💎💎💎Take a FREE online Tig class on my website HERE👉 www.pacificarctigwelding.com/ Thanks SO MUCH for watching. Check out the links to the episodes I mention HERE🔥 th-cam.com/video/4bzItffjq0c/w-d-xo.html
Love the positive videos Dusty. I am working on a 3D Shadow Box. Figured the 3D look will be cool, plus the benefit of working on different layers keeps the heat away for the different parts.
Ran across a video of yours. Loved it. I have been welding for 20 years. Pipe, production. Heavy industrial. I am bored and love growing and learning. Thanks for the new inspiration and hope I can reach as I dive in to weld art.
Old old saying I only recently understood after years of hearing it, "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear". I thought this was some mystical thing. It's all about attitude. If you're humble and curious, anyone and anywhere becomes an opportunity to learn.
Thanks for the good vibes bro. I had welding in high school. (Arc mig tig) Quit the alcohol bought a welder and plasma cutter… I should’ve done this a long time ago. Fell into hvac trade but it’s not my passion. Thanks for your channel dude🤙🏽👊🏽. Always loved the metal art
Another top shelf video Dusty! I'm really enjoying your channel, I've spent the last two weeks trying to get through your back catalogue. I think I'm about half way there. Great entertainment and leaning a thing or two as well. Keep up the good work mate!!
I love my Everlast welder. I am currently getting my garage set up at my house i just purchased so i can get started welding again. I have been watching your videos and will for sure tag you in my work when i get started!
My apple taste but dirty, thankful for it tho.😂 your videos are a blessing thank you very much. I am a maintenance technician for a sheet metal shop. When I have time I’m allowed to tig on aluminum enclosures. There’s welded to be ground flush. Your videos are a nice help. And what I realize is honesty hands down. Take a short cut and with tig it will tell on you quickly I’ve realized.
Loving the art angle, this is what got me into it. I'm just trying to get my basics down first. Can't wait to start the course with you in Feb. Cheers!
Dusty, your art work is beautiful, the sculpture work is awesome, watch you all the time, I learn something new every time. Thank you for doing your videos.
Honestly, looked this up out of minor curiosity because of a welding mask I saw while looking for mask while I glass etch, and now my curiosity is much higher
I really want to get into welding art, I too am a lifelong artist. I have wanted to start my own company selling my creations for sometime now and had finally gotten the majority of my tools together when I was on a job and had been leaving all my tools on site, in a locked shed that had cameras on it, then one morning, I arrived on site, to find a few cops walking around and looking around, only to find out that all my tools were stolen 😢 6-8k worth the tools , my life was crushed and my dreams destroyed .After this happened I went into a serious depression for a bit and almost gave up on my dream , feeling I would not be able to get to where I was again , Ii can’t let them take my dreams tho , so I finally started building my tool collection again , although I’m dealing with health issues and unable to afford the quality of tools I once was due to being unable to work like I was but I’m so eager to start creating my own welding art. I’d really like to start mixing my wood working art with my metal work to create my own personal pieces, hopefully I can build the tools up again and get my pain under control enough to do the things that I once loved. Follow your dreams people , you never know when something will change your life as you know it
love the videos man. with a couple of your tips from previous vids ive gotten some cool colors with stainless, very new to tig still getting used to the mechanics and everything but great advice
Great videos man, love watching them. So I've been wondering, I'm not sure how often you may make a mistake on a full project but what do you do if you have to make a repair? Let say you're close to completion and you dont step as far as you want on a dab or somthing of that nature, what do you do? I would think by buffing it back down you take a chance of losing the coloring or even your tracing.
I'm really considering going to a trade school and getting certified in welding. I'm kind of a tom boy in some ways and I don't mind labor jobs at all. I love art and making/building stuff, too so I'm hoping that it is fulfilling.
Minimum thickness of material to produce best results? What size tungsten? What size filler rod? I believe these are bigger variables to consider when getting into welding portraits.
Definitely wanna try this out but still trying to figure out which should be my first machine. Looking into the Titanium 200 or ESAB 215ic. Also need it to run stick coupons decently well
Hey Dusty, love the content. Do you ever mix in 309 into some non-ss pieces to create some interest or do you have to also build up 308 over the 309 to make it worth while?
Most important ingredient for art is creativity. You don't need to even be a decent welder. A cool idea and the love of what you're doing Trump everything else. Weld bead art, like watercolour painting takes a lot of skill. But that's a different question altogether.
Hey man I got the 210EXT and I just can’t seem to get the colors I get at on my Lincoln aspect at work, I’m using the stock torch I got a new regulator I’m thinking it is a leak somewhere between the tank and torch.. is there any common problems with leaks on the everlasting 210ext? Please let me know thanks love your work!
I have only recently gotten decent at tig welding. once I mastered flat plate passes, I picked up some puzzles from weld metals online. some of them didn’t turn out very well. but by setting some ground rules ( such as not repositioning the piece unless absolutely necessary) it really helps you get comfortable with your set up, stay loose (ABCs of welding) and thinking outside the box on ways to hold the torch, feed filler, etc and I feel like the same is probably true with art and sculpture, it gets you outside of the norm. I suppose you should be careful not to start any bad habits if you’re looking to get into structural welding in the future, but overall it can be a good skill builder.
i agree with ya. even if ur just practicing passes, practicing them in an orientation to make something visually keeps you more focused on what your doing, or perhaps changes perspective.
Hey Dusty, i watch your videos very carefully and i still don't get it! I can make nice welds, no overheating, but I can never get stainless steel to remain flat. I watch you do it and there is no distortion at all, it's like MAGIC! How do you do it? 🤔 And thanks for the videos, you are an inspiration 👍
What aboot respirators? I always thought you wanted one welding aluminum and what about stainless? And what else is bad, zinc galvanized or just everything? What are acceptable respirators? Do you just use a fume extractor? So many questions, so little time. Thanks for the motivation
Respirators can be worn for all welding and should be worn for all grinding. Carbon steel isn’t that bad unless it’s oily. I don’t weld stainless or aluminum often so I don’t wear a respirator. If you weld those often, then it may be good practice to start wearing it. Anything galvanized/coated on the other hand, your body will let you know real quick if you breath that in. Again, you should wear a respirator when you grind at all times. Most don’t, and that’s a shame - nothing tough about it... search for 3M P100 respirator pads.
@@JRP026 @JP Thanks much appreciated. I always try to wear n95 grinding and cutting but seemed like just a dust mask for welding. I have just been welding a little bit of steel haven't thought much of it beside keep the head out of the smoke. Good ol' google says n95 acceptable for most welding but will definitely invest in a p100 setup, cheap peace of mind. Just see very few people on youtube here takin off a respirator after welding stainless or aluminum or anything about the ill effects doing so.
I'm years away from doing anything creative in terms of TIG welding art (I say years .. probably decades but I'm old and don't have a lot of them left!) but I'm determined to get there. Something I'm considering is artistic plasma cutting .. I see the combination of this and TIG welding as a good pairing. There's a lot of stuff out there on CNC plasma cutting for art but not too much in the freehand space. Do you have many thoughts on this? (Apologies if this is something you've covered in the past, I'm new here).
C H A L L E N G E ~~ Tig weld a 2-1/2 solid No1 copper pipe.... shedule....any size from 80 - 160. Need a Tutor, just ask. Its me that pesky Nuclear Class Welder. ;)
what is your base material? thickness? filler rod material? rod size? settings? flow rate? post/pre? max amperage? pulse? cup size? tungsten? tungsten size? you could have easily said these things quickly or just posted a recipe in the description...but no- you sat there and talked about the same thing you talk about in every video and ran your sponsors....great job
Please wear a PAPR helmet or use some kind of respirator when welding stainless steel. Hexavalent chromium is highly carcinogenic and you don't want to inhale that. Any PAPR system or 3M respirator will protect you from breathing in hexavalent chromium.
I thought you would help me get started. I’m still waiting for an email. You mention quite regularly that you get hit up pretty hard about those wanting to learn. My question is why not actually teach them something...Showing is good, but without hands on there is just no way to practice the art itself. In fact people like me wouldn't have a clue how to even get started even if we watched someone doing this for a hours. We have to start welding-ourself. But I also see no replies. Perhaps you are busy doing your own thing. Which is fine. But are you here to just advertise your own art? Or are you here to help others get started?
Wich is the thickness of the back plate that you reccomend to use to tack weld the ss sheet? I'd love to give weldart a try and hopefully make a christmas present for a person😁
Definitely wanna try this out but still trying to figure out which should be my first machine. Looking into the Titanium 200 or ESAB 215ic. Also need it to run stick coupons decently well
💎💎💎Take a FREE online Tig class on my website HERE👉 www.pacificarctigwelding.com/
Thanks SO MUCH for watching. Check out the links to the episodes I mention HERE🔥 th-cam.com/video/4bzItffjq0c/w-d-xo.html
Love the positive videos Dusty. I am working on a 3D Shadow Box. Figured the 3D look will be cool, plus the benefit of working on different layers keeps the heat away for the different parts.
Have you ever tried to do a tig weld bonsai tree?
Ran across a video of yours. Loved it. I have been welding for 20 years. Pipe, production. Heavy industrial. I am bored and love growing and learning. Thanks for the new inspiration and hope I can reach as I dive in to weld art.
Your art work is great
Was a TIG welder for 45 years. So I’ve soon a lot of welds both production and art. Your work is the best I have ever seen.😍
Great advice buddy. I’m at the end of my tig welding life. Eyes are shot. Enjoy what you do mate
Great video Dusty. It was awesome seeing Louie in there.
Old old saying I only recently understood after years of hearing it,
"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear".
I thought this was some mystical thing. It's all about attitude. If you're humble and curious, anyone and anywhere becomes an opportunity to learn.
Thanks for the good vibes bro. I had welding in high school. (Arc mig tig)
Quit the alcohol bought a welder and plasma cutter… I should’ve done this a long time ago. Fell into hvac trade but it’s not my passion. Thanks for your channel dude🤙🏽👊🏽. Always loved the metal art
Another top shelf video Dusty! I'm really enjoying your channel, I've spent the last two weeks trying to get through your back catalogue. I think I'm about half way there. Great entertainment and leaning a thing or two as well. Keep up the good work mate!!
I love my Everlast welder. I am currently getting my garage set up at my house i just purchased so i can get started welding again. I have been watching your videos and will for sure tag you in my work when i get started!
My apple taste but dirty, thankful for it tho.😂 your videos are a blessing thank you very much. I am a maintenance technician for a sheet metal shop. When I have time I’m allowed to tig on aluminum enclosures. There’s welded to be ground flush. Your videos are a nice help. And what I realize is honesty hands down. Take a short cut and with tig it will tell on you quickly I’ve realized.
Loving the art angle, this is what got me into it. I'm just trying to get my basics down first. Can't wait to start the course with you in Feb. Cheers!
Dusty, your art work is beautiful, the sculpture work is awesome, watch you all the time, I learn something new every time.
Thank you for doing your videos.
Absolutely Art! ❤beautiful!
Honestly, looked this up out of minor curiosity because of a welding mask I saw while looking for mask while I glass etch, and now my curiosity is much higher
As always, good solid information !
Inspirational!! Love it!!
I really want to get into welding art, I too am a lifelong artist. I have wanted to start my own company selling my creations for sometime now and had finally gotten the majority of my tools together when I was on a job and had been leaving all my tools on site, in a locked shed that had cameras on it, then one morning, I arrived on site, to find a few cops walking around and looking around, only to find out that all my tools were stolen 😢 6-8k worth the tools , my life was crushed and my dreams destroyed .After this happened I went into a serious depression for a bit and almost gave up on my dream , feeling I would not be able to get to where I was again , Ii can’t let them take my dreams tho , so I finally started building my tool collection again , although I’m dealing with health issues and unable to afford the quality of tools I once was due to being unable to work like I was but I’m so eager to start creating my own welding art. I’d really like to start mixing my wood working art with my metal work to create my own personal pieces, hopefully I can build the tools up again and get my pain under control enough to do the things that I once loved. Follow your dreams people , you never know when something will change your life as you know it
Hell yeah bro, good stuff!! Almost to 100k subs my guy!!!!
That geco is awesome!
Love it!
Love the lizard 🦎 ❤, gives me ideas 💡 for making a Gila monster 🦎.
Thank you💜
That’s a good idea
Wise words!
love the videos man. with a couple of your tips from previous vids ive gotten some cool colors with stainless, very new to tig still getting used to the mechanics and everything but great advice
Thanks
Can i use transfer paper on steel? Sketch something on it and plant it on steel, if i mess up i could fix it still
Great videos man, love watching them. So I've been wondering, I'm not sure how often you may make a mistake on a full project but what do you do if you have to make a repair? Let say you're close to completion and you dont step as far as you want on a dab or somthing of that nature, what do you do? I would think by buffing it back down you take a chance of losing the coloring or even your tracing.
Nice bro and God bless you
I'm really considering going to a trade school and getting certified in welding. I'm kind of a tom boy in some ways and I don't mind labor jobs at all. I love art and making/building stuff, too so I'm hoping that it is fulfilling.
Do you cover your art with varnish afterwards to stop it from oxidising later
George
Minimum thickness of material to produce best results? What size tungsten? What size filler rod? I believe these are bigger variables to consider when getting into welding portraits.
Definitely wanna try this out but still trying to figure out which should be my first machine. Looking into the Titanium 200 or ESAB 215ic. Also need it to run stick coupons decently well
Thanks LARRYMOORE
Hey Dusty, love the content. Do you ever mix in 309 into some non-ss pieces to create some interest or do you have to also build up 308 over the 309 to make it worth while?
Hey Dusty, do you coat your artworks with anything to preserve the colour?
Just got my Prime tig welder this winter. What's the thinnest plate youd do art on?
How do you determine what the colour will be? Thanks
Most important ingredient for art is creativity. You don't need to even be a decent welder. A cool idea and the love of what you're doing Trump everything else.
Weld bead art, like watercolour painting takes a lot of skill.
But that's a different question altogether.
Hey man I got the 210EXT and I just can’t seem to get the colors I get at on my Lincoln aspect at work, I’m using the stock torch I got a new regulator I’m thinking it is a leak somewhere between the tank and torch.. is there any common problems with leaks on the everlasting 210ext? Please let me know thanks love your work!
I have only recently gotten decent at tig welding. once I mastered flat plate passes, I picked up some puzzles from weld metals online. some of them didn’t turn out very well. but by setting some ground rules ( such as not repositioning the piece unless absolutely necessary) it really helps you get comfortable with your set up, stay loose (ABCs of welding) and thinking outside the box on ways to hold the torch, feed filler, etc and I feel like the same is probably true with art and sculpture, it gets you outside of the norm. I suppose you should be careful not to start any bad habits if you’re looking to get into structural welding in the future, but overall it can be a good skill builder.
i agree with ya. even if ur just practicing passes, practicing them in an orientation to make something visually keeps you more focused on what your doing, or perhaps changes perspective.
Hey Dusty, i watch your videos very carefully and i still don't get it! I can make nice welds, no overheating, but I can never get stainless steel to remain flat. I watch you do it and there is no distortion at all, it's like MAGIC!
How do you do it? 🤔
And thanks for the videos, you are an inspiration 👍
What size cup are you using?
I dabbed some tig art on a small SS coupon the other night. That coupon turned into a tortilla chip. Off to the the other video......again.
How thick is your base material? What size rod and approx amperage?
Quick question, in your opinion what is the least expensive tig machine for welding aluminum? Thanks in advance Steve
What would be your minimum thickness of heat sink plate for 14gauge peice
What aboot respirators? I always thought you wanted one welding aluminum and what about stainless? And what else is bad, zinc galvanized or just everything? What are acceptable respirators? Do you just use a fume extractor? So many questions, so little time. Thanks for the motivation
Respirators can be worn for all welding and should be worn for all grinding. Carbon steel isn’t that bad unless it’s oily. I don’t weld stainless or aluminum often so I don’t wear a respirator. If you weld those often, then it may be good practice to start wearing it. Anything galvanized/coated on the other hand, your body will let you know real quick if you breath that in. Again, you should wear a respirator when you grind at all times. Most don’t, and that’s a shame - nothing tough about it... search for 3M P100 respirator pads.
@@JRP026 @JP Thanks much appreciated. I always try to wear n95 grinding and cutting but seemed like just a dust mask for welding. I have just been welding a little bit of steel haven't thought much of it beside keep the head out of the smoke. Good ol' google says n95 acceptable for most welding but will definitely invest in a p100 setup, cheap peace of mind. Just see very few people on youtube here takin off a respirator after welding stainless or aluminum or anything about the ill effects doing so.
I'm years away from doing anything creative in terms of TIG welding art (I say years .. probably decades but I'm old and don't have a lot of them left!) but I'm determined to get there.
Something I'm considering is artistic plasma cutting .. I see the combination of this and TIG welding as a good pairing. There's a lot of stuff out there on CNC plasma cutting for art but not too much in the freehand space. Do you have many thoughts on this? (Apologies if this is something you've covered in the past, I'm new here).
Do you have any art work for sale ?
C H A L L E N G E ~~ Tig weld a 2-1/2 solid No1 copper pipe.... shedule....any size from 80 - 160.
Need a Tutor, just ask. Its me that pesky Nuclear Class Welder. ;)
what is your base material? thickness? filler rod material? rod size? settings? flow rate? post/pre? max amperage? pulse? cup size? tungsten? tungsten size?
you could have easily said these things quickly or just posted a recipe in the description...but no- you sat there and talked about the same thing you talk about in every video and ran your sponsors....great job
Please wear a PAPR helmet or use some kind of respirator when welding stainless steel. Hexavalent chromium is highly carcinogenic and you don't want to inhale that. Any PAPR system or 3M respirator will protect you from breathing in hexavalent chromium.
1:09 30 years? You look 28 yo
I thought you would help me get started. I’m still waiting for an email. You mention quite regularly that you get hit up pretty hard about those wanting to learn. My question is why not actually teach them something...Showing is good, but without hands on there is just no way to practice the art itself. In fact people like me wouldn't have a clue how to even get started even if we watched someone doing this for a hours. We have to start welding-ourself. But I also see no replies. Perhaps you are busy doing your own thing. Which is fine. But are you here to just advertise your own art? Or are you here to help others get started?
Wich is the thickness of the back plate that you reccomend to use to tack weld the ss sheet? I'd love to give weldart a try and hopefully make a christmas present for a person😁
Definitely wanna try this out but still trying to figure out which should be my first machine. Looking into the Titanium 200 or ESAB 215ic. Also need it to run stick coupons decently well