Even after watching these old videos years ago and again now I still really enjoy your content and lessons most of any!

Insightful, as always, Jody. I just bought his DVD's along with an electrode bundle. I always go to his store first before I buy welding supplies because Jody is a zen master welder and without him I would have never learned how to weld. His passion is 100 times better than the instructor I had in night class. In the near future, I hope to trade in my conventional welder with one that is an inverter.

Always calm, straight forward, and professional. Thank You!

Your videos are well worth the price. I transfer them to a SIM card, catalog, and review when I have a difficult, code or infrequent weld. Thank you for all your effort! You really are better than most tech schools!!

I'm a decent aluminum welder now thanks to you Jody! Learned so much from listening and watching your videos. Definitely have all of my good habits from you and certainly clarified bad advice from others by listening and watching you. Couldn't be more grateful! Thanks so much

Jody your arch shots are getting awesome.

Thank you for confirming that I'm not crazy. When I was at Lincoln's Advanced Motorsports class, I got a little tired of the same joint on Inconel day, grabbed a handful of aluminum coupons and started playing with frequencies. I built a stand to hold my wire brushes for the rest of the week, every corner I welded at a different frequency, and if I did not write which corner was which frequency, there is no way I could tell which was which. The first time I used an inverter machine I was glad I have transformer TIGs, the sound drives me nuts on the inverters.

Your videos have helped me tremendously through the years! thank you for all that you do to improve welding education.

You rock Jody! I’m still stuck using all transformer setups. But they work. One day when I can afford to get my Miller aero wave fixed. I’ll hopefully get to play with all those bells and whistles! Thank you kindly sir for your time!!

good stuff Jody thank you for taking the time to do this. I am new to TIG and have been watching your videos for help.

Always good information for us beginning welders who have no other place to go or reliable information. Thanks.

Another killer video. You put together great content, and you're a very enjoyable presenter, thank you!!

Jody is so humble, man. Love the guy.

Your truly a 💎 of a content creator. Your videos are exceptionally informative. Your skills are master level. Keep doing what you do. We're all better off for it.

I really appreciate that you put the metric measurements in there too! I cant really comprehend smaller inches that fast yet

"KZfaqs best of tig" is easily the most accurate title you could have put on there.

Hi jody, you should find the way to be able to send to mexico, you have many followers of this side that we are interested in your products as well as supporting you. I thank you for sharing your knowledge with everyone.

I always learn on your videos. I usually stick to 100 hz on most everything.

excellent shots of the arc around 5:50, another excellent video

Thanks Jody, I need all the help I can get with welding aluminum!

You're really good welding aluminum boss never seen any better than this

Very educational and clear explanations! Well done! I'll be checking out other videos for sure!

another great video Jody thanks a mill,if you get a chance could you do a video on holding the torch while tig welding t joints I'm struggling with getting into the corner and getting a puddle to flow appreciate all your work👍

Excellent series of videos! Very useful thanks 😀

Would be nice to see a video about pulse mig vs. short arc/spray arc mig! Pros/cons, penetratio, vertical up and downhill and horizontal flat and overhead and cut and edge! I use a pulse mig in my work as my main welder and i really think its the best for thicker fast production welding and becouse we also weld thinner stuff its nice to be able to take the benefits of spray arc but to have it buffed down so you can weld thin metal! Awesome videos by the way, almost everything i learne about welding i learnt from you and your videos! i'm a fulltime welder and ive been so for 2 years and i'm currently waiting for a spot to be freed up at my local welding class so i can get some papers! Thanks for being an awesome youtuber and instructor, it really helps! Greetings from Finland and sorry for any misspelled words!

Thanks mate you have inspired me for many years

thanks again for all these great videos jody

Thank the baby jesus your channel exists. You have just solved all my issues in one lesson. Many thanks

Could you, at some point, demonstrate filling in a deep thin groove (1/8" wide 3/4" deep) on Al. Our indoor shooting range uses multi-stage pulleys where one of the stages drives a stainless steel cable. The cable grooves the pulley over time. Eventually, they have to be replaced. It would be nice to be able to fill the grooves back in so we don't have to toss what is otherwise a perfectly good pulley. Your videos are great. Thank you for all the information that you put out there.

A very useful resource video - and thoughtful too

This guy can weld, get his app it helps out big time!

Jody, would you please discuss the when, where & how of chill blocks?

Люблю ваши видео! Спасибо большое!!!

Your really good at explaining man 💯

thanks! tomorrow I will try lower frequency on my 19 mm thick aluminium job and I see what will happen in on 100 Hz now and takes ages to puddle

Thanks for making these videos. When would you use the pulse function and does the pulse frequency over lap/interfere with the AC frequency?

Love your videos as always. Is it too soon to ask about a video on matching filler with various grades of aluminium?

Jody, this series is great!!! I'm a builder with the Experimental Aircraft Association. I would love some information on welding 3003 sheet (.040-.060) for wheel pants and cowlings, and 5052 (.090+) for fuel tanks. There is plenty on the internet for 4130 chromoly and 6061-t6, but it is so hard to find good info on welding aluminum sheet. Thanks.

welding aluminum but getting hole's should I go slow or fast ? You help alot thanks and God bless

Nice arc shots again jody,they seem to help me the most seeing how the puddle looks and acts is awesome. Could you talk about transformer machines and how welding Aluminium on them is different and how you can work around not having adjustable frequency,pulse,and different wave form etc? Also tricks that you have learned how to do things with a set frequency 50hz - 60hz ? eg: tungsten prep,size,stick out,ac balance,cup size,joint prep angle,chill blocks etc PS: Love you guy's :)

Got to really learn to control that arc length 💯

You're simply the best!!

Do you fiddle with the individual EP and EN settings on inverter machines?

Great in explaining everything

Thank you Jody.

Hey Jody, long time fan of your videos man, but could you do a video tig welding some sch. 10 stainless steel pipe -304 or 316 or whatever. I do a lot of backfeeding on carbon but I've struggled with the sch. 10 stainless. Backfeeding, laywire, whatever u want. Thanks. (I asked u a couple of months ago, figured u might of forgot)

I NEED HELP JODI!!! I'm Tig welding 2 inch thick aluminum at work and it's not going well. I have an 800 amp welder and a miller argon helium gas mixer. What gas percentages/flow rates do I need? What amperage? How many Hz and what should I put for the %EN? I'm looking for a super wide dime stack. I've been watching your videos for years and now I need help! I appreciate all the help your videos have given me so far! Thank you!!!

We use 400 for stuff at our plant. I just wear ear plugs

who makes that gun?love the versatility and ergonomics of that.i need one

Thank you Jody!

awesome video.

Wonder what size filler rod he was using on those lap joints. I seem to do better using 3/32 rods. Appreciate all of the excellent lessons

Very good video thanks !!!!!!

I like your video's and I love welding, I started to weld in high school shop class now i'm 61 years old. I have a pacemaker in my chest and I have to watch what I can weld. My doctor say's not to but I got to make a living, I have talked to the pacemaker manufacturer and they say its cool up to or keep it below 400 amps but I have never tried to tig welding. I have all the equipment but never did so watching your video's gives me that satisfaction I guess, anyway good stuff, thank you.

Hey Jody, I just finished welding school at Lincoln and I'm now out in the field in structural, throughout my last couple weeks of school I would watch Andrew Cardin a lot of him doing 309 stick fill and cap on 2"schedule 80 and never got enough time running 309 and didn't have enough time for him to give me some tips out of position, was wondering if you can possibly show some out of position 309 stick soon?

Thanks Jody!

2:30 dont you ever stop and stainless steel brush it before going to make a puddle? what are your thoughts on that? thanks

Hi Jody, thanks for your videos. Can you explain in a next video what are all these different cup sizes and lenghts for? There are cups on the market which are called aluminium cup and they are very long?! Why is that and what does it? WHen use a gas lens and when use a normal one? Thanks in advance!

So do the Hz control the heat? Or are they controlling the rate of change in direction for the electrons??

im prefering 150 Hz lately. mostly leave freq on 200 Hz.

I have a Lincoln special 100 might 115v I use organ gas all the time, from aluminum to stanless steel to mild steel. I get small jobs and use it for myself. am I messing out on anything from using strict organ than the other mix?

Hi Jodie. What's best filler rod to use for tiging any aluminum?

Thank you

Jody, do you think the frequency has any impact of how hot the torch gets over time? I ask because I use an HTP inverter at the bench but have an old monster airco 3a with much longer leads (for work outside the front of my shop...boats and trailers and such). Seems to me that the 60hz of the airco gets the torch to molten carbide like conditions faster than the inverter when running the same amps. I generally run the htp at 120hz. Both have a 17 air cooled torch.

Thanks !!!

Lower frequencies can be handy, Check

Good stuff through this series. Would like to hear you discuss different waveforms. Applications for them, conclusive expectations for each type of wave, and how this might tie into changes to other settings like balance, freq, etc. Also interested in learning about separate EP/EN current settings and the whens and whys in your opinion.

On an old Hobart transformer type machine What does the High Frequency Intensity knob do?

Can you tig weld aluminum with conventional wave on older ac buzz boxes ?

Looking for advice. How would u weld 1 inch aluminium pipe with 1mm wall thickness perpendicular to a 10mm plate? Cheers

Hello my name's James. I've been in the welding field for heck over 10 yrs now. An I've just recently moved to Tig welding aluminum. I just purchased a Lotos Tig 200ACDCP welder an I'm having the hardest time ever. Figuring out the ACDC pulse an frequency. I'd be Soo SOOO happy if I could get a chance to talk with you or get a response on the setting of the welder I have

Great weld shots! What are your camera settings and which lens / filter do you use?? Keep up the great teaching!

Hey Jodi I can't seem to find the answer to this question so in hopes you'll see this here goes I've been practicing trying to get certified for 0.060 welded in the horizontal position with no backing bar.. Made a fixture using aluminum chill bar.. Probably should be steel.. now I know the ideal power source to use would be a inverter unfortunately we don't have the luxury of high frequency settings or pulse on our traditional Miller syncrowave (transformer) so I'm stuck trying to manually pulse with the foot control, also tried a back and forth motion to let the puddle cool yet I still find myself blowing through the root or I don't blow through but don't fully penetrate .. .. I was hoping to get your professional opinion on the following settings I'm currently using Amperage: 70 Tungsten: 2% Thor with pencil like tip Filler: 3/32 4043 Cfh: 20-25... (kinda high, compensating for a 1/4 stick out on the tungsten) Cup size : #5 Balance : 75 /25(clean action) Root opening: 0.063 Would appreciate any advice thanks Jodi and keep up the good work you're educational videos are inspirational fun to watch.... next to none in my opinion 👍

Hi Jody. How much current do you run for the edge build up on .063"?

Are you using the dynasty on 50hz welding the angle at the beginning?

Wait so should aluminum alway stack like a colder 7018 rod or should they spread out hotter

Thanks very good !!

Im using a Miller Syncrowave 350 LX at work and im currently working on some thin aluminum. That machine doesn’t come with HF settings and i assume it’s standard at 100Hz. What can I do to help with my thinner wall aluminum? I use a 1/16 tungsten with #6 cup with a gas lense.

Thanks

Thank you Jody! and what difference between sinusoidal wave and square wave welding?

Nice

What amperage would you run on an aluminum casting thats 3-4 inches around of solid aluminum?

I finally acquire a Miller 250 DX, and now I need higher freqs? 250DX for sale?...

Great video.. Will you be attending sun N fun this year?

Hello, Here is my question. In your process, you have fixed 60amps as your parameter.Why don't you put 50 or 40 there? Thank you.

@weldingtipsandtricks is there any chance that you can talk about tempering the aluminum after the welding process and where/how to get the right tempering process?? Like for example for a bicycle frame with 7005 or 6061 aluminum??

I do a lot of sheetmetal mig welding and not well versed on the tig. So i need to weld a bracket onto my patio furniture leg. Aluminum 1/2 thick, bracket, the weld cracked down the middle. I've tried different settings and cant seem to get the old weld to melt. Help

Any suggestions for settings on 1/4 inch aluminum with 3/32 tungsten and 1/8filler AC? Been struggling with settings on my YesWelder 250p AC/DC. It runs dirty and even though it cleans it's almost like it's too hot even though it won't puddle and when it does puddle it looks like there are oodles of smoke and contaminants floating in the puddle. I've messed with arc balance, frequency and all the other settings I could think of but, no dice. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

What amps should you use I have a thumb control not a foot pedal

Hey Jody have you got any tips for a 16 year old looking for a part time trigger pulling job or something like that, Where are good places to start? Thanks :)

How do you keep from melting the tungsten

Tnx for de vid, i wish i could place an order at yr store but am actually in Thailand :(

PLease.. I have alumnium alloy plate 7075 T6( 3mm thickness )I welding them by tig welding ,Can I welding them by filler metal 4043 (2.4 mm thickness)

Bahut acche Hain sant Sahib ki kripa rahegi to

So my syncrowave 250 does not have a frequency adjustment?

Like to see paremeters and tips for welding T test 20 mm plates.

I use an old miller 250 transformer and the hf dial goes from 1-100. How do you translate that?

how much argon to helium to you use in shielding gas

where did you get that torch

what is a chill bar? And, the rest of that edge stuff. My welder only runs at 60ish mhz.