Welding Reference Manual — TIG: Everything You NEED to Know About TIG Welding

Built for working welders, this welding reference manual TIG specialists reach for distills proven settings, procedures, and troubleshooting into a clean, easy-to-use format. Organized by material, thickness, and joint type, it gives you fast parameter tables, torch setup diagrams, gas flow guidelines, and filler metal selection for aluminum, stainless, mild steel, chromoly, and titanium. Written by certified welders and instructors and refined in production shops, it focuses on repeatability, efficiency, and quality under real deadlines.

Everything You NEED to Know About TIG Welding eliminates guesswork: dial in AC balance and frequency for aluminum, tune pulse for heat control on thin sheet, set DCEN for steels, select tungsten type/diameter and grind geometry, and choose the right cup, gas lens, and flow. Step-by-step procedures cover fillet, butt, lap, and outside corners; fit-up and fixturing; purge setups for stainless and titanium; distortion control; crater fill; and post-weld finishing. A concise troubleshooting matrix helps you isolate porosity, tungsten contamination, undercut, lack of fusion, and color issues in seconds. Keep it on the bench for quick reference; use it to standardize setups across the team. The result: cleaner welds, fewer reworks, and consistent, code-worthy outcomes.

• Parameter matrices by alloy, thickness, position, and joint configuration.
• Field-tested checklists, torch angles, travel speeds, and filler rod sizing.
• Rapid diagnostics for arc starts, contamination, gas coverage, and heat input.