{"id":9342,"date":"2010-04-30T21:05:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T04:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=9342"},"modified":"2010-04-30T21:05:57","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T04:05:57","slug":"welding-with-dw-setting-a-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Welding With DW: Setting A Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwelding-with-dw-setting-a-base%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Welding+With+DW%3A+Setting+A+Base\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Welding With DW: Setting A Base\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Welding With DW: Setting A Base&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/\" data-text=\"Welding With DW: Setting A Base\" data-desc=\"One of the most important things about TIG welding (I think I say that a lot - there must be a lot of important things!) is keeping things steady.\u00a0 I've shot a video on keeping the filler steady so it doesn't get bumped into the tungsten and mess everything up, and now here's a video on using your\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>One of the most important things about TIG welding (I think I say that a lot &#8211; there must be a lot of important things!) is keeping things steady.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve shot a video on keeping the filler steady so it doesn&#8217;t get bumped into the tungsten and mess everything up, and now here&#8217;s a video on using your hand as a sort of tripod to control your torch.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used the writing analogy before, but here&#8217;s another one: think about shooting a rifle.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t get a steady shot by holding the gun with both hands on the stock &#8211; the muzzle would be waving around and there would be almost no way to prevent some movement.\u00a0 The best way to steady a rifle is to have some kind of support as close to the end of the muzzle as possible while still being able to fine tune your aim.\u00a0 Think of a welding torch in the same way &#8211; support the torch as close to the cup as possible without burning yourself.\u00a0 Of course, there will be compromises like visibility and pain.\u00a0 But to produce a good weld, you may feel the heat once in a while :)<\/p>\n<span class=\"vvqbox vvqyoutube\" style=\"width:575px;height:355px;\"><span id=\"vvq-9342-youtube-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EcAy4kiFguI\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/EcAy4kiFguI\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Preview Image\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwelding-with-dw-setting-a-base%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Welding+With+DW%3A+Setting+A+Base\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Welding With DW: Setting A Base\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Welding With DW: Setting A Base&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/welding-with-dw-setting-a-base\/\" data-text=\"Welding With DW: Setting A Base\" data-desc=\"One of the most important things about TIG welding (I think I say that a lot - there must be a lot of important things!) is keeping things steady.\u00a0 I've shot a video on keeping the filler steady so it doesn't get bumped into the tungsten and mess everything up, and now here's a video on using your\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Here&#8217;s a video on using your hand as a sort of tripod to control your torch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1815],"tags":[50,2510,2512],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9342"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9477,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9342\/revisions\/9477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}