- Be patient learning, it'll take a while to get those perfect looking welds but once you do you'll wonder how you ever lived without tig welding
- Practice on scrap metal I can't even begin to say how many peices of scrap steel and aluminum I went through when I was learning
- When I was just starting to learn I would set up the machine to the perfect amperage so that when I was welding I could keep the foot pedal pressed to the floor, this would make one less thing to think about and I could concentrate on the torch and rod, afterward when you get good you'll want to keep that sweet spot at about 3/4 of the pedal.
- learn steel first then aluminum, Aluminum actually isn't as hard to weld as most people say, don't belive the hype. It is harder to weld then steel but c'mon some people make it seem like you gotta be a god to weld the stuff.
- Search google for tig welding tips those helped me a lot.