Well, that’s a lesson you won’t forget. I had the same frustration a few years ago that ended up being a contaminated bottle of argon. Took me days, to figure out what was wrong.👍

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

I can definitely feel ya! I had a good day running the machine yesterday. Switched back to the old bottle first. And I'm pretty close to running it out now, so the new bottle of argon was still an effort worth doing!

@jeffgood6441

Жыл бұрын

How do u get a bottle thats contaminated someone using a argon/c02 mix previously

It's always frustrating to happen upon a new issue with a welder. Glad you got it sorted and you're back to throwing beads down!

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, it stunk that it took that long to figure it out...but at least it was simple and the integrity of the machine wasn't compromised. Now I'm set up with fresh consumables, fresh electrodes and a second bottle of Argon!

Thanks Grant! Definitely have me an education!

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, well glad I could teach ya Johnny!

@AntonioClaudioMichael

3 жыл бұрын

Omg havent seen you in forever Johnny @Prepping Life

This great info I have a bootleg set-up. i have not touched it yet. You making me want to check it and see what is what with it.. Thank You for this

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it could help someone! Are you on Instagram?

@bstfordchannel923

3 жыл бұрын

@@Str8sixfan The funny thing I have No Social Media other than youtube. I can not focus on all those things at once seems tough, but this helped

Very much appreciate this video!

@Str8sixfan

2 жыл бұрын

In the end it was a very stupid/simple issue. Wished I would have seen it sooner, but the good news is it was simple! Happy to help!

I had the exact same problem because for some reason my tungsten would not get tighten down unless it was on the wrong side

@Str8sixfan

6 ай бұрын

It was a super simple thing. Frustrating as hell for a self taught person. But that's why I made a video, to hopefully save someone else the trouble

I have the somewhat same issue but my tank is down to 400lbs so I’ll try another tank first thanks for sharing.

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

hope you get it figured out!

Great information, I swear I keep saying I need to get a tig

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

I got lucky 3-4 years ago when I bought this. Timed out right with a company bonus. At the time I was simply needing an upgrade for my arc welder, but I couldn't pass up this 3-in-1 machine: arc, TIG and plasma cutter. It's been a purchase I haven't regretted.

Excellent advice.

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

Well I hope it is for someone!

@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860

3 жыл бұрын

Str8sixfan you forgot the pie though lol

Thank you, I bought a tig after using a Mig, Arc and could braise and wire weld so I thought learning tig would be a breeze as I was use to wire feeding. I gave up using it as I thought I couldn't use it due to how bad the welds were. I tried again learning how too's, I watched your video. Yes mine was installed backwards too. Thankyou so much. now back to learning John

@Str8sixfan

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! This is EXACTLY why I made the video. Some people laugh at me and say things that, yes I know now...but want others to learn from my stupid mistake... and save them all the troubleshooting

@chappysprojects2627

2 жыл бұрын

@@Str8sixfan I tried again, set the machine and ran three beads in a row. I have a long way to go but the wire feeding was good and the welds looked great, more confidence now, thx

@Str8sixfan

2 жыл бұрын

@@chappysprojects2627 I still suck at wire feeding! Keep it up!

Well now we know ! Nice

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Stinks it took 4 days, but it's still a good thing that it was a cheap fix, and that I figured it out.

Lol I just started and I had this exact problem 🤦 lol feel like an idiot, appreciate the video man!

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

Yea it's like equal parts sucky and relieving that it was a simple problem all along. Sucky that it took so long to figure it out, but relieving that it wasn't expensive to fix.

Done this a time or two, but never welded with it before noticing the problem. A lot of the times, my tungsten never was fully tightened when turning the “back cap” to tighten everything. I always pull on my tungsten after I set up to make sure everything is tight. If it’s wrong, your notice your back cap not going down as far as it used to or when you pull on the tungsten, it will move.

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

always up for tips

great video👍

@Str8sixfan

2 жыл бұрын

I wished I didn't have to learn this the hard way, but hopefully saves the next guy time and headache

I've just had a similar experience, my arc kept flaring and I couldn't even start a weld. Fortunately it didn't take too long to figure out after watching this video and others. I checked everything and couldn't find anything wrong but then stumbled across the problem - the sensitivity setting on my auto helmet was set wrong and I was trying to weld with it flashing off and on! I'm not sure if I'll have to deal with arc-eye tonight, but it sure was affecting my vision and I'm surprised I didn't wake up to it a bit earlier. Luckily, only around and hour lost, not several days as in your case.

@Str8sixfan

Жыл бұрын

much happier to her 1hr! This video is almost 3 years old and it's amazing how popular it has become in the past 4 months or so. Glad you got back at it quicker!

Good finding the collate problem grant

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

Wished it didn't take as long as it did, but regardless the fact that it wasn't a hard fix was still a good end to it.

@AntonioClaudioMichael

3 жыл бұрын

@@Str8sixfan true dat

thx man fixed my problem i made the same mistake 😅

@Str8sixfan

Жыл бұрын

so happy to help! You feel dumb about it, right? But feel better to be on the other side of it no doubt!

the hardest way 2 learn sumthing is by yourself...there is just nobody sittin there bside u 2 tell you...!! but once u learn that problem u will never forget..I have been there buddy ...!!

@Str8sixfan

Жыл бұрын

this comment is soooo much more uplifting than a lot of them out there! But yes, this is why I'm happy to share it, to hopefully help out the next person.

Doesn't affect me much since I don't have a welder or know how to use one. I do have contaminated gas though.

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHA

I'm confused by your Argon pressure regulator. It does not look like a flow meter but a pressure regulator. Just how are you controlling CFH of the argon? Adjusting pressure seems to be a guessing game. From watching another video, the CFH is the number of the ceramic cup X2 for minimum CFH, e.g. #5 cup X2 is 10CFH minimum, and max is *2.5. So a flow regulator, you will see a ball floating in the tube, and the markings on the outside of the tube tell you what the CFH is. You would be able to see this flow when you set it up before welding. In your case, it would tell you that you were not delivering the required argon flow rate to the weld cup.

Sometimes the simplest mistakes make the worst Problems

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

Well said Antonio.

the important thing is you know where to look now and you can get back to the exhaust

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

For sure. And thanks for all your help along the way. Now I'm kicking myself for not mentioning you in the episode. You were a big help in getting me closer and closer to the end Terry.

@EfurdGarage

3 жыл бұрын

@@Str8sixfan its all good. I didnt help for the credit lol besides you figured it out and did the work.

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

@@EfurdGarage Well at the very least, like I said on the phone, you were like a therapist

@EfurdGarage

3 жыл бұрын

@@Str8sixfan thanks i appericate that glad i could help.

Dang. I just realized I had mine in backwards. Even though I was thinking it was backwards at the time . but I couldn't get it to tighten down sufficiently on the tungsten the other way so when I flipped it and it gripped it great without me having to twist it so hard that it twisted the collet grooves I figured it must be right. Kind of weird though because it didn't really affect the welding that bad but I was welding aluminum. but I did have to turn up the flow just slightly so I reckon that was probably it.

@Str8sixfan

Жыл бұрын

Glad you figured it out!

How do you like the trigger on your torch I’m thinking of getting one.

@Str8sixfan

Жыл бұрын

I use the foot pedal more often

Idk if anyone would see this but I had a problem while I was about to weld out of no where my rod sent a shock to my thumb which I got burnt then my tungsten was shooting little sparks. Anyone know what happened?

@ForgeGiven

Жыл бұрын

High frequency shock and attempted ignition.

I'm getting all of the symptoms you had but worse.... My Collet is in correctly and I even tried gas lenses and nothing is working... I have gas flow but still get black and brownish orange welds. Grey and oxidized I'm ready to quit!!!

@Str8sixfan

Жыл бұрын

look for gass blocks anywhere. Maybe something is clogged? Hope you get it figured out

@chrismomedia4977

Жыл бұрын

Did you end up figuring it out ? I have the exact same problem bought new torch and gas lenses with nothing !

I didn’t know this was possible. I’ve been welding for some time now and I swear none of tig torches even can let this happen.

@Str8sixfan

Жыл бұрын

yea, it was really stupid. Should have been easy to observe, but unfortunately took me a long time to diagnose. Hoping to save the next person that frustration.

why didn't you just tap the pedal and and feel if the post flow gas was coming out?

@Str8sixfan

Жыл бұрын

hard to recall what my thought process was over 3 years ago. But anyway, just trying to prevent frustration for the next guy is all I was trying to do in this video

Collets. The first source of a problem.

And the ah the um aw just cut those parts out. Happy Motoring.

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha!

@mostlymoparih5682

3 жыл бұрын

@@Str8sixfan Sometimes it's good to make a mistake because you will to remember from than on what you did and how you fixed it. Have a great day.

Oops,😆

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

yup!

For me that's a head slapper! If I had done that I would have never forgiven myself let alone admit it, man that was stupid!!! Yes, it was and I'm also laughing with you, and this is good advice. I would have loved to have been there when you discovered it! If you are still upright and not seeing sparks everything is still OK.

@Str8sixfan

3 жыл бұрын

still around. Yup we all have to learn somehow. I've had zero training, so while it sucked to not be able to figure it out for as long as it took, but at least it was simple. I don't know your experience level but sounds like you have a pretty good track record of never doing anything stupid. Simply trying to help the next person out with this video.