the welding outdoors and Connors's reactions to the fires was classic.....by now, I am sure he is getting used to the weldors friend, small fires......this had me smiling so much... thanks Josh and Connor ...an old weldor/machinist here in Florida, Paul
I am so inspired that you are giving Conner this trade in real 8:12 it is a dying trade without our gen x training intervening in their lives, you go Conner, excellent teacher you are learning under, bravo Josh !!!
Good for you taking the time and effort to have Conner learn the trade , this generation of upcoming trades people need the opportunity to learn and practice. I applaud you for doing this!
Connor's welding looks great, good to see a young person male or female learning a trade in engineering, best profession of all, in my humble opinion Clever design and build Josh. Thanks for sharing.
When I worked building trusses, I ran a horizontal Web mill. For cutting the webbings. I had to Weld on that thing 2-3x a week fixing the drag chains or whatever else broke (this thing was old and abused but worked with some love). I would always soak with water, the area around where I was going to be welding first, than work of a rubber mat. Since there was always so much sawdust around. It generally prevented any problems from happening.
Advice for the apprentice: Rule #1 Conner, dont panic. Thats a nice quick attach extension, hopefully it doesnt wear out components too badly for the bigger logs.
Conner is getting to learn things that sadly, is not taught in our schools anymore. Encourage him to become like a sponge and soak in all he can, these are skills that he will carry with for the rest of his life and he has an opportunity that most youth don't have anymore.
Connor is one fortunate apprentice to be your shop and learning how to "get it done right the first time". When finished, he should have no problem finding work and will not have a big student debt eating up his paychecks.
The whole outdoor setting reminded me a lot of the first time I saw welding in person. Boy Scout camp when I was about 12 or 13. Deep on a private ranch in the Sierra foothills. One of the dad's trucks broke a front suspension part. One of the other dads was a welder and had some of his work stuff in his truck (helmet & rods) The put the trucks nose-to-nose in a small circle and daisy chained the batteries with jumper cables. Made a great 48 volt 200 amp welding rig.
So good to see that you still have your helper!!!! I love your sawmill. It is great that you had already planned for the extension when you built the mill. It looks like things went well. I am looking forward to seeing the 20' log being processed. Recently I made a 1/4" wire frame sawfish. It is ok but not real visible. A friend gave me some light weight expanded metal that I am cutting, painting and zip tying (to thin to weld) to the fish. Revision 2 looks good. It is always good to see you. Great job on the video and the project.
Hey Conner, the next time you are on fire guard duty, have a LARGE bucket of water handy, and at the first sign of fire, throw it at the source of the creation of the fire! 😊😉😇😆🤣
I am surprised you use lock washer, instead of a flat washer and nylock nuts, your apprentice is doing g really good work, this young man could become a keeper.
I use lock washers because the material is thick enough it doesn't need washers, and I've seen too many nylock nuts fail. I also drill the holes close to bolt diameter so washers aren't needed. As hard as we run, I've never had one work lose.
Yeah Conner. Laying down some serious dimes. Nice work. "LIKE" button has been torqued to the manufacturer's recommended specification. "CLICK". God forbid you should be running around Spooner there with a loose "LIKE" button !
There's a lot of engineering that went into building that mill. This is easily demonstrated by how well the mill works. Good job showing Connor in disguise. Hope we can see more of him working like that without actually showing him.
It took 8 years to build with a ton of design time into it. I will work on more creative ways to show him. Mostly I'm working on him being the camera man. And he is doing great at that.
I'd say considering Conner never MiG welded prior to working for you he did pretty damn good. There's one thing my one of my teachers in vocational school used to say was, your welds don't always have to be pretty, they just have to hold and those will hold. 👌 Great video as always Josh! 👍👍
He is doing great. His welds improve with every project. I think I've only had to rework one, and that was because he forgot to turn the gas on. The local welding shops aren't putting out welds half as good as his.
u should make a track you can bolt to the end on the ground and when ur done slide the extention onto the extended track and unbolt the two tracks and pull both away at once
Your fabrications are very skilled, intricately planned/designed and you make it look easy which it's not, I don't understand why you don't prime and paint for something that will be outdoors, modern paints will give decades of outside protection for steel. new sub. Ray Stormont
Painting takes tons of prep work. Even with sandblasting, there is no guarantee that modern paints will stick. This will trap water and cause severe rust piting. By just letting it naturally rust, it doesn't really go any further. There is nothing holding moisture against the metal. Paint will never hold up as long as a surface rust will.
@@TopperMachineLLCVery true. A layer of rust is the best protection outdoor fabrications can have. It will only go so deep unless something traps the moisture. Indoors in a protective environment is a another story.
having a trade, almost any trade, is guaranteed employment! Fantastic start for Connor. quick question, did you not clear the flammable debris before welding to make the video more entertaining? (wink, wink)
@@TopperMachineLLC cool, you'll certainly have the wood to build it, love the channel, im an artist with a machine shop background and use the water jet to make stained glass windows so I appreciate your skills.
Never going to paint it. Paint traps moisture and eventually will rust through. Surface rust is far more protective. Look at old bridges that are rusty. Going on 100 years or more and still holding strong.
I guess you need to take it off when doing logs because its in the way? Seems like you could just slide it back but I guess because its timed drive to the others?
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the welding outdoors and Connors's reactions to the fires
was classic.....by now, I am sure he is getting used to the
weldors friend, small fires......this had me smiling so much...
thanks Josh and Connor ...an old weldor/machinist here in Florida, Paul
I am so inspired that you are giving Conner this trade in real 8:12 it is a dying trade without our gen x training intervening in their lives, you go Conner, excellent teacher you are learning under, bravo Josh !!!
Good for you taking the time and effort to have Conner learn the trade , this generation of upcoming trades people need the opportunity to learn and practice. I applaud you for doing this!
Connor's welding looks great, good to see a young person male or female learning a trade in engineering, best profession of all, in my humble opinion
Clever design and build Josh.
Thanks for sharing.
Conner is well on his way to becoming an excellent tradesman. Well done student; well done teacher.
When I worked building trusses, I ran a horizontal Web mill. For cutting the webbings. I had to Weld on that thing 2-3x a week fixing the drag chains or whatever else broke (this thing was old and abused but worked with some love). I would always soak with water, the area around where I was going to be welding first, than work of a rubber mat. Since there was always so much sawdust around. It generally prevented any problems from happening.
Advice for the apprentice: Rule #1 Conner, dont panic.
Thats a nice quick attach extension, hopefully it doesnt wear out components too badly for the bigger logs.
Josh, can’t wait to see that sawmill operating good day to you
Conner is getting to learn things that sadly, is not taught in our schools anymore.
Encourage him to become like a sponge and soak in all he can, these are skills that he will carry with
for the rest of his life and he has an opportunity that most youth don't have anymore.
Connor is one fortunate apprentice to be your shop and learning how to "get it done right the first time". When finished, he should have no problem finding work and will not have a big student debt eating up his paychecks.
Nice work Josh.
Your apprentice is doing a great job.
Nice modification.
Have a great day.
Hey Conner, keep up good work.🎉
The young fellah does a great job with the camera a well ! 👍
The whole outdoor setting reminded me a lot of the first time I saw welding in person. Boy Scout camp when I was about 12 or 13. Deep on a private ranch in the Sierra foothills. One of the dad's trucks broke a front suspension part. One of the other dads was a welder and had some of his work stuff in his truck (helmet & rods) The put the trucks nose-to-nose in a small circle and daisy chained the batteries with jumper cables. Made a great 48 volt 200 amp welding rig.
Connor, you do a fantastic job with the Video Camera......
Well Done......
Can’t wait for the 20 footer👍
So good to see that you still have your helper!!!! I love your sawmill. It is great that you had already planned for the extension when you built the mill. It looks like things went well. I am looking forward to seeing the 20' log being processed. Recently I made a 1/4" wire frame sawfish. It is ok but not real visible. A friend gave me some light weight expanded metal that I am cutting, painting and zip tying (to thin to weld) to the fish. Revision 2 looks good. It is always good to see you. Great job on the video and the project.
Hey Conner, the next time you are on fire guard duty, have a LARGE bucket of water handy, and at the first sign of fire, throw it at the source of the creation of the fire! 😊😉😇😆🤣
Wonderful Josh......you are amazing.....Paul
Amazing work! That's quite the sawmill! I hope you build a pavilion over it soon to not let it all rust away!
A shed is in the works. It won't rust away unless it was painted. Surface rust is a natural protection layer. Just needs to be kept clean.
You gotta lotta neat stuff “out back”! 👍👍😎‼️
Lotta stuff to get rid of. Too much stuff.
I think a rake, or a watering-can, might have been handy.
Nice welding Connor.
It was never really a concern. We had water nearby and we're completely ready for anything.
New to the channel, subbed ofc. I like yr style. Loving yr videos. Awesome job and yr doing great with Connor. A future master fabricator Im sure.
I am surprised you use lock washer, instead of a flat washer and nylock nuts, your apprentice is doing g really good work, this young man could become a keeper.
I use lock washers because the material is thick enough it doesn't need washers, and I've seen too many nylock nuts fail. I also drill the holes close to bolt diameter so washers aren't needed. As hard as we run, I've never had one work lose.
Yeah Conner. Laying down some serious dimes. Nice work.
"LIKE" button has been torqued to the manufacturer's recommended specification. "CLICK".
God forbid you should be running around Spooner there with a loose "LIKE" button !
There's a lot of engineering that went into building that mill. This is easily demonstrated by how well the mill works.
Good job showing Connor in disguise. Hope we can see more of him working like that without actually showing him.
It took 8 years to build with a ton of design time into it. I will work on more creative ways to show him. Mostly I'm working on him being the camera man. And he is doing great at that.
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Good stuff
hi there well done , john
I'd say considering Conner never MiG welded prior to working for you he did pretty damn good. There's one thing my one of my teachers in vocational school used to say was, your welds don't always have to be pretty, they just have to hold and those will hold. 👌
Great video as always Josh! 👍👍
His skills are improving greatly. Still a ways to go, but much further ahead than when he started.
Looks like you have a good lad there Josh. I've seen worse welds from fitters with double the experience of Conners age!
He is doing great. His welds improve with every project. I think I've only had to rework one, and that was because he forgot to turn the gas on. The local welding shops aren't putting out welds half as good as his.
Great video
☹🇬🇧
Everyone needs a Connor.
Yes, a young guy who wants to learn.
u should make a track you can bolt to the end on the ground and when ur done slide the extention onto the extended track and unbolt the two tracks and pull both away at once
Your fabrications are very skilled, intricately planned/designed and you make it look easy which it's not, I don't understand why you don't prime and paint for something that will be outdoors, modern paints will give decades of outside protection for steel. new sub. Ray Stormont
Painting takes tons of prep work. Even with sandblasting, there is no guarantee that modern paints will stick. This will trap water and cause severe rust piting. By just letting it naturally rust, it doesn't really go any further. There is nothing holding moisture against the metal. Paint will never hold up as long as a surface rust will.
@@TopperMachineLLCVery true. A layer of rust is the best protection outdoor fabrications can have. It will only go so deep unless something traps the moisture. Indoors in a protective environment is a another story.
@@TopperMachineLLC Thanks for the explanation and taking the time to respond. I am hooked, Ray
Great Work With Your Young Helper And Stick Welding What Make Is That Welder Sounds Good
It's an old P&H Bug. Absolutely love this machine. It's what I use when I weld railroad switches.
@@TopperMachineLLC Oh Thats Great Thank You Very Much
At some point along the way, a bucket of water would have been a good idea- that sawdust can smolder for a while.
Wasn't a problem. We watered everything afterwards.
having a trade, almost any trade, is guaranteed employment! Fantastic start for Connor.
quick question, did you not clear the flammable debris before welding to make the video more entertaining? (wink, wink)
I didn't clean it up, because I wanted it to burn up. Lol
Josh - That's a 20 footer
Quint - 25... And 3 tons of him...
hello josh & conner it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy
It's nice you have it all lined up, and don't call me Clarence
Do you run whiskers to clean the track where the wheels run?
I have wipers made of conveyor belting. Works great.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to build a roof over that nice sawmill? Or am i missing something?
It's in the plan, but time and money don't allow. Hopefully by next year.
@@TopperMachineLLC cool, you'll certainly have the wood to build it, love the channel, im an artist with a machine shop background and use the water jet to make stained glass windows so I appreciate your skills.
yes their welding process is very good
So why don't you leave it attached all the time?
No need to drag around excess weight. 99% of the time we are sawing under 12', it's rare to saw anything over that.
That is what is commonly referred to as a pony carriage.
I didn't think it was a new concept. Glad I now have a name for it. Thanks.
Maybe Conner could go out to the mill & paint all that rusty metal.
Never going to paint it. Paint traps moisture and eventually will rust through. Surface rust is far more protective. Look at old bridges that are rusty. Going on 100 years or more and still holding strong.
I guess you need to take it off when doing logs because its in the way? Seems like you could just slide it back but I guess because its timed drive to the others?
I want to take it off so I'm not dragging the excess weight. It's no big deal to reattach when needed, which may only be once a year.
hi Josh do you have a drawings on how to make a carriege
Is that poison ivy under the mill where you are welding?
No, I'm not sure what it is.
Pakistani Truck has no trouble employing minors, I doubt Utube is going after them, we'll have to get Connor working papers.