of bad weld vs good welds?

[@thatguy6229]

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

[@johnmathews3027]

Very nice work, I really enjoy watching your videos I learn alot I love reading the comments all those experts 😁 Great video, thanks for sharing

[@Goodshaft]

GREAT Job Dude......................Beautiful work !

[@bibo524benfarhat7]

Thank you

[@TheFabricatorSeries]

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[@blueduece64]

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[@chriso1373]

This is my comment following dot ---> ●

[@wills4187]

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

[@brendanh7243]

I use the same gloves, they’re fantastic

[@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

[@kennethstaszak9990]

I learned I have no desire to weld Titanium!

[@6pekXX]

Nice video! Isn't it much more appropriate material for a part like this, working under high t° from exhaust gasses, let say inconel/incoloy or hasteloy? Much higher point of oxidation.

[@durryfinga]

homie unlocked lvl 100 welding

[@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

[@aaronanderson7619]

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

[@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.

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Thanks for cool nuggets like this!

[@alanr6529]

Great Video. May I ask what Tig machine you use and I couldn’t make out if your torch was water cooled or not. 👍

[@slimdog72]

Good work man.

[@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.

[@james.d.8044]

Love these videos you do am amazing job 😊😊

[@rescobar8572]

Great video as always!! Thank you 🙏🏻 for your time and effort!!

[@retematic2351]

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

[@petergamache5368]

That position seems like it would really make your filler hand ache after a while. Totally understand missing the puddle when that happens!

[@MrRShoaf]

Would this repair have been a good candidate for a dry box?

[@Bobsmith-ot6si]

Really enjoyed this thanks

[@tamzinbeauchamp2880]

Great video, learnt a lot...... Thanks Justin 👍

[@wcmwfab935]

Expander. Definitely got to build one. Space was made in a hollyweird basement. That's the way I would of attacked that blow out aswell.

[@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.

[@LokDog808]

Love your videos keep ‘em coming!

[@chrismatthews9328]

I tried to Tig Ally recently with out a foot pedal and got huge craters and holes lol. So next big purchase is foot pedal.

[@vladimirpodlesak]

Awesome as always. Thank you!

[@Henrik.Yngvesson]

The oxide on titanium welds from lack of shielding gas creates micro fractures in the oxide which will grow over time when flexing and vibrating. I don't know how deep it will go and if grinding will remove it, but brushing off the coloring will not and is not acceptable.

[@Grushnerd]

very nice, i wouldnt be able to save it that clean even if it was stainless...

[@MAYCOCustomRestorations]

What camera / editor setup do you use? Thanks

[@FAUZIAKBAR89]

Good job sir

[@kennethbushor1017]

Never weldthe titanium always wanted to

[@mariobalabanov1877]

Thank you best video 📹 💓 Good info for weldmetals online

[@modmotorsports]

Thanks again for the knowledge bomb Justin

[@M91211]

Any chance you make a video using pencil head torch?

[@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.

[@OSGGVE]

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

[@JCWren]

Did that hole fill work because you hadn't welded the other area yet? If you blew through after everything else was welded, wouldn't the purge pressure keep the hole open?

[@JCWren]

OK, that makes sense. I didn't realize the outlet side was vented, and thought it was purging through the unwelded seams.

[@wtfftw24]

Following from Italy 👍. Any info about how much back purging pressure is needed? Minimum to maximum Thanks

[@Sicktrickintuner]

Minimum as needed

[@johndeninger8905]

fantastic video 👍👍