Hi.... Bit of a noob question.... Am going to start learning TIG welding soon and I see a lot of talk about tungsten grinding angels but I can't see how it makes a difference except for the beginning as all the videos I watch show the Tungsten heavily eroded in a short time
When you are drilling pieces in the future, it might be a good idea to throw the part up in the air and try to drill all the holes before it hits the ground. For safety.
It's nice to see welds that aren't 'show quality', but are perfectly functional solid welds. Explaining why/when you choose get it done and out the door vs make it pretty helps too. Sometimes function is more important than form...
I'd say function is /always/ more important han form. I don't mean ignore form altogether but honestly, unless we're making art, function should be top priority.
Clean prepped aluminum is easier to pick up after a month of mild/stainless work compared to engine parts. I was a few months rusty lying on the floor welding a 6g type crack on a motorcycle head. THAT almost made me throw my $6k dynasty in the dumpster with bullet holes. And the repair still leaked oil down the block after the first start up.
dude, i really appreciate this honest and straightforward content. was thinking about you guys. i was passing through Henderson, NV. I stupidly dinged the rock guard on my enclosed trailer while backing up. it tore the 16-gauge aluminum... about eight inches. just needs to be pulled and tacked and seamed or slap a piece on top and butt weld it. Trailer repair guy quoted $3-400. there's no structural anything! it just needs to be closed up. I'm in the middle of moving. My TIG welder is in the same trailer packed up. I'll fix it on my own when I get settled but I did wonder, "I wonder what TFS would charge for this?"
Its good practice to use the clutch on the drill, vice or no vice. Ive saved snapping quite a few drill bits and prevented the piece from grabbing and spinning like that more than once.
@@Jonathanimpossible How would you (reasonably) set that up in a drill press for the big hole? Sure the little ones on the flats would be fine, but those big ones on the corner would take forever to set up in a drill press.
Yes. I was just looking around about it and apparently the clutches in brushless drills stop the motor while on brushed drills it slips the chuck. For easing drill bit kickback purposes the electronic clutches on the motors are better tuned than the manual ones in the chucks. And apparently locking chucks is also a thing. I'll have to check that out.
I have to say you are the best teacher! Congratulations on your training style and abilities. You are truly an asset to everyone you are helping and teaching.
Unreal, that was a tough assignment, you not only nailed it but only charged $40. Sheesh if I was a local I pay you $100 just for the privilege of seeing you in action. Love your work. 👍🇦🇺👍
Bro, I have been welding professionally for 20 years. I love you videos. You talk about stuff that I take for granted and forget to mention a lot of details to my off sides ( learning how to weld) Hats off brother.
Worked for an office furniture company. Started out learning to tig and having to bridge all kinds of gaps on file cabinets, desk supports, benches and all kinds of other thin sheet metal stuff. Starting out there and then learning to weld heavier structural frames I think was easier than trying to go the other direction.
It's very difficult to find specialty shops like yourself that will do small jobs for customers. I always run into them wanting a $200 minimum for a 15 to 30 minute job. Even when I supply drawings, photos, dimensions and materials. It's frustrating...Nice to see you helping the small guys with one off jobs
If you have a small job, try going to a place near closing time and ask around who wants to stay a bit late for cash? No paperwork, of course. They do the thing, they get cash.
Great tips, and they all work pretty well. I had to do a similar deal with a JIC fitting in a valve cover on my own car, and found a SS bolt that fit pretty snug to the ID of the fitting and then used washers and a nut to hold it all in place. That seemed to help a bit also. But I admittedly do not have the puddle control you do either. But it really helped in keeping that passage way clear.
Absolutely a spot on, well described video that made perfect sense! I'm a welder myself and the part about building up the gap with the 1/64th wire instead of 3/32 is good knowledge. I would've screwed up the opening for the bung with pushing thru the 3/32..lol..$40 is a great deal for that. great job on the fit up and weld..5🌟💪👊👊🇺🇸
I think Justin meant 1/16th wire, not 1/64th as you say. And yes, $40 is a price you would charge a friend for this work. A more "normal" price (what is normal?) would be $80, IMO.
I hope I speak for many or all when I say thank you very much for taking the time to make and edit these videos. I really appreciate it. I hope to make it to a class out in Vegas at some point. Thank you sir.
Thanks for all the terrific videos, and thank you for the advice on the 225 amp Primeweld TIG. As an amateur, I cannot imagine wanting more than this. I was prepared to spend twice as much money. Color me happy, buddy.
It's really funny. You show us some real world "get it done, it's a racecar and not a museum piece" jobs and two thirds of the comments are about "that's not professional" and "you did everything wrong you phony". I really like those real world "git 'er done, I don't care" videos! Very relatable. And 40 bucks is more than fair. I love those "case of beer and consider it done" jobs for nice people.
Hey man not to say I know more than you do because I’m just really getting a hang of aluminum but If you let off your pedal slow when you’re done welding you won’t get that crater at the end of your weld, good job bro
Man I wish our shop had at least a small AC TIG machine. Was working on a tool box door on a flatbed a little while ago and my work buddy broke the latch which was cast, plenty of prayer and swearing got the spool gun to make it work.
Thanks for the advice. I have a cast ali valve cover on a import engine that has a hole in the side from shipping i need to repair. Clearly i need to work the edge to get the junk under control first.
Works beats pretty every time... :) I did my very first alu welding a couple of weeks ago. Not pretty, but seat unit of motorcycle has something to support itself on, after part of it broke off with clumsy rider... :) [It literally only supports the seat unit itself, the rider [me] sits another foot forward, with a sturdy bracket holding the seat unit on]
1/16" aluminum filler? I find this diameter melts too soon and I have to pull it further from the shielding argon. Was welding 16 gauge to 1/8" fillet joints. Finally mastered it. I accidentally ordered 2 pounds of this filler so I am set for life.
1/16 for ally takes some getting used to, but once you find that sweet spot, you'll HATE using bigger filler (the exception being thicker stuff, obviously) The only real frustrating part is youll find yourself stopping for more filler more often
Question. During several points in the welding your tungsten was fouled but you continued to proceed. With your skill level, even with a camera making viewing the pool a misery, i can't see this as being an accident. So the question is, when you are having to deal with garbage cast aluminum parent metal, does it matter if you have a blunt tip? Does the arc spreading out actually have any benefits?
thanks for the content of this one as i have the very same job coming up soon only thing is its way older and as you have shown us you spend a little more time on the weld prep and bob is ya aunty so thanks for your videos was also taken back some what by you saying that even you have to practice your welds thanks makes one feel a bit better as all my weld with T I G seams to be practice lets me get away with some ordinary welding
man. Please use clothing that covers your whole skin when welding. Welding light can cause skin cancer. We want you to stay healthy for as long as possible so you can keep uploading these awesome videos.
I suspect that the 'junk' at times is zinc, magnesium, silicon and other alloy elements that are in higher amounts than is associated with weldable aluminum materials.
Whats the best afordble hobby multi velder? i would love one that can tig stick and plasma cut! I live in EU so it migth be different here, so what shoul i loof fore in the specks and features ? must have = ? avoid at all cost = ?
You should really use a vice.😆 I’m so “clever”. Air drills don’t kick back and you can hear them over the music in your earbuds.🤣 Joking, but that weld didn’t look that bad.
@@AlessioSangalli What are you reading into what I said? I was simply stating what I do. Not what should be done by others. Also by the way it is just as fast to make a piece than it is to fill.
Quality as always. Now to wait for the guys who claim 40 bucks will send you to the poor house, and theyd have charged $400 becauae the extra labor of filling that huge gap, its a rush job, blah blah blah 🤣
if you heat the base then apply the filler just as its cooling you will actually pull the filler into the void, advanced skill but not really that hard.
I would charge $50/hr. My motorcycle mechanic in LA charges $80/hr. Pep boys bills their mechanic at $130 ish per hours. Three man stucco crew is $1400/day. Welding is a valuable skill And one that not many people can do well. This guy has race car money, I’m sure he’d be happy to pay you $80 for the same repair.
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USE A VISE...
“giganto freaking norma size 11d gap”
That’s what the closed captions said and that’s basically what my bad hearing got out of it too
So much detail in this video. You're a good teacher
Hi.... Bit of a noob question.... Am going to start learning TIG welding soon and I see a lot of talk about tungsten grinding angels but I can't see how it makes a difference except for the beginning as all the videos I watch show the Tungsten heavily eroded in a short time
While this can be done, I don't recommend it. My recommendation is that the joint should be redone.
When you are drilling pieces in the future, it might be a good idea to throw the part up in the air and try to drill all the holes before it hits the ground. For safety.
shut up osha no one asked you 😂
that's how we doo it!
Quick Draw McTig
It's nice to see welds that aren't 'show quality', but are perfectly functional solid welds. Explaining why/when you choose get it done and out the door vs make it pretty helps too. Sometimes function is more important than form...
When you are welding cast aluminum that has engine oil in its pores, expecting perfection is going to lead to big disappointments.
I'd say function is /always/ more important han form. I don't mean ignore form altogether but honestly, unless we're making art, function should be top priority.
Clean prepped aluminum is easier to pick up after a month of mild/stainless work compared to engine parts. I was a few months rusty lying on the floor welding a 6g type crack on a motorcycle head. THAT almost made me throw my $6k dynasty in the dumpster with bullet holes. And the repair still leaked oil down the block after the first start up.
Ugly isn't a weld fault 😀
good comment...😉
Super glad I found this channel. It's reawakening my old passion for welding and metal fabrication.
1 of your best videos. I learned to weld aluminum years ago because no one in my area would even turn their welder on for less than $100.
dude, i really appreciate this honest and straightforward content.
was thinking about you guys. i was passing through Henderson, NV. I stupidly dinged the rock guard on my enclosed trailer while backing up. it tore the 16-gauge aluminum... about eight inches. just needs to be pulled and tacked and seamed or slap a piece on top and butt weld it. Trailer repair guy quoted $3-400. there's no structural anything! it just needs to be closed up.
I'm in the middle of moving. My TIG welder is in the same trailer packed up. I'll fix it on my own when I get settled but I did wonder, "I wonder what TFS would charge for this?"
“Buttering” is the term we used in the pipe fitting industry. Thanks for a great video.👍
Its good practice to use the clutch on the drill, vice or no vice. Ive saved snapping quite a few drill bits and prevented the piece from grabbing and spinning like that more than once.
There is no way this guy doesn't have a drill press he just did that "because UA-cam".
@@Jonathanimpossible How would you (reasonably) set that up in a drill press for the big hole? Sure the little ones on the flats would be fine, but those big ones on the corner would take forever to set up in a drill press.
Clutch for drilling? Madness!
Yes. I was just looking around about it and apparently the clutches in brushless drills stop the motor while on brushed drills it slips the chuck. For easing drill bit kickback purposes the electronic clutches on the motors are better tuned than the manual ones in the chucks. And apparently locking chucks is also a thing. I'll have to check that out.
I have to say you are the best teacher! Congratulations on your training style and abilities. You are truly an asset to everyone you are helping and teaching.
Unreal, that was a tough assignment, you not only nailed it but only charged $40.
Sheesh if I was a local I pay you $100 just for the privilege of seeing you in action.
Love your work. 👍🇦🇺👍
Bro, I have been welding professionally for 20 years. I love you videos. You talk about stuff that I take for granted and forget to mention a lot of details to my off sides ( learning how to weld)
Hats off brother.
Worked for an office furniture company. Started out learning to tig and having to bridge all kinds of gaps on file cabinets, desk supports, benches and all kinds of other thin sheet metal stuff. Starting out there and then learning to weld heavier structural frames I think was easier than trying to go the other direction.
Can you weld my chair at work? It sucks ass. There's no back support, whatsoever.
100% is. Thin wall piping infuriates me
wow cleaned and labeled that is a GOOD customer.
It's very difficult to find specialty shops like yourself that will do small jobs for customers. I always run into them wanting a $200 minimum for a 15 to 30 minute job. Even when I supply drawings, photos, dimensions and materials. It's frustrating...Nice to see you helping the small guys with one off jobs
If you have a small job, try going to a place near closing time and ask around who wants to stay a bit late for cash? No paperwork, of course. They do the thing, they get cash.
Great tips, and they all work pretty well. I had to do a similar deal with a JIC fitting in a valve cover on my own car, and found a SS bolt that fit pretty snug to the ID of the fitting and then used washers and a nut to hold it all in place. That seemed to help a bit also. But I admittedly do not have the puddle control you do either. But it really helped in keeping that passage way clear.
I do that too often with cool customers… Gimme 40 bucks! Or whatever sum I materialized.
Thanks! People need a place that they can go trade cash for a quick thing. And no paperwork, like it never happened.
My confidence in tig welding aluminum multiplied every time I watch your videos, then I do it, and yikes, nothing like the videos😂😂
$40 thanks for watching. best line haha
Absolutely a spot on, well described video that made perfect sense! I'm a welder myself and the part about building up the gap with the 1/64th wire instead of 3/32 is good knowledge. I would've screwed up the opening for the bung with pushing thru the 3/32..lol..$40 is a great deal for that. great job on the fit up and weld..5🌟💪👊👊🇺🇸
I think Justin meant 1/16th wire, not 1/64th as you say. And yes, $40 is a price you would charge a friend for this work. A more "normal" price (what is normal?) would be $80, IMO.
I learn a little bit more every time I watch. Thank you for sharing.
I hope I speak for many or all when I say thank you very much for taking the time to make and edit these videos. I really appreciate it. I hope to make it to a class out in Vegas at some point. Thank you sir.
we a have a few of those good customers they come in regularly bring coffee those are the ones you take good care of
Thanks for all the terrific videos, and thank you for the advice on the 225 amp Primeweld TIG. As an amateur, I cannot imagine wanting more than this.
I was prepared to spend twice as much money. Color me happy, buddy.
I bought one as well and have enjoyed it.
It seems you should have used a vise
i really like these videos, they show real life examples unlike most! :D
“Grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain’t” -AvE
I am years out of practice and my tig welds are actually still decent. Going fully around tiny objects is definitely the tricky
You should use a vise…😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Could not resist!🤷🏻♂️😅😅🤣
Someone had to say it 🤣🤣👍
@@TheFabricatorSeries I’m “that” guy!🤷🏻♂️😂😂😂🤣🤣
On a serious note, Really wish I could afford to come to one of your classes!!!🤦♂️👌🏻
this kind of teaching is priceless. thanks
It's really funny. You show us some real world "get it done, it's a racecar and not a museum piece" jobs and two thirds of the comments are about "that's not professional" and "you did everything wrong you phony".
I really like those real world "git 'er done, I don't care" videos! Very relatable. And 40 bucks is more than fair. I love those "case of beer and consider it done" jobs for nice people.
Hey man not to say I know more than you do because I’m just really getting a hang of aluminum but If you let off your pedal slow when you’re done welding you won’t get that crater at the end of your weld, good job bro
Man I wish our shop had at least a small AC TIG machine. Was working on a tool box door on a flatbed a little while ago and my work buddy broke the latch which was cast, plenty of prayer and swearing got the spool gun to make it work.
In the words of a famous UA-camr - “a grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain’t”
If you havent tried the Plantex Tiger Shark wheels with Kangaru oil,you need to! Amazing removal of aluminum!
What i do at work to fill large holes is start with mig tacks, then melt it down with a weave on the Tig
Thanks for the advice. I have a cast ali valve cover on a import engine that has a hole in the side from shipping i need to repair. Clearly i need to work the edge to get the junk under control first.
The fill looks pretty great to me.
yea I've been there been that man. I learned how to fix burn through and how to fill giant gaps like this.
Why not just trim a little sheet and bend/trim to fit or a little corner of a piece of tube?
You could use a step drill to drill those holes, it's a game changer
Works beats pretty every time... :)
I did my very first alu welding a couple of weeks ago. Not pretty, but seat unit of motorcycle has something to support itself on, after part of it broke off with clumsy rider... :) [It literally only supports the seat unit itself, the rider [me] sits another foot forward, with a sturdy bracket holding the seat unit on]
i learned more in this video than i have a half year of welding school
I don't even know how to TIG weld but damn if this isn't the coolest thing ever.
You make it look soooo easy, thanks bro.
If you ever wanna know what it's like to see things with the wrong glasses prescription, this video is a great simulation.
1/16" aluminum filler? I find this diameter melts too soon and I have to pull it further from the shielding argon. Was welding 16 gauge to 1/8" fillet joints. Finally mastered it. I accidentally ordered 2 pounds of this filler so I am set for life.
@@ButBigger42
It was the joint configuration. Complex shape and limited access. I blame the designer, myself.
1/16 for ally takes some getting used to, but once you find that sweet spot, you'll HATE using bigger filler (the exception being thicker stuff, obviously)
The only real frustrating part is youll find yourself stopping for more filler more often
For fillet welds, you kind of have to thrust the filler rod into the pool, instead of tapping it in like on steel
Was your tungsten tip purposely left blunt for that weld?
Bro you got great prices! If i ever need work done im going to you!
Learning TIG basics from an armchair, what was up with the tungsten? Looked contaminated or am I missing something?
Hey, you know you could have used a vice when drilling, right? Just letting you know.
He doesn't seem to know what a vise is for. Poor bastard.
Great info, thanks for your honesty and quality information
I always enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Nice, informative and honest. Thankyou!
Awesome video!
Great video as always keepem coming brother!!!
Do you have a video on how to charge for your welding services ?
with such a large gap could you not use a filler plate cut to size?
Good deals keep customers. Great work adds customers. You must be busy.
What gloves are those?
Perfect and thanks
Donnie
Put it on floor, step on it, and keep that drill bit inside hole axis... You don't need a vise...
Good enough for this neighborhood.
Looks good to me.... I believe you have him exactly what he asked for. 👍
Have you used a countersink to clean out the holes?
Question. During several points in the welding your tungsten was fouled but you continued to proceed. With your skill level, even with a camera making viewing the pool a misery, i can't see this as being an accident. So the question is, when you are having to deal with garbage cast aluminum parent metal, does it matter if you have a blunt tip? Does the arc spreading out actually have any benefits?
sharp tungsten and aluminum = big no no
Very well made, informative video.
I always said that I personally need to weld a couple of joints to “get my mojo back” when I’ve been out of circulation for a while.
the auto CC did quite well, i must say
I am so stealing that quote about settings being for TV dinners and microwaves, not welders!
I'd love to link up one of these days. I'm in vegas too :]
Email or stop by 👍
(Email is slower)
nice work
what's your go to tig machine for this job or any other tig job?
thanks for the content of this one as i have the very same job coming up soon only thing is its way older and as you have shown us you spend a little more time on the weld prep and bob is ya aunty so thanks for your videos
was also taken back some what by you saying that even you have to practice your welds thanks makes one feel a bit better as all my weld with T I G seams to be practice lets me get away with some ordinary welding
as usual, another great video, thanks
Well presented content, very usefull... Thank you...
man. Please use clothing that covers your whole skin when welding. Welding light can cause skin cancer. We want you to stay healthy for as long as possible so you can keep uploading these awesome videos.
"thanks for watchin'" ~ this old fabrication series
another great video -thanks.
are you good at cast iron?
Yea man, I have the same drill and if it catches like that, it twists the crap out of my wrist!
More like a demonstration of _vice_, amirite? :heart: Love the channel, thanks for the video!
See, the Doobie Brothers would've clamped that properly. 🤪😁
All good!
I suspect that the 'junk' at times is zinc, magnesium, silicon and other alloy elements that are in higher amounts than is associated with weldable aluminum materials.
Did you also pre-weld the area where you welded on the nozzle to burn out the junk?
Whats the best afordble hobby multi velder? i would love one that can tig stick and plasma cut!
I live in EU so it migth be different here, so what shoul i loof fore in the specks and features ? must have = ? avoid at all cost = ?
Another day in the office 😂😂
You should really use a vice.😆 I’m so “clever”. Air drills don’t kick back and you can hear them over the music in your earbuds.🤣 Joking, but that weld didn’t look that bad.
I am not sure it is correct or not. But I usually form a piece of aluminium to fill large gaps, instead of filling in.
Did you watch the video? It is discussed why he did it like this
@@AlessioSangalli What are you reading into what I said? I was simply stating what I do. Not what should be done by others. Also by the way it is just as fast to make a piece than it is to fill.
Quality as always.
Now to wait for the guys who claim 40 bucks will send you to the poor house, and theyd have charged $400 becauae the extra labor of filling that huge gap, its a rush job, blah blah blah 🤣
if you heat the base then apply the filler just as its cooling you will actually pull the filler into the void, advanced skill but not really that hard.
You do t have a lathe? You can make most small tube sections you need even with a small tabletop lathe…
I would charge $50/hr. My motorcycle mechanic in LA charges $80/hr. Pep boys bills their mechanic at $130 ish per hours. Three man stucco crew is $1400/day. Welding is a valuable skill And one that not many people can do well. This guy has race car money, I’m sure he’d be happy to pay you $80 for the same repair.
why dont you use a vise? :)
actually its easy to fill huge gap with aluminum
Neat!
Should have used a vise :-P
Tig welded AL for the fist time in 7 years and my hands are burn up, grinding it down and doing it again
FORTY BUCKS!
You're worth more than that
🍺 money.
you should probably use a vise
Once I have the base layer set, I cheat and use the pulse feature usually 🤣