Precision TIG Welding in Wichita
Vesper welds the thin, the exotic, and the unforgiving — 0.035-wall titanium, inconel headers, instrument housings — for the Air Capital's suppliers, race programs, and makers who measure in thousandths.
Small Shop. Smaller Tolerances.
Vesper is a bench shop, deliberately: two welders, purge rigs, rotary positioners, and the patience thin material demands. We built it for the work most shops turn away — the 0.035 wall that warps if you look at it wrong, the titanium that wants a full trailing shield, the housing where the weld is a visible design feature. Heat control is the whole craft here, and it shows in the bead.
- ✓Pulse TIG with amperage down to single digits
- ✓Full argon purge & trailing shields for titanium
- ✓Fixturing designed per part to kill distortion
- ✓Welds photographed & documented before shipping
What Lands on the Vesper Bench
If it's thin, exotic, or has a tolerance stack, it's ours.
Tolerances We Hold
Distortion Under 0.005"
Fixturing, sequencing, and heat control designed per part — flatness checked before anything ships.
Color Tells the Truth
Titanium leaves this shop straw, gold, or salmon. Gray means contamination, and gray gets cut out — ours or anyone's.
Every Weld Photographed
Macro documentation of every seam before shipping — your QA file gets the evidence without asking.
Repeatability on Runs
Batch work is fixtured and parameterized so piece two hundred is indistinguishable from piece one.
Beads Worth Photographing
From Drawing to Documented Part
Send the Part or Print
Drawings, STEP files, or the part itself. We quote with material, fixturing, and lead time spelled out.
Fixture & Prove
Distortion dies in the fixture design. Batch work gets a first-article you approve before the run.
Weld Under Purge
Pulse TIG, full shielding, heat managed pass by pass — the boring discipline that makes pretty beads.
Measure, Photograph, Ship
Flatness and stack-ups checked, seams macro-photographed, and everything packed like it matters. Because it does.
Titanium Rewards the Patient
Exotic alloys aren't hard — they're unforgiving. Titanium wants total gas coverage or it embrittles invisibly. Inconel work-hardens if your sequence is lazy. Thin stainless sugars the second the back side sees air. Vesper's whole setup exists for these materials: purge chambers, trailing shields, oxygen monitors, and the discipline to stop when a color is wrong. That's the difference between a weld that photographs well and a weld that flies.
- ✓Grade 2 & 5 titanium under full purge
- ✓Inconel 625 / 718 with sequence control
- ✓316L & 304 thin-wall without sugar
- ✓6061 & 3003 aluminum, gap-free fit-ups
Why Engineers Ship Us Their Scary Parts
1Heat Is the Whole Craft
Single-digit amperage, pulse control, and sequencing that spreads energy like a machinist spreads cuts — thin walls stay flat here.
2Gas Coverage Is Religion
Purge rigs, trailing shields, and oxygen monitoring on every exotic job — because titanium doesn't give second chances.
3Proof in Your Inbox
Macro photos, measurements, and material certs with every shipment — your quality file is complete before the box opens.
Asked Before the First Part
What's the thinnest material you'll weld?
We routinely weld 0.028-wall stainless and titanium tube, and we've gone thinner on instrument work with the right joint design. If you're unsure whether a wall thickness is weldable, send the drawing — we'll tell you straight, and suggest a joint change if that's the honest answer.
Do you weld titanium in open air?
Never bare. Titanium gets full argon coverage — torch, trailing shield, and back purge, with purge chambers for complex geometry. The color of the finished weld tells you everything: ours leave straw to salmon, never gray.
Can you hold cosmetic requirements?
Cosmetic-grade seams are half our work — instrument housings, visible motorsport parts, architectural details. Tell us the standard (or send a photo of what 'good' looks like to you) and we'll match it or say we can't.
What about quantities — one part or a thousand?
One to about two hundred is our sweet spot. Prototypes get bench attention; batches get fixturing and a first-article approval so the run stays identical. Beyond a few hundred pieces you likely want automation, and we'll say so.
How fast is turnaround?
Single parts and repairs usually turn in two to five working days. Fixtured batch runs quote with a firm date after first-article approval. Race weekend emergencies: call — we've turned headers overnight more than once.
Do you provide weld documentation?
Every job ships with macro photographs of the seams; material certs and dimensional checks are included where the job calls for them. Aerospace-supplier customers get documentation formatted for their quality systems.
Send It to the Bench That Likes Hard Ones
Drawings, photos, or the part itself — quoted inside a business day with material and lead time spelled out.
Tell Us About the Part
Material, wall, quantity, and what keeps you up about it. One business day to a quote.