TIG Welding for Beginners: Setup, Settings, and Common Mistakes

TIG Welding for Beginners: Setup, Settings, and Common Mistakes

Cryo Weld TIG Welding TIG welding produces the cleanest welds of any manual arc process, but only when the setup and settings are right. A wrong tungsten, a bad gas flow, or an amperage setting that is too high for the material will give you contaminated puddles, burn-through, and frustration before you lay your first…

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TIG Welding Explained for Beginners: The Torch, the Filler Rod, and the Foot Pedal

TIG Welding Explained for Beginners: The Torch, the Filler Rod, and the Foot Pedal

TIG welding has a reputation for being the hardest arc welding process to learn. That reputation is earned. You control the torch angle with one hand, feed a filler rod with the other, and regulate amperage with a foot pedal, all while watching a puddle the size of a pencil eraser. But TIG also produces…

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The Difference Between Stick, MIG, and TIG Welding

the difference between MIG and TIG welding

Welding is an art form. It takes patience, skill, technique, and the right equipment to produce a quality weld. And while there are many different welding methods, such as stick welding or TIG welding, there are two primary types of welding: MIG (Metal Inert Gas) and TIG (Tungsten Electrode Gas). Here’s what you need to…

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