Fabrication shop shirt mindset: Everything You NEED to Know About TIG Welding

If you live in your fabrication shop shirt, you value clean fit-ups, tight tolerances, and repeatable results. This technical guide distills TIG fundamentals through advanced practice into a shop-ready reference that shortens your learning curve and cuts rework—so your beads look intentional, your penetration is consistent, and your parts pass inspection the first time.

Built by certified welders and proven on real production benches, it delivers step-by-step setup and parameter ranges for steel, stainless, aluminum, and titanium; tungsten prep and selection; gas lens and cup sizing; AC balance and frequency; pulse strategy; joint design and prep; distortion control; and clean, efficient torch and filler coordination. You’ll get visual cues for puddle control, edge starts, outside corners, fillets, and thin-gauge work (down to 0.040"), plus troubleshooting for porosity, sugaring, undercut, crater cracking, and inconsistent arc starts. Expect concise charts, WPS-style checklists, and practical fixes that work under deadline pressure—the same processes the best shops trust.

• Dial-in fast: proven amps, filler, and gas coverage baselines that hold up across alloys and thicknesses.
• Reduce rejects: repeatable procedures and QA checkpoints that keep quality tight and scrap low.
• Work cleaner: fit-up, prep, and heat-input control that preserve finish and minimize post-process time.

Whether your fabrication shop shirt is covered in layout dye or stainless dust, this is the TIG playbook that turns hard-earned shop sense into consistent, inspectable welds—every shift.