How to TIG Cast Iron with Aluminum bronze Filler on AC

There are several ways to tig weld cast iron but I have had really good results tig brazing cast iron using AC and Aluminum bronze filler rod.  ( thats ErCu-Al-A2)...

Jody Collier | April 13, 2025

TIG Welding Cold Rolled Steel vs 4130 or Hot Rolled Steel

TIG Welding Cold Rolled Steel vs 4130 or Hot Rolled Steel Have you ever noticed that when you are tig welding cold rolled steel that sometimes the puddle wanders? I...

Jody Collier | April 12, 2025

TIG Welding Carbon Steel vs 4130 Chromoly

If you can tig weld low carbon steel like AISI 1010-1020 you can tig weld 4130 chromoly. These 3 Videos will show the subtle differences    Video #1 TIG Welding...

Jody Collier | April 10, 2025

How to TIG Weld Cold Rolled Steel. Bonus video on TIG Welding Steel Tubing

Using a Furick Ceramic #12 to tig weld corner joints and lap joints. hope this helps, Jody In this video, I am demonstrating how to tig weld cold rolled steel corner...

William Collier | April 9, 2025

TIG Welding 4 Corner Welds on Cold Rolled Steel

  Comparing Pulse Settings vs no pulse on outside corner joints on cold rolled steel 11ga  0.120” (3mm) For this video, I compared 2 welding techniques on outside corner joints...

Jody Collier | April 6, 2025

Carbon Steel Fillet Welds and More...

Carbon Steel Fillet Welds and a Back to Basics Video for TIg Welding Carbon Steel Low carbon steel also known as mild steel is often the very first metal you...

Jody Collier | April 5, 2025

7018 Back to Basics Beads

7018 Back to Basics Beads Sometimes its good to return to Basics. In this video, I am using 7018 3/32" for a 3 bead practice tee joint. I am running...

Jody Collier | April 1, 2025

312 TIG rod Repair

312 TIG rod Repair on a small high carbon pin I usually turn down little jobs like this one because they often turn into a lot more than expected. The...

Jody Collier | March 31, 2025

Stainless Sanitary Tubing and Purging

3 Banger Videos on TIG welding Stainless and Purging Tips See latest Deals on our Dual Flowmeter    

Jody Collier | March 30, 2025

Rooftop Overhead 7018 Stick Welding Video

What is Rooftop Overhead? Rooftop is a true overhead weld joint that is a great way to practice your overhead 7018 stick welding in preparation for a 4g overhead plate...

Jody Collier | March 29, 2025

Padding Beads and some Personal News

Jody Collier | March 20, 2025

TIG Welding Overhead 4F 11ga Steel

TIG Welding overhead is not that different than TIG welding flat or horizontal. Its just awkward at first.    Once you figure out how to get comfortable, it gets a...

Jody Collier | February 14, 2025

Tips for Aerospace Weld Test Practice on Carbon Steel

Get some cheap practice for an Aerospace Welding Test If you are at all interested in getting an aerospace welding job, this video is one of many that I hope...

Jody Collier | February 12, 2025

Tips for Vertical Uphill with 7018

2 videos with Tips for Stick Welding Uphill with 7018   Back to Basics Vertical Uphill Welding with 7018 Stick rods Ever heard me talk about CLAMS? CLAMS is simply...

Jody Collier | February 12, 2025

TIG Aluminum Travel Speed & Feeding the Filler Rod

Jody Collier | February 9, 2025

MIG & TIG Welding with PrimeWeld MTS200

1/4" Thick Lap Joint PrimeWeld MTS200 This first video is a super quick one showing settings that are a bit lower than what the MIG chart settings recommend. The recommended...

Jody Collier | February 8, 2025

Aluminum 2G Butt Joint - full Penetration

Preliminary welding procedure Is a full penetration bead on plate  the same as a weld joint?  Well it depends. If it's a butt joint with no gap at all and a...

Jody Collier | February 7, 2025

Tips for TIG Welding Carbon Steel

11ga Carbon Steel Tee Joint Made Simple I used the PrimeWeld TIG225 at 120 amps full pedal. 3/32" 2% lanthanated tungsten   ER70S-2 AND -6 1/16" diameter TIG rod Jazzy 10...

Jody Collier | February 6, 2025

ER70S-2 or ER70S-6? for TIG welding Carbon Steel

What is the best filler rod for TIG welding carbon steel? Is it good old ER70s-2? or ER70s-6 with higher silicon content? The differences between ER70S-2 and ER70S-6 are pretty subtle for...

Jody Collier | February 5, 2025

#7 Clear Cup Combo Kit For Aluminum

Lucky 7 Clear Cup Combo  Kit on Aluminum For quality Welding Gear https://weldmongerstore.com/ There are lots of opinions on what is the best tig cup for aluminum. Some prefer a...

Jody Collier | February 4, 2025

TIG Tips for Carbon Steel Restarts

TIG welding Carbon Steel lap joint and Restart Practice Making a smooth Restart on a TIG weld is a skill worth practicing. There are plenty of reasons why... You might...

Jody Collier | February 3, 2025

Practice those TIG Restarts

Making a smooth Restart is a skill worth practicing I packed a lot into this video. First off, its a great video showing details, settings, techniques as well as close...

Jody Collier | February 3, 2025

How to TIG Weld Carbon Steel with Arc shots Details, and Settings

What is the best filler rod for TIG welding carbon steel? Is it good old ER70s-2? or ER70s-6 with higher silicon content? The differences between ER70S-2 and ER70S-6 are pretty subtle for...

Jody Collier | January 25, 2025

Scratch Start TIG and Walking the Cup on Plate PrimeWeld MTS200

Walking the Cup on Plate with Scratch Start TIG - PrimeWeld MTS200 The MTS200 is mostly thought of as a MIG welder but it also does Stick and lift arc...

Jody Collier | January 7, 2025

Weld It All: A Recap of My 2024 Welding Videos

Jody Collier | December 31, 2024

Tungsten Angles, CK Tungsten Grinder, & 2% Thoriated on Aluminum

Can you weld aluminum with 2% thoriated?  Yes you sure can. Is 2% thoriated the best choice for aluminum?  Nah. Probably not.  But if you prep the tip before welding, it...

Jody Collier | December 9, 2024

QUICK TIP FOR ARC LENGTH ON CARBON AND STAINLESS STEELS

Sometimes we all need to be reminded of some fundamentals. So this quick video shows a back to basic type reminder on the importance of arc length when tig welding....

Jody Collier | December 7, 2024

Freehand vs Walking the Cup on a 3F tee joint carbon steel

  A common TIG weld joint in welding school might be a 3F vertical multiple pass tee joint. While A 3F TIG multiple pass fillet weld might be uncommon  in industry, it is...

Jody Collier | December 5, 2024

Why Gas lens for Stainless?

If you are still using the standard cups and hardware that came with your machine or torch, you might niot be getting the best results possible. A jazzy 10 ceramic cup...

Jody Collier | December 5, 2024

Is Super MissileWeld® just 312 Stainless?

Is Super MissileWeld® just 312 Stainless? Is super missile weld rod simply 312 stainless TIG Rod?  Well....Maybe. I first heard of super missile  TIG Rod when I worked for the TechOps...

Jody Collier | November 23, 2024

11 Different Pulse Settings for 11 welds …#11 might be the Best of all.

 Pulse TIG Settings   #1 Bead on plate on  3/16" Aluminum This first clip is welding a cosmetic bead next to the edge on some 3/16” thick 6061 aluminum. This...

Jody Collier | November 18, 2024

Weldmonger® Dual Flowmeter with best Warranty in the Biz

Weldmonger Dual Flowmeter with the Best Warranty in the Biz  A dual flowmeter is a convenient way to purge stainless steel with only one argon tank. Another use is to...

Jody Collier | November 8, 2024

Sanitary Stainless Welding - Weldmonger Dual Flowmeter Deal

Jody Collier | November 5, 2024

Identify your TIG Torch

  When you are shopping for TIG cups and Gas lens kits, the very first thing you need to know is what type of TIG torch you have. This video...

Jody Collier | November 3, 2024

Which Welder Is Best for TIG Welding Aluminum?

Why You Need an AC/DC TIG Welder for Aluminum There are 2 main ways to weld aluminum. MIG with either a spool gun or push pull gun TIG using alternating...

Jody Collier | November 1, 2024

How To get the most out of your WELDMONGER® TIG PRO Kit

Jody Collier | October 28, 2024

TIG Kit - Weldmonger® Stubby Gas Lens Kit

A Weldmonger Stubby Gas Lens TIG kit can be a great way to invest in yourself. A friend of mine...(lets call him Ray)  told me a story about his first day on...

Jody Collier | October 28, 2024

Crazy Good Tip for Thin Wall Aluminum Tubing

Try this Tip for tig welding thin aluminum tubing butt welds. Here is the Link for WELDERSKILLS and make sure to enter JODY1 to get your first month at WELDERSKILLS...

Jody Collier | October 25, 2024

3g MIG Weld Test & Reignite HOPE

This video shows a Simple 3G MIG welding test on 11ga steel. Simple but not necessarily easy at first. This test is based on AWS D9.1 sheet metal welding code...

Jody Collier | October 21, 2024

Uses for Different TIG cups - Navigator Kit

We listened to our customers and put together this new TIG cup Kit. We named this kit the "Weldmonger Navigator Kit." (Not only does the Navigator kit include the most popular...

Jody Collier | October 10, 2024

TIG for Beginners and Common Mistakes

Jody Collier | October 8, 2024

TIG Tips, Simplified Settings, & Overhead Stick Rooftop

3 of my Very Best Videos...I Hope they Help you. Video #1 is "7 tips or Maybe 8 for TIG Welding Aluminum"  Video #2 is "Simple TIG Settings...All those knobs...

Jody Collier | October 5, 2024

EASYKleen EK PLUS Stainless Steel Weld Cleaner

Jody Collier | October 3, 2024

When to use 5356 vs When to use 4043 Filler Rod

When to use 4043 and when to use 5356 for TIG welding aluminum 4043 and 5356 are by far the 2 most commonly used filler metals for tig welding aluminum. If...

Jody Collier | September 30, 2024

DenaliWeld Laser Video Series

DenaliWeld Laser & Stainless Lap Joint with TIG I went to a Laser Demo put on by DenaliWeld at a local gas and supply store and that led to me...

Jody Collier | September 26, 2024

Ally 5 combo kit for 17, 18, 26 style torches

Here are 2 great videos on TIG welding aluminum.   Sometimes, there is just no good place to prop your hand.   Aluminum can get really hot..really quick and its tough...

Jody Collier | September 25, 2024

TIG Aluminum 3G Butt Joint Full Penetration

I don't think you will find a better video anywhere on a full penetration butt joint on 1/8" (.125") 3.2mm thick aluminum. Settings matter and they are listed in the...

Jody Collier | September 22, 2024

CUSTOMER VIDEO 15 - CORNER JOINTS ON STEEL AND ALUMINUM

This video is on 3 different corner joints. TIG welding a 11ga cold rolled steel outside corner joint TIG welding 3/16" thick 6061 aluminum corner MIG welding 1/4" thick carbon...

Jody Collier | September 17, 2024

TIG Project using Pulse Settings

This video is about Tig welding carbon steel with pulse and without pulse on a turntable for a simple project.   I have a simple tig project that requires welding...

Jody Collier | September 9, 2024

Customer Only video 14 - A 5G pipe Test that Changed my life

A 5G pipe Test that Changed my life Back in the late 1980s I was working in a fab shop and I volunteered for a job that no one else...

Jody Collier | September 6, 2024