Top 3 Differences Between Laser and TIG Welding

[@pieshka4509]

As someone that has used that brand for 2 years in a sheet metal shop, preparing (tacking) things with tig to then laser weld it has been my favorite, fastest, and safest way to use it (I've accidentally blown a hole in 2 pairs of gloves trying to tack with the laser). Using the wire the one annoying quirk is it will ride over a tack no matter how small (even a bit of penetration from tacking a flange to pipe from the inside) and leave a spot you need to go back over Also, a pipe turn table with the wire feeder is a like a dream and the easiest thing to do with it, especially an inside corner joint

[@nightheron714]

That laser sure is fast. It also seems like, as you said, it will take time to learn the quirks and get good at it.

[@pieshka4509]

Biggest quirk to figure out is where to look to not serpentine over the butt weld joint and maintaining the correct angle on outside corner joints so the weld isn't biased to one side or the other. The one skill that is tricky to learn is filling gaps with it

[@mjo326]

Excellent video! Thanks for being objective. I believe laser welding has promise.

[@RobPulson]

great video, i love seeing the laser welder stuff! would be curious to see what the sheet metal laser weld looked like on the backside if you either set the plate above the table a bit or sat it on a piece of aluminum so it didn't fuze to the table.

[@walterdeppe9669]

I'm afraid of Laser Technique. Love Tig Welding so much.

[@Ratkill9000]

Laser welding was still in its infancy when I was in trade school 12 years ago, along with 3d printing. Hopefully laser welding could get to be as small as like a spool gun and just run on some strong batteries for really remote work.

[@rudyrivera7426]

Thanks for sharing! Interesting! 👌👍

[@AustinHargett]

You’re welcome!

[@leeit2me]

I think laser will be the next tig method of welding.. it's like plumbers that solder/sweat their copper pipes now they have pro press fittings which is much faster. it' something you have to try and eventually be your standard method

[@Useruserusername790]

Why not just have a Robot weld for you? Wouldn't that be "faster and easier" ? Why use human workers period? You don't have to pay a machine. Just do away with people jobs altogether.

[@MacDaddyShreds]

excellent!!

[@AustinHargett]

🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@LibertyDankmeme]

make every weld better than your last - the last guy that ran this channel gonna need to put 100 hours on that laser rig before you get that shoulder/elbow dialed in

[@AustinHargett]

Thanks for watching 😂

[@LibertyDankmeme]

@@AustinHargett i'm like the US mail... i show up no matter what

[@Welddotcom]

@@LibertyDankmeme Ahh yes like the newspaper rotting in my drive way. -Austin

[@pieshka4509]

I figured it out pretty quick when I noticed my arm feels weirdly warm or felt a strange vibration from the laser reflecting down onto my boot 😂

[@jackmumble]

I think the pipe needs a little bevel and to be kissed together to get a good weld

[@AustinHargett]

When I had it steady it did everything great! Think it had more to do with myself

[@jackmumble]

@@AustinHargett I heard them say it doesn't work good with gaps not even a 1/16 in another video try kissing the pipe it won't hurt to try it

[@melgross]

@@jackmumblegaps are fine. As long as they’re not too wide. I done know offhand which mode it is by the numbers, but you set it to move side to side a bit and it covers gaps just fine.

[@JohnD6280]

That laser welder is nice BUT, i'd still prefer to hold the tig torch and weld slower with ease instead of trying to maneuver a OVERSIZED laser handle.. Maybe in few decades the laser handle will get smaller..

[@williamstormoen140]

I think you probably should have used a backup plate of aluminum on that laser butt weld. You just got lucky with the tig weld😂

[@AustinHargett]

Haha Somthing for sure!

[@pieshka4509]

I've accidentally welded a piece to the table and even gouged it trying to weld a flange on a pipe collar before I got my supervisor to buy a turn table, a piece of aluminum isn't just to prevent oxidation with a laser😂

[@williamstormoen140]

@@pieshka4509 what I'm referring to is steel won't stick to aluminum. Also correct it helps oxidation from forming on bottom of weld.

[@pieshka4509]

@@williamstormoen140 i know, I've had to write "do not cut" on a long strip of aluminum sheet metal because I use it to protect the table I've accidentally left gouges on with it

[@dm4226]

it will still stick. Ive use copper and aluminum and it still sticks. you need to shim it up so its not on the table.

[@matthufham]

I'll take the laser welder if you don't like it. sweet.

[@7628739]

Isn't it a fortune ?

[@r.j.dunnill1465]

$26,000 for the unit in this video.

[@johnwalter6410]

I’m just getting in the Tigra and maybe I shouldn’t even start ha. Since it’s gonna be dead soon.

[@SouthernGround]

Dad, Son come HERE! , DID YOU JUST WELD ON MY NEW 5X10 $11,459 SIEGMUND FIXTURE TABLE! 🤬

[@AustinHargett]

It was a cheaper table from weld tables online. It’ll be fine

[@SouthernGround]

@@AustinHargett Thank GOD it wasn't a 0.250 Horrible Fate fab table wobbly legs and all 😬

[@TheDaumen]

I have a Siegmund fixture table and those were my exact thoughts. What is he doing!!!!! At least put a sacrificial plate between the pieces getting welded and the table. A aluminum block would be the right choice I think. Ouch on the table. I hate to see people abuse their tools.

[@dhamre]

Bro, please don't send sparks and debris into the head. I would have fired one of my guys for doing that. You are welding way too hot for thin stuff. Also, narrow the wobble to get deeper penetration, and finally, use Nitrogen like IPG suggests, those welds are FULL of porosity when you use Argon.

[@geekswithfeet9137]

I’ve never seen porosity when using argon, nitrogen is okay, but argon definitely isn’t worse.

[@spbygga8123]

Too many A's 🤣

[@AustinHargett]

Haha 😂😂