Instructor: Jody Collier
Jody Collier from WeldingTipsAndTricks and The Weldmonger Store brings you his best premium welding tips. You probably know Jody from YouTube where he's become known by many as "The Godfather of Welding". With a million subscribers, decades of experience in welding inspection and instruction, not to mention loads of down and dirty experience in the shop, you'll be very hard pressed to find a more well-rounded welding instructor than Jody Collier. He's the best of the best.
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MIG Welding 101 for Beginners Uphill Part 3
Uphill short circuit mig welding requires some manipulation of the arc in order to help the bead flatten. Downhill short circuit mig is much easier and while it might be fine for certain welds like 1/8" wall tubing, Short circuit mig downhill is notorious for having lack of fusion. This video sh...
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MIG Welding 101 from scratch part 2
MIG welding for beginners. Jody's sons Jake and Joey have not welded before this series so this is a good chance to flush out plenty of beginner questions.
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MIG Welding 101 from Scratch...For Beginners
Mig welding for beginners with Jody and sons Jake and Joey. A complete beginner video.
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Andrew Cardin and Jody - 1G 11ga Butt Joint Root pass
Andrew Cardin TIG welding a root pass in 11ga steel using lay wire technique.
11ga steel can serve as a practice metal for open roots
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Jody and Kyle - 2G Plate 6010 Root Part 1
Taking the extra time to have an even land, gap, and no mismatch aka Hi/Lo is worth the extra effort on any plate or pipe weld.
part 2 is 7018 fill and cap using 3/32" https://welderskills.vhx.tv/videos/2g-7018-fill-cap-ga-trade-school -
Pulse Spray MIG Zoom Call
Matt and Jody worked on some pulse spray mig videos recently and talk about pulse spray on this Zoom.
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Jody Collier - Zoom Recording "Certification Testing"
Jody discusses welding certifications, when they are useful, and how they vary job to job
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WelderSkills Live "Certification Tests" 1/4 @ 8:00 pm EST
For the next zoom call we'll be talking about welding certification. Happy new year!
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Brad Goodman - Tungsten Prep TIG Aluminum with Jody
Jody and Brad talk about tungsten prep live with Q&A
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Jody Collier - Zoom Recording 12/20 "Tungsten"
Live call with Jody Collier chatting about tungsten
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Jody Collier - Zoom Recording 12/7/22 "Open Q&A"
The first open QA session of many to come. Ask me anything every Wednesday at 8 pm EST.
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Jody Collier - MIG Welding Fillet welds
This video shows settings and techniques for Several different Fillet Welds in flat and horizontal position ...done with Short Circuit mig welding
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3G Stainless TIG Welding Practice for AWS D17.1 Aerospace weld tests
AWS D17.1 is the specification for aerospace fusion welding.
It is common for 1G tests to be done in aerospace welding certification because shops often have positions and manipulators that can pretty much get every weld in the flat position.
But sometimes employers require a 2G and or a 3G tes...
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Jody Collier - High Speed Pulse Settings for Tig Welding on an Edge
39 pps, 30% background current, and main amps set to 124 amps.
11 ga carbon steel
3/32" 2% lanth electrode
1/16" er70s6 wire
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DIY Flap Sander for Deburring Inside Tube
Handy tool for cleaning inside diameter of tubes and deburring ...quick tip video for making a flap sander from drill rod or round stock
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Jody Collier - Zoom Recording "Down N Dirty Metallurgy"
Check out my latest Zoom call from 5/5 where I talk about my most recent video in depth. A few things every welder should know with some extra tips and a Q&A session.
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Jody Collier - Down and Dirty Metallurgy
Heat from Welding affects Carbon steel, aluminum and stainless in different ways and this video emphasizes how that works along with the main considerations for different metals. A couple things I think every welder should know.
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Intro to TIG Welding EP01 - Setting up a TIG Machine and Basic DC Settings
This is part 1 of a new 'Intro to TIG Welding' course. My goal here is to make the best possible intro to TIG course through continual improvements based on your feedback. Leave comments if you have any questions, and we'll add the answers to the course.
*UPDATED 11/22 to show argon tank safety
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Intro to TIG Welding EP02 - Torch Parts and Types
In episode 2 we cover the different types of torches, how to figure out if you 17, 18, 26 9-20 torch, and what the parts do
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Intro to TIG Welding EP03 - Cutting and Sharpening Tungsten
Some tips for How to cut and sharpen your tungsten.
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Intro to TIG Welding EP04 - Quick Start Settings for DC Steel
Basic Quick Start Settings for DC TIG welding Steel.
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Intro to TIG Welding EP05 - Carbon Steel Beads on Plate no Filler Rod
TIG welding Carbon Steel Beads on Plate no Filler Rod.
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Intro to TIG Welding EP05 (Part 2) - How to Hold a Tig Torch for Beginners
I got a request from a member to show how to hold the torch, so here's a video on that! Don't forget to leave comments if you have questions. If it's something important, I will likely update an existing part of this course or add a new video altogether. Thanks for being a member. Thanks for the ...
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Intro to TIG Welding EP06 - Carbon Steel Beads with Filler Rod
Carbon Steel Beads with Filler Rod
11ga cold rolled steel
DCEN machine amps set to 124 using foot pedal
105 amps actual peak amps
3/32" 2% lanthanated electrode
1/16" ER70S6 rod
#8 cup 20 cfh argon