🚨 **Want to Become a Better Aluminum TIG Welder?** 🚨 Hey everyone! Thanks for letting me share this @Grant Pratt I've started **Aluminum TIG Academy**, a community built specifically for people who want to master aluminum TIG welding. Whether you've never struck an arc or you've been welding for years, my goal is to help you understand *why* things happen—not just tell you what settings to use. This isn't just a place to watch videos. It's a place to learn, ask questions, and improve. ### Here's what you'll get: 🔥 COMING SOON! **Extremely detailed courses** covering topics like: * AC balance and exactly how it affects cleaning action and penetration * AC frequency and when to increase or decrease it * Amperage selection and heat control * Pulse settings and when they actually help * Tungsten types, sizes, grinds, and why each one matters * Filler rod selection (4043, 5356, and more) * Shielding gas, gas lenses, cup sizes, and proper gas coverage * Torch angle, arc length, travel speed, and filler timing * Aluminum prep, cleaning, and contamination prevention * Joint fit-up and how it affects weld quality * Thin aluminum techniques without burn-through * Welding different aluminum thicknesses * Troubleshooting porosity, black soot, contamination, lack of fusion, overheating, and many other common problems 🎓 **Theory—not just "copy my settings."** One of the biggest things I focus on is teaching the *science* behind aluminum TIG welding. Once you understand what your arc is doing, why your puddle behaves the way it does, and how every machine setting changes the weld, you can confidently adjust to almost any job instead of relying on someone else's numbers. 📸 **Personal weld critiques** One of the best parts of the community is that you can post photos or videos of your welds, and I'll give you an honest, detailed critique. I'll point out what's working, what needs improvement, what's causing defects, and exactly what to change to get better results. Sometimes one small adjustment can completely transform your welds.

I have been struggling with this so much on our two ck20 torches! I put a 30x close up of the weld. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FyEuWaCUq/ https://youtu.be/yD0n-hrhzoI?si=FAgSSQQVSqE4gEhs

Plan on practicing more. 150 amps/150hz 35 balance 3/32 rod and tungsten

Looking for a little guidance. I am going to attempt to weld in a 6 inch wide aluminum strap over the porous area which is marked with the arrow. I would normally send this out but they are behind 3 weeks. I'm thinking 1/8 thick but I will do a short run of maybe only 12 inches. I am thinking of going with 3/32 blue 2% lanthanated tungsten, AC 150 amps foot pedal, #8 cup, 120 Hz and 30 %. Video are the settings I have used on a previous project. @Grant Pratt thank you so much for keeping this Skool going.

I wasn’t just trying to make pretty welds. I was making some gaps, off height welds, cleaning with brush and acetone all the way to no cleaning at all. I had hertz high 170, down to 100. Amps stayed around 85-90 ish with some pedaling(1/16 coupons)Trying to get some tips for when they butt up to each other off height. Do you focus the arc toward the lower piece? Any advice appreciated