@@--Nath-- you could not be more wrong. I work as a metal fabricator. Last week I was carpentering and got a 3 inch splinter in the side of my palm. Right to the center of my hand. Most of it is still in there. Never seen a 3 inch metal sliver in my hand. Wood brings infection. I would see a doctor but without insurance this would be a bankrupting experience.
It never fails that I get it all tacked up perfectly square and then get carried away with welding, warping it into a lopsided pretzel instead of a frame.
Well, I guess UB has been called (and called himself) a lot of things, and welder is definitely not one of those things. So nonimpressedness over the welds should not be impressive.
The hen’s teeth reference never gets old. Coincidentally, this is where I learned that birds don’t have teeth and it helped me “win” my first disagreement with the wife. “Win” was a moral victory; I still lost if you smell what I’m stepping in.
Listen to the power, skill and daring of Schubert's writing at 12:06. No one till that date, not even Beethoven had written anything like this. The dissonant section of the strings plays off the insistence of the alternating horns in a grinder of articulated chaos. The fact this frenetic section ends in quietude is telling; not even Schubert, the greatest melodist of all time, could tame the leviathon he had created. Respect and Love.
Employed as a parts department guy in the greater DC area. We have a customer called Skookum Contract Services. I'm not sure how well they chooch, but I chuckle every time they call or pick up parts.
I’m supposed to be doing some welding and grinding right now but then this got posted so I guess I’ll watch someone else do it for 17 minutes as a way of putting off having to do it myself.
@@RCGshakenbake The Feds aren't pushing thier commie shit in Texas. If they come for me. Someone that goes out of my way not to bother anyone. Then I'd hate to be the first one through the door. But they don't want to start a civil war so they aren't doing anything around here anymore. They don't even prosecute the people they arrest anywhere for anything. Unless you were at the capital on the 6th... You'd almost think that this whole thing is a setup, like the left got highjacked and tricked into overplaying their hand so hard that the backlash wipes it out completely. Cause it's gonna get wiped out completely. I mean look at what they are doing. Choosing morally indefensable positions, backing up those positions with blatant lies and they aren't even delivering anything to the people that would smooth things over. The ends of these ill justified means are all negatives for every single person in this country. How do you justify that? How do you get away with it? You don't. Biden is gonna die in office and Kamala clearly knows she's gonna get left holding the bag. I wonder how much Xanax she eats? Probably a lot.
I am welder at a manufacturing facility. I welded some stuff for my dad a while back. Afterward he said, that place pay you to weld that shitty. True story.
I welded for 8hrs today the wire feeder/gun was a complete p.o.s. Complained to the boss (non welder) he didn't care if it makes sparks it's good enough. Told me to weld faster. 🤦♂️
Super tough coating: Two part epoxy thinned down with xylene plus a little fummed silica and black pigment. Put your rusty steel out in the sun to get hot and apply your thinned down mixture. The rusty steel will soak up the mixture like a sponge then the heat will evaporate the xylene fairly quick. Let set up for a few days before applying liberal abuse. The steel NEEDS to be rusty for best adhesion of the epoxy.
Ave has long since gone beyond being just another UA-cam guy tearing down tools in his Empire of Dirt™. He's our Uncle Bumblefuck, the father-figure we needed and drinking buddy we dream of. That's soppy af but not many of us are coming here for the technical details, am I right?
True, I've weirdly grown fond of AvE ramblings...Like that radio host, that passed on as soon as I started listening to him.. Some old man that broadcast in early early morning....told story's and stuff... I found through google who I was talking about.. "Paul Harvey Aurandt" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Harvey
@@jeffshackleford3152 the only difference is that one is adjustable. Could be useful for some stuff but I haven't found a reason to get it when I already have a 4000
Just a tip to those with woodstoves with cracked fire brick... don't buy from the manufacturer, just get regular fire brick and cut to fit. The factree version has more air in it to save on shipping costs. The denser stuff from the local mud slingers makes for more satisfactin heat retention.
The main reason I watch your welding videos and almost no one else's. Is because you are honest about your welding. It's good enough for the job it's doing. And spray paint fixes everything
I like michaelcthulhu's method- make a long trench out of bricks or whatever, line it with thick plastic sheet, add rusty steel, cover with vinegar, cover the whole mess with plywood to keep the chickens out of it and let sit overnight. Works great when the vinegar doesn't freeze...
@@RogueA.I. hell I’ve bathed in worse, that craps near moisturizing cream compared to what I’ve plugged my nose squinted my eyes & cannonballed into & im perfectly fine,,,, wifey even likes that third nut
if you get the wierd looks in the hardware store, just say you need to put your person sized, rusty scrap metal in it, to remove the rust with acid... oh yea, and that is why you are buying acid, and you also need a shovel to turn the scraps in the bath. Works every time
If it looks square it's off by at least 1/4 inch in 2 different directions, if it looks slightly off it's usually within 1/8, and wonky is wonky. Btw you have this perfect tool there that doesn't require gas, wire, or rigorous surface prep... stick is the DIYer's best friend and well worth learning.
@@colinwilson210 Then I'm positive you can't build it. Read it again, drink two elixirs of all-most knowledge, and read it again in the morning. You still won't get it, but at least you'll have forgotten about it by then.
I’ve been watching this channel for a few years and l have to say good sir, you haven’t let me down with a hearty supply of chuckles and even more helpful information on many different subjects. A long way of saying Thank you and keep up the great work AvE! 💪💪
Sht you not.., my first welds, after i was done with the grinder, i bondo’d them and covered them up with some primer...it was horrible. mind you, this was on a boat trailer🤦♀️... i still have nightmares with the damn thing. I got a bit better since then “i like to say”...
Ah yes they say a genius almost always lives in a cluttered mess. By the ashes in the stove and the filings on the band saw, I know, that you sir, are the smartest man alive
As a woodchuck/sparky, I like to think I have a lot to learn from the fabricators and welders of the world. What I've learned from watching you weld is that I am actually a certified master welder. Excuse me while I go put together an aircraft carrier all by myself.
I could tell all was gonna' be right with the world when you used the dedicated power soapstone sharpening tool preferred by Ironworkers the world over.
12:40 That's actually an underrated visual gag, holding your thumb too close to the weld and then pulling it away as you feel the heat. As every welder knows, holding your finger so close will burn. As every welder also knows, you will sometimes do it anyway, thinking eh it'll be fine this time. It never is.
I wondered about that. I'm still not a welder. I keep threatening to start, but never have (I did buy a stick welder once, and then took it back before I ever used it). His thumb position there did look a little fishy, and I noticed how quickly it came off the work piece.
@@johningram2153 stick welding is one of the best skills you can develop. The new IGBt micro welders are perfect small and light for home use. I’ve made so many things (gates/arches, racks for tools and storage, modify trailers), pergola and steel structure.
@@JDAfrica I know. I keep looking for an excuse to get one. That time I bought it, it was to work on my daughter’s exhaust, under the car without a lift. Absolutely not a good first project. I found an exhaust shop that did it well for $150. I’ll do it one of these days.
I feel like a complete idiot for not marking things i measured like you do. Even if it is in tree foam, that extra mark would have saved me a lot of remeasuring if only I were a little more clever, realization of something so simple wouldn't have taken me 5 years to realize only to slap me across the face like trying to pay the wrong person for a night of entertainment.
I saw the length of the video and knew it was gonna be a lot of prep work. I was once teaching a friend how to weld and he was like "wtf we spent an hour preparing all this shit and measuring just for 5 min of actual arc time?" Welcome to welding bro.
I see you were very carefulling to keep your reflectionies out of the picture in those shots of the glass fronted storage cabinet, it's almost like you knew us inquisitive types would be inspecting each frame to see if there was a hint of face in there !
For almost all home shops they are overkill however I absolutely adore my blast booth. 8x12 with a pair of recovery augers in the floor. Beats the heck out of trying to grind or chemical or whatever the crusty rusty stock needed in this video
This would be a great opportunity for a generous application of a handi-capable elechicken. Speaking of which, where is the Dewclaw? You two get to disagreeing or was he yet again recalled to the building what with bars on the windows?
It's kind of crept up on me but in this little video I realised there is a lot of appreciation for firewood hereabout these days. Far more than I'd have expected from a man who used to profess disgust at the thought of dealing with dead tree carcass. Excellent.
This is why I like wood working. The material is already a warped mess before you start work. Keeps the expectations low.
@@--Nath-- you could not be more wrong.
I work as a metal fabricator.
Last week I was carpentering and got a 3 inch splinter in the side of my palm. Right to the center of my hand.
Most of it is still in there.
Never seen a 3 inch metal sliver in my hand.
Wood brings infection.
I would see a doctor but without insurance this would be a bankrupting experience.
Perfectly said!
The stuff I keep buying from the local home despot is self warping. If you get a bad one and it starts out straight, just give it a couple of weeks.
Especially the lumber for the Homie Depot
Modern itching powder, think of the pranks!
It's not just good, it's good enough.
For the girls I go with
If it is any more than barely good enough, you spent too much money upon it.
this is why I use my prototypes
That's why my company is called Good'nuf Construction!
this needs to be a sticker for a work pals' toolbox ! -
don't overthink it - print it ! - post it !
Seeing someone work hard and the result being crooked never fails to amuse me, but if you laugh when i do it, we have a problem
I love hard work, I could watch it all day
Whoa there, Gentlemen..
Please, be careful when throwing that "work" word around..
I'm highly allergic to that chit...🍻🍻
One of my friends calls it Feng-Shui. It ain't done right if there is no bend or weird angle in the product.
That's what my wife says but she always laughs
@@406Steven That was one of my grandpa’s favorite jokes lol, though he was probably the hardest working man I have ever had the privilege of knowing
I like the way you've shot right past "distressed" and gone straight for the "salvaged from a shipwreck" motif.
707 comments at the time of writing this and yours is my favourite.
Does not matter if it has rust, as long as a touch, does not turn it to dust
I laughed at this comment 😆
It never fails that I get it all tacked up perfectly square and then get carried away with welding, warping it into a lopsided pretzel instead of a frame.
Yes
@@griffgoldstein6378 I've made a perfect arch 8ft long, 4ft on one end and 2ft on the other using only a soapstone and square.
I do all my best curved gate tops with magnetic 90's and framing squares as well! Small world! 🤣
Try it on a newer car sub "frame". Shit starts getting interesting quickly.
I love the way you can almost sweat things together with a gas axe. I understand the place for this electric stuff but you won't win me over. ;)
"If it works the first time it's 'cause you already done it."
That belongs on the next run of shwag.
Shwag is slang for bad marijuana. SWAG is stuff we all get. I guess it fits either way.
@@bastarddoggy Believe it or not I know this, now...was I aware I made this mistake? Absolutely not. I blame the devil's lettuce.
I am almost never impressed by your welding prowess - and this is no exception - love your videos and appreciate you sincerely
Uncle Bumblefuck is at least a good a welder as I am. 😁
By which I mean I can stick shit together with molten metal, most of the time. 🤣
Well, I guess UB has been called (and called himself) a lot of things, and welder is definitely not one of those things. So nonimpressedness over the welds should not be impressive.
Better than what I can do.
I've akwats been quite whelmed by his welding.
They use that specific shielding gas in welding because whenever you want to weld you find that it's Ar-gone.
What's a pirate's favorite noble gas?
@@Fix_It_Again_Tony Aaarrrrrrrrr-gon
“Is that crooked?”
“No, it’s just so long that the curvature of the earth makes it look that way.”
Eminently applicable.
The hen’s teeth reference never gets old. Coincidentally, this is where I learned that birds don’t have teeth and it helped me “win” my first disagreement with the wife. “Win” was a moral victory; I still lost if you smell what I’m stepping in.
Chocolate treats is my way to get out of those bad smelling situations.
She didn't try using the egg tooth to win?
any argument I "win" with the old lady is a pyrrhic victory every time
Some do. Look up goose teeth sometime. >;3
@@dieheart369 tomium are not teeth in ANYONE'S book, except yours.
Looks straight from over here. Ship it.
Listen to the power, skill and daring of Schubert's writing at 12:06. No one till that date, not even Beethoven had written anything like this. The dissonant section of the strings plays off the insistence of the alternating horns in a grinder of articulated chaos. The fact this frenetic section ends in quietude is telling; not even Schubert, the greatest melodist of all time, could tame the leviathon he had created. Respect and Love.
Can we get the "junkie Christmas" reading this year? Its been a few years without it and I miss it.
For you x9, anything.
@@arduinoversusevil2025 Sweet! Thank you!
Oh my God, I'd almost forgotten about that! Holy nostalgia...dewclawman?
Oh yiss.
I can't find it anywhere, is it still on the tubes?
Employed as a parts department guy in the greater DC area. We have a customer called Skookum Contract Services. I'm not sure how well they chooch, but I chuckle every time they call or pick up parts.
I happen to be one of their customers and their guy chooches alright!
Skookum is a porta potty company on the left coast LOL
I’m supposed to be doing some welding and grinding right now but then this got posted so I guess I’ll watch someone else do it for 17 minutes as a way of putting off having to do it myself.
Grinding I hate. Too messy.
Welding I love.
To bad can't do the latter without the former lol
@@willardlentz3044 I love watching my 7 inch angle grinder chew through steel but it's rare to get someone else to operate it for me.
It's like fucking, too much preparation and anticipation for 20 minutes of pleasure
@@FeatherleszBiped You know it
@@thesickhorseranch 😂😂😂
You'll get more gas, weld for five minutes and run out of wire.
you just reminded me to stock up on wire before it's all gone!
@@mitchbillingsley7466 not a bad idea
Sounds like experience.
And from my experience,
Amen.
@@mitchbillingsley7466 it's gonna be a dark winter and Biden has "the right to kill you." If you're in the states I mean...
@@RCGshakenbake The Feds aren't pushing thier commie shit in Texas. If they come for me. Someone that goes out of my way not to bother anyone. Then I'd hate to be the first one through the door. But they don't want to start a civil war so they aren't doing anything around here anymore. They don't even prosecute the people they arrest anywhere for anything. Unless you were at the capital on the 6th... You'd almost think that this whole thing is a setup, like the left got highjacked and tricked into overplaying their hand so hard that the backlash wipes it out completely. Cause it's gonna get wiped out completely. I mean look at what they are doing. Choosing morally indefensable positions, backing up those positions with blatant lies and they aren't even delivering anything to the people that would smooth things over. The ends of these ill justified means are all negatives for every single person in this country. How do you justify that? How do you get away with it? You don't. Biden is gonna die in office and Kamala clearly knows she's gonna get left holding the bag. I wonder how much Xanax she eats? Probably a lot.
Love the palm peeper protection shielding. Helmet is all the way over there for fuxake!
A great example of exceptional carefulling
Mother on speed dial and whatnot.
I think the hand was to protect the camera from molten metal dots
Just squint it works every time especially when you don't want the tack where it ends up
I gotta lie, I'm impressed.
WD haahah
I am welder at a manufacturing facility. I welded some stuff for my dad a while back. Afterward he said, that place pay you to weld that shitty. True story.
Correction:
Afterward he asked, "That place pay you to weld that shitty"?
@@raymonddonovan3297 he wasn’t asking. Lol
I welded for 8hrs today the wire feeder/gun was a complete p.o.s. Complained to the boss (non welder) he didn't care if it makes sparks it's good enough. Told me to weld faster. 🤦♂️
@@Yophillips3272 that sucks.
Dads... eh!?
Welcome to the world of welding, and you fell straight into a classic trap. Loved watching.
I always appreciate an AvE shop video. It makes me much more confident in my knolling skills.
*Always* be knolling
Welding has always felt out of reach for me, but with every new AvE video I think I could probably do it well enough.
Just remember the montar “grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain’t “
Lmao you can, you definitely can, only not the first 14 tries :)
I'm more of a smash to fit and paint to match kinda guy myself
When UBF hit the rust with a flap disc I could smell it.
I tasted it
@@nathanlewis5682 small world, I too am in the bay area, east bay to be specific.
That tight zoom makes the humble empire of dirt look infinite
That tube looks like the high quality stuff we use at our workshop, I'de spend more time cleaning than welding.
It's what grinders where invented for......well maybe not.
Super tough coating:
Two part epoxy thinned down with xylene plus a little fummed silica and black pigment. Put your rusty steel out in the sun to get hot and apply your thinned down mixture. The rusty steel will soak up the mixture like a sponge then the heat will evaporate the xylene fairly quick. Let set up for a few days before applying liberal abuse. The steel NEEDS to be rusty for best adhesion of the epoxy.
"Out in the sun to get hot" aint a thing this far north. At least not for 8 months of the year
Ave has long since gone beyond being just another UA-cam guy tearing down tools in his Empire of Dirt™. He's our Uncle Bumblefuck, the father-figure we needed and drinking buddy we dream of. That's soppy af but not many of us are coming here for the technical details, am I right?
I really don't know why I keep coming back here
True, I've weirdly grown fond of AvE ramblings...Like that radio host, that passed on as soon as I started listening to him..
Some old man that broadcast in early early morning....told story's and stuff...
I found through google who I was talking about..
"Paul Harvey Aurandt"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Harvey
You are right sir🤣
Soundsabout right
tbh, that's why I almost never come here any more
The Bernz-o-matic TS4000 is the absolute most evolved version of the lighter, and one of man's greatest achievements.
They have the TS8000
@@jeffshackleford3152 the only difference is that one is adjustable.
Could be useful for some stuff but I haven't found a reason to get it when I already have a 4000
As soon as the classic music hits… we’re going deep
I'm envious of your steel's lack of pre-bentedness and pre-weldedness. Downright purty.
What he said:
"So the whole thing doesn't get too cattywampus"
What he meant:
"So the whole thing doesn't get MORE cattywampus"
still translates as - puddle of mud.
Just a tip to those with woodstoves with cracked fire brick... don't buy from the manufacturer, just get regular fire brick and cut to fit. The factree version has more air in it to save on shipping costs. The denser stuff from the local mud slingers makes for more satisfactin heat retention.
Try turning the tape measure off then back on, then recheck calibration. Same with the Argon in the tank cycle the valve could be a fluke.
The main reason I watch your welding videos and almost no one else's. Is because you are honest about your welding. It's good enough for the job it's doing. And spray paint fixes everything
@ICWeld - crimes are in progress.
@CEEKurtisAuz - Homie may need muzzling.
grinder and paint makes me the welder i aint
Not many of the dewclaws traps that cannot be fixed with the ole Saskatchewan Socket Set (tm)
I've always called it a Polish socket set, and if'n you don't get the reference, I can tell it to you again real slow this time.
@@warped2875 Coworker called it the Mexican speed wrench. To me it's a metric to standard conversion wrench.
Everyone in Saskatchewan is truly displeased by that terrible insult we are not the polish
The good 'ol nut rounder. I keep one within reach in case I need an excuse to cut my knuckles and find an easy out.
Swedish nut lathe
2 more beers and it will be straight as an arrow
I love how all of the videos are filmed with really tight random shots. I honestly have zero clue what AvE’s shop would look like
Right its pretty crazy
As an unsuccessful railroad welder, I look at that scabby metal and go,
“Huh, workin with the clean stuff today boys?” 10/10 would watch again
In this video, AvE reveals a never-before-seen 1/4 of his carefully chiseled physique. A treat especial indeed!
Scrap metal from the ocean floor variety. I shop there too
You need that giganto bucket that the prairie pirate has of evapo rust
I like michaelcthulhu's method- make a long trench out of bricks or whatever, line it with thick plastic sheet, add rusty steel, cover with vinegar, cover the whole mess with plywood to keep the chickens out of it and let sit overnight.
Works great when the vinegar doesn't freeze...
@@RogueA.I. hell I’ve bathed in worse, that craps near moisturizing cream compared to what I’ve plugged my nose squinted my eyes & cannonballed into & im perfectly fine,,,, wifey even likes that third nut
if you get the wierd looks in the hardware store, just say you need to put your person sized, rusty scrap metal in it, to remove the rust with acid... oh yea, and that is why you are buying acid, and you also need a shovel to turn the scraps in the bath. Works every time
@@ffoska the ski mask is to protect your face, and the contractor bags are for a smock, right?
@@ffoska an this isn’t blood all over me and my clothes…. It’s beet juice. My impossible patty blew up in my face while grilling earlier…
The prep time takes forever. The actual welding, takes none at all.
And as our instructor said, " Preparation is 70% of the result"
All the ‘P’s’ prior preparation prevents piss poor performance 🎭
If it looks square it's off by at least 1/4 inch in 2 different directions, if it looks slightly off it's usually within 1/8, and wonky is wonky. Btw you have this perfect tool there that doesn't require gas, wire, or rigorous surface prep... stick is the DIYer's best friend and well worth learning.
Love stick - can’t be arsed with gas and wire.
Shop tip: Adapt roller-holder-up bits to the lower parts of old office chairs with the gas cylinder adjustment mechanism.
Fucken genius
I'm not sure I understand what you mean here :-/
@@colinwilson210 i think he meant if you need an adjustable table/holder for your projects use the bottom of an old office chair
@@colinwilson210 Then I'm positive you can't build it. Read it again, drink two elixirs of all-most knowledge, and read it again in the morning. You still won't get it, but at least you'll have forgotten about it by then.
@@dchambers986 I got it today thanks
I too share your appreciation for the artistry of iconography.
Keep your dingus in a lawnmower should be your outro
Whenever he sets a vijeo to fine classical music, I know some kind of creative insanity is about to ensue!
Exactly!
And somehow the Schubert soundtrack is completely perfect-especially given the syphilis reference…..
Always is lol
^^This is a man of culture.
Unless I have misgendered him. In which case…oh well.
I just caught this before watching this, thats awesome 🤣
Only the classiest in these nerk of the woods.
Of course not debussy
I'm sure the wife will love the firewood holder, but what about the crane you're going to need to bring it in?
He's going to wish he had added plenty of 'speed holes' next month, when she wants to see what it would look like on the other side of the room
I’ve been watching this channel for a few years and l have to say good sir, you haven’t let me down with a hearty supply of chuckles and even more helpful information on many different subjects. A long way of saying Thank you and keep up the great work AvE! 💪💪
I've never felt closer to Ave until I saw we light our fires the same way.
AvE got us waiting at the end like some middle aged nerd waiting for the post credit sneak peak of a Marvel movie.
You are living proof of the power of the human brain to interpret what your ears are hearing because I completely understand what your saying.
Always remember - "A grinder and paint make you the welder you ain't."
Sht you not.., my first welds, after i was done with the grinder, i bondo’d them and covered them up with some primer...it was horrible. mind you, this was on a boat trailer🤦♀️... i still have nightmares with the damn thing. I got a bit better since then “i like to say”...
Or “Tackin the steal, don’t make you a welder for real”.
I use the beer stein video to introduce people to AvE.
Ah yes they say a genius almost always lives in a cluttered mess. By the ashes in the stove and the filings on the band saw, I know, that you sir, are the smartest man alive
I missed these project videos set to classical music, it's just such a nice mood to be in!
"Here's the architectural drawing" ...
I love it how much that speaks to me.
The start of this video brought back memories of The Friendly Giant on CBC. Thx
I love that Shubert's 9 symphony mixed with Mana Mana in C# by Mr Ave. Priceless.
Over halfway through and can't help but wonder if his wife commissioned this project after finally catching on to the 50 shades books
as someone who works around welders, I keep reflexively shielding my eyes from the arc.
Like I told my ex-girlfriend, anything that takes longer than two minutes ain't worth doin'.
Evidently she agreed
@@genewitch - That was the point.
Your music director deserves a raise.
9:35 Welp, I guess this project is getting pushed to next year.
When you put them together like this there is a real big difference between new rust vs old rust...
Soothing and entertaining. I'll never get tired of watching others work.
Couple times there I felt like I was watching a 1920s black and white silent movie. The music 🎶 was the key. Good to see you back at it.
Thanks for all the videos! Great to crack a beer with a fellow Canuck 🍻
Cheers!
As a woodchuck/sparky, I like to think I have a lot to learn from the fabricators and welders of the world.
What I've learned from watching you weld is that I am actually a certified master welder. Excuse me while I go put together an aircraft carrier all by myself.
No tape measures were harmed in the making of this fine piece of furniture.
I could tell all was gonna' be right with the world when you used the dedicated power soapstone sharpening tool preferred by Ironworkers the world over.
12:40 That's actually an underrated visual gag, holding your thumb too close to the weld and then pulling it away as you feel the heat. As every welder knows, holding your finger so close will burn. As every welder also knows, you will sometimes do it anyway, thinking eh it'll be fine this time. It never is.
I wondered about that. I'm still not a welder. I keep threatening to start, but never have (I did buy a stick welder once, and then took it back before I ever used it). His thumb position there did look a little fishy, and I noticed how quickly it came off the work piece.
@@johningram2153 stick welding is one of the best skills you can develop. The new IGBt micro welders are perfect small and light for home use. I’ve made so many things (gates/arches, racks for tools and storage, modify trailers), pergola and steel structure.
@@JDAfrica I know. I keep looking for an excuse to get one. That time I bought it, it was to work on my daughter’s exhaust, under the car without a lift. Absolutely not a good first project. I found an exhaust shop that did it well for $150. I’ll do it one of these days.
Ahhhh finally, this takes me back to the days when you were entertaining not staring at a fire getting uncomfortably close......
I love to see a good project through start to finish. Shame it's never mine!
I feel like a complete idiot for not marking things i measured like you do. Even if it is in tree foam, that extra mark would have saved me a lot of remeasuring if only I were a little more clever, realization of something so simple wouldn't have taken me 5 years to realize only to slap me across the face like trying to pay the wrong person for a night of entertainment.
Cool. Ja, there are so many little tricks that nobody ever thinks to point out. Glad you caught one Cheers!
@@arduinoversusevil2025 Measure twice, mark twice, and always cut at the other mark.
I appreciate the demonstration of the careful usage of an adjustable crescent hammer.
My answer is “it’s straight enough for me” 👍
So my sailor friend used to say....
I miss how This Old Tony cuts his stock.
I miss his uploads, hope he makes a return.
@@NitroNuggetTV He just did
You're devaluing your work by grinding all the patina from the A36 and HSS!
I saw the length of the video and knew it was gonna be a lot of prep work. I was once teaching a friend how to weld and he was like "wtf we spent an hour preparing all this shit and measuring just for 5 min of actual arc time?" Welcome to welding bro.
Damn, the Wife’s Hacienda? Verbal proof the Doghouse still exists
11:56-12:05 that tack ! Glad I'm not the only one 🤣☺️
In the spring I started fabbing a plow mount on my Jeep, still have to finish before show. It's crazy how long it takes to make a simple object.
Very true, yet I still piss and moan when I see the price tag on "simple" things lol
...to make simple objects -perfect-
Never furgin fails, a project can’t just work there just always has to be something
I weld stainless for a living and I lost my shit when you contaminated the flapper wheel with chalk. Thats what the cut off wheels are for
He's welding mild steel.
In his workshop, not yours.
Have you considered valium at all?
he likely has 30 grinders too....
I cannot love the “cut to fire” scene more. I love this channel
Nothing like a good piece of ash 👌
I read this in Sean Connery's voice.
Put her teeth back in.
Nice to see ‘King Canada’ so prominently displayed on your roller support and a ‘Harbor Fake’ welder. Cheap is as cheap does says I, and I’m cheap.
Brilliant @ 3:58! Never thought of putting a point on my soapstones that way.
Looks pretty sharp man
Belt sander works good to id you have one
...Really?
Finally some wholesome programming the whole family can enjoy.
Looks like you're going to need to secure all the lawn furniture from blowing away this weekend. Stay safe this weekend.
Taking the gauge off to retrieve the welding helmet... only an engineer would use that logic. Made my week.
Thanks Ave! I needed this somehow!
My pleasure, thanks for hangin out.
I see you were very carefulling to keep your reflectionies out of the picture in those shots of the glass fronted storage cabinet, it's almost like you knew us inquisitive types would be inspecting each frame to see if there was a hint of face in there !
(Warped welds for state funded project)
Perfect!
-management
For almost all home shops they are overkill however I absolutely adore my blast booth. 8x12 with a pair of recovery augers in the floor. Beats the heck out of trying to grind or chemical or whatever the crusty rusty stock needed in this video
This would be a great opportunity for a generous application of a handi-capable elechicken. Speaking of which, where is the Dewclaw? You two get to disagreeing or was he yet again recalled to the building what with bars on the windows?
A pièce de résistance. Brilliant tune. These are my favorites. I imagine they're fun to make. Much appreciated. Keep up the good work.
As an aluminum welder, I think welding steel is slower than pitch blend in Antarctica.
@@marcusrobinson1778 I can run 500 inches per minute wire speed daily. I love my python.
Beautiful piece of Ash! Killer outline.
It's kind of crept up on me but in this little video I realised there is a lot of appreciation for firewood hereabout these days. Far more than I'd have expected from a man who used to profess disgust at the thought of dealing with dead tree carcass.
Excellent.