17 Series TIG Torch and Our Navigator KIT

Both 17 and 26 tig torches use the same cups and hardware The main differences between a 17 series TIG torch and a 26 series TIG torch come down to size,...

Jody Collier | April 23, 2025

Purge Tips and Weldmonger® Dual Flowmeter

Purge Tips and Weldmonger® Dual Flowmeter Order your weldmonger dual flowmeter with lifetime warranty Stainless Steel needs argon purge gas for full penetration welds in order to maintain corrosion resistance....

Jody Collier | April 22, 2025

2 inch Pipe 2G TIG Root-Fill-Cap

2 inch pipe welding  2g pipe welding is when the axis of the pipe is vertical and the weld is horizontal. This is a very common weld for boilermakers except...

Jody Collier | April 22, 2025

Proper Torch Angle for TIG Welding vs Whatever it Takes

What is the proper Torch angle for TIG welding? Is there even a proper angle?  Does it really matter that much? Text books tell us that the proper torch angle...

Jody Collier | April 21, 2025

Weldmonger Dual Flowmeter with LIFETIME Warranty

Dual flowmeter  Get your weldmonger dual flowmeter here   There are 2 main reasons why you need a dual flowmeter: to purge stainless steel pipe or sanitary tubing or other...

Jody Collier | April 20, 2025

Weldmonger/Furick Arsenal Kit

 Enhance Your Welding with our Weldmonger/Furick Gas Lens Kit  Enhance Your Welding with our Weldmonger/Furick Arsenal Gas Lens Kit ar·se·nal = a collection of weapons Are you tired of dull...

Jody Collier | April 19, 2025

How NOT to Weld Aluminum PLUS Down&Dirty tips

How NOT to TIG Weld Aluminum & Down&Dirty tips The video above shows one of the BIGGEST problems with aluminum fillet welds and how to Fix it. Getting started off...

Jody Collier | April 17, 2025

How to Hold a TIG Torch

There is no right or wrong way to hold a tig torch. Whatever it takes. In this video, I hold a tig torch a certain way for bench work, but for...

William Collier | April 17, 2025

Arc Control Setting for Stick Welding

Let’s break down what the Arc Control setting—also known as Arc Force or Dig—does on a stick welding (SMAW) machine and how to use it effectively.  What Is Arc Control...

Jody Collier | April 16, 2025

Stainless Steel Pipe - Root pass tips and Walking the Cup Video

Stainless Root Tips Video with Walking the Cup Bonus Video Walking the cup technique on pipe to flange weld Bridge Tacks are useful for tack welding stainless pipe without needing...

Jody Collier | April 15, 2025

Titanium Welding

Three of my best videos on Titanium welding. If you are fairly new to welding Titanium, these 3 videos will give you a great foundation 1G titanium weld test.  A...

Jody Collier | April 15, 2025

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

3 videos - 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

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