Thinner than a credit card: 6061's 'Cheat Mode' for TIG welding aluminum
The month-old guide to welding 1/32-inch aluminum has passed 53,000 views while the shop posted nothing new.
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How to Engage "Cheat Mode" when TIG Welding Thin Aluminum (thinner than a credit card)
Thirty-two days old, and the video about welding aluminum as thin as a credit card is the one still bringing people into 6061's shop. "How to Engage "Cheat Mode" when TIG Welding Thin Aluminum (thinner than a credit card)" is a bundle of advice for 1/32-inch material, built around one trick the description says rarely gets suggested. It has passed 53,000 views.
Right behind it, at almost exactly the same daily pace, sits a two-month-old fabrication video about weld sequence and a new finger pedal amperage controller. For a channel whose about page promises aluminum welding and fabrication, it is a fitting pair: one tip about thin metal, one about gear. A five-month-old repair, plainly described as "Fixing this part," is still drawing its own small, steady crowd.
No new uploads went out over the seven days, and the channel ran at about half its usual daily pace, with the subscriber count holding level at 531,000.
Among DIY and building channels close to its size, the busy corners are elsewhere: Andrew Thron Improvements is running above its usual pace, and fellow welder TimWelds is holding steady. 6061, sitting sixth of nine by subscribers, is one of the quieter workshops on the street, with the thin-metal guide keeping the lights on.
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The videos drawing views on 6061 right now
- Channel
- 6061
- Subscribers
- 531,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 76,852
- Videos published this week
- 0
The numbers
Here is how 6061's channel and its busiest videos stood over the seven days.
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What does TIG stand for in TIG welding?
TIG welding uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode shielded by an inert gas, usually argon.
