My buddy is going through a welding class right now and he just bought the arc captain 200 multi process machine. It came with a lot of stuff and was on special when he got it. I’ll be interested to see what you think about them. So… your content is why you hit 20000 subscribers. You may not realize the amount of good accurate information you’ve been putting in your videos. You’re bound to get a lot more in the future. I’m a hobbiest welder at home and I’ve learned a lot by watching you. You can be proud of the content you’ve put out. Keep it up, thanks.
Thanks for the kind words and I will keep making videos 😀. It will be interesting to see how the other two compare to harbor freights unit. Especially the internals.
Congratulations on the 20k!!! Your channel definitely is growing at a rapid rate as it should be. The wisdom, knowledge, and expertise that you convey in such an understandable way is a major contributing factor as to the growth. The consistent quality content that you provide is an other reason. I’ve followed the channel for a while now and I thoroughly enjoy it. Congratulations on the new job too, it sounds like it is gonna be a nice gig. Hopefully you enjoy it and you are still able to put out some content. Be safe out there
thanks for your update. actually I am very impressed with the amount of content you generate here while holding down a job at the same time! appreciate your efforts.
I am used to working 90 hours a week so I need things to stay busy. Making videos and testing things gives me a lot to do, especially since I work a lot less hours at my normal job now 😀.
A video on preheat/post heat for high strength steel and thicker plate would be great. When to do it, how to do it and why to do it. Awesome welding channel!
I will definitely cover that. I will have to get some thicker material to work with. The preheat, interpass temp, and post heat really becomes an issue with higher strength steels above 3/8th of an inch. Thinner stuff (like say 1/8 chromoly tube) doesn’t need the attention say 1/2in thick chromoly bar will. I will have to do a lot of things wrong to show what happens (aka weld cracks lol).
Your like a one stop school. You have a great knowledge of welders and the welding industry on tips and education. I always look forwards to seeing new videos on your channel. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I'm looking forward to the video reviewing the welding gloves. I have been very disappointed with the last few pairs I have purchased. I actually suggested that topic to Project Farm sometime ago. Good gloves are hard to find, eagerly awaiting your perspective. Thanks for all the great videos.
I got burned by a few pairs which sort of prompted the video (along with requests). I am hoping to find a few that are standouts for reasonable money. My two go to are a Lincoln and Hobart glove, both seem to work pretty good for me. I didn’t realize it but Lincoln makes about 7 general welding gloves, I will be testing 4 of them. Needless to say the gloves are worlds apart just on initial impression lol. One pair is like a 5xl oven mitt 😅
Sounds dope dude!!! Good for you ! Keep crushing it . I just changed trades as well. I was doing NDT stuff for 19 years, I am working as a temp right now at nuclear plant . I working on getting into the maintenance shop.
Interesting to hear your glove review will be stick/MIG focused. Usually I just think any thick leather glove is fine, so I'll be interested to hear your criteria for testing. But I`m really excited to hear you've working on a TIG series. I have decent stick and MIG machines but wanted to try TIg. I picked up the ridiculously cheap ArcCaptain TIG 200 ($180). I don't know yet whether it will be a nice surprise or a source of frustration but it seems like it will be reasonable to get started with. We'll see. If you think you're series will be out by summer that would be perfect timing for me! Congratulations on 20k!
For most welding average gloves are fine. What will be interesting is the cost vs longevity issue. I know for a fact the higher end 30$ welding gloves last a long time and protect against burns when handling hot metal parts. However they might not last long enough to justify the price. I do know the worst burns I have had with gloves are wearing tig gloves and flux core wire welding, so there definitely is something to be said to having thicker heat resistant gloves. Glad to hear you want to get into tig 😀. It’s easier than you think, it’s mostly having steady hands and smooth movement. It takes time to train your hands to move correctly. Once you get over the initial steep learning curve it becomes far easier. Tig is 100% worth learning to do, the doors it opens with what you can do is significant.
Please do a video on how you position your head , arms, and upper body to best observe a MIG (gmaw) puddle and also how best to achieve a steady arc when laying a bead. I'm 74 and new to welding and struggling to lay straight, consistent beads. Also, while ARC shots are great for understanding what to look for, they often seem close up. Is there any way to video at a distance that better shows what the welder is actually seeing? If you already have content that covers this, please point me in the right direction. All of your content is fantastic and I have spent hours binge watching your videos. Thanks for taking, what has to be a significant portion of your free time, to make all of this available to us.
The hardest part to get with arc footage is an accurate representation of what is seen because everyone sees things differently. In my stick welding series I had some arc footage that shows a further distance than up close. With MiG welding the nozzle will obscure the view which requires some creative head/hand placement to see what’s going on. For me, I am so used to welding so I can still weld without seeing the molten pool with MiG. However that’s years of experience, and unrealistic for a new person to do. I will do a body positioning video with MiG because it could help out a lot, I have been asked that before and have yet to cover it. 😀
Congrats on 20k! I’m looking to get into TIG this year (have all the gear, just not taken the time) so looking forward to your videos on the subject. MIG I’m OK at.
Greg-inator; I just saw this video. I'm glad you're doing great! Sorry I brought up a question of square tubing when I didn't know you are so busy! Thank you for your time.
It’s not issue, if I didn’t answer it (or to the extent you needed) feel free to message me at makingmistakeswithgreg at gmail.com. It might take me a few days to respond.
All good stuff then. A glove review will be good because I have slightly larger than average hands with a middle finger extending to 4 1/2inches so I find fingers on gloves are way to short for me. Well done on the 20K!
I will take measurements on all the gloves I have, and they are all xl to 3xl in size. I am really hoping a few gloves turn out to be solid options at reasonable prices.
More video's on tig would be fantastic, especially different filler material and what to use when. I recently bought an everlast typhoon 230. After spending 1 year trying to love the $98 yeswelder i just couldn't do it. I haven't tig welded in over 20 year's and i dont remember it being this hard lol.
Tigging with a bare bones setup is kind of like stick welding auto body. You can do it but it sucks lol. Tig comes down to 4 key things: 1) consistent arc gap, 2) consistent smooth movement, 3) consistent filler metal addition, and 4) running enough amperage to not have the filler stick. The learning curve to get functionally good at tig is steep. For tig to work properly you have a very narrow window of what works, so you have to be 95% “perfect” for everything. With mig you have so much more leeway on what will work, it’s far more forgiving. The good news is with tig once you master a simple straight bead on plate everything else is easy. With mig and stick they are far harder to weld overhead, and vertical up than tig. You just have to get used to grinding tungsten and dealing with constant failures for a while with tig lol.
I have very large hands - my glove size is 12, where normal extra large is considered a size 10. I recently found a pair of Stick Welding gloves by TILLMAN that are big enough to easily fit me, and probably could accommodate a size 13 or 14 glove. Tillman 750XXL is printed on the front, and the tag Part Number is 7502X and they are mainly Elk Skin, soft and promise to be excellent gloves for people with really large hands.
I ordered them based on your suggestion, I will test them when I get around to finishing the video on the gloves. Since you have big hands don’t buy the harbor freight black XL mig gloves, they fit too tight and transferred too much heat melting my knuckle lol.
Got an idea for you... and on the same two welders. Each one makes a all in one mig, stick, and tig welder. ARCCAPTAIN MIG Welder, 200Amp 6 in 1 Gas MIG/Gasless Flux Core MIG/Stick/Lift TIG and the YESWELDER Digital MIG-205DS MIG Welder. Both are entry level, covers the three (forth if you count wire feed) major electric welding. Between $300 and $350 ish. BUT, where other channels don't do is test and show each step. Other channels only test the mig, but what about the tig? The stick? Hot start, arc-force,anti-stick? How about the user interface? (screen/knobs/etc)Yea, I know there are a bunch of other brands... but maybe start with those?
I have an arc captain and yes welder I will be testing shortly, their smaller units. I will likely go and test the ones you’re talking about in the future. Most of the cheap all in ones perform poorly with stick and tig which is why you probably don’t see many reviews on that. I definitely will test those features lol.
Looking forward to seeing your channel grow 100,000 plus as you certainly pull no punches, no bull & share fantastic welding content, case in point I'm working through your arc/stick welding lessons - I think we can all say congrats on the 20K subs , you deserve it.
Not sure why but my YT account on my iPad and my iPhone have different users names. Same email and only one account. Weird but maybe that’s the case here?
Yeah it’s super weird. Every time I log on I swear people have a different screen name, often times with a string of numbers at the end. I am bad about remembering names and when they change it takes a bit for me to figure out who I am responding to lol.
REALLY looking forward to the Flux Cored rig shootout! That is a mainstream market that's rising amongst the DIYers and they are more capable today than in the past when coupled with quality wire. I agree, with the behind the scenes wiring (observation) and that it would be a huge interest as well based on the differing manufacturers designs. Personally I'm an ArcCaptain fan as I have a few of their machines but I also own the HF Titanium 125 and it's honestly a solid little FC machine too! Eager to see what you come out with. Keep up the excellent vids Greg; you've got one of the best Channels out there and cut straight to the point, no B.S. and thorough explanations to each point. Cheers.
Thanks for the kind words. I am really glad that there are legit affordable choices for decent entry level machines out there. Not that long ago you couldn’t touch a tig welder outside of a welding store, now even harbor freight sells them. The cheapest flux core machine you could get was a Chicago electric and it was garbage. Now you can get little welders like the titanium 125 for under 150$ and literally weld all sorts of things. The more affordable and better the welders get the more the average man can do, which I am a fan of 😀
Hey Greg, I just wanted to express my gratitude for sharing your job situation on your UA-cam channel. It really adds a personal touch that makes your content even more relatable and engaging. Also, I've learned so much from your tutorials on electrode welding techniques and the types of electrodes best suited for different projects. Thanks for all the great advice and for keeping it real with your viewers 😊
Thanks for the kind words and sorry for the response delay. I will be sharing a lot more about the work I am doing and a bit more personal touches in future videos. I am definitely human, and make a ton of mistakes. One of these days I need to upload an out takes real, I have a bunch of screw ups 😅. I should start putting them at the end of videos 😅
Congrats on the 20k subscribers! You must be doing something right as you had about 15k subs when i discovered your channel maybe a couple of months ago. Keep up the good work!
Things are moving faster than I expected for sure. I never really had a goal, I just wanted to share my hobby with people and help people out 😀. I am glad I can do that, I feel very fortunate.
Id love to get into tig welding, but the gas is what's holding me back. I primarily do flux core and stick on occasion. Just being a broke ass garage tinkerer, i just cant justify the cost and hassle of getting and refilling gas. Is there any way to mess around with scratch start tig without gas? Also congrats on 20k man, and thanks for a shot at the mask giveaway. Your channel is a hidden gem, but I have a feeling it's going to boom like crazy pretty soon.
Gas is a must with tig. There are ways to get decent deals on gas cylinders. The local company I deal with helps me out all the time with cylinders (I have 12 so that helps lol). An in date tested 300cuft cylinder can be purchased for sub 200$ and a fill up is about 75$. Believe it or not it’s barely more money to swap a 300cu ft cylinder than a 125. A 300cuft cylinder can last 28-30 hours of tig welding. Obviously that’s still an added expense that stick and flux core doesn’t have, but once a cylinder is owned it’s not that expensive to tig weld. Stick and flux core are still far more useful outdoors by far lol.
I believe it is possible to review and test products that are sponsored , giving there are an agreement that you can talk honest . It can give the possibility to work with products outside normal reach . however there are always the danger that you don't really like to bide the hand that feeds you. good luck with the career .
I definitely agree. I wouldn’t mind giving input to a company to better their products. Many of the cheaper welder companies send free products out to people just to attempt to sell more products. I get that, and don’t think that’s a bad thing. It’s just when I know the products aren’t that good and the company is somewhat scamming people, I don’t see a benefit to work with them. I am a terrible salesman, so when I say some disparaging remarks on a companies products I got for free the last thing I want to deal with is the company wanting to break ties with me for being honest lol.
I need to make my way out there in the next year or so. I want to build a ground up custom rig but I have yet to find a place suitable to buy. Nothing is for sale here right now. I know I would have a blast out there 😀
I have never owned either machine, so it will be interesting to see how they weld. Especially in comparison to the harbor freight titanium 125. I have a feeling the titanium 125 will come out on top.
I have the last generation flux135, not the pro. But honestly, I love it. I've ran 5-6 rolls of 035 Lincoln through it, an it's never given me lick of trouble. Welds awesome too, no cold starts, it just kinda gets right with it. Smooth too. I bought it for the stick side of it, ironically, that sucks tho lol. Still, very good machine for a hundred dollars
I bet the stick sucks because it outputs too low of voltage to weld decently with stick. It will be interesting to see how the one I got welds. A buddy of mine and I welded with a harbor freight Chicago electric 125 recently (for a video), and there is no way it’s as bad as that 😅😅
@@makingmistakeswithgreg right. U know more about that stuff than me obviously, I'm just the idiot with stinger in his hand lol. I did recently get the arc ds pro 125, just because it's practically free, an that little shit does not do too bad, I mean for 60$. Won't run a normal 3/32 7018, but it will the ac version, an I imagine that's good enough for my buddy's lawn mower lol. I do swap out the leads immediately too, same with the flux machine. Can't possibly expect good results from a 2oz ground cable. Clamp too, far as that goes. But, it's not my 1900$ invertec either. If I break it, it blows away in the wind, who gives lol. Anywho, have a good night man
My buddy is going through a welding class right now and he just bought the arc captain 200 multi process machine. It came with a lot of stuff and was on special when he got it. I’ll be interested to see what you think about them. So… your content is why you hit 20000 subscribers. You may not realize the amount of good accurate information you’ve been putting in your videos. You’re bound to get a lot more in the future. I’m a hobbiest welder at home and I’ve learned a lot by watching you. You can be proud of the content you’ve put out. Keep it up, thanks.
Thanks for the kind words and I will keep making videos 😀. It will be interesting to see how the other two compare to harbor freights unit. Especially the internals.
+1 on amazing channel! Not many people can make a good video about power factor coreection
Congratulations on the 20k!!! Your channel definitely is growing at a rapid rate as it should be. The wisdom, knowledge, and expertise that you convey in such an understandable way is a major contributing factor as to the growth. The consistent quality content that you provide is an other reason. I’ve followed the channel for a while now and I thoroughly enjoy it. Congratulations on the new job too, it sounds like it is gonna be a nice gig. Hopefully you enjoy it and you are still able to put out some content. Be safe out there
I’m not a welder but I’m damn good at laying bead on a plate. Thank for the in-depth videos on welding processes. Congratulations on 20k.
You have a great channel Greg!
Thanks a bunch!!!
Just dropping in to say this channel is awesome. You are gonna blow up Project Farm style for sure!
Thanks for the kind words. 😀
Fairly new TIG welder here. Looking forward to your TIG welding series
thanks for your update. actually I am very impressed with the amount of content you generate here while holding down a job at the same time! appreciate your efforts.
I am used to working 90 hours a week so I need things to stay busy. Making videos and testing things gives me a lot to do, especially since I work a lot less hours at my normal job now 😀.
A video on preheat/post heat for high strength steel and thicker plate would be great. When to do it, how to do it and why to do it. Awesome welding channel!
I will definitely cover that. I will have to get some thicker material to work with. The preheat, interpass temp, and post heat really becomes an issue with higher strength steels above 3/8th of an inch. Thinner stuff (like say 1/8 chromoly tube) doesn’t need the attention say 1/2in thick chromoly bar will. I will have to do a lot of things wrong to show what happens (aka weld cracks lol).
Congratulations on the 20k, always enjoy your content!
Your like a one stop school. You have a great knowledge of welders and the welding industry on tips and education. I always look forwards to seeing new videos on your channel. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
No problem, glad you enjoy the content 😀
Congrats Greg! Rising fast and earning every bit of your success.
I'm looking forward to the video reviewing the welding gloves. I have been very disappointed with the last few pairs I have purchased. I actually suggested that topic to Project Farm sometime ago. Good gloves are hard to find, eagerly awaiting your perspective. Thanks for all the great videos.
I got burned by a few pairs which sort of prompted the video (along with requests). I am hoping to find a few that are standouts for reasonable money. My two go to are a Lincoln and Hobart glove, both seem to work pretty good for me. I didn’t realize it but Lincoln makes about 7 general welding gloves, I will be testing 4 of them. Needless to say the gloves are worlds apart just on initial impression lol. One pair is like a 5xl oven mitt 😅
Sounds dope dude!!! Good for you ! Keep crushing it .
I just changed trades as well. I was doing NDT stuff for 19 years, I am working as a temp right now at nuclear plant . I working on getting into the maintenance shop.
That’s awesome, and sounds like a fun job 😀.
Congratulations on the job. Be careful, I'm sure you will. Thanks for the videos and looking forward to trying out some gloves that you recommend.
Interesting to hear your glove review will be stick/MIG focused. Usually I just think any thick leather glove is fine, so I'll be interested to hear your criteria for testing.
But I`m really excited to hear you've working on a TIG series. I have decent stick and MIG machines but wanted to try TIg. I picked up the ridiculously cheap ArcCaptain TIG 200 ($180). I don't know yet whether it will be a nice surprise or a source of frustration but it seems like it will be reasonable to get started with. We'll see. If you think you're series will be out by summer that would be perfect timing for me!
Congratulations on 20k!
For most welding average gloves are fine. What will be interesting is the cost vs longevity issue. I know for a fact the higher end 30$ welding gloves last a long time and protect against burns when handling hot metal parts. However they might not last long enough to justify the price. I do know the worst burns I have had with gloves are wearing tig gloves and flux core wire welding, so there definitely is something to be said to having thicker heat resistant gloves.
Glad to hear you want to get into tig 😀. It’s easier than you think, it’s mostly having steady hands and smooth movement. It takes time to train your hands to move correctly. Once you get over the initial steep learning curve it becomes far easier. Tig is 100% worth learning to do, the doors it opens with what you can do is significant.
Please do a video on how you position your head , arms, and upper body to best observe a MIG (gmaw) puddle and also how best to achieve a steady arc when laying a bead. I'm 74 and new to welding and struggling to lay straight, consistent beads. Also, while ARC shots are great for understanding what to look for, they often seem close up. Is there any way to video at a distance that better shows what the welder is actually seeing? If you already have content that covers this, please point me in the right direction. All of your content is fantastic and I have spent hours binge watching your videos. Thanks for taking, what has to be a significant portion of your free time, to make all of this available to us.
The hardest part to get with arc footage is an accurate representation of what is seen because everyone sees things differently. In my stick welding series I had some arc footage that shows a further distance than up close. With MiG welding the nozzle will obscure the view which requires some creative head/hand placement to see what’s going on. For me, I am so used to welding so I can still weld without seeing the molten pool with MiG. However that’s years of experience, and unrealistic for a new person to do. I will do a body positioning video with MiG because it could help out a lot, I have been asked that before and have yet to cover it. 😀
@@makingmistakeswithgreg Many thanks Greg. Looking forward to all of your videos.
No meatball surgery for you !!
Glad to here hope it goes well!!!
Congrats on 20k! I’m looking to get into TIG this year (have all the gear, just not taken the time) so looking forward to your videos on the subject. MIG I’m OK at.
The nice thing is skills do cross over from MiG to tig. If you can run a straight decent MiG weld that will give a big leg up with tig.
Greg-inator; I just saw this video. I'm glad you're doing great! Sorry I brought up a question of square tubing when I didn't know you are so busy! Thank you for your time.
It’s not issue, if I didn’t answer it (or to the extent you needed) feel free to message me at makingmistakeswithgreg at gmail.com. It might take me a few days to respond.
All good stuff then. A glove review will be good because I have slightly larger than average hands with a middle finger extending to 4 1/2inches so I find fingers on gloves are way to short for me.
Well done on the 20K!
I will take measurements on all the gloves I have, and they are all xl to 3xl in size. I am really hoping a few gloves turn out to be solid options at reasonable prices.
That's awesome Greg, wishing you all the best in your new adventure!!!
Excellent idea on the glove review.
I would like to learn how to TIG weld a how to the would be pretty cool
More video's on tig would be fantastic, especially different filler material and what to use when. I recently bought an everlast typhoon 230. After spending 1 year trying to love the $98 yeswelder i just couldn't do it. I haven't tig welded in over 20 year's and i dont remember it being this hard lol.
Tigging with a bare bones setup is kind of like stick welding auto body. You can do it but it sucks lol. Tig comes down to 4 key things: 1) consistent arc gap, 2) consistent smooth movement, 3) consistent filler metal addition, and 4) running enough amperage to not have the filler stick. The learning curve to get functionally good at tig is steep. For tig to work properly you have a very narrow window of what works, so you have to be 95% “perfect” for everything. With mig you have so much more leeway on what will work, it’s far more forgiving. The good news is with tig once you master a simple straight bead on plate everything else is easy. With mig and stick they are far harder to weld overhead, and vertical up than tig. You just have to get used to grinding tungsten and dealing with constant failures for a while with tig lol.
I have very large hands - my glove size is 12, where normal extra large is considered a size 10.
I recently found a pair of Stick Welding gloves by TILLMAN that are big enough to easily fit me, and probably could accommodate a size 13 or 14 glove.
Tillman 750XXL is printed on the front, and the tag Part Number is 7502X and they are mainly Elk Skin, soft and promise to be excellent gloves for people with really large hands.
I ordered them based on your suggestion, I will test them when I get around to finishing the video on the gloves. Since you have big hands don’t buy the harbor freight black XL mig gloves, they fit too tight and transferred too much heat melting my knuckle lol.
Much appreciated for all knowledge you impart to us
No problem 😀
Appreciate you bro you helped me so much
Glad to hear it, and you should thank yourself too, for investing the time to better your skills 😀
Yay ya finally gots a ARCCAPTAIN welder I see, that’s all I been rocking and love em. Got two of them plus the cut 50 plasma
It will be interesting to see how it compares to the harbor freight. I am all for sub 200$ welders that can give a person on a budget options 😀
Congratulations too, seriously!!
Got an idea for you... and on the same two welders. Each one makes a all in one mig, stick, and tig welder. ARCCAPTAIN MIG Welder, 200Amp 6 in 1 Gas MIG/Gasless Flux Core MIG/Stick/Lift TIG and the YESWELDER Digital MIG-205DS MIG Welder. Both are entry level, covers the three (forth if you count wire feed) major electric welding. Between $300 and $350 ish. BUT, where other channels don't do is test and show each step. Other channels only test the mig, but what about the tig? The stick? Hot start, arc-force,anti-stick? How about the user interface? (screen/knobs/etc)Yea, I know there are a bunch of other brands... but maybe start with those?
I have an arc captain and yes welder I will be testing shortly, their smaller units. I will likely go and test the ones you’re talking about in the future. Most of the cheap all in ones perform poorly with stick and tig which is why you probably don’t see many reviews on that. I definitely will test those features lol.
Looking forward to seeing your channel grow 100,000 plus as you certainly pull no punches, no bull & share fantastic welding content, case in point I'm working through your arc/stick welding lessons - I think we can all say congrats on the 20K subs , you deserve it.
Thanks for the kind words 😀
Thanks for the updates
I have the Titanium Flux 125, my budget is too tight for much else. But at least I can get some things done.
I bought one as a secondary unit. It’s surprisingly good. Their manual is useful for new welders. Have fun with it.
It will do a ton, and I have a feeling it will beat out the other two I picked up.
Your calling is teaching bro
Not sure why but my YT account on my iPad and my iPhone have different users names. Same email and only one account. Weird but maybe that’s the case here?
Yeah it’s super weird. Every time I log on I swear people have a different screen name, often times with a string of numbers at the end. I am bad about remembering names and when they change it takes a bit for me to figure out who I am responding to lol.
Slickman.. best glove I have ever used.
Thanks for sharing, never heard of those. They definitely look legit, I will have to try a pair.
REALLY looking forward to the Flux Cored rig shootout! That is a mainstream market that's rising amongst the DIYers and they are more capable today than in the past when coupled with quality wire. I agree, with the behind the scenes wiring (observation) and that it would be a huge interest as well based on the differing manufacturers designs. Personally I'm an ArcCaptain fan as I have a few of their machines but I also own the HF Titanium 125 and it's honestly a solid little FC machine too! Eager to see what you come out with. Keep up the excellent vids Greg; you've got one of the best Channels out there and cut straight to the point, no B.S. and thorough explanations to each point. Cheers.
Thanks for the kind words. I am really glad that there are legit affordable choices for decent entry level machines out there. Not that long ago you couldn’t touch a tig welder outside of a welding store, now even harbor freight sells them. The cheapest flux core machine you could get was a Chicago electric and it was garbage. Now you can get little welders like the titanium 125 for under 150$ and literally weld all sorts of things. The more affordable and better the welders get the more the average man can do, which I am a fan of 😀
Hey Greg, I just wanted to express my gratitude for sharing your job situation on your UA-cam channel. It really adds a personal touch that makes your content even more relatable and engaging. Also, I've learned so much from your tutorials on electrode welding techniques and the types of electrodes best suited for different projects. Thanks for all the great advice and for keeping it real with your viewers 😊
Thanks for the kind words and sorry for the response delay. I will be sharing a lot more about the work I am doing and a bit more personal touches in future videos. I am definitely human, and make a ton of mistakes. One of these days I need to upload an out takes real, I have a bunch of screw ups 😅. I should start putting them at the end of videos 😅
Congrats on the 20k subscribers!
You must be doing something right as you had about 15k subs when i discovered your channel maybe a couple of months ago.
Keep up the good work!
Things are moving faster than I expected for sure. I never really had a goal, I just wanted to share my hobby with people and help people out 😀. I am glad I can do that, I feel very fortunate.
Id love to get into tig welding, but the gas is what's holding me back. I primarily do flux core and stick on occasion. Just being a broke ass garage tinkerer, i just cant justify the cost and hassle of getting and refilling gas.
Is there any way to mess around with scratch start tig without gas?
Also congrats on 20k man, and thanks for a shot at the mask giveaway. Your channel is a hidden gem, but I have a feeling it's going to boom like crazy pretty soon.
Gas is a must with tig. There are ways to get decent deals on gas cylinders. The local company I deal with helps me out all the time with cylinders (I have 12 so that helps lol). An in date tested 300cuft cylinder can be purchased for sub 200$ and a fill up is about 75$. Believe it or not it’s barely more money to swap a 300cu ft cylinder than a 125. A 300cuft cylinder can last 28-30 hours of tig welding. Obviously that’s still an added expense that stick and flux core doesn’t have, but once a cylinder is owned it’s not that expensive to tig weld. Stick and flux core are still far more useful outdoors by far lol.
I gotta make it out to windrock. Maybe when the skoolie is done I'll make a trip. Congrats on 20k and the new job
It’s worth it. The map application they have works great and they have trails from mild to wild. The wild trails are wild lol.
I believe it is possible to review and test products that are sponsored , giving there are an agreement that you can talk honest . It can give the possibility to work with products outside normal reach . however there are always the danger that you don't really like to bide the hand that feeds you. good luck with the career .
I definitely agree. I wouldn’t mind giving input to a company to better their products. Many of the cheaper welder companies send free products out to people just to attempt to sell more products. I get that, and don’t think that’s a bad thing. It’s just when I know the products aren’t that good and the company is somewhat scamming people, I don’t see a benefit to work with them. I am a terrible salesman, so when I say some disparaging remarks on a companies products I got for free the last thing I want to deal with is the company wanting to break ties with me for being honest lol.
Hey Greg, come on out to west Colorado and see what kind of wheeling we got here, oh and Moab is 2 hours away! You welding content is the best!!!
I need to make my way out there in the next year or so. I want to build a ground up custom rig but I have yet to find a place suitable to buy. Nothing is for sale here right now. I know I would have a blast out there 😀
I am curious to see how the 120 volt welders perform. looking forward to it.
I have never owned either machine, so it will be interesting to see how they weld. Especially in comparison to the harbor freight titanium 125. I have a feeling the titanium 125 will come out on top.
I have the last generation flux135, not the pro. But honestly, I love it. I've ran 5-6 rolls of 035 Lincoln through it, an it's never given me lick of trouble. Welds awesome too, no cold starts, it just kinda gets right with it. Smooth too. I bought it for the stick side of it, ironically, that sucks tho lol. Still, very good machine for a hundred dollars
I bet the stick sucks because it outputs too low of voltage to weld decently with stick. It will be interesting to see how the one I got welds. A buddy of mine and I welded with a harbor freight Chicago electric 125 recently (for a video), and there is no way it’s as bad as that 😅😅
@@makingmistakeswithgreg right. U know more about that stuff than me obviously, I'm just the idiot with stinger in his hand lol. I did recently get the arc ds pro 125, just because it's practically free, an that little shit does not do too bad, I mean for 60$. Won't run a normal 3/32 7018, but it will the ac version, an I imagine that's good enough for my buddy's lawn mower lol. I do swap out the leads immediately too, same with the flux machine. Can't possibly expect good results from a 2oz ground cable. Clamp too, far as that goes. But, it's not my 1900$ invertec either. If I break it, it blows away in the wind, who gives lol. Anywho, have a good night man
I look forward to the glove video. I hope your new gig keeps challenging you and remains interesting.