Just welded cast aluminum today for the first time with stick. I used uniweld 4000 rods. Turned out better than I expected. Good thing about aluminum is the ease of grinding when the sparking is done. I named them rodeo rods, cause they were 1/8th and I ran them at my shop on my Lincoln Idealarc 250 at about 95 amps and when you see the spark just try to keep up and hold on for 8 seconds...lol. You seem to do pretty good with them.
Nice video I like how you point out that welding is an expensive business since it costs us a lot of sacrifice to have the stuff we have to complete a job for a client and yes doing cheap work is good at the beginning but after a while you have to stick to your prices and give a little discount here and there but if the customer is dirt cheap and wants it cheaper then that's a red flag and they can find someone else or do it themselves some even told me.
Spot on. In the past year being in this business, I've realized that the customers that want dirt cheap service are usually the hardest customer to satisfy
The cheap guy always stays busy and broke😂. I dont give discounts, coupons, favors, or deals to anyone. I am expensive as hell and for good reason. I absolutely love when they had the cheap guy make a mess and then have to pay me to fix it 🤑. Its much better to be available for the high pay work then booked up with cheap work. Obviously you have to walk the walk and have the stones for the job, but you will command that price. Change your way of seeing potential customers and weed out the shitty ones right away. Your confidence when speaking to clients is what gets you your rate the first time, your work gets it the second time. Charge what your worth and be worth what you charge. These days just showing up is impressive, the bar is pretty low right now. I know its easy for me to say, but believe me the dues are worth the membership 😉 ✌️
Good Job,I tried stick welding aluminum one time just to see how difficult it would be. My welds didn't look very good. I think I will have to stay with MIG welding aluminum.
@@MSJCustoms My experience with Aluminum rods was about 20 years ago in a welding class at a technical college I worked at. The welding instructor would occasionally throw the students a curve and have them try unusual welding procedures. I didn't pay for the rods. I have mostly TIG welded Aluminum -- I had a welding business for about 7 years and 90% of my work was mild steel. I am retiring next year and am going to run a mobile welding business part time in retirement.
Just welded cast aluminum today for the first time with stick. I used uniweld 4000 rods. Turned out better than I expected. Good thing about aluminum is the ease of grinding when the sparking is done. I named them rodeo rods, cause they were 1/8th and I ran them at my shop on my Lincoln Idealarc 250 at about 95 amps and when you see the spark just try to keep up and hold on for 8 seconds...lol.
You seem to do pretty good with them.
"I don't know what im doing" but im still gonna charge 500 an hour 🤣😂
Fake it till you make it brother 😂
@@MSJCustomsgot that right
Nice video I like how you point out that welding is an expensive business since it costs us a lot of sacrifice to have the stuff we have to complete a job for a client and yes doing cheap work is good at the beginning but after a while you have to stick to your prices and give a little discount here and there but if the customer is dirt cheap and wants it cheaper then that's a red flag and they can find someone else or do it themselves some even told me.
Spot on. In the past year being in this business, I've realized that the customers that want dirt cheap service are usually the hardest customer to satisfy
@@MSJCustoms yes they are no matter how hard you try they’ll never be happy with your work
The cheap guy always stays busy and broke😂. I dont give discounts, coupons, favors, or deals to anyone. I am expensive as hell and for good reason. I absolutely love when they had the cheap guy make a mess and then have to pay me to fix it 🤑. Its much better to be available for the high pay work then booked up with cheap work. Obviously you have to walk the walk and have the stones for the job, but you will command that price. Change your way of seeing potential customers and weed out the shitty ones right away. Your confidence when speaking to clients is what gets you your rate the first time, your work gets it the second time. Charge what your worth and be worth what you charge. These days just showing up is impressive, the bar is pretty low right now. I know its easy for me to say, but believe me the dues are worth the membership 😉 ✌️
That is actually really practical and useful advice man. Bravo 👏
let me get a link to them sticks my man
Great video those aluminum rods are tricky
I've watched a few how to videos on aluminum rods. It seems like everyone has a bit of trouble with them😂
Just image the most beautiful weld! 😂😂😂
Good Job,I tried stick welding aluminum one time just to see how difficult it would be. My welds didn't look very good. I think I will have to stay with MIG welding aluminum.
Curious, what do you pay for aluminum rods? It's almost $50 a pound in Minnesota
@@MSJCustoms My experience with Aluminum rods was about 20 years ago in a welding class at a technical college I worked at. The welding instructor would occasionally throw the students a curve and have them try unusual welding procedures. I didn't pay for the rods. I have mostly TIG welded Aluminum -- I had a welding business for about 7 years and 90% of my work was mild steel. I am retiring next year and am going to run a mobile welding business part time in retirement.
Congratulations on retirement brother. You made it to the finish line🫡@@chriscosby2459
What welder you using?
Where are you located I feel like cost has to deal with the area your in also
This job was just outside Minneapolis Minnesota