Everything You Need To Know About Welding | How To MIG | Workshop Diaries | Edd China

Here's everything you wanted to know about welding but are too cool to ask...

How do you MIG weld? What size welding wire should I use? Is MIG or TIG better? What is the best gas for MIG welding? How much gas? These are just some of the questions I regularly get asked about welding; so, as a great way to put off welding up John's rusty Range Rover chassis, I thought it might be good to do a bit of a MIG welding refresher for you.

Workshop Diaries - The series will focus on the practical aspects of Edd’s workshop life, revelling in the detail of the fixes and exploring old and new technologies; covering a wide range of projects from classic cars to amphibious vehicles, tractors and bikes to planes – whatever takes their fancy.

China relishes the upcoming project, which invites viewers into his personal workshop facility in Buckinghamshire.

“I’m really excited to finally be able to bring this project to our fans as it is something they repeatedly have been asking for,” said China. “Workshop Diaries will let viewers really get stuck into the project and the detail of the fixes, and also provide a platform for instant feedback and interaction. It’s an exciting prospect and it’s great to finally get going!”

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[DehnusNorder]

I know it's mean to say, but it's such a relief to not have a Mike Brewer barge in to interrupt "class" to talk about money. As really this is very instructive and educational.

[statostheman]

Each time you weld, you honor my late father. My father invented the current mig/mag nuzzle with the patent nr: 4956541. RIP my dad, Ossi Hiltunen.

[MattGratt]

Edd, I've been watching beginner welding videos for a while and this is exactly what I needed - clear, structured, and focused on what you need to know - you nailed it!

[gren]

What a great bloke, engineer and presenter. He is so well liked on here, I can't see why the TV channels haven't signed him up.

[tomevans]

Welding has seemed like a dark art to me for years but this video has made it far simpler and more accessible. Thanks Ed.

[jerrysanchez]

This was legitimately better information than I learned from My welding instructor.i would love to see a tig master class.

[davidrobertson]

My dad was a certified three position welder back in the day. Video brings back lots of memories. This is absolutely one of the best tutorial videos on welding they I have seen. Great job Ed and team!

[larrym]

I'm starting out trying to understand welding before I buy anything. This is the first video that has made real sense, so thank you.

[dnick]

Ed is a genius for picking a Range Rover to restore on his channel. Even with a team of 8 men working full time it will take about 436 episodes to finish.

[vettekid]

When I was an hourly employee for Caterpillar Tractor Company in the early 1970's I learned how to first stick weld and then went to mig welding using submerged aic where the shielding is caused by a granular flux that is deposited at the same time as the wire and it melts to form a slag just like stick welding and is one of the hardest to learn because you cannot see the weld puddle and you have to judge it by the glow thru the flux. Before moving to being a machinist I learned and mastered out of position welding including pipe and overhead welding, aluminum and stainless steel and even friction welding. All things that helped me later on as a quality analyst for failure investigation.

[Churbas]

As my boss said when I was learning to weld - if your weld sounds like frying bacon, you're doing well, if it smells like frying bacon you should reconsider.

[blackdog]

And this is where Edd shines! He explains so well, like no other! This is why he is always so interesting and enjoyable to watch. This video is going right into my metal shop folder! Thankful for you brother Edd!!!

[doctorarmani]

Ed is a brilliant teacher and should be elevated to Professor Ed (status) by now. Another great and informative video and I look forward to more of these in-depth subjects.

[redheadsg]

Man, this video came at the right time. Yesterday i bought inverter welder from Lidl/Aldi so that i could learn welding from my father, my father has 40+ years experience with welding a lot of different stuff, mostly in welding water turbines, screws and so on. Today i finally tried and i am happy that my father is teaching me welding. It was my life goal for many many years. Obviously my welds are not great, i am too fast from what my father is telling me but hey, i am learning and eventually i will be making a good enough welds. Live and learn.

[MrMontychops]

My MIG night class instructor was an ex REME Master Metalsmith. He explained that it is vital to remember welding is just an electrical circuit. As such, good contacts are crucial. So, make sure your earth us attached as close as possible to your work & ensure the connection area is clean metal together with the area to weld 👍

[richlincoln]

Been welding for a couple of years semi professionally, taught myself what I know from various youtube videos. I learned a few tips from this, probably the most informative YouTube welding video I’ve watched

[donwhitehead]

Best explanation of welding types EVER 👍🏻👍🏻

[maisumaqueda]

The world needs more people like Ed, thanks to him and the team that put this together!

Also, more of this sort of videos!

[southsoon]

After 45 years of welding I learned a couple of tricks. Ed, you are the best, keep up the great work.

[tcpnetworks]

As a TAFE-taught welder - this was bob-on for giving beginners information. Get the setup right, and the welding process can be learned quickly and a good technique can develop with metres of bead Good job, Ed!