7 Stainless TIG Welding Faults

In this video, you will see 7 common mistakes made when TIG welding stainless steel square tube.

Learning to TIG weld stainless steel is a lot easier when you know what faults to look for.

See behind the hood for each weld of the square tube, with detailed commentary.

This is part of a series of TIG welding lessons for a build series of a stainless steel ar table and stools project. Here:

I am using a HF start TIG welder but the mistakes apply to scratch and lift TIG also.

I hope you enjoy the 7 Stainless TIG Welding Faults video.

⏱ TIMESTAMPS ⏱
0:00 TIG welding faults on stainless steel square tube Introduction
0:45 Gas flow rates and ideal amps
1:36 Stainless square tube things to look for
1:53 Ideal weld settings and wire choice
3:16 Low amperage
4:24 High amperage
5:12 Large gaps
6:10 Dirty tungsten
6:48 Wire sizes explained
7:09 Wire size too small
7:52 Wire size too large
8:33 Misaligned face
9:18 Arc strikes
9:26 Semi polished to show the tig welding faults

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[weldingempire]

What's up welders! There are timestamps in the video description so you can find the problem you may be experiencing. Hit the like button if you found the video helpful.

[areal]

Very informative and clearly presented. Video is easy to follow.

[geoffparnell]

Great video! I wish I had seen this when I was starting out.

[JokoEngineeringhelp]

Those are some good welds. Do you have any tips for avoiding distortion? I TIG welded up a rectangular stainless water tank once and did 1 inch beads at different locations all along the seams. It held back the warp very well, but it was time consuming on the long seams. Is there a better way?

[galiver]

Hello sir. How to use lift tig on thin stainless tubes like 1.0mm and 1.2mm?

[stefanvalchev]

Don't you think your perfect weld is overcooked ?I think your travel speed is low and you start cooking the stainless