How NOT TO Weld: Most Common MIG Welding Mistakes
There are 7 common mistakes people make when they start MIG welding:
1. They don't prep their material
2. Volts too high or too low
3. Wire feed speed too high or too low
4. Electrode stick-out that is too long or short
5. Gas Flow too low or high
6. Travel speed too fast or slow
7. Gun angle too steep
We're going to go into all of these issues and show you what to look for to troubleshoot your own welding parameters and technique.
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This guy is such a good welder that he is struggling to make bad welds.
That’s very true. He would start throwing shit if he saw the crap I’ve been laying down with my new mig.
If you gave him one of his early machines I bet he’d get the results he was talking about. These new welders are quite a bit more forgiving than the old basics .... I’m finding my new welder just welds better under so many conditions. Also he’s probably learned cleaning since he started and like me has discovered how that improves the resulting welds . He’s good and thorough ...
Mig makes welding like a walk in the park. Try 7018 stick. I cut my teeth hands on 30 years ago. These new mig welders are great. $300, no gas, welding 1/2 steel. Comfortable and in position is a must, a must. Hey Juan Perez, Charlie Brown.
MyBlues, that's common for those of us that do it everyday for a living
@@chrisroberts6043 Im welding with the most basic AC welder and 6013 DC electrodes, because those are the only only ones I can buy locally. Im nailing it for some reason tho.....
His deliberately "bad" welds are still better than any of my "good" welds.
man i feel you there lol
LMAO true here too!
really ? you can make a "nice" looking weld without penetration on a mig welder fairly easily.
Haa
thats true.@@mcgman8058
To be a good welder is one thing, to be a good teacher is another. This guy is nothing less than excellent in both. Well done.
he is ok but just ok he is he is pulling the gun thats wrong you push a mig it keeps the gas on the ark pulling it allows the gas to go everywere other than the ark if he pushed his gun his welds would look like a robot did it
I'm terrible with mig been practicing tig. With mig I struggle with bead.. I can't find a good rhythm. This will help show me what to avoid.
Potpuno se slazem sa vama. Pozdrav iz Srbije ❤👍🏻👏🏻
As someone who has never welded and is about to learn on their own these videos are invaluable, thank you.
Don't expect your experience to resemble the camera views. Thats the whole problem
@@luvmechanix so you have to adjust after the process? You’re saying it’s hard to see in real time?
@@virtuerse yes. It is hard to see in real time. I use a shade 10 to weld mig which is pretty much standard and it’s hard to see everything that’s going on. It really just comes with practice, you have to keep your eye on everything about the weld, the pool, the arc length, the stick out, the work angle, the travel angle, the surroundings so you know where you are and that you’re moving in a straight line( that’s what I have the most problems with), etc and you can only really learn how it’s supposed to look with practice. Watching a video really doesn’t do a justice what all goes into being a good welder. And that’s just visual stuff. You also have to keep the pattern you weld consistent, the travel speed has to be correct and consistent. Not to mention prep work, making sure your metal is clean, your mig gun too, setting the gas, wire feed speed, and voltage correctly. There are so many variables that go into welding and they all change based on other variables like what metal you’re welding, the environment you’re welding in, the position you’re welding, etc. You can learn all of it with time and I’m probably making it sound harder than it is. It really just takes practice.
@@luvmechanix yup - i'm really thankful for these videos and I know they'll be 10x as valuable to come back and refer to after i've got a good 10-15 hours of experience screwing up and identifying which kind of screw up I've been making. Doctors have a phrase "your google search is not commensurate to my experience" - I think it's always good to remember with anything. You can become the most intelligent person on paper for something - know every theory and calculation in and out for what constitutes "perfection" for any given physical skill, but it's not worth much when you need to actually execute said skill without the same amount of real world experience performing it.
@@2000jago lmfaoao! I just started tig last week. You are 100% right
my welding has led me to be an excellent grinder
That's funny. ;) flap discs!
Me too! I found a great grinder!
😂👌🏽 i don't like grinders they scare but i prefeer gas wellding don't like mig or tig
My intense dislike of grinding has led me to be an excellent welder.
@ That's the correct answer.
I want to hear this guy talk about propane and propane accessories.
Hahahaha
Shut up bobby 😂
Not forgetting "Pie a la mode"
Haha!
Dang it Bobby
I'm not a welder, but this video has helped me identify what a good weld looks like and what common types of bad welds exist. Thank you!
Ye now i can talk shit on instagram XD
For us guys that do not weld everyday, this is a great video to check out prior to taking on a project as a refresher and practice session. Thank you!
thank u for this comment...i needed this👍
I never get tired of watching skilled people 'do their thing'.
This comment should have more likes. Much respect to the tradesmen.
I've worked in the welding field off and on for the last 12 years. Went to college for welding and manufacturing technologies. Just for my own benefit I am taking a trade school course in welding. Plus, the additional certification will look good for my credentials. Our instructor uses this guy's videos all the time to reference proper welding methods. He's really talented and is considered a celebrity in the welding field. The instructor has met him and says the guy is really humble and doesn't consider himself to be anything close to a celebrity.... Well 12 million welders across the nation disagree with you sir. Your skills in our trade are definitely worth the celebrity status. 👍
And we have Liné and hi is the shit!!
Yes, he is such a good welder that his "bad techniques" looked so much better than that any newbie will see... 😂 Steady movement on your control hand is a learned trade. Excellent video & comments 👌
@@1gruntusmc some people are just naturally good at it. For example, In that course I took (cause this was a year ago) I was the oldest person in the class (and the only one that had practical experience welding on the job). The youngest person was a 17 year old girl. She had never welded before. Never picked up a torch. But she put down beads better most automated machines do. It didn't matter if it was SMAW, MIG or TIG. I had never seen such natural skills in welding before in my life. There are guys I've known that have been in the field for over 50 years and still weren't as good as this young lady was at welding.
@@1gruntusmc the videos helped give an example of what to do or what not to do. And they did help the other students.
@@1gruntusmc btw.... Semper Fi. Before I was a welder I served in the Corps as well. 2000 to 2008.
I am a lightly experienced welder. Pretty sure any beginner welder with the equipment on this video would weld better. This is one of the best instructional video I’ve ever seen. To the point, not about a personality, really breaks it down fast. Wish all trade videos were this good.
YOu can NOT golf par with Jack or Tiger's clubs. Do the work.
I am a beginning hobby welder and I certainly appreciate the clear explanations of the variables that contribute to the quality of the welds. The clear video examples help a lot.
Here I am learning how to weld while having NO welder
John Smith I hear you
Same. But one thing I have noticed in life, is knowledge isn't wasted. You may not know how to weld, but learning the differences in what the material looks like in a "good" form and in all the "bad" forms, means that when you look at a weld on something you own, are thinking about buying, or are inspecting, you now have a basic knowledge to make informed opinions on it.
Or nothing currently needed welded!!! 😂
@Paul Bee If you watched a video on that, you made that choice. KZhead didn't force you to watch that, but something you had watched in the past created a path to allow KZhead to recommend it to you.
@Paul Bee Some people choose to remain ignorant. Can't change that.
A skill that will never become obsolete...I like watching a Master at work and then taking the time to teach, is just awesome....Thank you sir for doing this.
Thank you for work your a good teacher
The trades will always be needed for mankind. Regardless of how much we advance. That is what I call job security.
If you like watching a master then stop watching this clown.
@@calikalbocalikalbo6082 this video might be ok as an intro but the guy starts out by dragging his weld. Any body with and weld knowledge knows to push
Jarred Gifford The code only specifies welding direction while doing vertical. Push or pull is a technique up to the welder. Having said that I prefer pushing.
The explanation was so good that even for a non welder, it was easy to understand. Well done, sir.
this is one of the best instructional videos i have seen. clear audio, well explained, slow enough to get the points made.
If your welds sound like bacon, then you're doing great! Keep it up! If your welds smell like bacon then sorry buddy, but you're on fire.
lol . so many times I saw some welder : Damn . It smell like burn in here !" . and me : "True ! You are on Fire !"
Brazing always made me so hungry. The burning of my gloves made me want hamburgers all the time.
Actually your weld should be silent, no sound but the gas.
@@marlondking5881 umm that's not how it works. Unless your just really hard of hearing then I guess you won't hear anything.
@@dimesonhiseyes9134 Bacon sounds mean not clean surface, or wrong, setting. 40 years welding.
This guy is doing his best to mess it up for demonstration purposes and all of his beads keep coming out awesome 😳
Thank you for teaching us the basics. You explained things in a fundamental manner that makes sense to someone like me that wants to learn the art of welding. Thanks again.
I weld at work from time to time with a Miller mig. I've never been formally taught how, just "fake it till ya make it", so it's helpful to watch this video and see the difference all these elements make. It's also re-assuring to see that I'm on the right track. Thank you!
I went to this job site to apply for work, they said we need welders and asked me can I weld, I said yes. What kind they said, I said tig because that's the first word that came to mind, then he said show me and I thought fuck me it's over, but the wife calls me and says baby crying outside so I tell the guy I'll be back. Now I'm here trying to learn anything and everything I can so I don't look like an idiot when I go back there this Thursday.
@@javigonzalez7669 Haaa
And guess what ...that's a common occurrence .....ending up with people who call themselves welders ....and they have NEVER had any formal training. These guys were sometimes called "trailer welders" ....and when you think about it, if they really did weld "trailers" ....that would be a very dangerous trailer running down a highway with a load.
@@javigonzalez7669 how did it go...tig
@@taxicamel I just bought a trailer from said "welder". I bought it for the material, axles, etc. After I tore off the sheet metal on top...every single weld will have to be re done. Thank God it's just a single axle trailer and I bought it vs somebody else. Dunno if this guy just spray and prayed or what or had an underpowered unit or what. I'm thinking 100 series mig with flux core and he spray and prayed.
Bob: does his best to make crappy welds. Me: Bob's welds still look better than my welds. Grrr..
Its the machine. . . .
bikedeefer to some point. But it’s mostly the operator.
Frustrating, isn’t it? He really has a hard time getting this to not come out right. We all wish we had that problem. I try to get bad welds. In that way I’m much better than Bob, because I succeed better than he does at that.
@@melgross ha! yea, i could probably do everything wrong and make it look way worse as i have no clue what im doing. i can barely stick weld.
It's always difficult to do something wrong correctly
My dad was a good welder. When I was a young teen he decided he would teach me the art. The lesson lasted about ten minutes and ended with Dad saying “Stick with comedy son, you ain’t no welder”.
i feel sad, your dad was a welder yes, but a poor teacher. takes time doing mistakes and learning
It took me 25 years of shitty welding to discover that I just can't see out of my hood. "Dab the rod in the puddle" WTF is the puddle the yellow glowy part?
stick with welding dad you aint no teacher
@@luvmechanix You're right. I need that camera.
@@luvmechanix no the bubble is in your mind lol
One of the best weld tutorials on you tube. Anyone that is starting out or just not getting it. I refer them to here. The videos alone are give a better view than trying to cram 2 people in a booth or other awkward positions. And explanations are first rate. 👍👍👍👍
as someone who just started welding i feel blessed to have insight from absolute pros like this gentleman, thanks so much to everyone involved
An excellent video ... really useful information. My Father was a Welder (since WWII). I either had to learn to weld or leave home. I'm 67 now and he remained my Mentor, Teacher and Hero. He passed away at 96 on Sept. 7th, 2019. Still rock-steady, still proud of his profession and always the "eternal student" of his craft. Didn't wear glasses to read or drive (which pissed me off). Thank you, Bob, for working to keep this kind of workmanship alive.
This one is definitely going on my favorites list. So I can watch it over and over again.
I worked for Stemco, in Longview Texas, late 70's. Production welder...worked up to blacksmith in the muffler department. 28 gauge material. We stick welded the baffles into the muffler body, that were pressed together, baffles and tubes,then welded on an air clamp type rotor that turned as fast or slow as you wanted. As a blacksmith, we hand formed and mig welded the inlets and outlets to the muffler body.Your technique is as mine was. Thanks for the memories.
Hello there! I am looking into literature about weaving patterns in welding. I came across the term "torch weaving" and I've been trying to look it up on google and see what it is, sadly I still haven't figured it out. Do you happen to know what torch weaving is? I only have access to arc welding equipment so I'm not sure if this "torch weaving" is applicable.
The best way to learn is from your mistakes. It's how you learned to walk. By showing the most common mistakes and the results, you've shortened my learning curve. As a new welder, my welds are much better because of your video. Thanks you.
never seen so calm explanation on welding mistakes, its like he is high af and has already acheived super saiyan welder 3 stage.
This was super timely as I was welding up a base for my table saw and my beads were just awful. Thanks for the great tips!
I appreciate the time you guys have spent putting this together for us! Extremely vivid examples of what to look for while I'm practicing on my own. You have earned a subscriber & a fan! Thank you!
I could listen to this fella all day long, about anything. His narration of what he's doing, and the fact that he called out exactly what was gonna happen, is weirdly soothing. Like if I was laying down some crap beads, he wouldn't scream at me like a madman, he strikes me as the type that helps out with constructive criticism
I can't believe how much I just learned. Thank you so much.
14:03 "probably throw some dingle-berries on my shirt" - legend
Miss you Bob, need to have you back.
There's nothing like a white hot dingle berry burning through the top of your Nike Air trainers. You have to choose whether to shake your foot and burn a track or hold still and burn a hole....
@@darrinheaven4643 Or you do the most logical thing and not weld in normal clothes 😂.
@@jordanw7110 I weld in no clothes
@@lancebandy9901 me too to be immersive. I also weld right next to paint thinners and grind sparks directly into my eye i also give myself arc eye twice a week to toughen up my retinas
Thank you for the video. I’ve watched lots of weld videos and yours are the simplest and clearest with demonstrations that are spot on. I really like you doing part of the weld correctly then part of the weld incorrectly as it shows me a direct comparison without having to pause the video to look at the good weld, or go back to the good weld in the video to compare.
Excellent video. As a novice welder I learned more by watching this video about 'bad' welding techniques (or rather common mistakes) than from other videos about 'good' welding techniques. Keep up the good work!
Definetively A WELDING MASTERCLASS!
man i love these videos... being a beginner and learning on my own, these videos make my life much more enjoyable knowing what i'm looking to do and not do.
My dad owned a structural steel fabrication business and I grew up welding from the time I could hold an electrode stick. I appreciate the way you teach and it reminds me of good ol' dad "the man of steel" may he rest. Especially the term "dingle berries" lol. Thanks for the great memories of my past. God bless.
Dan the Man,,,, I know right. My dad (RIP) was the same way. One thing he showed me also is not to weld barefoot. I remember that one day he asked me to help him hold something as he welded it.... Man it got me good.
Haven't welded more than maybe 20' of bead in my life so far and keep coming back to this video for hep.
Here is a playlist to jump from mistake to mistake: 0:48 What you should see/hear 1:20 Rusted surface 2:42 Volts too high 3:24 Volts too low 4:10 WFS too high 4:43 WFS stupid low 5:07 WFS too low 6:31 Proper stickout 6:43 Stickout too long 8:18 Proper stickout 8:26 Stickout too short 10:13 Gas too high 10:45 Gas too low 11:46 Proper travel speed 11:56 Travel speed too fast 12:27 Proper travel speed 12:38 Travel speed too slow 14:18 Proper gun angle 14:29 Too much drag angle 14:55 Proper gun angle 15:05 Too much push angle You're welcome!
Thank you!
Legend
Wfs stupid low lol
You went all in. Nice man ✌️
Never welded before. Still watched the entire video. Very interesting lol and made me consider getting into the field.
It's pretty badass
I have a little experience with welding and my welds look similar to his good welds. Once you get the hang of it and get good at it, it becomes kinda addicting and you'll want to weld everything together... At least I did.
There's a lot of different kinds of jobs welding you could be stick welding on a sheet metal roofs, MiG welding in a shop, TIG welding stainless steel pipe in a refinery, or be a rig welder doing everything yourself. Pay can very a lot to you could make minimum wage but I've seen rig welds make (no joke) 4,000 a week and they were the laziest people I have ever worked with.
its not hard, grab an inverter for a few hundred bucks
@@JackinTheBox1984 my metal working teacher in highschool knew a place where a 18 year old could apprentice and make 140000 a year after training
I used to do a lot of welding when I was in the Navy. Just recently I started up again after 30 years and this video has helped me identify some basics I had forgotten. Many thanks for the Video.
I love to mig Weld. I like his instructions shows you the proper way to do a mig weld without complications.
This guys the man !!! He seems like he’s a riot to hang out with ! Thanks for the tips bro
What a great video! Thank you for the well thought out video, and identifying common problem areas. A lot of people make welding videos, but very few make videos like this that identify common mistakes. Great job!
total beginner here , interview and weld test tomorrow. Your video is extremely helpful , wish me luck
Dude I love this. I mean I weld a lot, I have for years. But here’s the thing. Getting really refined and good takes coming back to the basics and being aware after the awareness falls off. It’s refinement.
Ty for the help I’m trying to remember proper technique it’s been years that have not welded and new job will require it on a cation Ty again just subbed for more 👍
Finally, some simple clear demonstrations on how to identify the different outcomes of incorrect settings. As someone who last welded 25 years ago in high school and is trying to get back into learning this really helps understand the volt/wire speed relationship a bit more. Clean metal is a given but great video demonstration.
Wow this video is great. A person could learn how to MIG solely with these tips. I just got MIG after using stick only for a couple years and I feel like I'll be back here at some point! Thank you so much.
Starting in welding school on the 25th these videos will be kept in my back pocket
That was excellent! Thank you for making the set up process so clear with great demonstrations.
When I started learning the mig I looked and looked for a video like this. You nailed it! Great clip
I appreciate this video because I've been watching a lot of welding videos and never really had any idea what to look for as far as a good vs a bad weld.
I started doing MIG welding and this video helped alot to identify my problems with welding.
I am starting up welding next week, i am looking around for specific do's and dont's. I know that usually comes with practice and doing it, but I want to get a general understanding of how to do it right. Thank you for this video has already helped me get an idea of what to expect.
You have put out the best explanation on this that I have ever heard. The amount of people I have known through life working in shops and this would be the video i would show them. Almost 4 million views says it all.
I am a local 46 Ironworker this guy is one of the best I have seen!! He is a great welder / teacher because he is sharing his knowledge not trying to convince anybody how good he is.
Thanks a lot. I've had a mig for some years. You've clarified things we've learned by trial and error. Going to send this to my helper.
This was an amazing video. This dude is a great teacher. Thank you Bob. I have no welder and I am saving up for one. Thank you.
I’ve been a welder for 8 years and idk why but I still enjoy watching these types of videos.
At the age of 75 I have always admired the art of welding probably the one thing in my life that I would have loved to have done but never learnt thi guy is an excellent tutor
Dear.sir.realy.inside.my.heart.i.toldyou.you.are.my.teacher.realy.no1welder.in.the.all.world.tnx.dear.sir.you&your.allfamily.members.jesus.blessed.alltime
That was probably without doubt, one of the coolest, most straight forward, and informative to the Max videos, I have EVER seen on YT. Bloody awesome work mate, fair dinkum, you’re like the rainman of welding. Noice going 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
10 years of being an automotive tech. ASE master tech certified, and I have 0 training in welding. I learned to do what I can do by watching and listening to the older more experienced mechanics when they weld. I practiced on my own free time and played with the wire feed and voltage settings until I could replicate the look/sound of the welds they did. Today I was trying to weld repair an exhaust on one of our Ram trucks somebody tired to steal the cats off of one night.... I played around with the wire feed and voltage settings for half an hour and I just couldn't get it right. I was getting very frustrated that I couldn't get my welds to come out right, and after a half an hour of trying different things, and thinking I was doing something wrong, thats when I decided to check the gas.... Sure enough the whole time I was messing with the voltage, and the wire speed, trying to get the right settings to get a good weld, and the damn argon tank was empty.... I decided, altho I haven't had any formal training in welding, I'm very willing to learn, and your video I found to be a great help.... Now I can see the common mistakes and what they look/sound like. I have a better idea of what needs corrected with my welds. I"ll watch your video a few times over until I got it in my head. And of course watch a few more. But I hope to learn what and how needs to change with my welding to make it better. Rather than continuing on like I have in the past and just playing around and practicing until I can replicate what the pro's do. In short I want to be able to tell whats wrong with my welds right away and fix it, rather than just keep messing around until I get it right and go with that. I think videos like this will help me get there. Thank you!
I've made the mistake plenty of times of forgetting to turn the tank on and attempting to weld lol I always find a piece of scrap metal to weld on right before I do a project to ensure that I have all the settings right
That's why it has that little " ball " if it doesn't float, there is no gas in tank or it's off!
Blow hard that’s all I have to say lol stfu
Once you find out the common mistakes you identify them pretty quickly. No or low gas often sounds like the weld is hissing. The sizzling bacon sound turns more into a muffled hissing which is the weld literally burning in the oxygen from the air. The sounds reveal jus as much as the looks. Even no argon has it's own district sound.
Welding in automotive is totally different then industrial Welding. You'll stay in uncomfortable positions, shot crappie metal under 1 mm thickness, rust, paint, zinc in places where you can't really and properly clean. There's not right way or wrong way when Welding on cars. Most of the time I use point or two steps Welding.
Excellent presentation. It is great to see both good and bad technique demonstrated and the results. This something that was not demonstrated when I took some welding classes and the close up and slowed down footage is invaluable for learning welding. Thank you so much for sharing this.
This is a perfect instructional video. Your information is so helpful and so well presented that I could watch hours of this... and I really mean that. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I look forward to applying what I have learned here when my very FIRST MIG welder arrives in the days to come! What could possibly go wrong? :) Please keep up the great work.
This is a very informative and well-presented instructional. There were a few more points you could have made, such as when your travel speed was too slow, the weld penetration was hugely increased, you can just about see it when you turned the parent metal over and used the other side. Also, the too much gas produced a colder weld. or at least it certainly looks like it. I'll be recommending this as a video to watch whenever anyone asks me "so, how do I used this welder then?". It covers all the basics, and if followed properly should have even a novice laying down some decent weld beads. Or at least knowing what was wrong with them. The calm, smooth delivery of your information was possibly matched only by the calm, smooth delivery of your welds :) Subbed.
Hey man, i'm learning a little bit of welding for my automotive class, and i'm awful at it lol. This video made me see what i'm doing wrong. My major problem is distance and speed, and it's more with stick welding because we've just started with mig, but i'm able to see in detail what i've been doing wrong. My teacher uses a lot of your videos for our class, and they're great. Thanks for putting this out there.
I found this very helpful. I just finished my first semester of welding school and there was way too much info for my brain to retain in 16 weeks. So many nuances to pick up on!
I like listening to a tradesman talk. They're the only honest speakers.
Your presentation, as an educator, is spot on! Your knowledge of the subject matter comes through loud and clear! This is an excellent video, especially for the serious minded individual who seeks to become more than competent in MIG welding. I am thrilled to find such high quality on a subject that presently interests me! Thank you very much...well done!
Did you mean to say "Spot WELD on?"
I truly appreciate these videos. You’re a great teacher! Thank you. I hope 2021 is treating you well
Still learning wire welding--Have been stick welder my whole life and I did find a couple of things that I can do some re-setting on that will improve my welds. I have an old Century 200 amp 220 volt jobber currently set up for flux core and it does do a good job but I see a couple settings that I gotta fine tune! LOVE your vid!
really like your video i bought a gasless mig welder yesterday and i am going to teach myself how to mig weld i learn alot from your video as a beginner thanks
its 2 o'clock in the morning here.. wtf am i watching, i've never even held a welding machine in my life
What Miles said! Also, buy an Everlast, too! Make sure both are Multi-Process with all 3 polarities. Get plenty of welding consumables that which you can afford (E.G.: Welding Electrode Sticks and Electrode Holder, TIG Consumables, MIG Wire, FCAW Wire, Dual-Shield Wire, welding books along with fab books, and plenty of metal to practice on). Don't forget, welding safety is extremely important, too, so get a welding jacket, a fire resistant button-up shirt, a fire resistant long-sleeve T to go under the button-up shirt and welding jacket top layers, some good fire resistant pants, and some nice steel-toed boots. Get to welding, bud!!
lol 2:09 here
Cocaine is a hell of a drug huh!!
It’s a sign from the gods!
Darn KZhead algorithms! ;) In my case I love to see others explain common mistakes and configurations. As a welder I'm a good grinder. Really nice video. That guy is a hell of a welder!
I will never weld anything in my life ever, but this was still fascinating. Thank you.
awesome video! the best teaching tools sometimes are showing what NOT to do. And huge difference in verbally describing a condition and actually DOING and showing results. This video is so much better and more helpful than other videos i've seen!
Great advice for beginners like me. This is one of the best I have seen so far as it covers things quickly but effectively.
I actually took notes, this is really good information, thank you. This will help me become a better welder.
Masterclass in gas shield electric welding by a teacher with obvious skill and experience. Thank you sir, you may inspire so many to take up a more useful, peaceable gun.
Wrong way totally bogus this guy is not teaching proper welding methods and this video shows you do not pull a gas fed Mig you push it and if he is AWS certified? In Gas fed Mig he would have had to push weld or he would have Failed the certified test.
One of the best Tutorial videos on the Fundamentals and basics of MiG welding, thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
I've never welded anything in my life but there's nothing more satisfying than seeing a proper weld.
A long extruded BM is OK too.
My welding shop teacher would approve! Great video, keep them coming.
Awesome learning video, factual and I love the demonstrations so one knows exactly what to look for! Thank you!
This was awesome! Thank you so much my guy! Been trying to teach myself MIG welding at work for simple jobs an you have just helped me hone in an correct some issues as well as what to look for and how to correct those issues!
I think he covered all the basic criteria perfectly. Concise and to the point. Thanks
Thank you for such a great tutorial video. One for the favorite files! I’m new to mig welding and this video has been very helpful to me in my new hobby. Thumbs way up!! 🙏👍
Well presented, if I ever DO break out the MIG, I will watch this through again. Thx.
If you watch this to learn to weld....Give up and go to your nearest collage
@@slit4659 How is decoupage going to help? ;-)
Currently at college learning to weld and your videos have helped me a lot, thank you
He is a good speaker, gets the info across with minimum noise, and good video presentation that mattches the message, wish more presenters were this skillful, he seems as if he would have been or perhaps is, a vo- tech instructor.👌👍🔥
When I was welding daily I did pretty good but I still didn't really know what I was doing. When I would go months without welding my welds looked like bird do do at 10,000 feet. A lot of the mistakes you have identified will make me go about welding more methodically in the future. This was a great lesson for me. I loved your video and I will refer to it before I start to weld anything in the future. Thank you.
As a beginner ti MIG welding (since I inherited a machine), I found this video very informative and will be putting into practice what I have learned. Thanks very much!
It's better to push your welds instead of pulling when using MIG though.
@@mathieufredette3157 I'm not even a beginner yet - welder is due to arrive today! Yipee! It is said that If there's slag you drag. MIG means Metal In Gas but gasless MIG as a description makes no sense. There is a gas in the flux I guess but there is also some slag so I would assume, push with gas, drag with gasless. Is that a fair comment?
@@jed2055 M.I.G. means "metal inert gas" as in the gas you are using has no active properties
@@jed2055 M.A.G. is a thing too. There can only be slag on your welding if you use flux core.
Honest to God, this is one of the most useful videos that I have ever seen on welding. I am a backyard hobbyist who knows 2 excellent and highly credentialled welders. That doesn't make me anything but not as good as them by a long shot. They tell me this, and help me with that, and I am getting better. But this video tells me what they were really trying to tell me. My welds are better because of this video. Thanks! I don't wanna suck at anything that I do. Mucho Gracias for the help. (Yes, I subscribed a few months ago)
I love watching these videos. There are many and they are all amazing. Well done! Very useful for new and experienced welders. You can always learn something. Thanks!
this is so effective as a teaching vehicle. Great content, explained well. Very helpful for us rookies!! Thanks!
Nice
I've gone thru about 40 lbs of wire now, watched lots of videos, and they make it look easy - it's not. When welding in the real world on a project these are my biggest problems: 1) getting in a comfortable position 2) cleaning the metal and getting a good ground 3) being able to see what I'm doing 4) burning the shit out of my hands, feet and sneakers because I fail to wear proper clothing. My best welds are on tiny ass squares of steel that are laying perfectly flat - and they are typically not as good as his. I like this video - and I will continue to have hope.
p52457 Believe me, You're doing great!
One of the best and most helpful videos I've ever seen. Thank you so much for making this for us.
Thanks for this tutorial. I guess I need to watch this video every day for about a year.