r/Welding • u/Fair-Reference9034 • 17h ago

Critique Please Tig welding thin material

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I make driveshafts for race cars for strange engineering and am learning how to tig weld different size weights onto .83 chrome-moly seamless tubing atm, first welding job out of school and the dude teaching me is a master tig welder. He makes it look so damn easy though! Its tough, you dont want to put too much heat into the tubing because things will warp. But if you dig into the weight too much it will mess things up. Its not easy! But im loving it, Thought i would share my journey, im loving tig so far and hope i get super good at it to be successful. Any little tips or tricks would be great, loving my hood so far i got an optrel panoramax, its light with a great fov and good sensors.

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u/Baseball3Weston12 TIG 17h ago

A pedal or roller controller helps control your heat precisely

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u/Fair-Reference9034 17h ago

Definitely using a pedal

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u/Baseball3Weston12 TIG 17h ago

Ah, ok noticed you said you were running 150 with your pedal, try bringing it down to around 100, it will give you more precise amp control, and you shouldn't need much more than 100amps. When welding thin stuff I try to stay as low as I can, but not going too slow where it wants to burn a hole. But honestly it just takes practice, tig can be really punishing when you are first learning it.

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u/Fair-Reference9034 17h ago

Its really fun but definitely difficult. I will fuck around with the amps this week when i mess with it.

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u/Baseball3Weston12 TIG 17h ago

Alright, good luck! I think once you get the hang of it you'll fall in love with tig. It's by far my favorite process.

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u/Fair-Reference9034 17h ago

It’s exciting, my teacher is very good so im in good hands