You should try using a tig torch for the arc but use a mig gun to feed filler.

@Welddotcom

2 ай бұрын

They also have something like that called Tip Tig that you have on the torch.

@maggitmaster

2 ай бұрын

@@Welddotcom I know,I was just wondering how or if it would work out

@adamstreich3007

2 ай бұрын

@@maggitmasterit works well. Especially if you crank the wire feed down to like 60 ish IPM and just pull the trigger and dab along. They also have hot wire tig which is like energizing the wire like you would with mig and still tig welding. Great suggestion for another video

Try a tig torch with a pressure switch. There are times when i use a foot pedal pressure switch for the mig, it saves the hands.

Very informative

Agreed 💯 the future is X.

Why don't u try tack weld sheetmetal car/truck panel with this setup. Can it go low enough to work?

TIG is broken and you need to do some welding try connecting the MIG if you have a MIG that converts to Arc Welding you can convert it to a TIG lift start. If you want high frequency start connecting a 12 Volt DC car battery into the mix improves your start. Lincoln Welding Hand Book has some valuable information for welding.

Iv been thinking about trying this. I have a miller that can do cc or cv, any recommendations on where to start other than just playing around. My Bernard torch (with gas) can handle 300 amps and I have a few 1/16-1/8 tips. If I get to it in the next week or so I'll send you a video of my results

@Welddotcom

2 ай бұрын

if the machine runs CC just use the right process for now 😅 if it only does SMAW you can still run a scratch start set up with an adapter block

Hahahahaha!!!! Maybe that 29.5V if you gave him a slab of 3/4" plate... I just wish we could figure out how many watts it was pulling, then we have our amps...

Technically there is, if anyone has used either Millers or Lincoln Electrics machines that use double pulse. You can set the amount of time between the pulse and when it ramps down, these machines are used a lot in aluminum boat building.

I expected it to work to some extent, but didn't expect you to get welds nearly that good. Does pulsed MIG give more control? Does it work on aluminum too?

@williamthomas9463

2 ай бұрын

No. You would need AC output. Dedicated MIG welders are DC only.

@Welddotcom

2 ай бұрын

if you have a mig machine just try welding aluminum with the right process. you can weld aluminum with mig (100%) argon u groove rollers and plastic liner, or spool gun. you wont be able to MIG/TIG aluminum this way

The real question is... Can you turn a TIG welding machine into a MIG welding machine, with or without a spool gun?

@adamstreich3007

2 ай бұрын

Yes easily. It’s called Constant Current mig welding. You simply flip the switch up in a 12vs feeder to CC instead of CV. It welds a little differently

@DeksZagreb

2 ай бұрын

@@adamstreich3007Did anyone make a video about it?

@adamstreich3007

2 ай бұрын

@@DeksZagrebnot sure but I’ll add it to the list of videos to make as it is interesting as has some quirks to the arc

@DeksZagreb

2 ай бұрын

@@adamstreich3007What would be the challenge, to match the spool gun feed rate or the arc itself?

Why is this making me think of Gilligan's Island?

Сразу нет - получится кака. Аппараты MIG работают по принципу контроля напряжения с ровной как доска вольт-амперной характеристикой (дуга всегда одинаковая по длине), а у TIG идёт контроль тока при круто падающей ВАХ. В итоге на MIG аргон хоть и будет зажигаться, но дуга будет жутко непостоянная, а на TIG полуавтомат будет либо жутко брызгаться на высоких токах, либо тыкаться проволокой в ванну.

@user-uj7gk9vf6n

2 ай бұрын

Полностью согласен

Can you really not weld aluminum with dc or is it just not nearly as good as ac ??? I have read dc welding aluminum is quite possible.

@adamstreich3007

2 ай бұрын

Very possible are we talking GTAW or GMAW. Mig aluminum is usually done on DCEP. For Tig on DC you’d use 💯 Helium and get great penetration on DCEN but not as pretty of a bead and overkill for thin materials.

I guess the wire feed is disconnected ?

fusion weld your mitre nice and tight...just get some real weld for the grinder to face

april fools already?

you guys have too much time on your hands - where is Bob ... we need to show Bob and see what he says

Ok nice experience but still stupide lol

@Welddotcom

2 ай бұрын

Not the greatest application yet but thanks for watching!

@elitl1148

2 ай бұрын

@@Welddotcom i m watching you from France

TIG welders are outdated, MIG welders are too foreign. NIG welders are what we americans fought for in the civil war.

Wow.. this was... Umm... Lame. Bob Moffitt would not approve.

Barbarians! Get a real tig torch setup. Five years ago I modified a Lincoln 125 to use a real tig torch. Simply buy a cheap replacement whip and graft a real tig torch to it. The gas/electrode uses the same fittings, then splice the switch to a tig switch for arc and gas. Plug the wire port on the whip to prevent gas leakage. Set the aluminum gun setting to on, polarity as you say. Now you have a real scratch start tig with pre and post flow control. On low setting you can fusion weld box cutter blades. I told the Lincoln rep and he said they have a bunch of multi-process welders coming out. But for all those millions of people who already have the big box store welders, this might be useful.