TIG Welding

I began teaching students TIG welding - Tungsten Inert Gas welding.

It will take students about 40 hours to get to this place. And here, welding becomes like riding a bike - what you see through your welding lens, your foot and the movement of the welder pedal, your hand holding the filler material, and your torch wrist, become one. Students will complete 25 of these before they begin to weld on their bicycle frame. All together maybe 80 hours of practice before welding the frame.

TIG skills are distinguished from other welding techniques such as MIG or stick welding. The proficiency in hand-eye coordination is essential because TIG requires simultaneous manipulation of both the torch and filler rod by hand while maintaining consistent torch angle, travel speed, and then heat control with the foot pedal. This multitasking (eyesight, moving both hands separately, positioning both arms separately, and moving one foot) ability ensures proper fusion between base metals without defects like porosity or undercutting.

If they close the University I have skills to fall back on.....