Do you use 4043 filler rod?

I'd really like to be able to do what your doing.... Great job! Very inspiring!

@Pacific Arc Tig Welding can you make me a Chinese dragon please? 3D

Thanks for pointing that out dude. I was definitely matting the pedal to try and pre clean before starting the bead

Thank you for pointing that out.

George I appreciate that a lot! Happy to be a part of your week🙏🍻

Ben you rock! I appreciate the kinds words a lot. And happy to share! More to come!

Michael I appreciate that a lot🙏 Cheers my friend

Steel wool will embed tiny steel particles in the aluminum and cause galvanic corrosion over time. Please do not do this with structural parts.

Thanks josh!🙏

Thanks! Always wishing I had more time as well... have to make the time count while we can!:)

Haha! If you’re looking for art vids, check out Kiptoe. His mural paintings are insane and great video production

Puts a smile on my face to hear that bro. Good on you🍻

Thanks so much!🙏🙏

Awesome! Happy to hear you’re just getting into it! It’s a blast💪💪💪

Haha one track mind mr “tomato farmer” 😂🙏

At 60, I just like it when a few of my joints move freely. I do stick, mig, spray arc, and brazing every day, but tig is my biggest weakness. You are extremely talented! Keep up the great videos, and how might I be able to purchase a piece of your art?

"Pulls out grandma's titanium hip replacement "

Cheers my friend! I appreciate you checking the vids out and commenting!🍻

@@PacificArcTigWelding They`re so upbeat they make me feel more positive about the possibilities. Well done, great vids, very informative, well produced and inspiring. This is what KZfaq should be for. : )

Haha! I appreciate that. But you can learn! That’s the amazing thing about the trade. It turns into an art after learning. Endless possibilities of growth💪🍻

@@PacificArcTigWelding i took a piece of an old bmw lower control arm.material is cast aluminum and tried practicing using that .it turned blue and it burned gas lens . I had cleaned it and kept trying after two burned gas lens i had no idea why it turned blue and it never welded. But ill keep watching your videos eventually ill at least stop burning gas lens.

Awesome Larry! I bet it turns out great!

Thanks so much for checking the channel out! I appreciate it very much my friend 🙏🍻

Hey I’m a fairly new welding KZfaqr I’ve tried using that camera set up but it never quite works out for me. How do you guys have it set exactly? If really appreciate the help

Yes! I want to redo a few of my tutorials, so I’ll pencil this one in🙏🙏 Thanks for the suggestion!

Kennyyyyyyu THANK you 🙏🙏🙏 I appreciate that so much 💪💪💪

To much heat, I like using a foot pedal

Haha. Trick is to get them nice and clean before the shine up😂 I’ve done many welds that no amount of polish could make look good 😂

Shooooot that’s a great question. You might, but would show the difference in base and filler material so much I would think. Only one way to find out!

@@PacificArcTigWelding Dusty, I am from South Africa, we do mostly aluminium casting repairs. I use a transformer Lincoln 275 precision Tig with the with the pulse control panel. I get good nice beads , but I want to up my game, do you think I will get better welds with one of these inverter type machines? Your videos had helped me tons, wish I could be so consistent like you, thank you.

Ever seen a shiny stainless steel weld? Not without polishing it you haven't.

@@Valpodin As a fabricator doing actual work I can't say I've the time to mask off the cleaning marks from the weld and go round all my beads with polishing compound. I guess this is a technique for ego stroking Gen Z Instagram types.

I ain’t hiding anything 🍻

@@PacificArcTigWelding I know you’re not. But too many welding pages fake their welds by using rotary tables or other shit to better their welds but claim free hand or first pass welds when they use techniques to clean their weld after or create weak welds that just look good in photos.

Yeah for sure. You can hit it with a Dremel polishing bit, at high rpm it gets rid of it after a few passes.

Scotchbrite . Perfect finish for alu parts

Yes! I’ve done it with a few pieces. It’s insanely tedious but it works great 💪

Looks like I'm going to have a ton of work ahead of me then. Intercooler and intercooler piping is going to look awesome though

Hah I feel you on the school grind bro🙏💪 I appreciate you watching a ton my man🍻

😂 Indeed it is the fun🙏🍻

Previous use may be hours ago. It is called "PREFLOW".

@@davidswanson4437 No, gas flow AFTER the weld is used to stop air getting to the tungsten & oxidising it before it has cooled down. The Tungsten should be silver, not blue or purple (or black!)

Sounds like too much heat, try backing off on the amperage a bit

Too much heat, too slow, and/or too little filler rod.

Put the welder in reverse polarity and place a piece of copper on the weld table, then do a very quick arc. It will suck up a bit of copper to the tungsten and create the ball. This keeps a uniform arc and eliminates the spurs on the tungsten. It's very fast and not a lot of current is needed.

@@Toolman919 Thank you sir. :)

@@Toolman919 A ball on the end of the tungsten is proof that it was over heated and melted. Wrong tungsten, wrong settings, wrong tungsten size, wrong machine.

I had the same question...

Haha some people do already 😂 Then the order for a thing of polish goes through...😂 Just trying time spread some game🍻

Well ive already started working on learning to mirror finish the base metal, so thisll just go hand in hand with it 😆

Hi Casey! Yes I do- both commissions as well as recreation of my originals. You can reach me anytime through DM on Instagram @pacificarctigwelding Cheers my friend!

Haha I love it😂

Metalurgist....

btw you are way better than me at Tig welding, its not even close. I just dont like mothers

Hey Dan! Great question and appreciate you hitting me up. Not sure I understand fully, but yes I’m a certified welder and supervisor here in Canada. I’ve been ticketed and certified for 15 (or so) years, and have done teaching and instructing stints at the college on the island here for welding. I’m not sure what you mean by taking jobs off of certified welders, as my students usually go off to get their certs and go after jobs from what I’ve seen so far. I encourage as many people to get into the trade in any way they can, as I’m sure you know how awesome of a skill it is💪 I actually almost missed your comment as I don’t check my KZfaq comments much anymore, but if you’d like to hit me up I keep up with my messages on IG (I try my best at least anyway) so if you have any more questions hit me there:) @pacificarctigwelding Cheers to you in Australia! I’m crazy jealous- my wife and kids and I are supposed to be there as we speak. We had a full trip planned but canceled it due to... well.. you know... Next year hopefully! My favourite place on the planet! Cheers my friend!

Hey there, thanks for the quick reply!! What i was getting at, and I'm not sure how it works over there in Canada, is that here, we go through a 4 year apprenticeship on very low wages to become a qualified "Boilermaker / Welder" Tradesman. To then go on and earn half decent money after doing the hard yards.... However you can become a "certified Welder" in just a few weeks from a tafe college, and these "certified welders" in some cases can take the jobs of "Qualified Boilermaker/Welders. So i was hoping you were not promoting this as I'm sure you can see the frustration there. I even get the same in my position now as a Welding QA/QC Supervisor / Inspector......As a Cert 10 Welding Supervisor (18 months of study via correspondence then a day of exams to pass which are only sat a couple of times a year with very low pass rate) Jobs can be taken by people with no Welding experience sitting a 1 week CSWIP 3.1 Inspectors Course..... Apologies for rambling on, but you could say I'm fairly passionate about the trade and post trade qualifications and about people doing the hard yards and not taking the easy way out and taking positions away from people who have. Away from that, where in Australia were you thinking of coming to? Cheers, Dan.

Sorry mate, I'm not on IG, a little old school in that regard, so apologies for not replying to you on there...I hope the above clarifies my point.