Honestly “what are your settings” is actually a great question. It allows new guys to have a solid starting point to then tune in their skills. It does save them lots of time and waste. We all know your setting won’t be my setting but it will ball park them. Rather than them chasing bad settings plus bad skills a bad weld with close or spot on settings lets them know it’s their skill and can just focus on that. None the less great video.

This helped a lot man! AC Balance setting was what I was after. The Hz explanation with the arc narrow or wider was also useful! Great all-around video!

Best explanation on Balance and how it cleans and relationship to penetration that I have seen out of all 30 videos on settings! You are a great teacher! Keep making more videos! Thanks Bro!

Your “rant” was probably the best way I’ve ever heard “what’re your settings” answered! Awesome video

This was the best simple intro to tig welding I've seen yet. You did a very good job of breaking down how it works. I'm not a welder, but I am into photography(moving and still). Tip, if you are standing in front of a white board and you are not moving a lot. Like you were in this video. Turn off the auto focus and manual focus on the white board. The softer focus on your face will be less distracting than the focus pumping between your face and the board. If you have enough light you can go with a higher F stop for more depth of field. Often you are better served by a higher F and higher ISO. Balancing image noise for depth of field. Not sure what your camera rig is but even cell phones support manual settings. Please keep doing videos your content is really helpful.

I first thought this was going to be just another welding video but your description of the AC setting was very insightful. It really helped me understand how the AC settings effect the process. Thank you.

Just bought a PrimeWeld. Thanks for making these videos!

Sweet jesus. I just took a basic 1 day hobby tig welding course at a local welding school this saturday. I was doing great, then came home and played with my primeweld tig 225x. I was NOT doing good. Turns out ALL and i mean ALL my settings were way off from what you recommend. Not only do i now umderstand my welders settings perfectly, i understand what each setting does and how to use them for a good weld. WOW man. Thanks. This was PERFECT!!!

Thank you for this video. This was the best explanation of the setting on this machine that I have seen yet.

Thanks for that explanation. Just ordered my first TIG welder. Looking forward for more videos!

Well explained. The tape over the dials made it a lot easier to get to the point. 😎

A very good explanation and kept it as simple as possible. Thanks for sharing.

most informative vid i have seen yet...countless hrs researching tig welders...and how to vids...this one spells it all out very well...thanks...

Nicely done,ive spent alot of time watching tig welding videos and this was by far the best explanation of whats going on

this is exactly what i have been looking for. someone who breaks it down for a complete n00b.

Thank you. I learned a lot from this video.

You are a great teacher. I'm converting from MIG, so a TIG Newbie....

I started MIG only a few short months ago and have TIG envy already. Your very clear explanation of some of the key elements just pushed me even closer. Well done and thank you.

simple and to the point ... great video !!!

Very clear and concise explanation.

Great analogy, great info

Great video for those learning and garage project welders like myself wanting to add Aluminum to my work.

i tell ya. i probably watch more youtube videos than most. i look at huge variety of subjects because i love to learn things. the this video is a great find. lots of good simple info to get someone going. always have to watch 20 vids to find that one good one like this.

Great video. Thanks for clarifying things and dumbing it down for a novice like myself. I just purchased the prime weld 225 thanks to you.

Thank you Alex, as always your video was excellent.

Great video dude. Keep them simple and to the point like this.

Great video explaining everything! Thank you

Great video, thanks for posting. I just ordered this machine so appreciate videos like these to help learn.

Subbed to your channel man! Your videos are great, I'm about to pull the trigger on the prime weld and will self teach myself how to tig. And your videos are just the right recipe to help a newb.

You are a natural teacher buddy!! Very well put and I will be referencing this video more than a few times to try and retain all the diabolically awesome info. you referenced! Thank you!

Thank you! Very informative

Great info for this Noob, Thanks for taking the Time.

Thanks for your time nice video

Thanks, very helpful explanation.

Great video... very informative, Ty

Very good explanation!

Great video! Thank you.

The best video on balance and frequency that I've ever seen. Thank you...you just got a new subscriber.

Thx. Good tips

Good job on the explanation!

Thanks again!👍👍👍

Thanks for info buddy

Thank you.

Great video.

I just received mine in the mail yesterday and this video has been priceless to me getting it set up. Thank you so very much.

This is great and I also have blue painter's tape to use on my new 225x.

Hey mam love your vids. And agree with what you're saying but as a car racer, we know what our camber and caster is. We know what our toe and shock settings are. You are a really good welder and some people asking are not as negligible as you are cuz they are office workers by day. You are a very talented welder and the average person is nowhere in your range. You could teach them. But that would take years. Anyway understand how good you are at what you do. And how good other people are at what they do. You cant teach this stuff in 2 weeks but you can help. I love your channel. Have learned alot. You are unbelievable talented welder and we are blessed for you to help us learn. Just do think we know what you are doing. We know half at best. Thank you man.

Thanks very helpful

Well said!

Good explanation

Ive been practicing on aluminum for a month and just tried some steel today to fix my exhaust. I was not ready for it to be dead silent! I thought i was deaf for a second. the other big thing ive found is making lines on a practice sheet is easy but then doing anything other than that is really hard. edges and corners and cracks just evaporate compared to the center of a sheet. this tool is a lot of fun

Nicely said my man, lol I was impressed for a primeweld vid. Very instructional video and good set of knowledge for a young guy with the PW225, and a nice table as well. :) seem like a sharp cat, well done!

Great video! It's true that the settings aren't super critical. Any experienced welder can make good welds with the settings plus or minus 25%. For this reason, I prefer machines like the Primeweld 225x that have analog knobs--you don't need digital accuracy on the settings, and you can tell at a single glance how the machine is set up, without stepping through all the menu settings.

You had some good explanation there. I am looking into Tig welding and this looks like a great machine to try.

Thank you. That's the machine I have and it was very confusing.

Thanks!

Good job man

Thank u

Thats the machine i have. Cant wait until another video when you explain more settings and pulse.

Mine just arrived.

Thanks.

More please~!

Just got around to using this welder after having it for a few weeks and what a big difference between the harbor freight titanium and this one. No comparison whats so ever not even close. The whole time I thought it was me not knowing what I was doing. You can actually see and hear the difference just in the arc. I went through 4 Harbor Freight welders (2 tig 200 and 2 unlimited 200) and when I tried to post a bad review they wouldn't post it which is BS. I did get my money back and for $100 less I purchased the PrimeWeld.

bro, thank you.

Dig it! Only thing I wish you added was what to do with the other switches. I grabbed a view that most were zero’ed so I think I got what I needed (besides seat time)

Very knowledgeable young man, you just taught this old man very easily. You either should be a teacher or had a damn good one teaching you..subscribed

Hi, and first off your grandfather is a way cool guy to hear talk about welding. I have deen watching your videos because I have two younger friends that each want a welder of there own as my old miller sincrowave 300 has pooped. I started welding in 1972, went to class A GOV in 1978 and retiered in 08. I showed them how to use this welder so I did not have to weld all there stuff. At this point they have each gotten a welder, one guy, primeweld 225 TIG, other guy, MIG 180. How cool is it to pass on a Skilled trade as welding to 2 friends. I have watched a gaziIlion vids on welding and yours are the ones I tell these guys to pay attenion to. And to grandfather, virt up, as you know is an art...

Nothing has helped more than the advise here to use a high(er) frequency, like 120-140 Hz, while TIG welding aluminum. I'm sure there are times when 60 Hz is called for but for starting out 120-140- Hz has really allowed me to start to see that elusive stack of coins instead of my typical sunken molten mess. Thanks!

6:56 makes this a video worthy of your welding playlist.

Excellent video. I am a complete newbie welder and just bought this machine for the purpose of home hobby. I am a machinist with 30 yrs experience and work in a precision metal fab shop. I've watched welders for years and worked closely designing and building fixtures for them. Now I have a whole new respect for them! This is not easy. Anyway, I've got an understanding of the aluminum welding, despite most of my beads are lousy. Occasionally I lay down a good one which tells me I'm capable, just need practice. My problem is on the DC side. Now matter what I do on steel or stainless, my heat signature is huge and I can't seem to lay down a decent ripple on flat plate, butt joint, corner, etc. I have unlimited access to metal. Please tell me a good thickness material, tungsten size, filler size, etc to practice on. Tell me the settings and then I can spend days just doing that until I get it right. I just want to rule out the other variables and practice only my skills.

Great video. I only do one thing different. I up the amperage by 15%. That gives me a foot pedal that is smooth, More than that makes every foot movement quirky. It may be just my machine 👀. I can always adjust.

Wow, that was a really good explanation, I haven’t seen a video explaining like you did. Maybe next time cover the pulse button, as I have no idea what that does. Edit, never mind, just found your video on pulse.

Can you make a video explaining how to set and use pulse. Maybe also explain 4t

I love your analogy but right now I'm just trying to figure out how to put the tires on

Great job. Now, let kick it "up" a notch. I have been welding over for over 25 years. Miller Dialarc 300 (Yes antique welder) it has 1 switch and 1 knob. After 50 years, it's finally giving me "fits" So I got a Primeweld TIG225 AC/DC. Everything you did here is spot on. Now lets see the tech. I have learned allot about pulse from Jody and Justin and Tony and 6061, and ,and ,and, But nobody has a great video on 4T. You are young so I am guessing you haven't had to ask your 8year old grandson to stand here and press this peddle while laying under a trailer or whatever.....More,More,more...NO less.less. Okay stop. Lol.

Very good explanation however your drawing on the paper should be square wave output since this machine only puts out square wave when in a/c mode.

Thank you! Exactly what I needed. One question though. The knobs covered up, is that because they are only applicable for pulse mode?

Does it pushing up to 220 amps at list?

Got the ck water touch And a Mophorn tig cooler 25. L. ,$370.99 on Amazon 2019 110v Works great. But just may be over kill . Big. Have smaller ones .I us a Alcohol nix to cold here .fine. I don't know. That. Mm thing

I have the same machine. I am attempting to relearn how to tig weld. This is a completely different machine than I’ve used previously. When welding DC tig if I cut the pulse function off all together I would get an arc but for whatever reason ( probably me) I couldn’t get enough heat to start a puddle. I’m befuddled.

So the balance control on the Primeweld adjusts the percent of the electrode positive? 30% would be 30% EP and 70% EN correct?

So all the other buttons are for the finger trigger settings correct?

I have a question, if I'm gonna be welding aluminum under 135 amps, you think I need a water cooler for the Primeweld 225?

People are taking about base settings. If you look under the hood of most mig welders the give you a baseline.... so say you like to move faster and like it hotter you can turn up the amps.

I have a aluminum 10AN fitting I need to get welded onto a cast aluminum oil pan. Do you still recommend the 120 Hertz and other standard settings that you mentioned using 90% of the time when welding those two pieces together?

Can anyone tell me what they would suggest for settings, gas,cup etc for 0.03 wall 304 SS tubing fish mouth connection? I’m struggling hard

I just ordered the primeweld that sitting on your table. what do you think of it? Kinda late for me to ask considering..but.. I'd still like to hear your thoughts.

Most people just looking for a good starting point not to cold or to hot 🥵 period!

Jeg er lige startet med tik.. Men jeg brænder spidsen så det bliver en rund kugle... Hvad gør jeg forkert.. ? ( Rustfri stål ) A4 .. ( Tik DC )

Can you show me setting for very thin aluminum?. I’m a experienced TIG welder. I am just having trouble with this machine I think it might be broken. Haha

Would you weld some pop cans with it please?

Can you tell me the height of the PrimeWeld? I built a cart that barely fit my AHP201XD. But sold that thing. Want a prime weld but heard it was slightly taller. I need to know if it will fit where my AHP use to fit into.

Are you from Alabama? You look super familiar.

I have tried about everything on aluminum welding . Too difficult or lack of detail info on you tube. I cant get it to pool and its so stressful., I bought several aluminum 1/8 and 1/4 plates to practice on. Using 100% argon and I brush clean everything I set my argon at 20 on flow valve and other settings as indicated on videos and NOTHING!

How is your starts on ac aluminum mild and stainless is fine.....let's talk ac aluminum

Sub and bell. keep it up.

People are asking you what their settings are because they just bought this machine and have no clue what to do or how to weld or aert up a machine for that matter. Lol

So 300 amps needed for 1/4'' steel/aluminum?

Didn’t Justin at TFS use the same analogy ? Seems like the same content just repeated

Still need more volume . Hard to hear yet.