Secrets of a TIG Foot Pedal

Instructions unclear, heel-toed my TIG torch and now the bead looks like the lyrics to the Tokyo Drift theme.

Thanks Justin love the no bs answers and just straight to the point here it is 2:00 am and makes me want to go back out to weld some more hope the like and comment helps you on YouTube 👍

Yes, Justin, I have heard people say, after asked about how many Amps are needed, "Oh just max out the Machine and use the Foot pedal", which is Crazy, because you Don't get the fine control on your welds. I look at the Job and say I will probably need about 160 Amps, so I set the Machine output to 180 Amps giving me a bit of Breathing space and Use the foot pedal as required up and down to suit what I am doing at the time. It has worked for me for over 20 years.

Thank you Jason, been following you now for about 18 months. Your instruction have improved my level of skill and i am always practicing and laying respectable welds in Steel, Stainless and Aluminum too. Thank you, please keep up the great work.

Great points and video. Sharing with 14 y.o. son working on learning both. Thank you!

thanks for the explanation and how to set the amps for the size of material, keep them comming :)

not knocking jody but youre the best guy explaining welding and showing results. thanks

Agreed to a certain extent. In order for my daughter to learn how to drive, I had to tell her how much brake or throttle I am inputting. That gave her a basis on how much of to use as she was first learning. I applied that same knowledge to my wife when I taught her how to drive a manual. Many are visual learners.

I have watched a ton of your work on this channel and the Fabrication Series channel. I really find your instruction super helpful. I have Oxy Acetylene welded for many years and have wanted to TIG for about as long, but just never bought the gear. I am working on a new bicycle fab job and had to have TIG so I finally ponied up and bought an Everlast 210EXT after watching your video comparing it to the 255 model. Im getting the hang of it finally and really having fun, but it took a lot of fiddling to finally dial in the right tungsten, tungsten size, cup, amps, pre and post flow and to use all of them in concert to create a decent weld! Anyway, your videos REALLY helped me tremendously and I am grateful that you take the time to produce all the great content! THANK YOU!!!

I enjoy watching your videos and agree with other commenters that there is something special about the way you walk. I am wondering how you talk when you are NOT making a video. Anyway, I got a 315A AC TIG but did not get a foot pedal in the set, for some reason. It is now ready for pickup and I just need to go and get it. I cannot wait to get started with TIG and I am sure I will be back to revisit your videos to see where and how I screwed up.

Lol, I can remember when I first started tig welding in highschool about 35 years ago and my biggest problem was when things started to go wrong I'd panic and the pedal would go to the floor and I'd pull the torch away and make one helluva light show. This took a while to overcome.😅

Another excellent video. This is instructional tube at its finest. Thank you, Justin.

You always explain things in detail. Great videos

Excellent video Justin with great info. Thanks for taking the time to share. Cheers

Yep and I still remember 40 something years later being told to stop looking at your feet, but it had to be done. And when I taught myself to double shuffle as we call it or D clutch. The ears got a real workout too. In saying that you should check out the Audi quattro WRC works team video, an interesting foot control clip. Thanks Justin more please

hmmm.. wondering how i missed this channel getting created. granted it's been a while since i watched a fab series video.. expanding the brand i assume. keep it up. good stuff.

Bravo Justin.........cheers my friend.......Paul in Orlando

Kind of reminds me of a lesson taught in the MSF Basic course. On a motorcycle your safety is that clutch lever. The bike can be bouncing off the limiter but it's harmless so long as you don't release the clutch and yeet yourself into Low Earth Orbit.

A current clamp an a datalogger time synched to the video would probably provide interesting information (probably display as a bar graph on the side of the arc video)

Super helpful video, thinking of the puddle step by step like that really helped me frame what I should be doing better.