Titanium Weld Repair

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2 жыл бұрын

Titanium is a really fun and challenging metal to weld. This vid shows a few techniques as well as what to do when something goes wrong - like blowing a hole in it.
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You’ll want a high quality 10,000 PSI rated jack hose long enough to reach whatever you’re working on. DO NOT buy a cheap under rated hose as it may burst on you! amzn.to/3FIugYW
An air over hydraulic foot pump powers the unit quickly amzn.to/3qzg5iE
If you use the foot pump listed above, you’ll need this hydraulic bushing to adapt to the hose also listed above. DO NOT use brass - use ONLY stainless, otherwise it may explode. amzn.to/3FJJmNI
The foot pump above takes 1.6 quarts of oil, so buy 2 quarts amzn.to/3JFQ3D4
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@thomasmastersen3709 Жыл бұрын

You’re a genius man. Always making it look easy. If only my hands would do what my mind wants them to. 🙄

@WarpedPerception 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos and I have been waiting for some titanium stuff

@CGhee135 Жыл бұрын

I have never welded in my entire life, but I find this so interesting. Your videos make it seem like an art.

@caiusr1920 Жыл бұрын

It is an art it's awesome. You should definitely try it somtime. It's a great skill t have to use though out life even if you don't make a career out of it

@russellthompson3486 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve learned more from you than I did with other online people. Especially with me just getting into welding at 61 yrs. Ya can teach a old dog new tricks and techniques

@randomschittz9461 2 жыл бұрын

It makes me feel good to see people going on adventures at an older age. I have friends who think I’m too old to keep trying new things, but seeing people like you lets me know that there are more of us out there.

@kevintaylor113 Жыл бұрын

My retirement planning includes melting exotic metals, building things to go as fast as I dare. I’m not stopping!

@walter2990 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice recovery on the blow-thru! It's always how you recover, not that you have a mistake. Thanks!

@TimWelds 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! I built an expander like that when I worked at my dad’s shop almost 20 years ago. I modded a pull back ram with an air over hydraulic foot pedal, but a knockout punch driver is much simpler. Great tip!

@randomschittz9461 2 жыл бұрын

Tiiiiiiim! Cool to see you here. I’ve learned a lot from you and this guy. Thanks brother!

@hilltroneye 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Poland

@Admiral45-10 Жыл бұрын

Witam rodaka!

@hilltroneye Жыл бұрын

@@Admiral45-10 Hej Witam!

@marcin8432 Жыл бұрын

Świetny materiał, dzięki! 😃

@richardfife8192 11 ай бұрын

You want a 🏅?

@aksel487 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the metric subtitles. Greetings from Germany

@208Concepts 2 жыл бұрын

I got to weld titanium a few weeks back. It was an experience that I won't soon forget. Like you said, it's unlike anything you've ever welded, and I was able to get by with my #10 cup. It has a slight rainbow color to it though, so I do need to get a larger cup if I do it more often.

@codys_fab 2 жыл бұрын

That hole repair was perfection. 👌 great video!

@tukanglaslahat Жыл бұрын

Excellent work of art in fropesiinal welding field. I as a welder really admire your work and the way you work

@bigchippa101 Жыл бұрын

down the rabbit hole and fell into this video... usually wont watch this stuff BUT this kept my interest... dare i say, i enjoyed watching .. Thank you for putting the time in making this for everyone.

@JamieBainbridge Жыл бұрын

lol this is a man who is sick of armchair experts telling him he can't do the thing he literally just did on camera. Don't worry about em. Awesome channel, so good of you to share all these tips, your closeup arc clips are by far the best I've seen anywhere 👍

@paytonlee2896 2 жыл бұрын

This is super cool, especially since there isn't much info out there about titanium. One thing that's also pretty important that I've ran into when welding titanium is to make sure the back purge isn't flowing too much. I've had times where my back purge is set a little bit too high, and the argon leaks through the joints too much, interferes with the torch shielding gas, and makes you lose coverage. It's really baffling until you figure out what happened. It's also a big cause of blowouts and looks a lot like the blowout in the video.

@wtfftw24 2 жыл бұрын

Cool. How much back purge do you advise then? Thank you.

@paytonlee2896 2 жыл бұрын

@@wtfftw24 to be honest, I have no clue. The way I do it is kind of jank, I have a Y-fitting after the regulator. Set the regulator at 30-35 CFH with torch side full open, then open the purge side just enough to have the CFH drop about 5 CFH.

@wtfftw24 2 жыл бұрын

@@paytonlee2896 all right. I got it. Thanks a lot for your kind answer buddy. Greetings from Italy 👍

@paytonlee2896 2 жыл бұрын

@@wtfftw24 awesome and no problem! From here in the US

@Sicktrickintuner 2 жыл бұрын

@@wtfftw24 as low as possible

@nickdubois8218 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Never messed with titanium but looks interesting. Looks like that was pretty thin wall exhaust and being titanium, it must have been super light. Cool concept.

@rescobar8572 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always!! Thank you 🙏🏻 for your time and effort!!

@petermccuskey1832 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your time

@marcosmota1094 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, you are an awesome teacher!

@patrickbeer7865 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see some titanium welding never tried it yet but great demonstration!

@2rfg949 9 ай бұрын

beautiful job on the hole fill!!!

@TheFabricatorSeries 2 жыл бұрын

↓ Swager/Expander Kit ↓ First is the Lisle 17350 expander set. You can use it manually as is, or add hydraulics. amzn.to/3HocdaL A cheap knockout set has the hydraulic cylinder attachment you’ll need. You can also use the hand pump if you’re on a budget, but its insanely slow. amzn.to/3EGsciI You’ll want a high quality 10,000 PSI rated jack hose long enough to reach whatever you’re working on. DO NOT buy a cheap under rated hose as it may burst on you! amzn.to/3FIugYW An air over hydraulic foot pump powers the unit quickly amzn.to/3qzg5iE If you use the foot pump listed above, you’ll need this hydraulic bushing to adapt to the hose also listed above. DO NOT use brass - use ONLY stainless, otherwise it may explode. amzn.to/3FJJmNI The foot pump above takes 1.6 quarts of oil, so buy 2 quarts amzn.to/3JFQ3D4 Happy swaging! Learn to TIG Weld in Our Class! thefabricatorseries.com/classes Use TFS10 to save on your order! weldmetalsonline.com/

@blueduece64 2 жыл бұрын

@chriso1373 2 жыл бұрын

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@jondavidmcnabb 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, like a surgeon inside a live patient. Nice technique and concentration.

@leslieaustin151 2 жыл бұрын

Plenty of good stuff here. And a reminder (if I ever needed it) to avoid any titanium work! Les in UK

@maloyaircraft1174 2 жыл бұрын

Would be great to see some Inconel welding videos as well! Enjoy your content! Thanks for posting

@InformatrIIcks 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the on screen metric conversions !

@StoicBarber 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you for your video, awesome information. 👍👍

@wippip Жыл бұрын

Very cool, there’s quite some titanium piping in the chemical plant I work at and I’ve had many interesting discussions with the lads doing the welds on them during maintenance.

@johnmathews3027 Жыл бұрын

Very nice work, I really enjoy watching your videos I learn alot I love reading the comments all those experts 😁 Great video, thanks for sharing

@hilltroneye 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your videos

@stephen271 Жыл бұрын

You definitely have the best videos out there mate. 👍

@mumblbeebee6546 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for cool nuggets like this!

@stevesloan6775 Жыл бұрын

AT 20:30 swadging titanium is amazing... the flare accomplishable it completely different to any other alloy. I took it too its breaking point and its multitudes further than I ever imagined.

@LordHolley Жыл бұрын

I cannot wait to learn how to weld titanium!

@ChasePalsson 2 жыл бұрын

Clicked on this because I recognized the part and what it goes to. So glad there's one less X3 out there with a cutout exhaust

@michaelharper339 2 жыл бұрын

I never not enjoy your content. thanks for sharing.

@hilltroneye 2 жыл бұрын

Love your channel

@amcustomfab 2 жыл бұрын

Really good info.😎 Thanks

@tamzinbeauchamp2880 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, learnt a lot...... Thanks Justin 👍

@Goodshaft 2 жыл бұрын

GREAT Job Dude......................Beautiful work !

@LokDog808 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos keep ‘em coming!

@slimdog72 2 жыл бұрын

Good work man.

@YerkitRacingChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I'm wanting to do se titanium on my race car in the future. Good info here!

@james.d.8044 2 жыл бұрын

Love these videos you do am amazing job 😊😊

@vladimirpodlesak 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome as always. Thank you!

@chriso1373 2 жыл бұрын

The only reason i was ever brave enough to try titanium was becuas of your videos on it from a few years ago. Im glad i did becuase its incredibly satisfying to get right. And can make you a lot of money too 😂

@Bobsmith-ot6si 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this thanks

@ntwilliams2010 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is slowly but surely teaching me those tips and tricks of the trade that school just doesn't do.

@bibo524benfarhat7 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@larryegilman1 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your willingness to share your skill. Your welding classes follow that model, exceptional value

@ButBigger42 2 жыл бұрын

Always good to hear.

@brendanh7243 2 жыл бұрын

I use the same gloves, they’re fantastic

@furikglobal2633 2 жыл бұрын

Поучительно. Хорошая работа!

@mordantly 2 жыл бұрын

I bought some ticon practice cp1 and yeah, not much weight of material and filler in the box! Looks fun to play with.

@modmotorsports 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for the knowledge bomb Justin

@ollieconverse8471 20 күн бұрын

I recently watched your video on welding up the titanium tubing. I spent several years working as a welder for a company building heat exchangers for the plating industry. These were almost exclusively using 1" to 2" commercially pure titanium, thin wall tubing. Any time we were welding a surface which had an opening inside, we were required to use Argon to displace the air inside to keep the inside of the weld from becoming contaminated and brittle. Once Titanium gets above 900 degrees it very quickly absorbs CO2 and other impurities from the air into the weld, so back purging with an inert gas was essential. Maybe your work was not going to be subjected to heavy stress, but I think the practice of always back purging should be a part of any titanium welding practice. I did like your attention to cleaning the surfaces before the weld process.

@glenpiro313 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, absolutely awesome, especially the hole filling technique. I had to repack the stock "silencer" on a 1981 YZ80H, and that involved cutting the welded end cap off, cleaning and repacking the inside, and re-welding the cap back on. Needless to say, I blew a couple holes in the very thin and weak steel. I stumbled upon your method purely by accident, watching you do it so smoothly was very encouraging. Ive messed around with titanium a bit, definitely a challenge! What size tungsten did you use on this job? If you already mentioned it and I missed it, my apologies.

@jamestregler1584 2 жыл бұрын

Nice bead run Bro 🧐

@kenneyminter2023 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like it flows similar to inconel. I might have to get some of that titanium to try it out sometime.

@randomschittz9461 2 жыл бұрын

At this point, I just hit like before the commercial about lightweld is over.

@adamtrokich8605 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Justin. Great video as always. You should do more ti stuff. I had a problem with material getting too hot and moving to fast in beginning.

@austinscheetz7488 Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I love hot and heavy. Helped me when I was welding pressurized pipe and structural material but man it's a bad habit to get rid of when I started doing thin gauge stainless and aluminum

@mariobalabanov1877 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you best video 📹 💓 Good info for weldmetals online

@AlessioSangalli 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Justin, I love the stand for your disc sander. I am building my own, quite different, but the inspiration came from Yours. That sander is very good, the only problem really it's pretty tedious to replace the disc.

@ButBigger42 2 жыл бұрын

Pop the 2 wing nuts off the side of the table and pop it off. Take out the 3 phillips screws holding the plastic cover on and you can pull the old disc off real quick.

@AlessioSangalli 2 жыл бұрын

@@ButBigger42 thank you, I'll try that.

@johndeninger8905 2 жыл бұрын

fantastic video 👍👍

@jeromeirving4770 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same swedger set up. Expander from lisle and ram from harbor freight

@jus1975 2 жыл бұрын

Keep the videos coming. I really enjoy them. I haven't had a chance to apply what i've learned but my confidence is definitely up. Do you have a video that explains and shows how to assemble a torch. I'm not sure where these o-rings go. Thanks again

@FAUZIAKBAR89 2 жыл бұрын

Good job sir

@weldingempire Жыл бұрын

How good are those Defiant Metal gloves 😍

@alderbottomoutdoors9794 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid

@paulbernett1581 Жыл бұрын

You might Try 75-25 Argon Helium It will flow so easy and you wont need near as much Heat. It also works Wonders on bronze and Copper. Thank You MacDonald Douglas

@loadb5985 2 жыл бұрын

Original weld was made for looks, yours was made for function. I’d take your weld 10/10 over those original ones

@johnc3605 2 ай бұрын

Cool! Thank you.

@6pekXX 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video! Isn't it much more appropriate material for a part like this, working under high t° from exhaust gasses, let say inconel/incoloy or hasteloy? Much higher point of oxidation.

@TheRwdyAudi 2 жыл бұрын

I'm getting ready to do my first titanium exhaust.... after I mess up a bunch on scrap😂... thank you for all the tips.

@proxypanda4156 Жыл бұрын

You should know that its not very durable material. It can stress fracture easily.. if its for a turbo car, its good for the post turbo piping not the manifold. It resonates the sound diffetently too which makes the car sound awesome.

@paulmorrey733 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@scoobysteven 2 жыл бұрын

You are amazing!

@harryhomer1988 2 жыл бұрын

Could you do a video on ever type of bad weld vs good welds?

@911engineguy 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@Norwegian_Bastard 2 жыл бұрын

looks like an exhaust cutout that fell off. had a similar in 2.5" stainless. was welded with the same looks. super thin fuse weld with tig. a few hits with a hammer and it fell right off

@svsalacia6495 2 жыл бұрын

good info

@vi683a 2 жыл бұрын

Aerospace Welding experts....hahahah good one. I am not a Aerospace/Welder, i just work with them a lot, so i understand your jab. My Aircraft/Aerospace expertise is more a generalist with 20 years experience on everything else relating, including Titanium modifying, shaping and constructing. It's funny because when i seen you sanding down the Titanium, my first thought was that sparking back onto the titanium itself and the repercussions in Aerospace/Aircraft: we are allowed so no sparking back onto the material when reshaping. Having to sand down 2 to 5 thou on a taper shim, for a 787 Stabilizer.....is no laughing matter Sanding down 1-3 thou the Engine bay door contours on a F-22 for R&D.......... but i laughed at myself when you mentioned Aerospace.

@allistairdoeppe Жыл бұрын

I think you should test out stahlwerk welders ive heard great things but wanna get down to the truth maybe you can review and test it please

@wills4187 2 жыл бұрын

“best of luck to you” 🤣🤣 shit had me rolling

@alanr6529 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video. May I ask what Tig machine you use and I couldn’t make out if your torch was water cooled or not. 👍

@kennethbushor1017 2 жыл бұрын

Never weldthe titanium always wanted to

@butcheradam1000 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for always dropping knowledge, but I do have a question for you. Are you going to make/post videos about your products, like your Mitsubishi truck or fabing suspensions or anything like season 1-4? Again, thanks for your videos. 🤘

@jimmyjones8311 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, I’ve been curious about the truck

@philipershler420 Жыл бұрын

Me too 😮

@aaronanderson7619 Жыл бұрын

Can't find anything on the expander. I was excited too.

@thedeihl Жыл бұрын

What's your favorite TIG welding gloves? I've been through a bunch of them and I get not enough heat protection/ not enough dexterity, I'm using a older synchro Wave 250, water cools, but still it gets hot when welding production

@gixxerkid3120 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video, I actually have a customer's Titanium Exhaust in my shop right now that I need to do a repair on. Glad I saw your video, I learned a few things as always...I plan on back purging the part but the crack itself is in the previous weld bead, it appears to be on a weld that is where the tube was flared to fit over the other tube, and someone else tried to fix it with what looks like MIG in another spot and burned a pea size hole in the tube along with a bunch of craters like when there is no gas present in MIG. Wish me luck it should be fun !!! I did get some Grade 2 coupons and I know from talking to the manufacturer of the exhaust that they use grade 1 in their exhaust systems, how much difference should I expect when I switch from practicing on the grade 2 to welding on the grade 1 ? i.e. settings (I'm assuming will be really close) should I use pulse ? I'm also concerned about being able to clean inside the crack since I can't get in between the layers very well... As always TIA for your videos and help... Chris @ T-Town Welding and Fabrication.

@philanthropist5005 2 жыл бұрын

ah the good old chinese pulse welded exhaust. this is for a can am x3 and the piece that broke off is for a cut out. Justin you should have gone over and rewelded all the other welds as i will guarantee one of those pie cuts will crack. its pretty crazy they charge 1100 dollars new lmao

@TheFabricatorSeries 2 жыл бұрын

That would eliminate the possibility of future repairs though 🙂

@janeblogs324 2 жыл бұрын

Easier to just anneal the whole thing in an oven

@M91211 2 жыл бұрын

Any chance you make a video using pencil head torch?

@MrRShoaf 2 жыл бұрын

Would this repair have been a good candidate for a dry box?

@wesathetechnician 2 жыл бұрын

As I recently got into TIG Welding I've of course done my research about different things and one of those things is of course Cleaning the material. Everyone here on KZfaq says the same thing. CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN however, when I went to a local fabrication shop that's very well known and do super small to super big jobs I asked them how they work and the guy I was talking to basically told me "If the part is not like SUPER dirty I never clean it off more than with acetone to get rid of oils, but that's about it.". He said most of the coworkers worked in the same way and that's the way he had been taught. So, what actually gives? I mean, how much of a difference does it make? Love the vids! Thanks

@TheFabricatorSeries 2 жыл бұрын

On titanium, it's a huge difference. Everything else... usually acetone is all that's needed. Sometimes brushing on stainless is needed. Some people take it over the top.

@wesathetechnician 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFabricatorSeries Thanks for the reply. That's good to know! I haven't planned doing anything with Titanium yet, but yeah definitely good to know the cleaning process. My first 3 "big" projects is a Welding cart(done), Welding table(gonna go get material this week) and then an exhaust for my Passat in stainless :-)