His videos have taught me more than my instructor. 1 teacher for 30 students on different welding lvls so I’m getting the basics from Weld tube. Thanks and keep up the content
I cal mine the test monitor bc teaching isn’t happening 😂 he sits at desk. Says go weld. Looks at are lines at end and says looks good 😂😂 my computer lost its security password to log in to school internet. He said idk 🤷♂️ the high school kids that had welding offered in high-school are helping my old ass. Such a waste of money. I could have bought a welding machine and learned on my own at this rate.
Just discovered you. Love you say Ladies and Gentlemen. I am a woman and don't hear guys acknowledge us that often on "how to do it" videos. They don't get what you get. Women watch cool videos like yours too. Also love your teaching. You are clear thinking, straight talking and obviously, you care that we learn. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
There's a lady welder in my tig class who is awesome. She's been welding way longer, so it's a plus, but I'm not jealous. I learn from her, as I would any other. Rock on welders.
I had my son watch your videos and learn from what you do he went from subpar "D" grade in high school welding class to "A" grade level in just a few weeks he had been doing this for almost the whole year and in two weeks went to the top passed in the top two, before your videos he would have passed with a "D" grade, Thanks man your tips made all the difference.
“If you can’t see where you’re going, you’re going to leave yourself behind.” Why was that so deep? lol. I’m definitely becoming a welder now ❤️😭 I love that
It is not that hard, just keep short arc. Short arc or long arc is your voltage, if you keep it short just like he mention in video "feel" the plate, it means try to keep same short arc thought your weld. First try long arcing on some plate and see how it looks after, than try short arc. You will see "wild" arc and that electricity it is not pointed where you want it to be, than try to keep short arc and you will get smooth arc whitout spater and wildness. I hope my English is correct, sorry if it is not.
i remember when i first started learning stick with 6010 i was always sticking the rod or long arcing .. could not get the feed right because i was trying to focus on all variables.. arc length angle travel speed, weave / pattern... and it was too much.. so i bought an old wirefeed and practiced the other variables until they became second nature, didnt have to worry about feeding the filler... then i went back to stick to work on feeding the rod and to my surprise it just clicked... i guess i did it backwards lol.
Great tips. Im just staring out. Your tips are clear and very helpful. I was having a lot of trouble seeing ahead of the weld. I wasn't moving with the weld. Looking forward to more practice now that I know what I was doing wrong. 👍
That's common when you first start out. One of the best ways to learn. to move with the weld is when you start and prop yourself up, prop yourself about to where you plan on finishing the weld instead of where you start the weld. Then you can reach back when you start the weld and staying with the weld will he ALOT easyer because your coming back to your most comfortable resting spot. It's much easier to pull back to yourself than it is to push away from yourself when you are trying to stay with the weld.
Thank you. I been wire welding for years and never really got the hang of stick. My company changed my welder and it was nice just to watch this quick video and translate it to my welds
So, I'm just learning now, borrowing an inverter and just tackling a project for myself, I've come to youtube alot for stuff like this, I am a tradesman but i love to learn and try different things. I have easily watched a couple hours worth of welding videos, electrodes, amps, ac / dc and ofc running beads. Your videos just settled all my anxiety about getting clean welds on my gate, 10/10 my man, great video and very easy to understand you. camera shots showing angle are perfect.
I've been doing FCAW for a little bit and am just now going to start stick welding. This video is excellently detailed and I'm sure it's going to help a lot. I've found the best thing for me is to admit humility and laugh at my welds, all the while knowing, they WILL eventually get better. It helped me not get frustrated learning FCAW and it will help with this method as well.
Lock your knees for blood flow is definitely a good tip I just learned from this video. Love welding couldn’t figure out why I sway when I’m in my zone. Thanks for sharing
@@MTFTVlive i sort of stuck just doing very small jobs. for some reason welding an exhaust hanger on the frame of my car proved impossible. i just couldn't get the hanger to stick to the frame. cleaned both surfaces, but the weld would not hold on the frame. it did so on the hanger, but not the frame. both parts are steel. finally took it to a garage. what do you think i did wrong? thanks.
11:48 Me and my son literally shouted "WOAAAHWW" A mixture of wow and ohh 😂. We're learning together. Ive just graduated welding school but havent tried any welding jobs yet. Im 26 and my junior is 7.
Thank you so much unk I loved your teaching I'm a newbie and have exactly the problems you described I have 3 weeks left to catch up with my classmates nobody understands welding in my house and I feel isolated but thank you for an out welder's combine things not separate them to my brothers and sisters in welding it gets better and it gets fun! You my welding family we got this!
Today i was practicing running 1G E7018 at 130 amps! I was getting pit holes in the slag itself, but the weld bead was okay & no pits! And there was no spatter! Im using an ole 1974 Lincoln AC 225 AMP "red box"!
I have to lay a straight bead for a 1g test. I am 62 years old. You taught me to lean on something - anything. I think the view from the helmet probably matters a lot. My Yeswelder helmet has been fine until I had to see the edges of the bevels working on this 1G test. I cradled my right hand using my left hand and lowered my left arm as you do. Thought I was going straight, but when I lifted my helmet, I welded over the edge. A really nice weld, thanks to your stick videos, but over the edge. I am going to get a helmet that provides a better view.
Those Yeswelder true color helmets are fine. Try playing with the shade level, also change the battery from time to time. The Harbor Freight Vulcan ARCSAFE helmets are also quite good--if you can find them.
Hello, I'm from Brazil, I really like these videos, they just enrich my knowledge about welding, please put subtitles in Portuguese, it would be a little easier. thank you very much
That sounds cold to me. I've heard to start 7018 at 1a per thou of rod diameter, so 125 for a 1/8" rod then adjust. Then go higher amps on thicker base metal for penetration and lower for thinner metal to not burn through. Still working on that here & hope I haven't been misled. lol
Thanks boss easy to understand and very informative I'll be welding on my 07 chevy 1500 z71 classic. Steering idler bracket gusset broke off and I'm broke so I gotta learn on a vivor mma140 @ homedepot $60!
My teacher told us theres like motions you have to like circles oe zigzags or c's while making one straight line? Can anyone confirm that or can you go straight and be fine?
I just started taking classes at the adult Ed at the local high school, and the teacher was telling me to do half circle movement. It didn't make sense, and my bead looks terrible because the puddle is all over the place. Is that an actual technique?
My beads have been looking ok, but my biggest problem is keeping my hands steady, especially doing horizontal. How can I get into a good position to keep my hands and body steady?
Can we get some beginners tips for low amperage welding. The only machine I have access to is an 80 amp and also very low voltage outlets. At most I can run about 75 amps. It's all I have access to at the moment and I am desperately trying to learn how to do any kind of welding
I have a basic question about stick welding. How is the weld actually made? When you run a bead, is it like using superglue? In other words, does the material in the stick do all of the work and join the two pieces together? Alternatively, in the process of running the bead are the items being welded also melted and fused with material in the bead? If it's the latter, then how do you know how much melting is required to fuse the items together? Is it just practice? Do you "feel" it my monitoring the resistance to the stick on the metal? After all, it seems that too little melting would result in a weak weld, whereas too much would ruin the weld all together.
I’m gonna be starting a welding job at the foundry I work at. No experience other than practicing sometimes at lunch break. The guys teaching me say to keep it up about 1/8” when welding the castings. This guy says this,this guy says something else because everyone at my place does it differently so I’m very conflicted because they say that if you touch the metal the rod will stick so yeah. Very confusing but I’ll try out your tips and see if it works best. Thanks dude!
I need help please!!!, im doing overhead stick 1/8 cap but im not able to see the edges of my plate, so my bead tends to drift off. And my bead is not straight.
How do you stick weld vertically? i'm using welder arc captain, and it looks like bird poop, I use proper amperage, but it still looks like a bird poop, can you give advise please. Thanks
His videos have taught me more than my instructor. 1 teacher for 30 students on different welding lvls so I’m getting the basics from Weld tube. Thanks and keep up the content
Same except 35 people in the morning, same instructor for the night class and idk how many is in that class
Same here except there’s 20 students
Same!
I cal mine the test monitor bc teaching isn’t happening 😂 he sits at desk. Says go weld. Looks at are lines at end and says looks good 😂😂 my computer lost its security password to log in to school internet. He said idk 🤷♂️ the high school kids that had welding offered in high-school are helping my old ass. Such a waste of money. I could have bought a welding machine and learned on my own at this rate.
Wow, i thought our course of 17 was a lot. But same issues, just go weld with not much instruction.
@@jenf7309
Just discovered you. Love you say Ladies and Gentlemen. I am a woman and don't hear guys acknowledge us that often on "how to do it" videos. They don't get what you get. Women watch cool videos like yours too. Also love your teaching. You are clear thinking, straight talking and obviously, you care that we learn. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Lots of women welders and Blacksmiths in the UK although possibly more Women Blacksmiths its all inclusive x
I would like to see a lady instructor weld videos, but dunno if there any here on youtube or not🤷🤷🤷
There's a lady welder in my tig class who is awesome. She's been welding way longer, so it's a plus, but I'm not jealous. I learn from her, as I would any other. Rock on welders.
When I weld, which isn’t often, it looked bad. After watching your video, within 5 minutes I was laying beads. You’re a good teacher. Thanks
How long you been welding ?
@@benjiii3407 on and off about 3 years. I own a small engine shop and I don’t need to weld too often but sometimes welding as a must.
I had my son watch your videos and learn from what you do he went from subpar "D" grade in high school welding class to "A" grade level in just a few weeks he had been doing this for almost the whole year and in two weeks went to the top passed in the top two, before your videos he would have passed with a "D" grade, Thanks man your tips made all the difference.
Those beads are drop-dead gorgeous.
and the way the outer coating chipped right off? beautiful
“If you can’t see where you’re going, you’re going to leave yourself behind.” Why was that so deep? lol. I’m definitely becoming a welder now ❤️😭 I love that
Just left my 6th class. I could not see after halfway, what a damn gem. God bless and good luck!
He makes it look so easy . He has a really nice manner as an instructor . 👍
It is not that hard, just keep short arc. Short arc or long arc is your voltage, if you keep it short just like he mention in video "feel" the plate, it means try to keep same short arc thought your weld. First try long arcing on some plate and see how it looks after, than try short arc. You will see "wild" arc and that electricity it is not pointed where you want it to be, than try to keep short arc and you will get smooth arc whitout spater and wildness. I hope my English is correct, sorry if it is not.
I forgot to mention you need to be calm when feeding the rod, try to relax and breath normally.
@@stefanm5636 Thank You. Most Helpful. Your English is very good . 👍
Excellent teacher. Explains better than most
I'm working on getting that same consistency, and that peel is gorgeous.
Keep at it brother!
Is welding in demand and pay decent? Looking at schooling
It was im still trying to get a good Peel think i may have had me angle wrong
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i remember when i first started learning stick with 6010 i was always sticking the rod or long arcing .. could not get the feed right because i was trying to focus on all variables.. arc length angle travel speed, weave / pattern... and it was too much.. so i bought an old wirefeed and practiced the other variables until they became second nature, didnt have to worry about feeding the filler... then i went back to stick to work on feeding the rod and to my surprise it just clicked... i guess i did it backwards lol.
🤙🤙
Funny that exact same here bud!
In learning to weld from UA-cam, once I can throw a good consistent bead and I know more about metallurgy I’m gonna go test out and get my certs.
Damn Billy we're on the same journey
Go welding
Great tips. Im just staring out. Your tips are clear and very helpful. I was having a lot of trouble seeing ahead of the weld. I wasn't moving with the weld. Looking forward to more practice now that I know what I was doing wrong. 👍
That's common when you first start out. One of the best ways to learn.
to move with the weld is when you start and prop yourself up, prop yourself about to where you plan on finishing the weld instead of where you start the weld. Then you can reach back when you start the weld and staying with the weld will he ALOT easyer because your coming back to your most comfortable resting spot. It's much easier to pull back to yourself than it is to push away from yourself when you are trying to stay with the weld.
Thank you. I been wire welding for years and never really got the hang of stick. My company changed my welder and it was nice just to watch this quick video and translate it to my welds
Thank you for not showing us "tricks". Extremely helpful videos and straight to the point. Subbed, liked, goddammit saved!
So, I'm just learning now, borrowing an inverter and just tackling a project for myself, I've come to youtube alot for stuff like this, I am a tradesman but i love to learn and try different things.
I have easily watched a couple hours worth of welding videos, electrodes, amps, ac / dc and ofc running beads.
Your videos just settled all my anxiety about getting clean welds on my gate, 10/10 my man, great video and very easy to understand you. camera shots showing angle are perfect.
I've been doing FCAW for a little bit and am just now going to start stick welding. This video is excellently detailed and I'm sure it's going to help a lot. I've found the best thing for me is to admit humility and laugh at my welds, all the while knowing, they WILL eventually get better. It helped me not get frustrated learning FCAW and it will help with this method as well.
So far this has been the most informative video I just started today and I’m 14 so thank you
Lock your knees for blood flow is definitely a good tip I just learned from this video. Love welding couldn’t figure out why I sway when I’m in my zone. Thanks for sharing
He said don’t Lock em
Locking your knees is the fastest way to fall out.
Lots of good basic tips about technique in this video. Just what a newbie like me needs. Thanks man!
Love the instructions - Thank you. Also, watching the welding process is so hypnotic!
Thanks a ton for the details bro. Super super helpful this one for a total beginner. Much appreciated!
more than a rookie, i haven't bought my stick welder yet so i needed the basics. thanks. ⚔
i have the stick welder now...not very good at for now. need to know more about the voltage.
How’s it going?
@@MTFTVlive i sort of stuck just doing very small jobs. for some reason welding an exhaust hanger on the frame of my car proved impossible. i just couldn't get the hanger to stick to the frame. cleaned both surfaces, but the weld would not hold on the frame. it did so on the hanger, but not the frame. both parts are steel. finally took it to a garage. what do you think i did wrong? thanks.
11:48 Me and my son literally shouted "WOAAAHWW" A mixture of wow and ohh 😂. We're learning together. Ive just graduated welding school but havent tried any welding jobs yet. Im 26 and my junior is 7.
Passion for teaching, once a teacher always a teacher
Thank you so much unk I loved your teaching I'm a newbie and have exactly the problems you described I have 3 weeks left to catch up with my classmates nobody understands welding in my house and I feel isolated but thank you for an out welder's combine things not separate them to my brothers and sisters in welding it gets better and it gets fun! You my welding family we got this!
Bless Another AWESOME 👏 video, my Weld Tube instructor. Like the new helmet. Best to all, Fr. John
I remember doing this in Jr. High school. It helps keep straight welds.
Wow man this is a great video. All a beginner needs to grasp where they are making mistakes.
You are a REALLY good instructor.
Today i was practicing running 1G E7018 at 130 amps! I was getting pit holes in the slag itself, but the weld bead was okay & no pits! And there was no spatter! Im using an ole 1974 Lincoln AC 225 AMP "red box"!
I have to lay a straight bead for a 1g test. I am 62 years old. You taught me to lean on something - anything. I think the view from the helmet probably matters a lot. My Yeswelder helmet has been fine until I had to see the edges of the bevels working on this 1G test. I cradled my right hand using my left hand and lowered my left arm as you do. Thought I was going straight, but when I lifted my helmet, I welded over the edge. A really nice weld, thanks to your stick videos, but over the edge. I am going to get a helmet that provides a better view.
Did you find a better helmet?
Those Yeswelder true color helmets are fine. Try playing with the shade level, also change the battery from time to time. The Harbor Freight Vulcan ARCSAFE helmets are also quite good--if you can find them.
@@ZEPEH-46N2 Bought a Lincoln Electric 3350. It has a great view and helped me see what I was welding doing the 1G test
@@inhibited44 I have that same hood. Being able to see what I was doing wrong helped tremendously.
i got a lot to learn im still workin on makin a wide consistent bead
Excellent video/info. I'm new to this and your videos are going to help me immensely,
Hello, I'm from Brazil, I really like these videos, they just enrich my knowledge about welding, please put subtitles in Portuguese, it would be a little easier. thank you very much
Stick welding frustrating the hell out of me today
Dude I’m in 11th grade and I wanna weld but I get pissed sm
I can relate lol
Real
Feed er the rod!!! That helped me so much! I was too still as the rod burned away
I'll try that advice on my training🔥 thanks for making this video... I just realized ive been doing stick weld wrong the whole time lol
This is good to know when you're first learning to weld it's not difficult to learn and thanks for the info 😊
Thanks mate good info, all the best from Australia!
first person ive seen that mentions feeding the rod into the weld pool thank you
This video has a lot of great information that I use to train people. I always recommend this video to everyone.
Pls ur teaching makes me understanding well
Ive been locking my legs this whole time and my instructor didn’t even notice, so thanks for the help
one of the best and to the point TU
Thanks for jumping right into it
Thanks Weldtube really helpful 👌
Best video.teaching method is too good.please keep it up.thanks
you teach me better than my intructors, when we were learning straight beads i was told to run those 7018 on 100 amps
That sounds cold to me. I've heard to start 7018 at 1a per thou of rod diameter, so 125 for a 1/8" rod then adjust. Then go higher amps on thicker base metal for penetration and lower for thinner metal to not burn through. Still working on that here & hope I haven't been misled. lol
I’m having trouble be consistent on my cap so I’m going to the basic running stringers
Great video. Just started this week
Awesome video thanks for sharing, my class is moving on to vertical and im still on horizontal 🤦🏻♂️
That first weld. 🤤🤤🤤 that scorpion tail slag was beautiful.
Great video man thought me better then my instructor
Thanks boss easy to understand and very informative I'll be welding on my 07 chevy 1500 z71 classic. Steering idler bracket gusset broke off and I'm broke so I gotta learn on a vivor mma140 @ homedepot $60!
Everytime you first show up the start of you positioning yourself for a weld - a commercial comes up LOL
are the glasses just to keep stuff out of your eyes or extra shielding from the weld arc light
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video!!! Thank you for sharing.
If there's SLAG always DRAG 👨🏾🏭💰🤙🏿
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I push just need to know how
@@S0lidStewie it's not hard, some things just give a different result
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That's a beautiful bead❤
Nice information sir you are awesome Thanks for the sharing this video sir.
I knew it was a beauty by the way the slag lifted off ❤
A nice explanation I must confess
Meaning there is no way we can use steady velocity to maintain a steady travel?
When you demonstrate it looks easy. When I have to do it it’s either the
-electrode sticks
-the welds don’t fuse
-I burn through the metal.
Good comment about not anticipating at the end of a weld bead.
Very nice...........Thanks for the instruction
Thank you you made it easy to learn
90% of a good weld..is a good machine!
Half moons and no.8 rods work just fine don't forget safety always
Thank you for this video it help me a lot
My teacher told us theres like motions you have to like circles oe zigzags or c's while making one straight line? Can anyone confirm that or can you go straight and be fine?
I wanna know the same
Thanks great insructions
I just started taking classes at the adult Ed at the local high school, and the teacher was telling me to do half circle movement. It didn't make sense, and my bead looks terrible because the puddle is all over the place. Is that an actual technique?
This is what i've searched for!
My beads have been looking ok, but my biggest problem is keeping my hands steady, especially doing horizontal. How can I get into a good position to keep my hands and body steady?
fantastic, your a great teacher!!
Can we get some beginners tips for low amperage welding. The only machine I have access to is an 80 amp and also very low voltage outlets. At most I can run about 75 amps. It's all I have access to at the moment and I am desperately trying to learn how to do any kind of welding
thanks for the tutorial..
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How are you making the stacked look? It looks like you’re not manipulating the stick at all and just dragging it.
Wondering same thing
I have a basic question about stick welding. How is the weld actually made? When you run a bead, is it like using superglue? In other words, does the material in the stick do all of the work and join the two pieces together? Alternatively, in the process of running the bead are the items being welded also melted and fused with material in the bead? If it's the latter, then how do you know how much melting is required to fuse the items together? Is it just practice? Do you "feel" it my monitoring the resistance to the stick on the metal? After all, it seems that too little melting would result in a weak weld, whereas too much would ruin the weld all together.
Do this technique apply to all weld rods?
7018 only, 6010 you have to whip
I’m gonna be starting a welding job at the foundry I work at. No experience other than practicing sometimes at lunch break. The guys teaching me say to keep it up about 1/8” when welding the castings. This guy says this,this guy says something else because everyone at my place does it differently so I’m very conflicted because they say that if you touch the metal the rod will stick so yeah. Very confusing but I’ll try out your tips and see if it works best. Thanks dude!
good tutorial
Still waiting on vertical up on a T joint 3F please.
Yeah sure waiting ❤
@@kelvinappiah6991 can you make this happen
How thick is the plate in use
Very nice weld
Thank you Jimmy Aust
Where did u buy your welding helmet? Looks nice. Is it auto darkening?
Thank you . The instructor I have is one of those that may be good at their craft but not at teaching .
I need help please!!!, im doing overhead stick 1/8 cap but im not able to see the edges of my plate, so my bead tends to drift off. And my bead is not straight.
I want to see you make straight beads with 6011 electrodes . 👍🏻
How do you stick weld vertically? i'm using welder arc captain, and it looks like bird poop, I use proper amperage, but it still looks like a bird poop, can you give advise please. Thanks
I want to see you weld straight beads with 6011’s . 👍🏻
Thank you..⭐️
What welding machine have you used
That is applied to thick materials. How to do it in thin materials?
No I’m in school now this video is good
Interesting to see how you use your left hand to steady and position you hand holding the stick.
Or use a sharpen and square and draw a line and follow the line