@@briangibson7767yup I feel that, I tought I was pretty good until i got in shit situation’s 😂 it took a lot more practice and pain to lay good beads upside down while bullshit is pouring all over you and it’s between -30 and 60 degrees celcius.
@@njt03that was funny but ironically the AK47 is notorious for being very reliable😂 there's alot of tolerance between the parts causing it to rarely jam. You could litteraly bury an ak in sand, dig it up and it would shoot fine. The looseness of the parts sacrifices accuracy for reliability. I think his comment was referring to being able to stick weld in conditions you Normally couldn't mig/tig weld.
Im 16 and moving up to TIG after 1 semester of Stick, hoping to go to a welding school after high school to become fully capable of FCAW, GTAW, SMAW even on thick shit.. I fucking hate tacking the 24 guage sheetmetal we have though
@@kaarppe 1 semester of stick aint enough to teach you shit tbh unless you have a really small class, stick and tig take years to really understand but mig is usually a couple months and you can lay down tight beads. Ive been welding for a living for almost 5 years now
@@natenate2280 The class size is like, 8 people, only 2 moved up to TIG including me and we have enough machines for everyone. I spend 3 or more hours a day at least in that class because of how much I enjoy welding and want to make it a career
Mig comes into its own when working on pre-fab for structural steelwork though👍 providing you get someone that knows how to set up a proper spray transfer arc and weld in a straight line rather than all this weaving bollo**s wobbling and waving it all over tha place. Dual shield too, use a lot of it on heavy wall and large bore pipework with tig root/hotpass.
I remember when I uses to weld fluxcore would go home shower and blow out my nose full of black stuff then I switched to tig welding would come out clean asf
I learned stick in university, hated immediately, in my first job learned OXY, then I learned MIG and loved it. Many years after I had to do a project and could not afford to buy nothing else than a stick machine. So I "revisited" stick welding and I realized I was wrong, it is great if you do it correctly!
Except if your needing to join extremely thin metals like body panels and exhaust work possibly bad condition you can easily weld an old muffler and or all types of pipe and positions when you can't even see ,like in tight positions etc. My millermatic 130 saved me more than I can say 😊 I often used .022 wire with the appropriate gas mix...
@electropentatonic no its not. Look at the cuts. They were having a conversation and they cut it up nicely. Im sure they had more laughs in between. Perhaps they cut out some stuff. And what is even the point of your comment? This is how real men debate. Not arguing like a bunch of monkeys. Are you a buffoon? Literally the opposite of my comment. Guess you arent a real man eh? Geez.
Online world bud, go buy a cheap welder from harbor freight and teach yourself w TH-cam, ofcc no certificate or pipeline for you then but still nice when you need it :))
That stick is always our backup when it doesn't work, run out of gas, consumables, wire, tanks are empty, it's to windy outside, fire up your 80 year old welder and stick it together, it always works
Stick is easier to learn and get the weld to stick. MiG and Tig isn't easy and it takes more movements to make welds compared to stick welding. It also creates more scars from getting stuck and not as easy to unstick the wire and u have to know what speed to have ur wire feed at. Stick is harder to stabilize than a wire fed gun and can weld thinner metals easier than stick and without having to remember which rods u need to use like 6630p or is it 6644 or 2224... The 2 smaller gauge sticks for sheet metal and aluminum I just remember the double numbers 66 and 22 basic 550 or 530 or 330 . I haven't welded in over a decade so I'm rusty on my sticks but I'm close so don't hate on me guys 15 years is a long time ago and I had just gotten pregnant with my daughter when I was working on my certification in 2009. I aced my classes btw and my cutting torch skills were perfect on pipe and with 45 degree angle were all as perfect as an veteran welder and my welds were pretty dam good as well. I got slag burns also. I want to finish but I think it's too late. Yeah make fun of the female talking welding . I know it's coming I'm sure of it but beware I bite and bite hard. I look like a black cat but I'm a 🧨 tnt in this tiny package. 5ft 1 105 lbs and can lift and carry heavier things than u could ever imagine I could. Two words to explain it all... Farm raised....
Stick still holds up in the fields. Something breaks half way through the day on the tractor, itll get you through the rest of the field until you can get it back to the shop and fix it
Why still test for Thc? What does what I do on my free time have to do with doing my job correctly? Testing for drugs is awesome but not when medical marijuana is legal in 38 states.
Western welding academy does piss tests? TF are they trying to do? See who's got the better stash or what? I weld better knowing that my private life doesn't affect my public job.
Pipeline is inconsistent. Tig will keep you busy 7 days a week 12 hours a day. The hourly rate won't be that much different really, but to pipeline you have to have a truck, welder, leads, tools, and fuel. You get paid for all that, but it requires a hell of an investment. Tig welders need 2 hands most the time, maybe a torch and leads, and your making money.
All of the bigger, more technical pipe jobs I’ve been on are running tig… at the very least they’re calling for a tig root. I’ve noticed in recent years more and more flux core in the field where it would normally be stick
@johnbramel8874 that's been a trip to see. I took a pipefitter call that required people who could do a tig root on stainless. Then, we would send it down the line to be filled and capped with gas shielded wire feed. But I have seen the same thing you brought up. Tig root, Flux core fill and cap.
I bought a multiprocess welder, and while I was waiting for the TIG/MIG supplies I bought some sticks to play around with. Now I mainly use stick because it's so much quicker and easier, and kinda feel silly for spending the extra cash for MIG/TIG.
I would venture to say in the right conditions tig is faster all day. But conditions are everything. Tig is also taking over the entirety of everything other than structure, pipelines and sweat shops. New work in building trades is almost always tig anymore. I haven't stick welded in a refinery or power plant for over a decade.
No grinding my root just weld it out. 1/8" filler rod for the root, 5/32" filler rod for the hot pass and cap. In position or rolled out. I'll smoke a stick welder all day where pipe is concerned anyway.
Sub arc has the best deposition rate for super heavy duty applications ! I used to Sub-arc every day and it’s so much faster than burning wire or rods.
Entirely depends on thw application. Im not stick welding some intricate sheet metal bullshit (though I would probably MIG weld that before I TIG weld it). At the same time, Im not dragging anything with gas up 11 stories to weld railings in place. Whats important is using the right tool for the job.
Tig welding I’d say would be my favorite because once you become good at it you will rarely if ever need a grinder other than for prep, and it’s beautiful artwork when done properly. stick welding has proven itself to be my go to when a few pad eyes need welded or anything in a windy area in the field or on the farm, stick welding is great. Might welding I’d say is best for production welding consider wirefeed welding is the quickest and most efficient process for welding ships, heavy equipment, tanks or whatever requires massive amounts of welding!! Stick welding has to be king of all, but tig is overall my personal best!!
Tig is a sniper for welding. Smaller applications are better for tig because of how precise it is but stick dominates the structural integrity when it comes to large pipes and buildings
I'm saving up to switch my 5 in 1 to run Tig, which requires a gas switch and buying the torch setup, all the supplies. I really really wanna learn it and I'm pretty decent at MiG, ok at stick but i feel ill excel at Tig since there's more control of material feed since you are manually doing it. Correct me if I'm wrong on that aspect please as i don't know shit about Tig and only worked the most basic job doing MiG
Learned Mig, tig, and stick. Stick is nice and convenient because you don’t need gastanks wherever you are welding. But tig just feels and looks better.
TIG is good for precise, cleeeeean indoor work when done right. Stick can literally be done underwater and probably in space to. Each welding process has its place. MIG is the only welding process that’s really viable for certain things because you don’t gotta replace the electrode or filler material as often.
If you've ever took a whiz in the woods and had a mosquito bite you on the pecker, than you know a little something about what's important in this world.
Ive done a very minimal amount of wire-feed welding, but have never stick welded. I can never keep straight which is MIG and which is TIG welding though...
MIG for anything that isn't tiny or aluminum, although you can MIG aluminum with the right setup. Stick's not that much faster when you have to change sticks every 3 minutes.
For me it all depends on the application, or really the location , I can stick places I can't get a tig rig in, well can but can be a lil more of a stretch
As an hourly worker you’d prefer tig, for obvious reasons, as a boss man self employed you’d prefer stick, as you personally would make more money with higher profit margins
I’m a welding guy. I can do it all, but given the choice. I’m gonna choose my tig 80% of the time. I just have better control and can make it look beautiful. Mig is easy, stick is violent. My new favorite is tig brazing and oxy acetylene brazing. I’ve been doing a lot of oxy braze cast iron repairs lately.
Stick is the cost effective and clean method for many applications if done correctly. TIG done correctly is art.
Ain’t that hard to walk a cup brotha
Trick is doing that quality, freehand, while sitting in some acid bund in a factory upside down in a valve block 😅
@@briangibson7767yup I feel that, I tought I was pretty good until i got in shit situation’s 😂 it took a lot more practice and pain to lay good beads upside down while bullshit is pouring all over you and it’s between -30 and 60 degrees celcius.
@@appelmelk5664what the hell were you welding? 😅
Stock is not healthy for you vs rig
Stick is the AK-47 of welding.
So unreliable?
@@njt03that was funny but ironically the AK47 is notorious for being very reliable😂 there's alot of tolerance between the parts causing it to rarely jam. You could litteraly bury an ak in sand, dig it up and it would shoot fine. The looseness of the parts sacrifices accuracy for reliability. I think his comment was referring to being able to stick weld in conditions you Normally couldn't mig/tig weld.
@@njt03you can use a door spring in place of the recoil spring with an ak, I’d say that’s pretty reliable
You can run an ak with a 2 litre instead of a gas tube
@@karoshn how? They jam worse than almost any other rifle😂😂
A combo welder stays welding while you argue what process is better.. learn and master them all
Exactly, im 24 and do alot of mig and flux and have some stick and tig, wanting to master them all more or less
I'm 31 an I've done it all apart from submerged, best to learn TIG over all tho bro
Im 16 and moving up to TIG after 1 semester of Stick, hoping to go to a welding school after high school to become fully capable of FCAW, GTAW, SMAW even on thick shit..
I fucking hate tacking the 24 guage sheetmetal we have though
@@kaarppe 1 semester of stick aint enough to teach you shit tbh unless you have a really small class, stick and tig take years to really understand but mig is usually a couple months and you can lay down tight beads. Ive been welding for a living for almost 5 years now
@@natenate2280 The class size is like, 8 people, only 2 moved up to TIG including me and we have enough machines for everyone. I spend 3 or more hours a day at least in that class because of how much I enjoy welding and want to make it a career
Mig welder in the back just slapping things together like its arts and crafts with a hot glue gun
All I can picture is the guy from MadTV.....look what I can do!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
Mig comes into its own when working on pre-fab for structural steelwork though👍 providing you get someone that knows how to set up a proper spray transfer arc and weld in a straight line rather than all this weaving bollo**s wobbling and waving it all over tha place.
Dual shield too, use a lot of it on heavy wall and large bore pipework with tig root/hotpass.
Innershield baby
Underrated comment 😂😂
As a mig welder, yes
Never seen welders look so clean.
Or sober!
@@danaveye3977 I'm an intoxicated welder at work rn 😊
TIG welders being clean is spot on tho XD . You can weld TIG in white cotton gloves ;) (aluminum and stainless)
I remember when I uses to weld fluxcore would go home shower and blow out my nose full of black stuff then I switched to tig welding would come out clean asf
@franciscoblanco7595 dear lord. Use a P2 respirator, man!
Stick is welding 101, very versatile.
It sure is!
MIG
I learned stick in university, hated immediately, in my first job learned OXY, then I learned MIG and loved it. Many years after I had to do a project and could not afford to buy nothing else than a stick machine.
So I "revisited" stick welding and I realized I was wrong, it is great if you do it correctly!
Except if your needing to join extremely thin metals like body panels and exhaust work possibly bad condition you can easily weld an old muffler and or all types of pipe and positions when you can't even see ,like in tight positions etc. My millermatic 130 saved me more than I can say 😊 I often used .022 wire with the appropriate gas mix...
😅😂😂not like us old rodburners
They all have their application, but you can stick weld in the wind and the weather. You can hear the wind in the video. No one‘s tigging outside
True that
u can also mig out in the wind as well.
@nathandean1687 No you can't? Mig requires gas to be passed from the nose of the gun to the material.
@@donaldfenelonflux core mig
@@donaldfenelon then your gear isnt set up right. as not all mig or tig can be done indoors.
Mig welders jumping in like " LEEEEEERRROOOOY JENKINS!!!"
Tig who need wire 😂
You can stick weld outside on a windy day
With a 10$ tarp, you can TIG it too
@@Levo.22 Do you really want to sit under a tarp welding on a 110° day? I will say that thr gloves and jacket for TIG are alot less heavy though
You can also tig weld inside on a rainy day
@@kycross 😃🤣🤣
Thats what the helper for
A real mans debate. Quick. Efficient. No Yelling. Concise. Straight to the point. No bull. And a good laugh to sum it all up. Epic human interaction.
It's scripted bro
@electropentatonic no its not. Look at the cuts. They were having a conversation and they cut it up nicely. Im sure they had more laughs in between. Perhaps they cut out some stuff.
And what is even the point of your comment? This is how real men debate. Not arguing like a bunch of monkeys. Are you a buffoon? Literally the opposite of my comment. Guess you arent a real man eh? Geez.
@@electropentatonic this is less then 2 months ago? Word. Geeez
Epic human interaction indeed fellow reddituere
It's not a real conversation.
Stick you can do outside and in rough conditions including under water
Windy and rainy days these pansies ain’t even showing up lol.
Lol the high-end underwater welders are tig welding…. Look it up🤷🏽♂️😉
That just sounds like a point for Tig
Your mom
@@johnbramel8874costs more to take a tig underwater 😂🎉
Cleanest most energetic welders I've ever seen
Wish I could sit and listen to y’all all day, always wanted to learn just never had the opportunities
Online world bud, go buy a cheap welder from harbor freight and teach yourself w TH-cam, ofcc no certificate or pipeline for you then but still nice when you need it :))
Buddy just go to a welding school? You can get a loan or you can save up it’s not that expensive
@@labs4291 that’s the plan but it’s hard slow process being a single dad trying to save up or risk a loan
We offer financial aid assistance. Shoot your shot and apply now! linktr.ee/WesternWelding
Never too late come join the brotherhood!!
They both got different uses and they’re both great in their own ways
Weldingsmoke from stick smells better than tig 🤘😎
Yea the smell is so addictive (I'm not living past 30)
It may be black when I blow my nose but boy does 6013 smell like a campfire
@@Bruh-ki2cm agree
@@kaarppe never thaught of that. I'll have to try and see if your right
😂😂😂😂😂
I feel so bad for him getting injured he seems like such a good dude
Right hammer for the job principle.
I use whatever machine is best for the task at hand and that means all of them sometimes.
You're not wrong there
I don't weld professionally, i only got a stick machine, i will make everything compatible to stick welding.
Yes it flat out SUCKS when you have to own and maintain 3 different kinds of machines to get some little job done HAHAHAHAHA
Team Stick! In school now. Love them all though. Learn as much as you can!
Good choice! Good luck on your welding journey!
I once had the pleasure of using one of those fancy laser welders, absolute game changer for thin stuff
Me 100yrs away eating gas station taquitos:”haha. Harbor freight flux core welding.”
Hope you're not talking about that sub$100 welder. That thing is complete trash .
Not true i owned a harbor freight titen 125amp inverter welder perfecly fine.
@@sandasturner9529 skill issue
@@sandasturner9529 skill issue
@@sandasturner9529skill issue
I've done it all and stick is probably my favorite. When you get it right it's so much more rewarding. At least to me, everyone is different.
You're not wrong there!
Me, a MIG welder: *intense suffering*
same bro
That stick is always our backup when it doesn't work, run out of gas, consumables, wire, tanks are empty, it's to windy outside, fire up your 80 year old welder and stick it together, it always works
Honestly they Both look too clean and well dressed to be mistaken for welders
Looks like a company uniform to me
They are teachers for western welding academy
Brand new gloves too
Yeah, I hate when I buy a new jacket and then automatically forget how to weld.
Bro what are their jackets tho? Looks really nice
I’m just starting out, so stick is where I’m at. But I cannot wait to do Tig cuz it is a fucking art form.
Keep at it man!
They're all art forms
@@versatileduplicity9313 agreed, but tig is so fine
@@RService117 Tig is shit !! Stick is where it's at
@@versatileduplicity9313 I love it all brother! I just think tig is such a fine tuned process haha. Stick is a blast though.
“Jack of all trades master of none, better than a master of one”
Just bought my self a yes welder and currently practicing welding for the first time in my life.
That's awesome! Good luck on your welding journey
Well good luck but don't skimp on the machine, will help a lot.
I grew up stick welding in 80’s and 90’s and I am very proficient and partial to it, but nothing beats the look and finish of TIG.
Stick is easier to learn and get the weld to stick. MiG and Tig isn't easy and it takes more movements to make welds compared to stick welding. It also creates more scars from getting stuck and not as easy to unstick the wire and u have to know what speed to have ur wire feed at. Stick is harder to stabilize than a wire fed gun and can weld thinner metals easier than stick and without having to remember which rods u need to use like 6630p or is it 6644 or 2224... The 2 smaller gauge sticks for sheet metal and aluminum I just remember the double numbers 66 and 22 basic 550 or 530 or 330 . I haven't welded in over a decade so I'm rusty on my sticks but I'm close so don't hate on me guys 15 years is a long time ago and I had just gotten pregnant with my daughter when I was working on my certification in 2009. I aced my classes btw and my cutting torch skills were perfect on pipe and with 45 degree angle were all as perfect as an veteran welder and my welds were pretty dam good as well. I got slag burns also. I want to finish but I think it's too late. Yeah make fun of the female talking welding . I know it's coming I'm sure of it but beware I bite and bite hard. I look like a black cat but I'm a 🧨 tnt in this tiny package. 5ft 1 105 lbs and can lift and carry heavier things than u could ever imagine I could. Two words to explain it all... Farm raised....
Thanks for sharing
Stick still holds up in the fields. Something breaks half way through the day on the tractor, itll get you through the rest of the field until you can get it back to the shop and fix it
Why still test for Thc? What does what I do on my free time have to do with doing my job correctly? Testing for drugs is awesome but not when medical marijuana is legal in 38 states.
Bro what 😂
@@speed_797look into Western Welding academy drug testing policy then you will understand.
What does this video have to do with THC? 😂
Western welding academy does piss tests? TF are they trying to do? See who's got the better stash or what? I weld better knowing that my private life doesn't affect my public job.
Because due to insurance etx they can require you to do so.
Stick is better for emergency repairs
What about pipeline welding doesnt that pay more than tig?
Pipeline is inconsistent. Tig will keep you busy 7 days a week 12 hours a day. The hourly rate won't be that much different really, but to pipeline you have to have a truck, welder, leads, tools, and fuel. You get paid for all that, but it requires a hell of an investment. Tig welders need 2 hands most the time, maybe a torch and leads, and your making money.
Alright
All of the bigger, more technical pipe jobs I’ve been on are running tig… at the very least they’re calling for a tig root. I’ve noticed in recent years more and more flux core in the field where it would normally be stick
@johnbramel8874 that's been a trip to see. I took a pipefitter call that required people who could do a tig root on stainless. Then, we would send it down the line to be filled and capped with gas shielded wire feed. But I have seen the same thing you brought up. Tig root, Flux core fill and cap.
I bought a multiprocess welder, and while I was waiting for the TIG/MIG supplies I bought some sticks to play around with.
Now I mainly use stick because it's so much quicker and easier, and kinda feel silly for spending the extra cash for MIG/TIG.
Tig welders are scared of sparks.
Not really
Nah, they scared of welds with a shell
I like your jackets, where did you get those?
They're from Western Welding Outfitting. www.westernwelderoutfitting.com/
When yer good at all 3,you know their best suited duties and there's no argument, right tool, for the right job.
True that
Bro countered “tig is more expensive” with “tig is more expensive” and won
I would venture to say in the right conditions tig is faster all day. But conditions are everything. Tig is also taking over the entirety of everything other than structure, pipelines and sweat shops. New work in building trades is almost always tig anymore. I haven't stick welded in a refinery or power plant for over a decade.
In no situation is tig faster than stick, it may be my favorite but the cleaning and speed gets to me
Tig isn't faster arc or mig
@itspaxton101 I can go from root to flush on scheduled 80 in 2 passes, and cap it in 3 passes.
No grinding my root just weld it out. 1/8" filler rod for the root, 5/32" filler rod for the hot pass and cap. In position or rolled out. I'll smoke a stick welder all day where pipe is concerned anyway.
Can't argue with that
This is, every conversation I've ever had about. What type of welding is the best welding? It's the type that pays the best
Team TIG😎
Sub arc has the best deposition rate for super heavy duty applications ! I used to Sub-arc every day and it’s so much faster than burning wire or rods.
onion welders all get paid the same, so they choose the slowest process
Union = Onion 🌰?😮
🧅?
@@WesternWeldingAcademy onion = union
Union*
This is funny and informative! 😂
Entirely depends on thw application. Im not stick welding some intricate sheet metal bullshit (though I would probably MIG weld that before I TIG weld it). At the same time, Im not dragging anything with gas up 11 stories to weld railings in place. Whats important is using the right tool for the job.
Depends on the application of the machine or tool your welding. Also the material your working with and its thiknes plays a major role on the choise
Depends what youre welding and the application
Tig welding I’d say would be my favorite because once you become good at it you will rarely if ever need a grinder other than for prep, and it’s beautiful artwork when done properly.
stick welding has proven itself to be my go to when a few pad eyes need welded or anything in a windy area in the field or on the farm, stick welding is great. Might welding I’d say is best for production welding consider wirefeed welding is the quickest and most efficient process for welding ships, heavy equipment, tanks or whatever requires massive amounts of welding!!
Stick welding has to be king of all, but tig is overall my personal best!!
Under water stick welder:
“YOUR LUCKY IM NOT IN THIS CONVERSATION”
Tig is a sniper for welding. Smaller applications are better for tig because of how precise it is but stick dominates the structural integrity when it comes to large pipes and buildings
Yessir!!
The Real Housewives of the Welding School
You really need both types of welding processes , anyone who welds in many types of SITUATIONS truly knows we need both . Nothing more to say. 😊
I'm saving up to switch my 5 in 1 to run Tig, which requires a gas switch and buying the torch setup, all the supplies. I really really wanna learn it and I'm pretty decent at MiG, ok at stick but i feel ill excel at Tig since there's more control of material feed since you are manually doing it. Correct me if I'm wrong on that aspect please as i don't know shit about Tig and only worked the most basic job doing MiG
TIG welding, does look a hell of a lot better . Pretty. And I would sure like to learn howto Tig weld.
"I get more jobs with stick"
As someone who’s not huge into welding but instead mechanicing I definitely like stick it’s fast, easy and cheap
Ok. How much u get paid in tig welding staring off but with some good experience.?
And please 🙏 answer back man.
Learned Mig, tig, and stick. Stick is nice and convenient because you don’t need gastanks wherever you are welding. But tig just feels and looks better.
TIG is good for precise, cleeeeean indoor work when done right. Stick can literally be done underwater and probably in space to. Each welding process has its place. MIG is the only welding process that’s really viable for certain things because you don’t gotta replace the electrode or filler material as often.
Stick was always my favorite. Nothing more satisfying than slag coming off in one piece.
I’m honestly a fan of explosion welding personally
Tig is the only form of welding that is allowed to be done on roll cages for racing, so what does that tell you ?
I’m a journeyman machine welder the Lindy short arc, would love to challenge either one of you and welding rows of dimes and pass x-ray?
Sounds great!
Stick is faster and cheaper? What other factors could I possibly care about?
Love your perfectly clean unscathed no hole having jackets really makes me think ya know what you're talking about🤦
I do them all they have there places where each is better. tig for precision, mig for production, and stick for out in the field
It totally depends on what you’re welding and the desired outcome. Also, if you’re working from blueprints, the welding process will be specified.
As someone who can do them all. Working in the field on equipment. Stick is my go to.
Time place and application, it’s all a balance ratio what’s required of the weld
I see these guys around town, they never take their helmets off.
It’s their badge of honor because with welding they be nothing
If you've ever took a whiz in the woods and had a mosquito bite you on the pecker, than you know a little something about what's important in this world.
That laugh at the end was for me 😂😂😂😂
That is a nice Miller you got there. My friend is helping me learn to Tig better
That's awesome! Keep it up
I've never welded anything in my life but I would love to learn.
Come learn with us! ApplyToWeld.com to send your application.
does tig make more to the point where the extra cost is worth it? genuine question
Ive done a very minimal amount of wire-feed welding, but have never stick welded. I can never keep straight which is MIG and which is TIG welding though...
I do them all 😂 use them wherever needed
I like both 🤟🏼
I’m currently putting out about 55’ a day in 2in passes with a stick welder.
Stick is good for really tight one handed spots and outside welding.
Mig welder entered the chat 😎
MIG for anything that isn't tiny or aluminum, although you can MIG aluminum with the right setup. Stick's not that much faster when you have to change sticks every 3 minutes.
For me it all depends on the application, or really the location , I can stick places I can't get a tig rig in, well can but can be a lil more of a stretch
Stick is a fan favorite of mine but tig is just so clean and easy
The look of Américain welders is so cool 🤗
Those must be managers cause those gloves and jackets are a little too clean. 😂
Both pretty clean to be serious welders. Cool shirts tho.
They're instructors. Thanks!
Stick is one everyone can learn to do, Tig takes finesse.
Like the differences between an F1 race car driver and a drift racer.
You can do more with tig. Can't stick titanium, or do medical/food grade with stick either
They each have their own different uses. I'm a pipe holder for the last 45 years. Some of it stick some of it tig depends on what the engineer wants
As an hourly worker you’d prefer tig, for obvious reasons, as a boss man self employed you’d prefer stick, as you personally would make more money with higher profit margins
So which should I get for working on go karts/mini bikes exhaust, and cars?
Every process is good and they all shine if used in the correct situation. ( I still suck at TIG, but I'm working on it! LoL )
Stick, but i love the art implications of tig. I love them both and are equally good.
Cool!
I only know how to tig weld so ill go with that
I can teach a kid to tig. Stick is a man's game. Takes some grit and determination to get all different rod alloys to weld correctly
He has a good point
Tig is stick.... or what do you use as filler material? Metal sticks.....
I’m a welding guy. I can do it all, but given the choice. I’m gonna choose my tig 80% of the time. I just have better control and can make it look beautiful. Mig is easy, stick is violent. My new favorite is tig brazing and oxy acetylene brazing. I’ve been doing a lot of oxy braze cast iron repairs lately.
What about underwater welding??