Beyond the tig welding coffee mug: Everything You NEED to Know About TIG Welding

If a tig welding coffee mug lives on your bench, you already respect precision. This is the book that matches it. Built by seasoned TIG specialists and reviewed by shop instructors, Everything You NEED to Know About TIG Welding turns guesswork into repeatable, inspection-ready results—without the fluff.

Inside, you get proven setups and decision trees for aluminum, stainless, and carbon steel; tungsten selection and prep (diameter, grind, taper, stickout); gas coverage (cups, gas lens, flow rates, back purging); amperage and pulse starting points; torch angles and travel speeds; and filler pairing by joint type. It shows you how to control heat input, minimize distortion, tame thin-wall stainless, walk the cup on pipe, dial AC balance for 6061, and read weld color to verify shielding. Troubleshooting pages map symptoms to root causes—porosity, undercut, lack of fusion, sugaring—so you fix issues fast and stop wasting consumables.

Expect shop-ready checklists, quick-reference charts, and real-world procedures that scale from a garage bench to production work. Whether you’re tuning a foot pedal for micro control or chasing consistency on a long run, this guide makes your next bead predictable—clean, strong, and repeatable.

• Set up faster with clear parameters and fixtures that work.
• Produce cleaner beads with fewer reworks and less post-processing.
• Diagnose defects quickly and lock in repeatable quality.