Texas TIG Welding | Stick Welding with 2 Electrodes

We mentioned "Texas TIG" in a video a while back when we did a video on dealing with large gaps. At the time we were showing how to do code quality welds on some bigger than wanted gap. Today, we are showing you how to do TEXAS TIG (AKA Tijuana TIG, Florida Fill, Stiggin, etc, etc.). It should be noted that this method is NOT for critical welds. This is for use when you are stuck doing a project without the right electrode you need and the job needs to get done. It's also fun to play around with. Happy Welding!
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[leebarnhart]

Well, this is the damnedest thing I've seen in a while and I've been welding for forty years! You can teach an old dog new tricks, even a mutt like me. I'm heading out to the shop right now to try this out for myself. "What else don't I know" I'm asking myself now. You rocked me! This is why I watch this channel.

[AdamTheJensen]

Best moment: "I'm going to be running this 3/32 1109... oh, wait a minute... *turns rod over* ... that's 6011". Thanks Bob, you've got a great sense of humor. Pretty neat video too!

[chrisking]

The Bob Ross of welding... Couldn't be happier to be watching!

[knowitallyankee]

First welder I find with "Texas Tig" in the settings menu, I'm buying on the spot!!!

[_TheDudeAbides_]

The best kind of teacher. Calm and stable with clear explanations and sneaking in some good jokes in the middle of the lessons. I wish all my teachers I had in school would have been like this.

[rudyrayaaw]

I had an inspector catch me doing this to fill a gap on 3/8" top plate to HHS4x4x0.25 column with 7018. He asked me "what the hell are you doing?". I told him STIG welding. "what the hell is that?" he said. I told him a combo of Stick and Tig, go look it up. He watched me for a while and said that was interesting. The next day when he came to my job site he chewed my butt and told me to never do that again on a structural weld, but I'm not going to make you grind out that weld and do it again cause it came out real nice and I taught him something. This is the first time I've seen this done anywhere else. I like it. It works in a pinch.

[JohnDoe-gbzb]

When he said “it didn’t take into account that I’m a bad....”

Who was waiting for “motherf***er”?

[Paullyb]

The video quality of the welds in progress has gotten a lot better. Clearest visuals of live welds I’ve seen yet. Thanks Bob.

[arnokilianski]

Memories! I learned a similar technique back in 1986, a long way from Texas -- I was in training at the Canadian Coast Guard College, in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
The piece I was welding was part of the lube oil piping on a Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine. That section of pipe passed a pressure test at 300 p.s.i., and I passed that year's shop class...
Today, I own a real TIG, and have no plans to do any stick welding any time soon...

[michaelkearney]

Works great for welding handrail. Especially when all you have is 1/8". I've filled plenty of ugly gaps by doin this.

[jonmuck]

I had an old timer show me this when I was a teenager, 45 now. Still use it especially working on a farm. Great video.

[BMGProjects]

That tubing and angle iron is a good real world example on how to weld the thin stuff with a gap. Good video.

[catalin-viorelbriceag]

This dude should be a voice actor. His voice and accent are amazing.

[rlund]

The lessons are superb, but the humor is sublime.

[donzmilky]

You truly are one of the most valueable men on the internet. Thanks for sharing what you know and taking the time to walk through it and also showing when things dont go quite as planned. Much appreciated bob.

[gregmurray]

“Coopins “. I literally LOL’d. Great video!

[bewing]

As a farmer, the “bridging a gap” thing is one of the most common welding situations I end up in, commonly with various material thicknesses, paint, dirt, rust, grime etc. Last week I had to fix a hole in an old slurry spreader wich was dented, painted (partially) and had rust making the metal anywhere from 2 to 7 mm thick and without ever hearing about it I came up with the idea of grabbing some TIG wire to help bridge the gaps.

Excellent video, would love more on subjects that apply to repairing stuff with limited resources, such as only having one kind of rod and the only “sheet metal” available being some old bits cut from a retired combine, using mixed metals etc.

[svndwich]

I now know what Texas tig is, and understand how to apply it in not critical components like school. 3 years old and still teaching. Thank you

[ryanjones]

Watched one of our shop guys, several years ago now, bash all the flux off three or four other rods, jam them into the gap of a fillet joint and welded right over the top of it all....worked awesome.

[thorlo]

I wish I could have had you as my teacher back in the day. But, as I am about 15-20 years older than you...LOL! You have this flat, dry this is how you do it the right way, demeanor that gets me. You are just awesome dude!! Now you know why I love this channel, and I'm a retired RN, with a few months HS welding only.