Titanium Weld Repair
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- Titanium is a really fun and challenging metal to weld. This vid shows a few techniques as well as what to do when something goes wrong - like blowing a hole in it.
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You’re a genius man. Always making it look easy. If only my hands would do what my mind wants them to. 🙄
I have never welded in my entire life, but I find this so interesting. Your videos make it seem like an art.
It is an art it's awesome. You should definitely try it somtime. It's a great skill t have to use though out life even if you don't make a career out of it
I’ve learned more from you than I did with other online people. Especially with me just getting into welding at 61 yrs. Ya can teach a old dog new tricks and techniques
It makes me feel good to see people going on adventures at an older age. I have friends who think I’m too old to keep trying new things, but seeing people like you lets me know that there are more of us out there.
My retirement planning includes melting exotic metals, building things to go as fast as I dare. I’m not stopping!
↓ Swager/Expander Kit ↓
First is the Lisle 17350 expander set. You can use it manually as is, or add hydraulics. amzn.to/3HocdaL
A cheap knockout set has the hydraulic cylinder attachment you’ll need. You can also use the hand pump if you’re on a budget, but its insanely slow. amzn.to/3EGsciI
You’ll want a high quality 10,000 PSI rated jack hose long enough to reach whatever you’re working on. DO NOT buy a cheap under rated hose as it may burst on you! amzn.to/3FIugYW
An air over hydraulic foot pump powers the unit quickly amzn.to/3qzg5iE
If you use the foot pump listed above, you’ll need this hydraulic bushing to adapt to the hose also listed above. DO NOT use brass - use ONLY stainless, otherwise it may explode. amzn.to/3FJJmNI
The foot pump above takes 1.6 quarts of oil, so buy 2 quarts amzn.to/3JFQ3D4
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I really enjoy your videos and I have been waiting for some titanium stuff
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Excellent work of art in fropesiinal welding field. I as a welder really admire your work and the way you work
This guy is slowly but surely teaching me those tips and tricks of the trade that school just doesn't do.
I got to weld titanium a few weeks back. It was an experience that I won't soon forget.
Like you said, it's unlike anything you've ever welded, and I was able to get by with my #10 cup. It has a slight rainbow color to it though, so I do need to get a larger cup if I do it more often.
Great video. Never messed with titanium but looks interesting. Looks like that was pretty thin wall exhaust and being titanium, it must have been super light. Cool concept.
Nice to see some titanium welding never tried it yet but great demonstration!
beautiful job on the hole fill!!!
Dude, you are an awesome teacher!
Very cool, there’s quite some titanium piping in the chemical plant I work at and I’ve had many interesting discussions with the lads doing the welds on them during maintenance.
This is super cool, especially since there isn't much info out there about titanium. One thing that's also pretty important that I've ran into when welding titanium is to make sure the back purge isn't flowing too much. I've had times where my back purge is set a little bit too high, and the argon leaks through the joints too much, interferes with the torch shielding gas, and makes you lose coverage. It's really baffling until you figure out what happened. It's also a big cause of blowouts and looks a lot like the blowout in the video.
Cool.
How much back purge do you advise then?
Thank you.
@@wtfftw24 to be honest, I have no clue. The way I do it is kind of jank, I have a Y-fitting after the regulator. Set the regulator at 30-35 CFH with torch side full open, then open the purge side just enough to have the CFH drop about 5 CFH.
@@paytonlee2896 all right.
I got it.
Thanks a lot for your kind answer buddy.
Greetings from Italy 👍
@@wtfftw24 awesome and no problem! From here in the US
@@wtfftw24 as low as possible
AT 20:30 swadging titanium is amazing... the flare accomplishable it completely different to any other alloy.
I took it too its breaking point and its multitudes further than I ever imagined.
Very nice recovery on the blow-thru! It's always how you recover, not that you have a mistake.
Thanks!
Original weld was made for looks, yours was made for function. I’d take your weld 10/10 over those original ones
Nice! I built an expander like that when I worked at my dad’s shop almost 20 years ago. I modded a pull back ram with an air over hydraulic foot pedal, but a knockout punch driver is much simpler. Great tip!
Tiiiiiiim! Cool to see you here. I’ve learned a lot from you and this guy. Thanks brother!
Nice bead run Bro 🧐
You might Try 75-25 Argon Helium It will flow so easy and you wont need near as much Heat. It also works Wonders on bronze and Copper. Thank You MacDonald Douglas
Haha @ 1:00 Metric itself makes things a lot easier 👍
Awesome, absolutely awesome, especially the hole filling technique. I had to repack the stock "silencer" on a 1981 YZ80H, and that involved cutting the welded end cap off, cleaning and repacking the inside, and re-welding the cap back on. Needless to say, I blew a couple holes in the very thin and weak steel. I stumbled upon your method purely by accident, watching you do it so smoothly was very encouraging. Ive messed around with titanium a bit, definitely a challenge! What size tungsten did you use on this job? If you already mentioned it and I missed it, my apologies.
ah the good old chinese pulse welded exhaust. this is for a can am x3 and the piece that broke off is for a cut out. Justin you should have gone over and rewelded all the other welds as i will guarantee one of those pie cuts will crack. its pretty crazy they charge 1100 dollars new lmao
That would eliminate the possibility of future repairs though 🙂
Easier to just anneal the whole thing in an oven
Never weldthe titanium always wanted to
Thanks for sharing! I'm wanting to do se titanium on my race car in the future. Good info here!
I use the same gloves, they’re fantastic
I have the same swedger set up. Expander from lisle and ram from harbor freight
Thank you for always dropping knowledge, but I do have a question for you. Are you going to make/post videos about your products, like your Mitsubishi truck or fabing suspensions or anything like season 1-4? Again, thanks for your videos. 🤘
Yea, I’ve been curious about the truck
Me too 😮
Hey Justin. Great video as always. You should do more ti stuff. I had a problem with material getting too hot and moving to fast in beginning.
I bought some ticon practice cp1 and yeah, not much weight of material and filler in the box! Looks fun to play with.
Can't find anything on the expander. I was excited too.
i prefer using thicker filler rods when welding thin pipe, it allows me to cool the weldpool a bit more during welding... the thin wire just goes. ppl underestimate the heat management gotten from the filler rod.
Love these videos you do am amazing job 😊😊
That position seems like it would really make your filler hand ache after a while. Totally understand missing the puddle when that happens!
Love the (basically) trolling perfectionists comment... Appreciate the video and the content about titanium would love to see more content about working with it. Please make more...I need... Everything you know about it. I'll even give you more of these 👍 what do you say?
the "BBW" cup?
are you going to try and tell me that stands for "Big Borosilicate Window" or something?
Thanks you for your video, awesome information. 👍👍
Thanks
Not a welder, but did learn some TIG welding as part of my engineering degree.
Is there a reason you don't use an inert gas box for something like this? I don't imagine that they are very expensive (though I may be wrong), but it would mean not having to stop for post-gas until a section cools and less concern about oxidation in general.
I think you should test out stahlwerk welders ive heard great things but wanna get down to the truth maybe you can review and test it please
Would be great to see some Inconel welding videos as well! Enjoy your content! Thanks for posting
sweet repair.Keyboard welders like busting plums.And they get ignored,,,,,
i see so many blue and purple titanium welds and its just like thats gonna crack
Поучительно. Хорошая работа!
very nice, i wouldnt be able to save it that clean even if it was stainless...
lol this is a man who is sick of armchair experts telling him he can't do the thing he literally just did on camera. Don't worry about em. Awesome channel, so good of you to share all these tips, your closeup arc clips are by far the best I've seen anywhere 👍
Normally sparks from real titanium is "red", what type are you using???
The oxide on titanium welds from lack of shielding gas creates micro fractures in the oxide which will grow over time when flexing and vibrating.
I don't know how deep it will go and if grinding will remove it, but brushing off the coloring will not and is not acceptable.
Wow, same tape Measure I use, love them, they lock on pulling out,,,,,makes life easy.....Kobalt Rules....Great Video Justin, lots of great camera work and action, great info on that pesky Titanium too......best wishes from Orlando, FL.....Paul from weld com...yeah, those guys.....
Thanks for your videos
Beautiful
At this point, I just hit like before the commercial about lightweld is over.
could see a missed edge lol if you use polished wire it wont try to stick so much keep practicing.
Love your channel
When you say "dedicated" sanding wheels and flap disks, I presume you mean "dedicated to titanium"?
Awesome video, I actually have a customer's Titanium Exhaust in my shop right now that I need to do a repair on. Glad I saw your video, I learned a few things as always...I plan on back purging the part but the crack itself is in the previous weld bead, it appears to be on a weld that is where the tube was flared to fit over the other tube, and someone else tried to fix it with what looks like MIG in another spot and burned a pea size hole in the tube along with a bunch of craters like when there is no gas present in MIG. Wish me luck it should be fun !!! I did get some Grade 2 coupons and I know from talking to the manufacturer of the exhaust that they use grade 1 in their exhaust systems, how much difference should I expect when I switch from practicing on the grade 2 to welding on the grade 1 ? i.e. settings (I'm assuming will be really close) should I use pulse ? I'm also concerned about being able to clean inside the crack since I can't get in between the layers very well... As always TIA for your videos and help... Chris @ T-Town Welding and Fabrication.
Hello Justin, I love the stand for your disc sander. I am building my own, quite different, but the inspiration came from Yours. That sander is very good, the only problem really it's pretty tedious to replace the disc.
@@ButBigger42 thank you, I'll try that.
Really good info.😎 Thanks
THE MAYOR OF whoville has a new 700r thats going to sound !!!!👍!!!!
One think I cannot understand is why would anyone choose a tiyanium exhaust over stainless steel.
5.5 inch is a solid number? :D Like it's almost exactly 14 cm.
Thank you very much for the metric subtitles.
Greetings from Germany
I am confused this video says "Titanium".... Why was it sparking as your grinding it then lol? Never seen titanium spark as it's ground. 20 something years of cutting the stuff for airplane parts never seen it spark....
I learned I have no desire to weld Titanium!
Thank you for your time
the titanium pipe looks very familiar
Thank you
I cannot wait to learn how to weld titanium!
What camera / editor setup do you use? Thanks
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I loved the aerospace comment🤣 - cause I was one of those guys, before I got paid off,
got a big shock when I went into a small family fabshop where overproduction really kills the products value.
Sometimes good enough is all the boss wants.
Whenever he is taking a day off I like to sneak on a #12 gas cup, crank the argon up and have ridiculous post-flow 🤣🤣.
Loved the video man, cheers.
Im here for the prah-fesh-anals comments. How ever I have a friend that has a container that is like a media blaster cabinet. It vacuums out air and inserts Argonne so you can work on things without oxygen. I'll be going to his house sometime this summer and I'll take a video and post it to my channel to show you what I mean if you want. It'll be short. 😂
I'm a welding pRofEsHuNaL in Space Motor Sports and this is ALL WRONG!
I never not enjoy your content. thanks for sharing.
I recently watched your video on welding up the titanium tubing. I spent several years working as a welder for a company building heat exchangers for the plating industry. These were almost exclusively using 1" to 2" commercially pure titanium, thin wall tubing. Any time we were welding a surface which had an opening inside, we were required to use Argon to displace the air inside to keep the inside of the weld from becoming contaminated and brittle. Once Titanium gets above 900 degrees it very quickly absorbs CO2 and other impurities from the air into the weld, so back purging with an inert gas was essential. Maybe your work was not going to be subjected to heavy stress, but I think the practice of always back purging should be a part of any titanium welding practice. I did like your attention to cleaning the surfaces before the weld process.
Aerospace Welding experts....hahahah good one.
I am not a Aerospace/Welder, i just work with them a lot, so i understand your jab.
My Aircraft/Aerospace expertise is more a generalist with 20 years experience on everything else relating, including Titanium modifying, shaping and constructing.
It's funny because when i seen you sanding down the Titanium, my first thought was that sparking back onto the titanium itself and the repercussions in Aerospace/Aircraft: we are allowed so no sparking back onto the material when reshaping.
Having to sand down 2 to 5 thou on a taper shim, for a 787 Stabilizer.....is no laughing matter
Sanding down 1-3 thou the Engine bay door contours on a F-22 for R&D..........
but i laughed at myself when you mentioned Aerospace.
metric is way to go
Not a welder here. Question... what will happend if someone uses mig carbon steel wire to "fix" something like that (titanium exhaust)...
Ps; asking for a friend 🤫
It would of been good to show the actual fault\crack that require so much material removal.
Please have a status update..... best quality weld recognition.
Oh yeah I love hot and heavy. Helped me when I was welding pressurized pipe and structural material but man it's a bad habit to get rid of when I started doing thin gauge stainless and aluminum
I am never going to weld anything, much less titanium. 🤷🏻♀️
How good are those Defiant Metal gloves 😍
To be fair I have seen some pistons sent into orbit.
"If you dip the tungsten you could potentially destroy the titanium" shows clips at 4:03 and 6:13 of snapping off his dipped tungsten
Thank you best video 📹 💓
Good info for weldmetals online
Great. now I can't wait till Tuesday to ask my Teacher whether they let us weld Titanium or not XD
is the rainbow oxidation considered bad? it looks great tho as in an effect not a failed result... is this aesthetic frowned upon?
Man this was interesting. Did it convince me to go and try weld titanium? Hell no. But i sure like lookin' at it.
I have never welded.. why do I enjoy watching welding jobs? ...
That hole repair was perfection. 👌 great video!
down the rabbit hole and fell into this video... usually wont watch this stuff BUT this kept my interest... dare i say, i enjoyed watching .. Thank you for putting the time in making this for everyone.
Couldn't said or explained it better
And your right sod the nasa wannabes its no going to space
Honestly, I always thought titanium superalloys were non-weldable. Now I know it is technically possible, but extremely hard to successfully weld a titanium.
What's your favorite TIG welding gloves? I've been through a bunch of them and I get not enough heat protection/ not enough dexterity, I'm using a older synchro Wave 250, water cools, but still it gets hot when welding production
Hey Justin, this doesn't have to do with this video. I was watching an older video of your about setting up 4 links, you mentioned you were in the Navy and I'm taking it you were a welder in the Navy, hopefully I'm right. I say all this to ask did you go to AIT at Aberdeen Proving Grounds or APG? I'm a Army veteran and went there for AIT and I was a welder in the Army. I ask if you did because I went to school with people from all 4 branches. I also want to thank you for your service and hope you enjoyed you time in service as much as I did mine. I've been a welder since I was 13 but still had to go through welding school for the Army. I wish i could do what you do, I messed my back up badly while I was in and man it makes me wish I was back in the shop watching your videos.
My man, you are amazing.. truly... But metric is superior
I've got a header tube off my motorcycle that is made out of titanium that need to be repaired can you help
Thanks again for the knowledge bomb Justin
Expander. Definitely got to build one.
Space was made in a hollyweird basement. That's the way I would of attacked that blow out aswell.