Good job.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How far are you? I've watched this video a few times just to soak it all in. I hope that I can arrive at a nice finished product as well. Great job my friend!!! 👍👍👍

good job!!! you can tell when someone takes pride in what they do. also how nice and clean your shop is. stay safe and keep the video's coming

Well done welding all that and coming out with a straight and level product. Skillfully done, thanks for sharing.

It looking quite strong

You can use a larger torch cup and put that on your finger. It works wonders on pipe that has to be pre-heated.

Nicely organized and clean shop. It must be nice to see most of the floor and not trip all over stuff.

Hi... Thanks for the kind words! I didn't do any purging of any tubes. I welded with argon, but it was shielding gas for the weldments and there was no internal purging with argon. The only thing that I may have done in a tight cluster from time to time was run argon via the torch tip in close proximity to a cluster for 5-8 seconds before welding to allow for some "pre-purging" of the area prior to welding. I don't have any basis for doing that other than it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Geat vid. Thanks for posting. I`m building the Patrol. Love your workshop.

good job, looks nice and sturdy!!

Looks great! Congrats on such a milestone. I just finished my first completed nose rib today (flanged and all), can't wait to get to where you are!

Paul, Absolutely beautiful!

Do you have to be a certified welder to weld aircraft frames?

I bought two of those tig fingers. Without it my hands felt like they were on fire after a few seconds of welding even wearing gloves.

A scrap piece of 0 gauge stranded copper wire, wrapped around the round work piece, then clip the ground clamp to the copper wire, works well

Looking great! Now to get her on the gear so you can sit in it and make airplane noises!

I know...those TIG fingers are the best!

is this welding technique better than the one they use at the factory? oxy/acetylene I think they use...

There are one or two manufacturers that I'm aware of that use MIG, but the people that do the work are pros and work under very controlled conditions. Unless you are a professional welder with years of experience and very practiced in welding thin wall 4130, I would recommend against it.

Forgot to mention a big congrats on the "Keeping it Straight square and plumb." Did you get coaching on Selective block sequence to off set stress related torque or some sort of jig clamping method to hold things in shape? Keep going. That's a major hurdle.