General welding questions that dont fit in TIG, MIG, Stick, or Certification etc.
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I would like to video my welding so I can watch and see what I'm doing wrong to improve. Hoping to post them to receive feedback on how to improve but I don't know how it is done. Can someone lead me in the right direction?thanks in advance.
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no idea what so ever.
havn't seen anyone mention the tricks of the trade on that.
i know there is commercial cameras you can buy just for that.

however if someone could work out a way so that people could use cheap/phone cameras to record welds, i think there would be a huge market for distance learning.
tweak it until it breaks
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To get a good shot of the weld you'll need a zoom lens to fill the screen, if you just put a weld lens (filter) in front of your phone/camera you'll start to understand how inadequate it is.

DSLR with a zoom lens, or a video camera.
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Thanks for the info I'll give a few things a try back I can get some decent so y'all can help me improve my crappy Tig skills
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LtBadd wrote:To get a good shot of the weld you'll need a zoom lens to fill the screen, if you just put a weld lens (filter) in front of your phone/camera you'll start to understand how inadequate it is.

DSLR with a zoom lens, or a video camera.
Damn, I had to sit down and decode, remember what a SLR camera was.............. I just woke up and [emoji3064]ya done went and made me feel like this fellas cousin. [emoji3073].
I just tried to get a pic of a mount on my tractor yesterday and what a PITA. These modern IPhones don’t even have the macro capabilities of a cheap cell phone from 20 years ago[emoji37]


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Government welder wrote:Thanks for the info I'll give a few things a try back I can get some decent so y'all can help me improve my crappy Tig skills
Very interested in what you come up with, post back and show us
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I take it you mean filming arc shots? I've had success filming arc shots with just a Sony Handycam with digital zoom placed behind a Viking hood (great color clarity) on about shade 13. Took a loooooong time to get it setup just right. Kind of a pain, IMO and I don't do it much more...lol. Good luck!
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