TIG Welding Step-by-Step Book: TIG Welding Secrets for Clean, Controlled Welds

If you want clean, repeatable TIG welds on stainless, aluminum, and chromoly, this is the reference built to get you there. TIG Welding Secrets is the TIG welding step-by-step book written by an AWS-certified welding engineer and shop instructor. It cuts out guesswork with precise, field-proven sequences for setup, technique, and troubleshooting—so you can move from fit-up to final pass with confidence.

Inside, every chapter is organized like a job traveler: equipment checklist, tungsten prep, gas lens and cup selection, polarity and balance, amperage ramps, filler timing, travel speed, and post-weld quality checks. You’ll find WPS-style setting ranges for thin-wall tubing and plate, pulse strategies for heat control, distortion management, and clear photos that show what “right” looks like at each step. No fluff—just the exact variables to control and how to correct them when the puddle misbehaves.

• Repeatable procedures that turn arc starts, arc length, and torch angle into muscle memory—backed by proven parameters for carbon steel, stainless, aluminum, and titanium.
• Visual diagnostics that decode color, bead profile, and etch patterns to spot contamination, lack of fusion, and overheating before they cost a part.
• Fast fixes for porosity, tungsten inclusions, and crater cracking, plus shielding strategies for awkward joints, tubing, and tight fixtures.