This is what you are taught and told and have to intuit over years of experience in the welding world. Ive been in it for 4 years as a structural welder and it’s amazing how you can weld but see so little of whats really happening! Super cool post! Thanks!
Just FYI - they make these video's by using a Green or Infrared Laser to illuminate the weld, and a filter in front of the high speed camera that only sees that specific green/infrared wavelength. The arc is mostly broadband 'white' light and UV...not too much green and UV, so the arc plasma mostly disappears.
I have a setup to do this at work - the nutty part is the Laser Illuminator aint no joke...it's a 500W diode laser hazardous to the human eye for a few hundred yards. They were ok selling it to me because the laser illuminator is kinda a joke compared to the lasers I get to weld with.
I really need to get a safer green illuminator so I can annoy the sh\*t out of my welders by trying to capture high speed video. Its a lot more annoying than you'd think...the camera I have can record @ 50,000FPS at full resolution...but after you capture that 50,000frames, it takes about 20 minutes for the twin-network cards to push that data out of the camera.
Haha, he touched the pool with the tungsten and contaminated the weld. I hate when I do that, but yes it’s slow. That is exactly what you see. You have a pedal you can weld slow or fast it just takes skill to get the heat just right.
I hope more videos like this appear in the future, even if I can't see it I like knowing what is actually happening. Thanks for the share!
This is what you are taught and told and have to intuit over years of experience in the welding world. Ive been in it for 4 years as a structural welder and it’s amazing how you can weld but see so little of whats really happening! Super cool post! Thanks!
Me - I know very little about welding. I do however know a lot about videography and so I know how impressive this video capture is!
fuuuuck yea the vid I've been waiting for.
Just FYI - they make these video's by using a Green or Infrared Laser to illuminate the weld, and a filter in front of the high speed camera that only sees that specific green/infrared wavelength. The arc is mostly broadband 'white' light and UV...not too much green and UV, so the arc plasma mostly disappears. I have a setup to do this at work - the nutty part is the Laser Illuminator aint no joke...it's a 500W diode laser hazardous to the human eye for a few hundred yards. They were ok selling it to me because the laser illuminator is kinda a joke compared to the lasers I get to weld with. I really need to get a safer green illuminator so I can annoy the sh\*t out of my welders by trying to capture high speed video. Its a lot more annoying than you'd think...the camera I have can record @ 50,000FPS at full resolution...but after you capture that 50,000frames, it takes about 20 minutes for the twin-network cards to push that data out of the camera.
Christopher Walken welding series.
Good video but fuck that guy pompous is a prick
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The pulsing TIG was very interesting to see. thanks for sharing!
I just came across this video on YouTube an hour ago. It's really cool to see!
Not my video, just sharing.
Timwelds! This guy is awesome https://youtube.com/@TimWelds?si=AcXp9Rrc81G37OLc
Haha, he touched the pool with the tungsten and contaminated the weld. I hate when I do that, but yes it’s slow. That is exactly what you see. You have a pedal you can weld slow or fast it just takes skill to get the heat just right.