Thank you SO MUCH for watching and hope you enjoyed this one! 💎💎💎Take a FREE online Tig class on my website HERE👉 www.pacificarctigwelding.com/

It's good to finally see a place where the Welding community isn't so toxic

Good points. I have been welding in Aerospace for about 17 years now. What works for me is learning how to "READ the Puddle". I do not add filler until I see a very slight dip into the trailing edge of the molten puddle which lasts of just microseconds. That "dip" tells me that the back side is getting penetration.

As a 57 y/o retired newbie, 2 months into welding school (TIG plate this semester) Thank You!!!! Your education means the world to many of us!!

I’m 69 had my own garages for 40 years now I’m retired I just wanted to learn tig welding love your videos really helpful my welding still crap but I’m enjoying learning 😊

I wish there were courses near me where I could just get some hands-on experience in MIG and TIG before buying a welder. Unfortunately, everything is about full certification programs, and nothing for the hobby welder.

This is such a great perspective towards teaching. I imagine a lot of people starting out can get discouraged easily. Advice like this can be very helpful and encouraging.

I watch my boss repair a gold watchband one day with TIG and gold wire. When he was done it immaculate. He ended his weld beads off the band on to a sacrificial piece, cut it off and profiled it. Thanks for your insight.

I'm so glad my shop works like this when we train people welding in general. We wait for them to be consistent with what they need to see on the exposed side before we have them turn up the heat and do both sides. And a longitudinal seam welder set up with a tig torch really helps show someone what to watch for when fusion welding since it's the most training wheeled tig experience since you're just keeping it on the line it does everything else for you.

Hey Dusty I wanted to thank you for the great video's you put out. I have been in the trade for over 20 years. I have always struggled with GTAW welding. Your simple way to explain things makes my simple brain understand lol. I am finally able to drop something that i'm not ashamed to say is my weld. As an old fart that complains when they change the type of toilet paper I never would have seen my self sit down with coupons to lay out flat beads to get a real feel for the puddle, but it just makes sense to get the basics first!!! Again thank you from the old fart.

Im a seasoned veteran your videos are helpful even for a pro we are always learning and getting better thank u

I picked up a TIG torch about 7 years ago to try it and learn. Biggest problem was I didn't clean the metal and filler like I should. Welded a few projects, turned out good for me. Put the torch down and was ready to take classes. 7 years later I'm still getting ready to take classes! LOL!! Too many other things went before welding (it happens when you get old). This year when I get back to the summer house I'll set up the garage and I WILL take the course! Thanks for what you do Dusty. You'll have to be a little forgiving when this "old" guy starts! LOL!!

Hey man I'm new to tig welding. You are officially my teacher now! Love the content. This advice is super helpful for me. Thanks a bunch!

Being a high amperage TIG welder for the last 10 years. Your videos are so informative!! Keep up the good work!!

Champion! So glad someone said this, no one is perfect even with a lot of experience. Been a sheet metal worker for 25 years and I listened to too many who don't know everything, and failed. Started doing it how i felt comfortable and then it just worked. Sometimes the unconventional is what works best but only attentive experience will teach you this. Thanks mate for your videos, love the no bullshit facts, keep them coming.

Your comments are so meaningful to me because I took aircraft welding at Utah State as part of my program for an A&P certified aircraft mechanic. Our test was not looking at the backside of the weld but making two joints and cutting the sample and etching for inspection. The "laying on of the bead" was not so important as penetration and consistency.

I've asked this question, on your channel. THANK YOU for addressing it. Point taken, and appreciated.

I was actually struggling with this lately welding some thicker aluminum. Thanks for breaking it down 👍

I love your inspiration, Dustin! I have been doing tig welding for well over 15 years and still pick up a lot of stuff from you. Do enjoy a lot!

Just finished my first quarter in welding school. I totally appreciate this channel. I am excited to move on to tig later in the coarse. I will absolutely be using this channel to help along my journey! Cheers!

I appreciate that you repeat other topics in every topic. It really drills it into my head every time I practice.

Your advice is gold bro. I hope people take your tips into account. Everything you are saying is exactly what my welding/fabrication instructors preached and demonstrated to us when we were learning. Thanks for the content man 🔥

That change of perspective is a huge relief for me since I'm still very new to the process. Thanks, dude!

I can also add that a good preparation of the welding surface will do wonders, sometimes it's as simple as adding a slight chamfer on thicker material and that root will become so much easier to do

Most concise. Excellent work . Positivity and respect 🙏

I wanna say thank you and I'm glad I ran into ur video due to me trying and failing on carbon steel 4g open root 3/32 butt joint on 1/8th in. And I was always having trouble on both sides and my teachers are great but they haven't done tig in a decade so it's nice to slow the pace down and remind me to stick to the basics

I always enjoy your videos... Teaching is most of all "encouragement"…. You "nail -it"....😃👍🏁

I think it's an excellent approach. Unfortunately, many online critics are unwilling to post photos of their own work for obvious reasons. Those who have enough experience and skill to do it perfectly 99% usually also have enough time in to understand the value in a properly executed weld without focusing on what you may or may not see on the backside.

What a great inspirational video, for welding, internet ediquate, and life in general. Thank you sir for making my day a little brighter.

Great video Dusty! Love your positive attitude to help people👍👍👍

Wow. truly eye opening. Thanks for your encouragement, man. I needed that

I have welded aluminum boats off and on for 30 years , Let me give you an example of when this much penetration is NOT good . Ok so on the outside of the side of the boat you will weld on a piece af andle iron that runs the lenth of the boat ,this is to stiffen the sidewall . This much penetration is called a blister and is not good , what you want to see is a dark almost black line opposite side of the weld , this line shows you that you did penetrate and there is no blister . Every industry has rules or techniques that you follow and for boat building this is what we do. I will say that when welding the bottom halves together or welding the side to the bottom you can weld hotter ,but that seem will be covered with angle iron so you would not see the blister if one was there. Bottom line , NO blisteres on Aluminum boats .

Lots of helpful information thanks so much for sharing because most people would never give out information like this you really don't know how much you help ppl like myself and others again Thanks.

I love this channel, so much help and advice for free. There is so little encouragement from people who claim to be pro welders, I regularly see people commenting things like "if that's the best you got , you shouldn't be allowed to weld" or " give up and leave to us guys who know what we're doing" Some people are just scared that someone will get better than then and take their jobs, I guess. It also seems to happen with tools, there's a pen like tool to help you feed filler rod and "real welder" seem to hate it, saying "if you need that, you should be welding". I've welded for 35 years but my hands are getting stiffer now, any tool to make it easier for me will keep me working , and anyone who thinks that makes me a bad welder is quite welcome to come and test me.

Love the encouragement!

Great advice! I went to a welding school where we clocked in and out for for 8 hours a day for about 6 months. This was in the 80's. We didn't have all these fancy controls on the machines like today which made us learn the basics of heat, gas flow, speed, etc. We also focused more on getting our stick, plate and pipe certs. Stick welding really helps with those fundamentals. Keep up the good work Dusty! 👍

Excellent instruction Dusty👍

Thank you for this video. I started welding a few years ago and found some success on TikTok making welding content. The comments have been the worst part of the whole experience. I still have a long way to improve but look forward to seeing a more positive community

Excellent teacher 👏

Awesome video Dusty thank you.

That’s a great idea, never thought of doing it like that

I was very frustrated at my first aluminum TIG weld penetration 15 min. ago. Thank you (and Jim!)

Another great episode Dusty. Keep it up. 🪙🪙🪙

Excellent video Dusty!

Some great information in here. 10/10 would recommend!

3:53 stunning weld right there.

I start TIG next week at UTI and I appreciate having something to help me get my foot in the door a bit

well done Dusty......cheers from Florida, Paul

Great advice! You are a very good teacher.

Totally agree with the points made. That said thought I’d share my favorite “I think your welds are bad” comment: 🎶 take me down to the poro-city Where the rates are cheap and the welds are shitty 🎶

Yer awesome bud!! Yer videos are no bullshit! And that's the yeah to do. In the trade I've been stick and mig. Just bought my everlast tig rig.. trying to get it properly.thznkz forr yer though content. ❤

Thanks for sharing your great knowledge. I 🤝🏻🔥

You do great arc shots

Great advice 👍🏽

THIS is a fundamental problem in teaching and learning generally. Teachers and learners expecting too much progress too quickly. Giving or wanting too much detail too early. failing to consolidate basics before moving on ........ nothing will stand, without a strong foundation in basics failing to give positive feedback and constructive advice. . For many who criticise, it is selfisness and wanting to prove that they are better or know more. . The most effective teacher is kind and generous Keep it up brother

Awesome content!

one thing i did not consider as a new aluminum tig welder is the oxidation layer on the back side & its ability to not break apart. now with experience i shoot for a brown scortched trail on most joints unless its a outside corner joint. IMO all "box fabrications" should be treated as "tank fabrication" & in those cases I always attempt to achieve a interior deposition equal to the material thickness.

Nice tips. thaks.

Jim Stratford, great instructor!

Some sage advice right here 👍

I wish you did more cool builds. I wanna see your badass welds while using them in real world circumstances.

You da man, Dusty! Wish you would teach some fine points in aluminum Mig welding tho.

Vous avez tout à fait raison ,il y a un temps pour tout et pour le soudage tig,il faut énormément de temps d'apprentissage. Pour ma part je ne regarde que deux sites de soudeurs,le votre et celui de Hagogibi. Merci pour vos explications

Awesome! Can you do one on t joint fusion/penetration?

Do you use some kind of fume extractor/exhaust fan or respirator when welding or does your hood have it built in ?

Wow. This episode is really amazingly good. Your level of care for your students makes you better than at least 95% of the teachers I've ever had on any subject. I just subscribed to your channel, and when I get a welder (just for hobby purposes) I'm going to sign up for your class.

A good penetration is necessary for pipe welding or when you need to grind down the weld to a flat surface

Great info ... how about one on how to find a apprenticeship, I been trying to get under a wing for a wile now n most problems I run into is no one wants to take on a greenhorn n it sux n is very discouraging to the point I been trying to slowly teach myself as I can afford better machines n to waste materials learning ... or I weld on my car n hope it hold lmfao 🤣.. but I have always tried to watch the "puddle" was the most important thing I learned but also I not cool enuf to tig yet lol but soon ... love your vids bro I watch em every time they come cross my feed brotha 💯 peace and love brotha keep it rad stay safe and build on l8z

I was pretty excited about laying down a somewhat decent bead. Didn't give two chits about the other side.

There's so much that goes into penetration. The thickness of the material, the joint, the root opening, the landing, and most important your WPS and PQRs. If it's a CJP (complete joint penetration) it needs to have whatever percentage of penetration your WPS calls out and the same with PJP(partial joint penetration). You cant say penetration-wise if something will pass or fail from a video.

Do you tig weld from your attached garage how do you vent the air?

Great teacher thanks LARRYMOORE

GIVE THIS A TRY,, I’ve found that using a weld preparation angle of 10* to 15* on the UNDERSIDE each aluminium plate produces exceptionally good root penetration. That would be a included angle of 20* to 30*.ON THE UNDERSIDE.with closed top edges. Oxy/ acetylene or TIG. .

My 2002 gsx-r 600 has this awesome weld on the frame right beside the gas tank on the left and right side. People would point out the weld. I’d be like, that dudes a pro and I swear every time anyone took note they would say, “that was done by a robot”. It would upset me because, _It wasn’t welded by a machine_ I just thought of that and it’s always made me wonder about why people are so quick to be wrong about things

Had this video recommended. Thought by the preview the guy was Linus Sebastian.

You dont always want penetration etc, if its a patch plate etc then 1 side is fine. If you need strength and can get to both sides, laying a bead on both sides is fine, in factories/farms etc form is secondry to function. If it holds pressure but looks like a dogs dinner thats prefferable if it can take a third of the time (a lot of repairs in a lot of factories are temporary e.g. welding up a worn shaft then grinding the ends down to get a bearing on to get it back up and running while a spare part is made in a rush order)

This is why TIG wasn’t even introduced until Year Two of your journey pun intended to becoming a Journeyman Welder (in Canada anyway). it’s been a while since I took any Government Certs so this most definitely has changed. They wanted to get you comfortable on the other “easier” processes first. My first year we had an Oxy/Acetylene Welding section still so yeah.

I've never had a butt joint go completely molten like that on the back side. So I just gave it a try, but to no avail. What does it take to achieve that? Bevels on the joint? Root gap? Lower the amperage and move slower? More amperage and move faster?

Very good video 👍 Now.. do a Mig/Mag alu 😁

Hi I wonder one thing, Can you make a video about solutions for geting a nice penetretion on joint welds with a too big of a gap? I weld some bent pieces that have been cut with a laser machine and have sometimes a big gap in between. I almost always get penetration but its not clean; instead it has a bit of a gap and looks separated somehow. I wonder if the laser made to much of a oxid surface and the cleaning is not geting on the other side of the weld.

I want to weld now 😂 i like your perspective on tutoring man the ones ive come across are the ones that say oh cool but you have no penetration try again

Where do you get the tig gloves

This goes for all trades and arts, learning is a process

Yes more amp mean more heat and heat let you penetrate more so yes its help that for mig and tig too.

Is it penetrating? Brazzing, sautering, sintering, welding.. I watch the puddle and I literally watch it flow into the gap so long as I see my material visually heating to match the pool before it solidifies I know it has all gotten molten where it needs to and has become stuck together as I want. Preheating your material is what I finds helps most

First you learn control. Then you get fast. There's no point in worrying about penetration if your beads are ropey and your weld face has more rolls than a pack of franks. Never weld with a contaminated tungsten. This is what gets most novice welders. Clean tungsten, clean gloves (!) and always weld on bright, shiny, clean, metal. Makes learning so much easier.

As a rule of thumb: once is an occurrence, twice a coincidence, and thrice a pattern. A pattern of good welds seems as good an indicator of progression as anything could be, to me.

Did the welding procedure specify full penetration?

This is the best training video for everyone trying to learn tig welding. Thank you 👏👏👏👏👏👏

jim was the best!

So I stopped here at 2:35 n haven't watched the entire video yet but I'm gonna comment my experience first and I want to know what the POSITIVE welder YT community has to say. If the maker sees this and answers that'd be awesome! So I just finished welding school September last year being the second best in class. the first best was someone who had prior experience in the industry. As far as performance we were neck and neck. Also his only goal was to refine and focus his technique in all processes while actually earning his certs since hes never had them beforehand. So he took his time with all modules, stick, mig, flux. I had become the first to finish the entire program in years and became a tutor for the rest of my time there but still left before he reached tig. but I consider him the best because I take into consideration his prior experience and the technical knowledge he possessed beyond what the courses called for as well as his real world experience. Anyway, the last module was tig. I completed this in all positions with carbon and stainless steel padding, tee joints and V grooves walking the cup on the grooves. For aluminum it was padding, 1-3F tee, and a flat butt weld, all with 14-16ga material. I don't work in aerospace or anything so critical, although that'd be fucking awesome n I'd love to, but I do work as a fabricator now and I apply these lessons to my work which of course have my name attached and have real world uses. My work has never come back to me with any issues but still, I strive to be sure that my welds are as reliable and consistent as I can manage, knowing there's always more to learn. Now that I got my limited welding background established, the question I have is, I was taught that the most I wanted to see on the back side is that little bit of haziness, not too much and definitely no bubbling. That no haziness is better than too much. Is this correct? Now I'm going to finish the video. Edit: OK, now I'm seeing my butt joints did NOT look like that🫣. Although it wasn't open on the bottom like that either. It was sitting on a flat slab of carbon. It did look exactly like the workpieces that he recommended doing an etch test on though

@Pacific Arc Tig Welding Is it possible to get penetration on the backside when welding overhead? Or does the puddle suck back?

The worst weld you showed here is better than my best weld. Tig and I aren't real friendly yet. I get my best results with stick. Then oxy-fuel. I was hoping Tig would be very similar to gas welding. But it goes sideways much faster. So, every week, more practice.

Too many ppl that think they are welders.. there is a ton of work that is never single pass welds some are multiple pass welds that that required a back grind weld based on procedure, and require root/hot/single cap/back grind / back cap

Getting full penetration is quite important and necessary in order to develop full strength. However, doing a butt weld with no bevel makes it well on impossible to obtain full penetration. That being said, the examples from your students are good in that it shows consistent heat input and travel speed. In my experience those are necessary to being able to produce consistent welds without flaws.

in the thumbnail you looked exactly like Linus lol

some professional told me that tig welding aluminum from both sides is the best way if possible.

So i dont reckon the enterweb is a good place to learn to weld .Alot of what you talk about i agree more than not .I learned from my boss he welded with oxy&acetyene as you can imagine this was a long time ago .But after learning to hate Mig welding over yhe damage mess i got my first Tig and found it to be easyer then that Gas welding i use to weld a 912 car into the great 911and flare steel fenders for that big tire .And in my Teens i was hooked

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What in your opinion would be a decent TIG welder for a hobbyist, Something for around £200 GBP. Any ideas ?