Overview
Watch this 22-minute welding tutorial to master the techniques for laying out, fitting, and TIG welding stainless steel nozzles while maintaining perfect squareness and level positioning. Learn essential steps including proper nozzle layout, plasma cutting techniques, leveling methods, and strategies for preventing distortion through strategic tacking and welding sequences. Master specialized techniques like pipe purging, quartering out TIG root passes, using weld placement to maintain squareness, autogenous TIG welding for level control, and proper filler addition and quenching procedures. Gain practical knowledge about checking and compensating for shrinkage to ensure professional-quality nozzle fabrication results.
Syllabus
Introduction
How To Layout A Nozzle
Plasma Cutting Out A Hole
Getting Your Nozzle Level
Keeping Your Nozzle Square Tacking
Purging The Pipe
Quartering Out TIG Root Pass
Using The Welds To Pull Stainless Steel Square
Autogenous TIG Welding To Pull Stainless Level
Adding Filler & Quenching
Cap Pass On Nozzle
Checking For Shrinkage
Taught by
Weld.com