Entry level tig welder: turn beginner gear into precision results

Own an entry level tig welder? TIG Welding Secrets delivers the exact setups, techniques, and troubleshooting needed to produce clean, repeatable beads on steel, stainless, and aluminum. Follow shop-tested procedures for amperage, pulse, gas flow, tungsten prep, torch angle, and filler control—so your first arc looks like your fiftieth.

Written by a CWI-level instructor with 20+ years in fab and field, this guide is used by vocational programs and thousands of new welders. You’ll get machine-agnostic settings, visual defect IDs, and WPS-style recipes from thin sheet to plate, tuned to the realities of compact inverters: limited duty cycles, modest AC output, and budget torches.

• Dial-in charts by material/thickness (0.8–6 mm), DC and AC, with realistic starting points for small machines.
• Fast fixes for porosity, contamination, warpage, arc wander—plus gas coverage and cup selection.
• Efficient drills to build torch stability and puddle timing in 20 minutes a day.