Jody, I’ve been welding for over 40 years and yet I still have to admit “I don’t know it all”! Thank you for these excellent videos!

In welding school right now. Just getting into aluminum and these are really helping me get the process and progress in my skill level. Thank you so much and well be purchasing stuff if you are still selling.

Jody you probably are "THE BEST" at helping someone understand any kind of welding!!! You make things look like are so easy to do, even if in practice the ain't....! Thank you for all your help you provide through your videos!

Love it....the learning curve when you have info and demonstrations like this is shortened exponentially! Thanks again!

just awesome, exactly the kind of thing I need to help me on my worst joint.

Hey Jody!! Actually just recently became D17.1 Aviation and Aerospace certified! Never did testing on ally though. Did 4 cobalt Haynes 188 tests then 4 Nickel inconel 718 tests. Lots of this is very familiar. These tests really built my skills. Always watching the videos keep it up!

Currently doing this test 1mm to 3mm plate. Two runs required a root and a cap. Would love a video on this if ever possible sir. Its proving very challenging the d17 code.

Started using my Tig Finger and WOW does it work! No more black/brown burn marks on my gloves.

Thanks. I don't have access to TIG and never have, but am saving the information for if someday I do. It appears to be a superior method for many applications.

awesome , thanks for this video jody . t- joints are one of the things im having issues with on aluminum . more hood time will is the only way to get it down . thanks for all you do for the welding community Jody .

very good information Jody, everything you said is spot on! I did my aviation tig training at naval air station Jacksonville florida, the only thing that was different is they did X-ray analysis on all the joints 2g, 3g, and 3f on aluminum, mild steel, Inconel 600, and stainless steel. I will also add the standard machine in naval aviation right now is the Miller Syncrowave 350LX and does not have frequency control.

That is good information on welding thin material. Keep up the good work. Your doing a great job of helping me be a better welder.

Hi Jody! Ive been a long time viewer and figured I would share a somewhat relevant story to see what you thought. I work in a petrochemical plant and a few years ago we were doing a job on some cryogenic service aluminum exchangers. The service prevented a hydrotest so we were X-raying everything (mostly socket welds) since it was in a confined space that that would be extremely inconvenient and costly to access again. When the specialized welding contractor showed up they requested a portable AC unit for the welding area. Being summer time on the gulf coast we assumed this was for comfort reasons so we didn’t provide it since the heat index was still inside our tolerable working limits. After we started having issues and actually failing socket welds for porosity, we were informed the AC unit would lower the humidity and the rejection rate for porosity... They were right. If I hadn’t seen the film before and after myself I don’t know that I would have believed it. Aluminum welding is very uncommon in our plant so all of my prior aluminum welding experience was motorsports related which was done indoors and never X-rayed. I had never seen humidity have that drastic of an effect, some of the “before” welds were worse than your dirty test plates. I was curious if this was something you had encountered before? I still wonder about it sometimes but it got the job done right and on time which is all that matters.

A good video to come back to every now and again . Still, it's the toughest weld for me @ 16 ga. T joints on al. . lol Thanks again Jody . :)

Thanks for making the vid Jody, anything on D17.1 is very helpful to me. Enjoying the podcast too!

Love to watch these videos! All I need is a welder to practice all this.

Always high quality and informative, thanks as always!

Jody said he hopes this video helps us out here in TV land. Yes, it does; It helps many of us realize we could NEVER pass a cert. test! But, we keep trying. :-)

I found when welding thinner aluminum and stainless, it also helps to utilize a chill bar on the backside. I didn't hear jody say it so i thought id chime in if it'll help anyone out there. no clue if its allowed on test, but it still helps for making a decent weld, especially if your welding a shitty series of aluminum.

Thank you again and again!!!! (and you even added "mm" to the "inch", thanks 4 that as well!) I hope to still have this source of your knowledge for the following decades, when it stillI increases in value to me with my slowly growing knowledge ... ;-)

Another great vid. I'm hoping to be able to practice TIG on not just carbon but Aluminum soon.

Thanks for a informative demonstration.

been welding aluminium for 14yrs now from 1mm up to 5mm...you really should flatten the end of the zirconiated electrode a little just at the end and after a bit of welding you'll get a nice shiny ball on the end of the electrode if you're doing it right. (using the correct ampage/electrode size) and clenliness is key to a good weld on aluminium (aluminum to you americans)

Excellent presentation, very helpful

Thank you sir. You've been very helpful. I just finished up my 1st week with a machine you had or have powerpro 256si. It's tougher than it looks HAHAHA. That's putting it lightly.

Can you please do a vid on a 2f fillet tig on steel please!!!

Hey Jody love the vids! Do some more 6g pipe welding tips!

Happy New Year! Thanks Jody.

Can you make a vid on how to choose what cup size is best for whatever job?

Hye Jody, I having a hard time finding the setup to weld 0.8mm fillet joint...may I know the recommended hz for a material that thin?

Excellent video (as always)! Thanks for all that you do & hope you have a great New Year.

Love all your videos. What welding school in your opinion is the most recognized in the welding community? Thank you

What is this copper clamp product? I'm guessing it serves as a clamp and a clean ground.

I got 0.35 tube to 0.60 plate and I keep failing for the tiniest porosity and it's always 2 tiny tiny pores

I can not get a good melting point and what happens is that the whole area is exposed to the gas melt rapidly، how to solve it. even if i weld 3mm .. argon flow that am use is 5 120AM my problem is that am not able to get one melting point where it should be inder the tungstun .. how to solve it?

Can you do a video on spray arc and globular?

thanks jody for sharing. man if this is hard for you... i won`t even try. regards. pete

I'm having such a hard time practicing for this test

Would .080 be better for just starting?

Nice. I have found great difficult to make these same T joints on thin stainless steel. Any tips or videos on this subject ?

I know you've done it before, but can you revisit Tig welding aluminum? Like from a beginner trying to start Tig welding aluminum for the very first time?

nice video....again! happy New year

Thanks Jody !

Hey can you demo the mig knuckle in one of your next videos?

I’m using an Eastwood TIG 200, and trying to do this exat test...... NOT going well. Are chil blocks a must? Is this Eastwood welder capable? Thanks.

Taking this now but only the base plate is .063 and the T is .040 and there telling me the max leg size is .120 does that sound correct? Any recommendations on filler metal and tungsten size?

Pl tell electrode size

great video, thanks for the lesson.

Thanks Jody. You’re the man.

what size tungsten and filler are you using in the video?

Hello Jody I was wondering if you've ever heard of a power tool company called thor silver line I ask because I have been passed down a 7" grinder from my grandfather,the only problem is he forgot how to take the grinding wheel off,now I've searched high and low on the internet and forums but I could not find anyone who has ever used one,I ask you because you seem pretty knowledgeable if you can help it would be greatly appreciated. And or anyone in the comments

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I would like to purchase my first arc welder for home use and hobbies but I don't want to spend a lot of money. What is a good low price arc welder for home

Hey Jody. another great video. was just wondering what would you recommend for filler if you dont know what series of aluminium it is. or if youre welding lets say 4 thousand series aluminium to 5 or 6 series. or if its cast aluminium. Thanks

nice work as always

Do you keep the camera in marco mode behind an auto-darkening lens?

lesson learned...thanks!

good video. thanx for your expertise.

Can someone talk to me a bit about amperage. I'm going in next week for the first 2 of 13 tig tests for Boeing. Going to be welding tee joint with 1/16th base plate and 1/32nd verticle plate. Should I set amperage based off the thinnest material or hit it around 70-75 amps and feel it out with the pedal? Any advice would be appreciated

Hi Jody: Can you please tell me where I can up date my cert. in Sacramento Ca. Thanks

I'm starting on this and I do not know how to put a fair price Thanks

i planning on making an aluminium sheet metal intake. what welder would you recommend, how much AMP does require?

can you use square wave 175?

Nice video!

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Thank you👍

I been retired more than 10yrs but most tests,at least for the big money jobs,had you running on that ragged edge and the employer set the heat, etc.they wanted you to do it THEIR way and didn't give you much wiggle room...

how does your tip stay pointed? mine always balls up when doing aluminum. i dont have that problem with stainless though.

Great video!! Thank uuuu

good video. regards from sweden

what about maxing out your machine to 400 hz? 🤔

will all Tig welders weld Aluminum

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