I love the slow-mo. Really helps new welders like me to see what you’re explaining.

@ZILAwelds

Ай бұрын

Good to know!

Great Video Pete, I always appreciate your help and honesty. Your real world experience is always helpful.

A long time ago before pulse was even used in tig we used to use a scolloping technique to save from cold starts and craters ! The pulse mig is a God send for thin material ! Still welding old marine and food grade alloy is an art in its self because of the cleaning techniques that have to be used ! Good all round video for those starting off on the journey of aluminium welding with the mig ! Thanks from an old Aussie welder !,

Great video Pete. Thanks for taking the time to document it. Very helpful.

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I just started this week working a job with a truck bed company doing a lot of aluminum welding. Thank you so much for this information!

@ZILAwelds

3 жыл бұрын

you are welcome

@donsmith9081

2 жыл бұрын

Protect your lungs, Aluminum is very toxic.

Excellent video. I really appreciate the time you take teach us all these things while still trying to make a living.

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Simon Hay-Heddle thank you for watching

Ya dude, great shots. Good experience. Aluminum is most difficult to master in my opinion, even if some do not agree. I watched til the end happily

Thanks for sharing your experience!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and and hard earned wisdom.

Thanks for your videos. I have learned a great deal from your video's . Keep up the great work.

Exellent video,nice slow motion.You can really see what is going on. My spool gun packed 'er in so this pulsed mig looks like the way to go. Thank you for the demonstration........Bob

great many thanks for taking the time to do this

If you use a 1/4 " Brass Backing Plate the length of the joint , position the plate on the back side aluminum panel, into the joint flush into the seem to prevent aluminum weld seepage, clamp the brass backing plate tight. The brass backing plate will keep the weld seepage from flowing through and dripping through, the aluminum will not stick to the brass and you will have a nice clean seem, keeping the flow of aluminum topside in the fillet. Make sure to not touch the Brass Backing Plate without welding gloves.....it will be major hot as the aluminum .

Those of us who are learning to weld appreciate these types of videos.

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Jeff Hulett thank you for watching

Great video Peter....!

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Werger thank you!

Grest info Pete!! I will watch it again when i have time.

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. greens boat tanks and aluminium welding thank you!

Your Aluminum Videos are GREAT and for extra entertainment throw ing some comments like. "Alright let's caugh a couple more times", 😃😃😃😃 Thanks for your expertise !!! William

Pete, great video as always! Every time i see you using that pro pulse the more i think about getting one. Might wait for the 300 coming out this spring i think? And the sv seeker videos you guys all worked on are awesome, keep it up!!!👌👌👌👍✌️

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

word on the street is July 2018 .... but dont listen to me .... that is just rumors i heard .... to get a really good idea - you should call htp and ask them .... but also i have heard the 300 is about twice as much $$$ as the 200 is ..... so .....?

Hi Cool shop, 2 camera set up and editing. Master world class welder! thank you!

@ZILAwelds

3 жыл бұрын

thanks

Great video thanks for all the help!

I understand you don’t do this for a living but this video is really good and informative. I think you are far better than you seem to give yourself credit for. My welder is a basic MIG & MMA stick, I used 0.8 ER5356 wire in pure argon on my normal MIG gun. I’m a total virgin s&*t welder and I have nothing to compare anything to as I’ve never used a TIG or spool gun. I can see and hear what the pulse does but what are the advantages. A really good video that I will watch more than once.

@jacklong6614

Жыл бұрын

You can weld aluminum with dc mig 100% argon ?

@ZILAwelds

Жыл бұрын

yes

Pulse mig is a whole different world than just mig welding, specially on aluminium

"Been a long time since I rock and rolled! Been a long time since I did the stroll. Oh carry me back, carry me back, carry me back, baby where I come from."

@ZILA Its always a pleasure watching your videos as and when you post them.. Informative and factual without adverts & promotions

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

AWPHOTOGRAPHIC i try. Its hard but i try. Thanks for watching.

Great video and thanks for sharing you knowledge!

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

NICE WORK!

Very good video

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

thank you

Sehr schön erklärt! Meine migatronic kann auch Doppelpuls, ich muss das unbedingt mal testen

great video. Do you mind sharing your camera setup to get those good arc shots ?

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Its a canon Eos 77D. with a 50mm fix lens and an ND filter ..... the rest is like welding - a lot of trying stuff out, eventually "real" photography knowledge. I am shooting in full manual mode. settings adjusted as needed - every arc shot is different - the mig, stick and tig arc are different in brightness and the different metals reflect different too ... and then some crop and edit in iMovie and there you go. good luck - if you want to I can send you a few am anon links - that is where I got all the stuff ... about $1200-1400 puts you in the game

thanks zila for videos, very instructive , please to help me for choose a welder mig for aluminum , need to weld alu 5mm thikness look for affordable efficent solution , i see ,mig pulse , double pulse etc... advise and where to purshase even for rods , rods with flux or not , i have the argon gaz in my job place thanks

I recognize a expert when I see one. You know more then I ever could be blessed to forget. If i could just have half the knowledge you poises. Then I would be set. Buying a pro pulse 200 next year with my taxes return i seen enough to want one for my shop.

Geiles Video 👍

Thanks I will try that

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

did it work?

Appreciate the real-world welder insight, have you thought about a push/pull setup for aluminum? It looks like you're just using a regular steel MIG gun and I was wondering if you've tried the "proper" setup/your opinions on that

@ZILAwelds

3 жыл бұрын

I do have a push pull setup .... for smaller jobs this here works as good as the push pull gun its just 2000 dollar cheaper

I understand not being able to video all your work (turns a $$$$/hr job into a $/hr job!) So thanks for what you do, I appreciate it. Btw, I'm still undecided on the Transsteel 2200 vs the HTP, but I'm leaning more on the Fronius as I just sense it's a more rugged machine (I weld 100% on site, no shop). But I haven't seen either welder, so.....

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

Tommy, will you be using the machine for "general fabrication" (aka steel) mainly or do you run across your fair share of aluminum jobs? if you do aluminum - especially 1/8" thick (or thin) or less ...... THERE IS JUST NO SUBSTITUTE for a pulse mig machine! also the ability to adjust your heat settings while welding with the slider that HTP offers ..... UNIQUE at least ion this class at that price point ... again ... if you do aluminum .... if it is a mainly steel deal or steel only deal ... then you could go either way... now keep in mind - do some research on the consumables ... fronius has all proprietary consumables ... the gas nozzles for that trans steel 2200 are sold in 5 packs for $139 ... that is almost $30 for one nozzle !!!!! but you can't buy one - you have to buy 5 at a time .... I mean if you don't mind (over)paying for quality and if you don't mind that you cant pick up consumables from your local guy or amazon or ebay... then by all means - sp ahead and get the Fronius - its a SOLID and good machine ....! I think as the name implies "trans steel" it really shines and excels welding steel ... its not called trans pulse or trans aluminum .... and also that is a very good European machine (just like the pro pulse 200 is) but it comes with some "Fronius only" technology at "Fronius pricing" - but - hey - that is all up to you - it's your money spend it however you like to spend it. Like i said - it's a solid machine - I won't steer you away from it! BTW the Pro pulse is all made in Italy, lacquer sealed boards, IP23 .... in my mind - i have a hard time to see a noticeable quality difference .... but that is just me ...

@tommyt2854

5 жыл бұрын

@@ZILAwelds lol! Thanks bud, there's alot of info I didn't know. I figured the Fronius was proprietary, but didn't research the cost. And I didn't realize the HTP was rated IP23, that makes me more comfortable with it. But yea, 90% of what I do is steel. But maybe that's because I'm not real set up for aluminum..... Thanks for your reply.

great video ! how much more alum metal thickness dose using a helium /argon mix shielding gas allow over using just straight argon ?

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

so that is not an easy question. with this particular machine as with most other synergic mig with synergic pulse mig welders - if the program calls for 100% argon there are really almost no benefits using a helium mixture ....! the added heat of the helium if working counter productive to the program and the parameters in the program ..... now if you are thinking of mig aluminum without pulse (like a spool gun ) or thick aluminum wires 1/16" or thicker being fed out of a suitcase for ship building for example - on some of those jobs the welding procedure calls for 100% helium. and generally speaking helium mixtures make things a lot hotter (if you have the right tips and your spool gun can feed enough wire fast enough (or your wire diameter is big enough) helium or helium mixtures can be a great advantage. also on ac tig helium mixtures can be a great advantage. (on tig on material that is more than 1/8" thick. now consider the drawbacks of helium: - hard arc starting - less arc stability than argon - possible puddle does not flow as well - very high cost so if you outweigh those drawbacks and you choose your mixture careful ..... lets say if you tig and you have 75%ar 25%he you will see a huge improvement if you go to 75% he and 25% ar - you will see even more heat - but the step from the one gas to the other is NOT as big as the first step introducing 25%he ..... you will see harder arc starting (2%ceriated tungstens will help you here - they start easier than a lot of others) ....... and with 75%he 25%ar for sure it is very hard ( i dont want to say impossible to weld anything thinner than .100" with an ac tig no pulse) common mixtures are 25/75 33/66 50/50 66/33 75/25 all depending on your gas supplier ..... as far as your question how much more heat it makes ? my 200 amp acdc tig "feels like" 250-275 amp with a 75 he 25 ar mixture on straight mig aluminum (no pulse) the results are similar .... you will have to try and see what works for you - personally i would not use any helium mixture on mig aluminum unless i am welding at least 1/4" thick personally - i dont even see the need for it up to 1/2" thick (spool gun and 300 amp engine drive do just fine with 100% argon)

Hi -- thank you for making the effort to show us! For a complete newbie, you said "with that machine, should be able to do a lot better!" Question is: what is this machine ? The sales people say, aluminum can't be welded with DC machines... yet that's exactly what you are doing here, right ? Love the music!

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

Branimir Todorov i dont know what sales people you are talking too ....??? I know that aluminum can be welded with tig and mig pulse both of those AC Aluminum can also be welded and is tig mig and pulse mig and stick ( yes that is right stick) ALL IN DC ( electrode positive for mig and stick electrode negative for DC tig ) The mig part - it can be fed through a push pull gun, a 10ft mig gun, a spool gun ... the possibilities for welding aluminum are almost endless ..... Maybe i need to make a longer video about this

It was burning back at end of trigger pull ,still working on same tip but close calls ,had to take tip off cut wire and twist wire then it breaks loose , running 004 on burn back and pinch was set at 010 as you said it still is very close to tip when trigger pull is complete 160 wire speed

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

the only other thig that comes to mind 1) gas flow. (if you have "insufficient" gas flow the wire burns "hot" and it burns back further nan normal ... I personally like over 40 cfh close to 45) 2) wire brake. (that is the back screw in the center of what hold the spool on since you have to run very low drive roll pressures you don't want the wire to slip so your wire brake needs to be very low too) also 160ipm you are probably in the paw program. the way how the machine works the arc length is very long (that means the arc is established close to the tip) that is "normal". now if you hold the gun too close to the material(you should be about 3/4" to 1" away or of your wire brake is too tight or your gas flow is too low ... anything that is "not right" will mess things up .... also make sure you always use a quality wire, cheap Asian import wires cause much more problems then the savings are worth .... good luck

Nice video Peter! You need a Mig gun holder, I know where you can get one!

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

where ? weld monger.com ??? LOL

@toddjagger8682

6 жыл бұрын

Shit yeah! It’s jimbo love your channel mate.

Thanks. Interested to know what were your wfs amd voltage settings?

@ZILAwelds

6 ай бұрын

can't remember ... 320 IPM roughly on 035 4043 wire. the voltage is scewed anyways because I had to dial it back becasue of the helium mix I used

Hi Peter, I can see the time saving in having a pulse mig for my jobs now instead of tig, of course each process has its uses.....great video. Cheers Rob

Set my argon to 45 and my burn back to 005. And there is no ball I will have to keep playing with the flow rate pinch and burn back ,thanks for your replies I look forward to your Vids

Brilliant video thank u 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Bet the helper had a nice tan and potato slices on her eyes after that😂

@ZILAwelds

5 ай бұрын

no she actually is sharp enough to have the camera throw shade in there face .... as she look at the camera screen she is 100% in the shade.

I'm starting to think I bought the wrong machine for aluminum it's the Lincoln 140 might but I don't know if it has the pause and go sequence by the way nice video nice welds imma beginner in aluminum I also weld for a living but I do mechanics and construction anything I used to work fabricating stainless steel equipment but I was breaking and polishing not welding but anyways I'll stay tuned to your videos God bless you this video was a lot of help to me!

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

you might have.... that Lincoln should weld some 1/8" thick material for you and that is about it .... you can't really dial a non pulse machine down much further than 1/8" and you don't really have the power to weld much thicker ... with a TON of preheating you might be able to do some 3/16" thick ... but yes - if you are serious about some aluminum welding .... a different machine could have been better for you ... let's say if you want to weld some aluminum fender on a semi-tractor - you can probably do that with your machine with some practice ...

@calebymaya420

5 жыл бұрын

I'll trade it for a pulse one thank you only 2 days with mine

Great video man Just wanted to ask what machine and gun do use?

@ZILAwelds

3 жыл бұрын

HTP Pro pulse 220 MTS with a 8 1/2 ft mig gun it a 26 series gun they sell with the machine

@ZILAwelds

3 жыл бұрын

usaweld.com/collections/htp-america-mig-welders/products/pro_pulse_220_mts

I weld aluminium every day at work we have Millermatic 350p those are the best for the job after 3 years of this I had to get a 1500 dollar respirator welding helmet the gas and smoke do a number on your breathing rember y'all don't weld down hill even if it's easy and looks good its week getting good at something that is difficult makes you a better welder no matter how good you think you are you can always learn new tricks

@donsmith9081

2 жыл бұрын

Keep spreading the word on taking care of the lungs, Thanks.

Stop being so hard on yourself. Your videos are better than mine! One tip: Adj volume of your commentary to be louder than the machine noises. I have to turn volume up to hear you speak, then turn volume down when you weld, back up to hear you speak, back down when you're welding, etc.

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

mcgyverdude thanks for watching. I will try to balance volume a little bit better next time

That thin aluminum does not need and will not benefit from He. Use pure argon and let it go. My Millermatic 350P does not have pulse on pulse, but getting good outside corner welds is pretty simple. Even straight pulsed MIG is far better than just MIG on aluminum. Much better heat control. But the number ONE consideration with any MIG aluminum is proper fit up. Yes, even more important than cleaning. Cleaning makes it weld better, but no matter how clean it is. If the fit up is bad, you will have HELL. The thinner the aluminum, the less tolerant of gaps it will be.

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Scott, absolutely ! That was my point ... the helium mixtures make the arc "unstable" and don't really help you if your programs are designed for 100% argon. the miller 350p is a good machine and yes it does not have double pulse (which can be good for looks AND heat control) but just having single pulse is a HUGE advantage over starlight mig - I agree 100%. I think cleaning is even more important than fit up. That is just my personal take .... fit up is important too - however of you have the option to control the synergic settings while you are welding ( I have a few videos with a push pull gun coming where I can adjust the settings while I am welding) that feature allows you to turn the welder down while welding and bridge gaps (even big once if required) without stopping or breaking the arc ..... if you have that feature than cleaning is more important than fit up .... if you don't have a feature like this - than fit become WAY more important FAST! thanks for watching

@scottgilly1

6 жыл бұрын

I run the push pull set up synergic and it is great. Clean is a must and by that I mean heavy contamination. 3.2mm and thinner aluminum is very fit up sensitive. It is always best to get it as clean as possible, but proper fit up is often overlooked in the aluminum world. In this project, open those outside corners up 1mm and things would have gotten way out of hand with much more burn through on the backside. Proper prep should be best practice always with aluminum.

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

I agree

I want to open a weld shop but I have no experience and I don't want to die breathing bad fumes. Couldn't you just put a fan on instead of wearing a respirator mask ? What welder do you own ? I was looking at the Miller 255 with a push pull gun to do aluminum mostly.

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

the fan will blow your shielding gas away, you would need a suction system set up at the right distance (for the suction power) and then you would have to blow it all the way out of the shop, with the shop doors closed .... I see HUNDREDS if not thousands of $$$ investment here ... that miller mask is $35 and $12 for replacement filters every 8-12 hrs .... its your call .... there are professional stand alive suction systems a bunch of guys sell them ... even HTP has a professional grade stand alone machine with cleanable filters for about $5500 .... just set up up - DONE ... nice system, made in the USA ... no china stuff ...

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

the miller mask is made in England btw .... also good quality .,. the blue prt you can just throw in the laundry and then install new filters ...

Sounds like you have double pulse switched on. You should try slowing it down to 1pps (pulse per second) and hold still on the high amperage part and move the torch on the low amperage part so it points at the edge of the previous puddle

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

on the PP200 the double pulse parameters are factory pre programmed 2.0 hz I believe on the PP300 the double pulse has a manual option to fully adjust double pulse settings. in my experience 1.2Hz works best for really pronounced ripples. If you like watch my video "bills's boat"

@4BoltClevo

4 жыл бұрын

2hz is pretty fast but manageable. i'll watch the bills boat vid. cheers

Sounds like bees swarming

No worries just looking out for her vision and well being.

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

no offense taken - thanks for looking out for her !

@travismedic5185

5 жыл бұрын

@@ZILAwelds whew, thanks bro. I need your vids cause I am newer to welding and didnt want to be booted from your vids viewing priveledge. Your view and abilities are solid and your willingness to help others is honorable and beyond helpful. Thanks for understanding that was what I was doing.

Have not had a birds nest yet I have it set soft set enough for a slip and the wire roll set soft also since I'm just getting used to this machine

I have the post flow set at 2 sec , I will increase my gas flow see how that works, My garage is like 100 degrees ,it's been hot here North of Detroit

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

jas van So your post flow is good! If your flow rate and contact tip to work distance is good too - then you should not have an issue with it sticking to the tip - but due to the nature of things it will he REALLY close to the tip. Pro tip: once it sticks - the tip is never going to be the same .... if you can afford the $2 for a new one - throw the old one away and install the new. Also - if you have the drive roll pressure set correctly - it will not birds nest but it will slip. That will create a flat/damaged spot on the wire .... next time this spot comes through the new contact tip it jams and creates another burn back .... Whenever i get the wire stuck in the tip, ( like a heavy stick) i change the tip AND run about 10ft of wire through and discard it! That way i dont get more problems - discard the wire with the flat/damaged spot

I made one of them we have offices inside or building and use room air conditioning to cool them

@ZILAwelds

3 жыл бұрын

that is exactly what my customer is using it for - some shipping or maintenance office inside the warehouse

What type of filter do you use on your camera to capture the arc shots?

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Valenzuela an ND filter a pretty dark one

That's what's special about us Germans. We do stupid shit all the time but we KNOW we're doing stupid shit. It's what makes us special.

It's so funny watching yourself work and seeing all the bad habits!! So obvious once you step back and take a minute to think about what you're doing.

I would like to ask a few questions if I may? Is that suppose to be used for aluminum bc it looks like a regulars steel gun? Second yea you are running very hot and at the same time you don’t have enough wire feeding your arc or it’s not the right gun to weld aluminum. Just trying to help not trying to be dictator!

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

dennis ayala this gun has a graphite liner and is especially made for welding aluminum - please read the other comment about welding guns in this video that i replied to. Yes - spray arc is very hot! Pulse aluminum mig is even hotter than regular mig aluminum. And yes - in the beginning of the video i explain how i am using an helium argon mixture and how that is not suitable for the synergic program - how it is too hot ( you need less voltage not more wire ( i know same thing)) and also the puddle does not want to flow right either! But that is all explained ...

@D.A2323

6 жыл бұрын

ZILA no I don’t think it’s a matter of amps running thru I think it’s a matter of speed! the small feeder in the machine can’t feed enough material no matter how low you put your amps that’s why you have and extra motor on the push pull gun or a spool gun. I’m just trying to help not trying to be a troll or anything but hey if it’s working for you that’s cool man good luck and looking forward to seeing more videos

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

dennis. first of all speed makes amps ! the way how a wire feed welder works the voltage is held at a constant value (with very small variations due to arc length and gun distance to work piece. 2nd speed is amps - the more wire you feed (either bigger diameter OR higher speed THAT makes your amps ! The small feeder in the machine puts out 100% reliable 16 meters per minute or 629 inches per minute that is plenty enough. and yes - miller and lincoln feed aluminum wire through a 10 ft long push style mig gun with 2 roller drives (on the miller 350p and the lincoln 350 mp !!!) and i think that you are tolling or way under informed ! here is what a push pull gun does:" the speed does NOT change using a push pull gun - it does not make things faster - it makes things feed more even and the pull motor helps pulling theft aluminum wire through he LONG gun so it does not kink in the gun. if you gun is short enough you can easily do that with a push motor only. the push pull gun uses the internal feeder and the feeder in the gun to work in sync (both of them are running the same speed) at least nominal some manufactures have a tiny bit more power on the pull motor to avoid binding of the wire in the cable of the push pull gun - but we are taking about an almost not noticeable amount because if you run the pull motor too fast it would either get hot and burn out or slip the aluminum wire in the feed wheel of the pull gun. the wire travels at a set speed (whatever the operator has set it at) through the push pull gun and if either one of the motors is noticeably faster than the other one, it does create major problems. now how do i know all this ? i actually weld pulse aluminum for years already, i own lincoln pulse welders, i have used my customers miller pulse welders, i own and have installed push pull guns in welding machines that didnt have those before, there is a little control board that you can dial the speeds in and procedures to synchronize the internal feeder and the feeder in the gun. In this video i was welding at about 320 IPM with 045 4043 aluminum wire - which will make a Perfect weld and perfect arc length if used with 100% argon !!!! THAT is my case and point - there is always someone who tells me - you are doing this wrong and doing that wrong ! and in real life - the amperage that is produced by using this kind of wire in this diameter at that speed - is perfect for that material thickness (1/8") .... now using the helium mixture makes the arc hotter (so i reduced voltage "trying" to compensate) because if i would have added wire - it would have been too hot !!!!! also the helium makes the arc hard to ignite on tig machines and makes the puddle less "fluid" (its harder to wet the toe lines correctly and make it all melt right) on a pulse mig. it even increases the amount of soot in a pulse mig machine. so i am pretty sure i know what i am doing - i ran the machine in the high 400s up to 500 ipm with the same wire on 1/4" and thicker material (with 100% argon) and i assure you it runs just fine and the little wire feeder has plenty of speed and power ! BUT - - THANY YOU for pointing out exactly the reason why i make this video - because everyone know everything about mig welding because it is too easy .... and everyone knows exactly how i am doing everything wrong ... and it is really interesting - if you want to i invite you to my shop and we have the camera rolling and you can show me exactly how to do all this. also if you ever weld with a full synergic pulse mig - you find out real quick that you dont adjust arc length with wire speed. most machines have a function that is somewhat based off voltage. lincoln calls it TRIM miller had their own thing similar to it and so does this machine ... controlling arc length is a largely voltage based operation - but it also has to do with the shape of the pulse and other pulse function which i am not enough of an electrical engineer to really explain all of those to you in depth right here ... "back in the days" of the step voltage transformer when you were doing short circuit mig ... and you were in-between voltage tab 4 and 5 you had to pick one of them and then you used your infinite wire speed adjustment to dial it in all the way ! .... on a synergic machine you pick your material thickness (or amperage - depending on make, model, etc of your welding machine) and you adjust the voltage (or induction) to get the arc characteristics you desire believe it or not - that is not only miller, lincoln htp ... thats work the same way on esab and even everlast mig welders .....

@D.A2323

6 жыл бұрын

ZILA lol I’m not trying to troll I’m sorry I offended you. Hope you have a great life and hope you make lots of money welding. Good luck in your own little shop. P.s I would love to go on camera and weld something for you. Let me know when we can get together

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

you didnt offend me ! if you would have - i would have just clicked the little button that says - "hide user from channel" and also i would not have offered you to make a video with me ! as far as timing - let me know - i am 15 min south other the milwaukee airport - i dont know how far you are what it takes for you to get here - let me know

hi mate i just wanna know . what type camera do you use it?

@ZILAwelds

Жыл бұрын

canon 77D

I’m confused are you saying you can get a pulse weld out of any welder I buy? So if my welder my Miller 235 didn’t come with pulse mig ,there’s a way to make it pulse? and I guess I don’t understand?

@ZILAwelds

2 жыл бұрын

No, it has to be a pulse mig machine like a miller 255 or 350p

We all stubborn at times but those lessons we learn quickly not to make them again!

Nice while you did Aluminum I done Steel working on a Generator housing at the Hospital to restore it for Wednesdays Surgery day. Almost done and got photos takes might even do a little Video about it not sure yet.

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Lumanet Solar Energy LLC do it! I know its not easy if you have to work full time too ....

I running 35 I will try that also i am welding on a piece of .063 aluminum thickness

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

jas van in my opinion 35 is on the lower end ..... a bunch of guy keep telling me how 25 or 30 is plenty .... and they have peppering in their welds, arc length issues .... but that is all unrelated to gas flow issues ..... lol If you look at lincoln electric, hobart, alcotec ..... just to name a few ... all of them tell you to run 40-50 cfh on 035 wire .... now there are a lot of factors - and i am not saying you are doing something wrong. And 35cfh is MUCH better than 25....! And have st least 1.0 sec post flow ( you want to shield the hot wire after you are done welding) So - that is all i know. Try it - it should work from all i can tell.

Great video but what's with the music.

a double pulsed alu weld should look like a big tig weld

Just bought a Pp200 and have been playing with aluminum how do I prevent the wire burning back to tip ?

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

jas van when is it burning back, on start up? In the “middle” of the weld or at the end?

@jasvan4359

6 жыл бұрын

ZILA at the end of weld

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

check your burnback and pinch ... set burn back to 004 and pinch to 010 that should fix it - gradually in increments of 10 ramp pinch back up till you dont have the ball on the end anymore also make sure when welding aluminum - hold the gun about 3/4 to 1" away from the material you should be good to go

:thumbs_up:

Is that a mig setup with plastic liner and 035 wire?

@ZILAwelds

3 ай бұрын

4043 wire 035 dia with carbon graphite liner

2:58 heard similar sounds in a taco bell bathroom

So when you're done welding with the helium mixture do you then talk like Donald Duck 🦆🦆

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

if you Inhale too much - most definitely :-)

How did you push the wire without a spool gun?

@ZILAwelds

2 жыл бұрын

this mig gun is equipped with a Carbon Graphite liner .... this is even better than a teflon liner. and the drive roll in the machine is made for aluminum wire, it has a better groove profile

What are you running for a gun that you can push aluminum wire?

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Hi, to answer your question: it is a binzel 26 series clone about 8.5 ft long. No that answer is pretty useless to you so let me tell you what really to look out for. (almost) Every manufacture has some sort of solution to push wire through a mig gun. Miller does (on the 350p Lincoln does (on the 350 mp) HTP does ... etc ... what all these solutions have in common is: a heavy and thick gun cable that helps you to avoid shaft loops and bends they are typically short - between 8ft and 10 ft - sometimes 12' they all have special liners nylon, teflon or graphite if the guns are air cooled they also have brass neck liners so that is the majority of the "secret" the other part is contact tips that are designed to handle the heat and are properly sized and drive rolls that are shaped specifically to "hug" the aluminum wire and not crush it. help watching a few more of my videos - i will make further explanations in the next few month - if you look at the aluminum boat video it also shows those drive rolls etc ....

@LoBeau53

6 жыл бұрын

ZILA, thanks for the response, I am running a spool gun on a 252 miller but the small spools are a pain in the butt.

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

at the end of every spool you also junk a contact tip ....

@Firefuzz11

5 жыл бұрын

A push/pull setup is the most ideal especially if running 25ft leads. At work I use a miller 352mpa with a binzel push/pull setup.

What brand of wire feeder do you have?

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

this was done with an HTP Pro pulse 200.

Tack it all together then wipe it with sealant, Job done.

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

mrrberger that works too ! :-)

What percent argon are you using ?

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

Joeblow Johnny 75% argon 25% helium But for that machine that is WRONG This machine needs 100% argon

Hey Pete , thank you for taking the time to make this video much appreciated, i haven't had much of a chance to give that Everlast 275p a good run since our last chat but hopefully in the next week or so i will , i also had a good chat with Sharn ( mr green ) So if i can get my settings right it should run and sound like that last slow motion bit ? I can only hope . Cheers Troy

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Troy Morrison very similar. No double pulse ( i believe in this video it is all double pulse) Look at your arc ! Your overall settings need to be right. If you are similar to that shot at the end - add 0.5 or a little more volt to make the arc longer and reduce the crackle. If your arc is longer already and you still have crackling issues raise the frequency and or raise your background voltage. Now as you raise your background voltage your arc might be getting too long over all ( just like in the beginning of the video where i was using the wrong gas - then of course lower your voltage a little ( after raising the background and now the arc being too long) I would advice you NOT to increase the wire speed trying to “ correct “ the situation since that will “ throw everything off”

@user-yr4om7kq6g

6 жыл бұрын

Troy Morrison hey Troy I have the everlast 251MTS, I'm the same haven't had the chance to give it a good workout and play with settings ect for aluminium, I'd be interested to see how you go with setting it all up and that if you could let me know so I have some rough settings to go of with mine that'd be great Cheers josh

@ZILAwelds

6 жыл бұрын

Joshy Old mate i am about to make a video to show some settings ( only some not all of them ) because i will also be offering classes for guys who bought those machines and now dont know what to do with it ..... And from what i see on all the comments - there is quiet a few out there!

@user-yr4om7kq6g

6 жыл бұрын

ZILA yeah that would be great, do you think the settings would be pretty close with your HTP and the everlast? Also I can adjust it myself (with a decent amount of time) as I build aluminium truck/ute body's for a living tig and mig weld every day so I'm somewhat knowledgable on settings just haven't had the chance working 6 days a week and with 2 young kids there's really not much time to have a good play around with it haha Cheers

@troymorrison3623

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Josh , when i get around to it i will let you know just struggling to find a little time at the moment . Talk soon Cheers Troy

Please tell me the female had her eyes closed. I believe when she looked over camera though she was eyes open. Do not look at arc when someone is welding without PROPER EYE SHADING.

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

no worries - heather is a pro ! in 4 years she never had welders flash!

Teste na mig no alumínio no estaleiro seneco em road island.passaram meu teste pra outro

I didn't think you needed a respirator for alluminum

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

you don't - if you like to cough ... LOL mig aluminum is nasty .... i did thousands of lbs in my life and i can tell you - i personally prefer to use a respirator when welding aluminum and i don't have to talk to the camera ....

The welds look sloppy, appears to be a gas issue or surface residue prior to welding, tig is a neater but slower way to go.

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

Randy Bell the welds look just fine for pulse mig ! You can try to compare pulse mig to tig but you will always wonder why these apples dont taste right ..... they taste like oranges ..... And YES you paid attention - i intentionally use a helium/argon mix which is the WRONG gas because a lot of guys in previous videos said that i should do that because it would be better 🙄

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

@Swampy 100% helium - yes. it is mainly used for DC tig or mig - no pulse and it is used for very thick material structural or ship building. Helium/Argon blends are used when a little "additional heat" is desired Mig or (ac)tig welding. The helium makes things a little hotter, also flowing better and the weld pool cleaner. there are a lot of peole of the opinion that you "should always" use some helium in your argon when you weld aluminum because it "helps you". I dont necessarily share that opinion since you are making the "deal with the devil" yes the 2 advantages I just listed (more heat and more fluid and clean puddle) are real advantages BUT the disadvantages are throwing a real big "shadow" on those advantages. the disadvantages are : Cost. where I live a tank with a helium mixture is $140 a tank or argon is $30 (same size same pressure) Also Helium gives you hard arc starting and massive arc stability issues. if you weld material thinner than 1/8" the added heat comes out to your disadvantage .... so you should decide and try for yourself when to use helium .....

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

@Swampy pulse mig is very easy and very hard. how ? easy in a way that if the equipment you are using is maintained right and if it is dialed in right - its almost as easy as caulking around the bath tub .... the only difference is the aluminum you ALWAYS PUSH no excuses, no exceptions EVER .... ! and you always run vertical UP never down .... and it "sticks to the wall" sooo much better than steel wire mig ... and it flows so much better .....it is much easier than "regular" mig ..... keep a little bit longer stick out and you are in business. it is hard because if you have to set a pulse mig up .... from the gas, the flow rate, the drive roll pressure .... it is do much more involved and much LESS forgiving than steel when it comes to setting it up ... that makes it harder .... you will be ok. good luck with your new job. what will you be welding on ? trailers? tanks? boats?

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

@Swampy most of those guys who shit talk your job are just jealous that they dont have that job ..... yes - there are some guys that do this or that and are specialized in it and some are even really good at it ... but that does not mean that they can do something else .... there is only so many guys who are "well rounded" and can du and want to do structural and pipe, mig and tig and stick.... dual shield, self shielded, metal core .... pulse mig and can weld all the different alloys and cast iron repairs and and and .... most guys do one thing or a couple things really well .... and some of them have such severe tunnel vision that they are truly believing that only the type of welding that they do is the pinnacle of welding and the other stuff (that they have no clue about) is some low end welding that does not count somehow .... you would be surprised .... I had recently a great opportunity to meet a bunch of the worlds best pipeline welders in Houston,TX (there should actually a video be airing today on WELDTUBE) and those guys - they definitely know what they are doing when it comes to pipe welding ... !!!! but they are very humble also - I welded some pulse mig and aluminum stick with them .... some of those guys who made a living welding for well over 10 years NEVER have a mig un in their hand .... but they are excellent tig and stick welders. - hell they stickweed circles around me - that is for sure !!!! but we could all learn something from each other and have a blast making videos together ... So what if you are good at wire welding .... I made a lot of $ wire welding ...there is definitely a time and a place for it and it does not have to be aerospace or nuclear power plants .... there is a ton of money in scrap yards, recycling yards, oil and gas industry, ships, boat and dock repair .... you name it...... so dont feel bad - a good welder will always have a job an will always be able to provide for the family. In my opinion it is much more important what your attitude toward "willingness to work" and "workmanship" is ..... I don't need a specialist who is "too good" and "overqualified" (by his own self estimation) to do certain jobs. I need a guy who shows up, has talent and aims for quality. notice how I didn't say perfection? perfection is a double edge sword ..... unless its instagram and you have all the time in the world to show your tig skills off ..... well - in real life - there are time and money constraints on the jobs you so .... sometimes a good job is just that. - a good job. and it is hard to argue with a good job (at least in my mind). not everyone needs perfect all the time and not everyone has the $ to pay for perfect ..... good is good - end of story. and often. - good is what it takes .... now "gorilla welds" (ugly but strong) I am not a big fan of .... if you make a weld it might as well we a nice one (good one) does not have to be perfect .... but aim for quality and shoe that you care ! and if you do have a customer who requires perfect and is willing to pay for it .... you better do it - or sub it out to the right guy to do it for you ... 99% of the time good is good where I work.

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

Swampy 👍

Not a bad video if you just want to watch someone weld....no info here though

Let's hope the wife didn't have a headache afterwards :p

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

Misterbigblock lets hope heather will never be my wife .... ! She is my sister in law

@Misterbigblock

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZILAwelds woopsy

Song name pls.

@ZILAwelds

4 жыл бұрын

dont know its from the YT library

Es mucho mejor tig arco pulsado

Somebody now the song played in the video?

@ZILAwelds

2 жыл бұрын

At what time in the video?

Why did u cut the slots

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Ohoilan to bend it. It works really good on even thicker material ( steel and alu) and makes bending without a brake press really easy.

@paulohoilan353

5 жыл бұрын

ZILA I see. Thanks. I use similar process by tracking steel by cutting halfway through with grinder. Then bending then weld cut. Thanks for sharing

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Ohoilan i used to do that too when i was fabricating everything by hand. Now that i use the cnc plasma for 99% of what i do .... it just cant cut 1/2 or 3/4 way through .... its all or nothing .... so i cut 8-10” long slots with 1/2” land in between .... and i can bend it up real easy .... just weld up the slot - good to go.

get rid of the helium and the double pulse and the sound of a plane crashing crater fill

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

YES SIR

All that coughing!, will he be alive at the end of the video?. :-))

@dansmith104

4 жыл бұрын

So much manganese was inhaled during the making of the video

Real world welds . Not set up to look good for youtube . Yes could have spent hours cleaning all the plasma cuts and tig welded it to look super nice . If I'm honest I would have tiged it unless mig was already set up from another job

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@ZILAwelds

2 жыл бұрын

that does not work in the usa .... wrong input power

Maybe its cheap Chinese aluminum material. I did some aluminum pipe welding on a race car for this customer and it would not run right or flow well. welded like pot metal, It turns out that he bought it for China trying to save money.

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

Fred the wire was alcotec made in usa and the aluminum was kaiser aluminum .... i dont know why no one wants to believe it that the long and erratic arc comes from the helium ....🤷‍♂️ I welded thousands of lbs of aluminum with argon and other gasses .....

@fvg3401

5 жыл бұрын

@@ZILAwelds thank you for the info.

@ZILAwelds

5 жыл бұрын

@@fvg3401 thank you ! for not making this conversation much longer than it has to be... i have more videos on that coming by the way

Please get rid off that crap music I am a nervous wreck after 30 seconds Very good content good stuff

Seems to me you weld for fun not for living. Spool gun should be used for MIG welding or try TIG. Wire speed and voltage are not optimized, that's why you ruined the job at first.

@OminousObelisk

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Clearly not knowing who you are talking to🤣🤣🤣

Very sloppy work!

@ZILAwelds

Жыл бұрын

sure

this girl does not have a hood ,,,,,hu

Terrible

i could do better with a normal non pulse machine you need training let your wife show you

@ZILAwelds

Ай бұрын

let's see it !!! I am your 6th subscriber ... waiting for YOUR aluminum video to have YOU show my wife how its done so she can teach me .....