Overheard a guy say TIG welding is easy and almost laughed out loud

Was at the union hall last Tuesday and this younger hand was telling someone that TIG is basically just point and shoot. I've been doing this 18 years now and still remember my first pass on stainless at the Fab shop in Gary Indiana. Took me 4 tries to get a weld that didn't look like bird droppings. Has anyone else noticed new guys underestimating how much practice an actual clean root pass takes?

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finley_harris51d ago

I mean is it really that deep though

kai6027h agoTop Commenter

Oh man, here we go again with the deep stuff. Guess I'll cancel my soul-searching appointment for tonight then.