You did a fine job of explaining "strategic welding". Thanks.

Love watching you and Elio work! Well-oiled machine! Amazed and fascinated by the jigs...that's the time saver and money maker! Gorgeous craftsmanship. Stunning tool! Go Japhands, keep moving forward!

Karl! You've got to get a Rosebud! Much better than using a cutting torch for normalizing!

Impressive tool with a lot of labor involved making them a bargain! Makes me wish I was young again!! Take care.

I really admire your work brother!! Greetings from Argentina

Great stuff Karl.

🦘🇦🇺 Thanks for explaining the "Normalising" process Karl. 👍 The jig and clevis fittings take me back to the days when I used to build sidecars ( for motorcycles) for a living.

Great job Karl! Relating to the conversion about normalizing, heat and stress in steel, an old timer taught me a lot of things about this. He repaired amusement park rides among other things. The most memorable things he taught me was never weld crossways on a stressed member. So imagine a truck or trailer frame. He says that the welds on the longitudinal members should go lenghtwise and not perpendicular...to join two longitudinal pieces together the welds should be diagonal so they run lengthwise instead of perpendicular so that the stresses when the weld cools doesn't cause a crack when stressed with use. Normalization of the weld can relieve the stress if done correctly. You could use heat and slow cooling or you can peen it when it's still hot to spread out the molecules, kinda the same principle as hammer welding or planishing welds. He would use a pneumatic air hammer on roller coaster track to relieve the stress when it cracked perpendiculary.

I so wish I could justify buying one of these. I just tig welded my roof panel and I would love to own such a nice tool, I guess I will be hand planishing for the next couple months..

Love it Karl. You guys are machines when it comes to tool making. Thanks for sharing. Billy J. Queensland, Australia.

Such care and craftmanship! Thanks for showing us your jigs and process of making these.

Love seeing how much effort you put into these tools

I keep trying to think of an excuse to buy one of these. It may be “in case I need it someday”. Great video. Really appreciate all the commentary on WHY you’re doing all the various steps the way you are. Provides so much more context than just the what and how that everyone else provides.

Hey I noticed you were taking the jig out of the vice and laying it on the table and welding. Why not make yourself an awesome pivoting mount like the one you made for your tattoo lady’s stand? Just a thought, love the videos.

I'd love to have one. Can't afford it.

That jig works great. I learned a good trick from a KZfaqr named Paul Brodie. You may know him already. He uses a scissor jack as a hand rest when welding. It is easy to adjust heights and he put a block of wood on the top of the it to place you hand or wrist.

Would really like to throw this out there..Would anyone be willing to donate towards getting one of these for Kyle at Carters auto restyling?? I believe this guy is well deserving with the quality of work he puts out with what he has.

Very high quality. Karl, where do you get your billet turnbuckles from? Thanks.

Nice Work. #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸

Hey Karl is Elio like your Silent Bob I see him around don't hear a lot lol

Very well done Karl. Agree with Larryreece1403………….get a rosebud! Those things are great for heating things up, better than cutting tips

Cool to hear you learned from Jesse James as well. It was watching him that got me into buildi g body panels as well as fenders and tanks. I realized i could do it instead of cutting up other cars to repair stuff. Instead i just needed some sheet metal and i could do it. Wasnt pretty at furst but the best learning experience was watching him and building a tank the first time. It took every metal working discipline to build that tank and by weeks end i had something that didnt leak (ahem Billy Lane lol jk) and i wasnt embarassed to put on a bike. Then to have someone ask where i bought it made me want to build another. Furst couple i did really would be considered a fail in money received vs time involved but it got better and i was t out of pocket much so. Now i dont make tanks or fenders for anyone unless its a whole bike as all i hear is how cheap the JP catalog is. So i dont even do it. I built rear fenders 1.5 inches wider gor my 56 bug from scratch i need to finish now and it was a task!