Getting Perfect TIG Welds Starts With This... | Motorsport Fabrication [ETS FREE LESSON]

Learning how to TIG weld and not sure where to begin? A good weld starts well before picking up the torch, here's why.

Putting your TIG welding gloves and helmet on and cracking into things is something we're all excited to do as you're learning and practising your TIG Welding, but there are some crucial things you should do first to help ensure you get both solid and consistent results.

Ensuring you clean your materials of contaminates using slow speed methods (as in not your grinder sorry team!) and why spending extra time on your fit-up when TIG welding is so important are covered, along with how learning how to TIG weld can be advantageous for you and your projects at home.

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Why This Is Vital
01:34 - TIG Welding Fit-Up
02:04 - Why Gaps Are Bad
02:14 - Contamination Sources
02:56 - Tubing Tip
03:18 - Oxides
03:46 - DON'T Use Your Grinder
04:14 - The Advantages
04:31 - How TIG Welding Can Help You

There has simply never been a better time to purchase your first or upgrade your existing TIG welder. Advances in technology mean that inverters are helping us use TIG welders with higher and higher outputs in the home workshop without the need for 3-phase power or a ton of spare storage room.

This is just one module from a full TIG welding course that is designed to help you learn how to weld at home or help speed up what you are doing at the workplace as you get started. If you want to check out the full course, you can find it here.