NOTHING Typical in Mobile Welding Work
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- #welding #metal #repair
A lot of this mobile welding gig isn’t really welding. I bet only 1% of what I do is actually welding. But you gotta be a 10 trick pony if you want to be successful as a solo guy, so that’s what I became. From rails to heavy equipment repair a ton of different skills besides fabrication and welding come into play daily. So before you run out and buy that engine drive take a look at a typical day for me.
Here are the tools that helped me the most in this video-
Post And Pipe Level- amzn.to/3K8sZwi
Pipe Wrap- amzn.to/35zSEiu
Hobart Welder- amzn.to/3iXi4tE
Face Shield- amzn.to/3u6vt9b
Heres my Instagram- / meltinmetalmobile
Music Credit:
Music: Faded
Musician: Not The King
Music: Point Blank
Musician: Not The King
Hey man I took your advice and did my first job for myself and it was a shipping container repair pretty neat stuff felt good to get out of the booth.
That is awesome!
Sometimes you have to see things for what they are. That railing is not a Tuna Tower on some trophy fishing boat. You make it professional and make it strong. Done. I'm a foam roller guy when it's windy. Just spray the can into the foam. Then I go max out. Great for smoothing your drips and runs, too.
dam, great suggestion. gonna try that next time
About the painting, I’ve discovered that a small disposable roller and a paper tray are my new best friends for paint jobs out in the field. That combination is damn near wind proof. It’s a little more expensive and trouble, no doubt, but it outweighs the other stuff, for me. The key is keeping the roller relatively “dry” to avoid drips. When you’re done, you just toss everything in the trash.
Your honesty in this is refreshing. Thank you.
keep it 100
A good way to line up handrail pipe for butt welding is using aluminum angle and two chain vice grips. It makes it real easy to leave a little gap to fill instead of having to bevel the pipe ends.
I have a Hobart handler 140 and I love it. It is such a nice welder.
Pimpin ain’t EZ but it show is fun
You are 100% correct on hand rail! It never turns out perfect no matter how hard you try! Keep dragging rod brother!
You got that right!
I’m glad you didn’t half ass the paint and stop right were the weld was made and kept going till the next post and made it look decent
How you did that 90 in place was inspired, you absolute chancer, lol.
I also remember your tip about a hair tie on the level
Anthony, smart move pre-painting most of the pipe surfaces. It’s a lot easier to paint the pipe all around when it isn’t yet installed and touch up any missed or damaged sections when your done later, especially in a windy work area. I enjoyed seeing the pipe being bent too. I think it made it more custom looking and stronger at the end. Nice job!
Rattle cans are the reason we only paint with brushes on site, the wind aint worth it when its gonna leave a shit finish either way.
The #1 rule in welding is to have fun 👍
Slickest camera fall ever /w that bass drop
You killed that railing!!! Looks awesome
closing in on 30k! gotta love the real aspect of mobile welding!
So close!
My daughter just bought a Hobart 140 one few weeks and loves it
❤❤I like your straight forward honesty!!! Love your videos
Just honest no bullshit video's! Anthony shows it like it is!
Loved the wire wheel tip to get overspray off concrete. Wish I knew that earlier
I’m a tig only guy but you’re work is just as good
I know this video is a year old but thank you for sharing your knowledge. It helped me come up with a solution for a problem I have with my own railing
Really stepping up the quality on these last couple videos! Makes a huge difference. Easily some of the best welding content on UA-cam
Thanks for showing.
i work in a soup can factory and we just smash the ends of the pipe opposed to copping. Makes the job fast, plus is a factory and no one cares if it coped or not. Doesn’t look half bad either. Nice video brother. Stack bills and dimes.
ive done it on occasion, needed it to match thou
Sweet just bought the post and pipe level just the tool I didn't know I needed till I seen it
“Sometimes you’re gonna have to paint!”
“I fucking HATE PAINTING!” 😂
Howdy, Brother! Kicking ass. Proud of you!
that bend was awesome.......
1:42 That panel in the back ground is a beautiful work of art.
if you squint its mint
Love your vids I’m 18 and have been welding for about a 2 years now and your videos encourage me insanely, love how u show good and bad of the job. Also splice locks may have helped pulling the together easier. But really love all of the advice Anthony thank you so much
I like youre genuine personality and showing raw photage.
Bending with the jig was pro!!!!!
Anthony,
Thanks Brother For Your Work And Videos!
I've been a contractor since the 94, but I and the crew always learn something new from you.
Cheers From The Grand Canyon, AZ
You're cool man. Good job.
Hey, thanks!
All Griy and No $#!T !! Awesome. Makes me wanna WELD MORE!
Nice job, like the attitude, don’t sweat the small crap just get the job done! Love the video’s
Keep it going and moving!!! Nice work man!!!!
getting it done in the Florida Sun....Bravo
Do the best you can with what you got is exactly right. My dad told me one day when we were working on an old rent house ( we’re not building million dollar mansions ) I was trying to hard to make everything perfect when nothing around me was lmao
Cool deal Anthony. Glad you got the railing job, and thanks for sharing the fab work. I really enjoy your videos.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hell yea Meltin Metal!! You never disappoint!! Thanks for the painting tips! Great vid as usual!!
Honestly the music in this while welding is awesome.
As someone who’s going into welding school in 3 months, I’m so fuckin surprised about how much you know. It’s crazy to me. Wanting to know as much as you someday
These Vlogs are fantastic 👍👍👍
Dang it this chanel makes me wanna start life over at 48 and go to welding school but reality sets in and I realize this is extremely hard work and the physical fitness level it would take it would be pointless as in 15 years when I knew something and had some real world experience I'd be toast. Great and entertaining channel.
nice job. always learning
Doesn't get any more real than that. Your videos are fun to watch
I have a Lincoln 140 mig and it's the most underrated welder tool to have on a welding rig
lmao on coughing to clear the paint fumes. Another cool vid Anthony! Thanks
Any time!
The bending jig worked awesome, good thinking!
At the next safety meeting at work I’m going to recommend your advice for working with spray paint. Especially , the coughing part.
Painting is great! If you had that Lincoln 350 professionally repainted you'd probably get a chub!!
That slag inclusion could very well be because you were pushing the rod for that weld when it was almost flat position. On the verticles gravity pulls the slag down away from the weld, but when you push on a flat you keep pushing more and more slag infront of the puddle and sometimes itll get in the way.
No shit Sherlock
tremclad or rustolium work great and cover really well, also cheaper than spary paint, a small roller and it'S a fast job with little mess. one coat is enough
I'm a welder in nyc . my advice for painting is that cardboard is your best friend . use it abuse it throw it out . mostly everyone has a box laying around somewhere . don't spend money on drop cloths !!!
you need a chop saw but then i hear your experimenting which is always fun
fn killing it bro
In Australia the rules on handrails would blow your mind.
I'm digging the flow of your video's, I really like your music. Another great video and information. Keep them coming!
Str8 killin it Anthony!!!!! Love it
I’ve Followed all your videos from the start. Mate your videos have inspired me as a welder to jump from shop to solo, I’m in the process and hope to be pricing jobs by the end of the year. Inspiring stuff, I love shit. Big love from the UK
awesome man! good luck on your endeavor
Your tip on getting paint off concrete is awesome. Welded up some exhaust pipe this weekend..
You’re getting a lot better at stick welding.
I suck TBH dude im working with this week is slick as hell. hoping I pick some pointers up.
I agree on the recommendation on the Handler 140! I have one and it's paid for itself many times over. Great little machine that can do a lot. I'm pulling the trigger and clicking the link for those posts levels. Keep it up Anthony. 👍
Motivation bro! Keep up the good work! I miss working in the field. Shop working is keeping me busy, but I'm living thru you. 💯👨🏾🏭
Appreciate that
i like the welding jobs it’s awesome visual experience. i’m in highschool and i’m taking a welding class and i’ve made it to a state competition and i got my most my knowledge from you man keep up the good work
Very cool!
Railings are a pain in the proverbial butt! But not as big a pain as painting. After my last railing job where it was a bespoke railing for a customer to fit himself, I have come to the conclusion that the customer paints the product or it arrives galvanized only. This applies to railings only. On the job you did I would have just brush painted it.
Tidy work there young man and the otrch work making the bend was great and showed good skills, far better than mine. Nice welding on the rollover frame too!
someone suggested I spray into a foam roller I thought that was genius
@@MeltinMetalAnthony Not a bad idea that, I like that.
Nice work
Love how you tell it as it is that was not a Ferrari you were working
Turned out great
Cheers from Nova Scotia
Thanks 👍
That is my favorite way to clear my lungs too. Very cool video I like how you put the bend in the rail.
Thanks 👍
The trouble is paint takes 4X more prep work than the actual painting step to do right. They make rolls of paint tarp which has tape on one end, that helps a lot. The blue or green painter's tape is less hassle than the white kind. With metal or any smooth surface you want to rough it up with coarse sandpaper first so the paint sticks and doesn't drip. They make a portable tubing polisher belt sander that would work really good for that. Spray paint dries fast but it doesn't cover well and likes to run if you get impatient. A much better option is an airless sprayer and paint that comes in buckets. For oil based paint which you typically want for metal it cleans up well with gasoline, for water based paint a mixture of soapy water and alcohol works best.
Painters are so under valued In my opinion. So I just do what I can and put in the estimate that the paint is complimentary and not warrantied
@@MeltinMetalAnthony I call myself a handyman I do a little bit of everything. Construction, electrical, drywall, paint, small engines, window glass replacement. A little over a month ago I started taking a welding class. I found your channel researching texas tig. If you're ever in Tennesse or Indiana and need an extra man or two let me know!
The videos are definitely getting better! Always cool to see how it is on real jobs.
Anthony, I love the "Low Rider' pipe stands.....if you are ever having problems with yellow paint covering, some brands do not cover well.....get a can of quick dry primer that is white, zap the pipe or what ever, then hit with the yellow, the yellow will be brighter and much better looking....I know, it takes longer, place I worked ,I would sometimes have to do 3 or more coats, cheap ass paint on brand new 4" pipe...now that I think of it, I think it was Rustoleum, but lacked the proper amount of pigment.....then they wanted it installed somewhere else, it was never dry.....tons of hand prints and gurus....and still repainted on site, .Rusteoleum is great paint, but slow drying, they do have some fast dry spray bombs , Krylon is a good fast drying paint also,,,,,I have found if you skip on good paint, it will bite you in the ass......the job looks bad and customer will only see the bad paint and not the great weld.....take it form an old geezer, buy good paint......Bravo, Paul
Your videos never get old man. Love your grind seems to be non stop
Loved it👍👍really enjoy watching your videos educational and entertaining at the same time and love how you say it as it is full respect. 👍
thanks man! I appreciate your continued support
“Squeeze it with your hand and tack that bitch” new motto over here.
Rebrand to AWESOME MELTIN METAL ANTHONY!
Man! Thank you for the tip on the pole level! I am in the middle of a project building a steel staircase which I have zero experience on that. I was trying to figure how to get the vertical poles straight and that level is perfect and cheap! Again Thanks!👍
Excited to hear what's up with the ol tan rig you basically stole. Hopefully you can turn it into a work truck.
Thanks for your vid man. Love the work and the energy. 🙏🏻👨🏭
Editing quality is getting a lot better Anthony. Love it. We need to get you a mic though so we're able to hear to better at distance and in the wind.
Nice on-site work brother. Hope you charge enough for your work. We often don't get the respect in the trade for coming with the brains and equipment to pull off what the customer may perceive as "simple".
did good on this one!
never had luck with 120V welders for flux in past, older days, I have run my Lincoln 180 on generator. I do have long cords, but they are very heavy! but your welder looked up to par, a guy I know recently bought 1 for his shop, Hobart 140, but it kept popping breaker after 1-2 minutes. he replaced breaker, still did it, so took it back & got a 220V one, no issue, & I never got to try his 140 out. I looked at those, as well as Lincoln 140, but besides not enough cash presently, nervous it may not work on extension cord, and yes I have 10 gauge cords
for sheet metal auto-body work, I prefer 120V, but its older China made transformer machine, never tried anything heavy, but it does absolutely wonderful for sheet metal. originally bought as a joke, it did so well I made it my primary auto-body welder.
COUGH COUGH 🤣
I do that after welding galvanized
Bringing out the mig welder this time I see
It ain’t easy bein cheesy I like the videos a lot I’m watching a lot of couple year old ideas not sure if your still puttin out videos but like your work a lot how u explain what your doing I’m trying to get into welding would like to know more of what type of weld and what rods and why but I’m learning thank you
Good show, nice job. You know there is an easy way to cut a pipe cope with a cut off wheel, not many fabricators know this trick, honestly I don’t even want to put this out there but ...think about it, just make an opposite v cut, simple
Btw nice square body ford, a Cummins swap is not too difficult
Keep up the good work👍
Good fuckin tip bud! I’m gonna use that
KEEP GOIN
That bsx 🔥
Thank u Anthony for all ur incredible knowledge 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽keep grinding man🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
That safety cough is important, Goes along with the safety squint and a cold beer
i love watching your videos you remind me of my girlfriend’s dad who used to weld but now he is incarcerated
My old man met the guy that invented spray paint. Or at least a rich old man that claimed to have invented spray paint. The guy said he’d never use the stuff without a respirator and a very strong wind, and he had guilt about all the people who paint with it without protection.
Probably Bob Abplanalp (crazy last name) invented a better/ cheaper plastic nozzle for aerosol/spray cans. He sold aloooooooooooooot of them, for 3 cents a piece. He died in 2003 in Fla. or Bahamas, very,very rich.
Really dude 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, a bubble level in a slop????????????, what fun
THAT grinder would get you kicked of a good few jobs before you even unpacked it.
9:38, I always charge my hourly rate as a welder for painting, I hate painting, safe to say not a lot of people have me paint 🤣
Lots of tricks in the trade bro you got quite a few up your sleeves I don't like painting either hey the railing looks pretty damn good from my couch it ain't going to the moon so you good same way I run my small light stick welder off my ranger for quickies like you did great video bro
Great tool for sure, pipe level
Nice job especially on the bend, come back in a couple of weeks and see how straight and plumb it is. The old rail disappeared for a reason 😁
100%
Keep it real
Bro I need to meet a cool buddy like u I love to weld bro in I make something out of nothing every time I strike an arc a silk purse out of cow's ear