I'm a welder, certified in all the processes and everything you said in this video is spot on! You definitely know what your doing. Your channel is 1 or my favorite on KZfaq

Brings back memories I started gas welding when I was 7 years old welded up a lot of car bodys with coat hangers and a oxy acylene. I got my first mig welder in 1990 but I still liked to gas weld.back in 1966 my Dad built a work bench out of angle iron he gas welded it and I still have and use the work bench today . Thanks for the video

Your torch welding looks better than some of my stick welds

Who works with his hands is a worker. Who works with his head is a craftsman. Who works with his hands, his head and his heart is an artist. ..and you are a great artist man!!! Greatings From Italy🙏

I haven't gas welded for 35 years and i miss it so much in the body shop

I'm 84 years old. All of my welding was done with O/A. Didn't have internet so learned by reading, until I got to take a junior college welding class. Your presentation was excellent. People shouldn't be affraid of using O/A for welding, although it has gotten expensive for Acetylene.

Hey man, you're really good at making things but you missed your calling. You are truly fantastic at teaching on camera. Your presence and language is really great. That you are really comfortable in teaching this stuff really shines through.

I have watched a dozen other people weld today, and I have got to let you know, You are the best darn welder I have seen today! You should be proud of yourself!

Thank you from a hidden small beginner's workshop in Sweden!

Carl, you are a really good instructor! I’m just a hobbyist with no formal training and I learned a lot from this video. I can imagine the kind of kid you were, probably like most of my friends. I’m so glad you were able to turn your passion for metal and fab work into a way of making a living for yourself! Hopefully KZfaq is another way to make more income doing what you enjoy as well! I’m thrilled to have stumbled onto your channel!

Man, please keep'em coming on the "How To" stuff like this! Much appreciated and useful information that can actually be applied in the shop! Love it!

Ahh, grade 9, 1964, teacher was Mr. McMeekin a tall Scot with a thick accent that you could hardly understand when he spoke, but he taught us how to gas weld (and I still do). Thanks for the memories.

This is the best video I’ve seen on gas welding. I appreciate you taking the time to do everything you did. I feel I learned a lot watching this.

My suggestion is try a #3 tip, both tanks outlet pressure at 5psi, 1/8" R45 filler rod, and a silent neutral flame (cone is just shy of 1/4" long). Plenty of heat output, but flame pressure isn't pushing the puddle on you. Might've helped to tilt the workpiece angle a bit more too

Love your videos. Nice to see a young guy that's not a parts swapper

thanks for the "like"..i worked for the railroad, (CSX)..for 30 yrs..as a fabricator/ mechanic..the old timers taught me the blacksmithing end of our craft..my father worked there also.. we were both "carmen".. i run a shop in Ohio.. Black Art Forge..

This is the best welding video I have ever watched, by far! Thank you!

I realize that this is a car group but thank you for the welding information. Now I can build my wife’s greenhouse the right way! Again thank you.

Wow it’s been like 50 years since I’ve done gas welding. I just bought one from a friend, so I’m going to try doing some gas welding. Thanks for all you guys do.

NUMBER ONE! Gas welding Rocks. You could do a whole bunch of episodes on this subject...

Good job kid, teaching an old dog new tricks thank you. God bless.

Great video. You are an intelligent and might I say humourous teacher. Well done.

I would love to see oxy acetylene aluminum welding. Because you explain and show everything so good 😁👍

Carl, great video. Laughed when you admitted you forgot to turn on the camera. It's all about controlling the "puddle."

Outstanding job all around. The Teaching was top notch and Sweetie did great with the video. Thank you guys.

I work mostly with sterling silver and copper, but I often wander over here to watch you work because I’d like to scale up some day. I love that you’re talking about torch work. Personally whenever I pick up my torch I feel it’s an honor (and my privilege!) to carry this skill forward. I hope you’ll consider doing a future piece about torch cutting? It’s something I know nothing about and would love hear about more. Thanks!🙂

Just dropped in tonight for the first time. I watched a couple of vids before this one, but I had to subscribe after this. Brings me back 50 years when I used to gas weld everything. I bought new hoses for my rig because the old ones were dry rotted and Now I want to go right out in the shop and get right back into it. Thanks for the inspiration and you really hit on some points that I didn't want to tell people back in the day. Seemed that if I could weld something other guys couldn't, that was more money in my pocket. I had to laugh when you mentioned coat hangers, one of my favorite filler rods. Thanks for the flash-back.

I am currently 58 and remember back in 9th grade shop class we had to learn gas welding in our metalworking section. We didn't use filler, it was all fusion and we learned on 1/8 mild steel plate. I always loved watching the puddle move. This is actually inspirational for me to think about as something to get back in to, looking forward toward retirement. Thanks

Another great lesson Karl. Your skill set amazes me every show I watch. I had a good laugh when you mentioned bailing wire. LOL I grew up with bailing wire and torches. Commercial rod was quite expensive in the day. Bailing wire, used, was free. Many hay balers of the day used large rolls of wire to tie and hold the bale together. When that bale was used to feed cattle, the wire was cut/pulled off and hung on the closest fence post to get it off the feed ground. That fence post became a supply point for many welders. two wires per bale, each 5 to 6 foot long. It was also good for some emergency repairs like broken tail pipe hangers, or anything that could be tied up to get on home. I still keep that black wire around, but now I have to buy it. thanks for all you do. thom

So many memories brought to light, I miss my dad he taught me so much. There is school and there is the real situation, mobile on site trouble shooter

Love the way you show. Thank you & the person behind the camera

I see how you became successful at this. Great teacher😎

Everything you did in the video I've done in highschool it was fun I liked welding especially gas and tig

I love how the whip and pause provides very beautiful oxyfuel welds. Whip and pause is what I usually use for E6011.

I did my first gas weld today, new rig and bottles. I’ve gone from stick it MiG, now trying gas. Very informative.

The tip sizes actually bring us back to our roots. All of this welding business started in the blacksmith shops of years gone by. There is a correlation between the nomenclature of tips and the nomenclature of horseshoes. Horseshoes come in various sizes. For instance ones (1), ought (O), double ought (00).....arranged in descending sizes.

Awesome teacher, keep being yourself no acting required.

Cool beans man. This brings back memories. When I was young back in the covered wagon days all we had was a torch and a Lincoln buzz box. We built entire race cars that way. My mom was always yelling at me for using all her coat hangers. If I remember correctly we set the pressure for welding thin stuff at 3/12 lbs. and cutting at 10/30 lbs. Thank you for your time.

For a moment I thought I was watching Bob Ross when you said " a happy little puddle and walking the flame", you have a great touch especially on thin metal, Great video.

I am a refrigeration mechanic so had to learn to weld everything and braze everything with oxy/acetylene. It is all about understanding the different temperatures in the flame, how different materials respond to heat and the various characteristics of filler rod metals and alloys. Practice makes perfect, don't be afraid to push a material to its limits. Thats how we all learn. You would make a great tech college teacher I'm sure. Most of mine were cranky arseholes. All they would say to us is, another apprentice died this week from suffocation or electrocution.

Best weld-heat shrinking explanation I’ve ever heard. Thank you 🙏

Oh here it is. I just have not viewed in a while and missed this one. This is the key, these beginners get this function down and it just gives the basic knowledge that one can always fall back on when applying the different techniques of welding. i took a welding course way back in the early eighties and I spent more time on this procedure than any other procedure and like you said when I got to the Tig process it fell right into place.

Also, brazing is a great skill to learn. In 2015 I had developed a cargo bicycle that I was producing. I switched to brazing all the rear set pieces. It’s really great for keeping heat out of small machined parts. Plus it looks nice! It’s a very satisfying skill. Once you get good at it. On thin tubing and tiny little parts. It’s really the best way to go!

I remember when TIG really hit the industry and it was overwhelming used for stainless and aluminum. You know “making things look really pretty” and functional. If you were not in that kind of racket then a lot of guys couldn’t justify the cost. I was a mechanic in the Army and we gas welded everything. Our body shop was all gas welding. No mig or tig and that was 1990.

I learned to gas weld when i was 17, about 40 years ago. Definitely a good way to learn to weld. I still have my AirCo branded torch and regulators that I bought back then. I think it took me about 2 years before I bought real welding rod, coat hangers were plentiful back then. Your patience as a teacher is amazing, for those learning these methods for the first time your videos are a must watch. Thanks for sharing your expertise.

Everything is nicely explained,but i`m sorry that you didnt show how to weld aluminum,i think there are a lot of tricks.Maybe in some other video?😀 All the best,greetings from Serbia✌️

Thank you Carl, I just got my bottles yesterday. I scored a welding cart from 1917 with a complete victor set up hiding inside for 200 bucks at Turloc swap meet. I’m so stoked to get going tonight. Thank you!!

“You know what would have helped a lot..” 😂 Appreciate you sharing your skills with us

Funny how we forget the simple things Rad vid once again Karl thank you 🤘🏻

I learned to gas weld in 1965. Guess that's why I likeTIG so much. I have done a lot of welding with old style metal cloths hangers after I cleaned them up

You did a fantastic job with this video. Very impressive with your talking and not over explaining ect. Thank you.

When I was in the 11th grade, I took auto body courses at the local community college. It was such a great experience and my friend and I were the only high school students in class. We would practice gas welding outside and we practiced butte welding. I remember distortion and burning holes through the joint like crazy. If I had an instructor like you I might have stuck with it. It's been over 40 years ago and after watching your videos I feel like I'm ready to finally master this technique. Thank you Karl.

Thanks for this EXCELLENT video. I always say, if you want to learn to weld, start with gas, then you'll be able to do anything. Nowadays, a guy goes to Harbor Freight, buys a MIG setup, and never learns to weld. PS: Do not stick the inner cone into the puddle.

Great tutorial. I love that you can laugh at yourself and not edit out your mistakes. Real world not fake edited. Oh! That’s probably hot. 😂 That probably works better with the camera on. Lol 😆 Also…. I learn a lot by hearing your thought process when you’re (thinking out loud) as you work. Edit: you cracked me up so many times. Looking for the foot pedal for the welder. Same as I get done driving my 18 wheeler at work, then get into my Honda and look for the clutch pedal. 😂😂😂😂

I know you may never see this comment but You would make a great shop teacher. I want to remark on your' searching for the pedal. I learned to drive in 49 and 51. I was 16 in 1951. eventually I moved up to an automatic transmission. I automatically reached, with my left foot for the clutch for a very long time. Ones in a great while, I still catch myself doing it. It makes me laugh at myself. Some habits you never loose. they just lay in waiting. :O) Your' welding looked great to me. I learned oxy welding in the 51 aera from a body man. He was teaching me to de-chrome my 47 Ford Coupe. We brazed pennies on the inside. Then filled by melting Lead bars. Me and my buddies de-chromed and customized many vintage cars after that . I agree with what you say I eventually learned stick and tig later on in life and they came easy because of knowing gas welding. Great video I will have to research your' vids. further. I'm going out to gas weld a patch on a riding mower deck. I needed a refresher course thanks for that. I'm an 87 YO now!!! Still love working with my hands.

You explained expansion and contraction better than anyone I've watched. I am definitely going to try gas welding sheet metal!

I’d say you are correct. A bigger tip with less pressure would have been money. Always good watching your videos man. Appreciate what you do!

Karl not only is a master craftsman but now showing great teaching skills.

I need to head out to work. I'll finish watching later. I too started with the oxy/acc course in school and will pick up the torch every now and then and weld something. I will tell you, at least for me, I didn't grasp a firm understanding for keeping a neutral flame until years later and learning how to forge weld. Keep posting I gain allot of knowledge from your videos that I wish I had 30 years ago.

Im having flash backs. The good old days they call it.Your damn good at that Karl.good video. Injoyed it

Brings back memories. Brazing is another valuable technique, great for repairing cast when you don't want to put a lot of heat into the piece

That brings back memories. When I took welding in college in '99-2000 we spent far more time on gas welding than we did on TIG. Great video.

Thank you for the great videos, I enjoy sharing them with my automotive students.

Keep up the teaching. A lot of your videos teach and some bring back memories Thanks to you and your wife

Ive taught myself how to O.A weld at home when my tig took a crap. Wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. Its been helpfull at the house and the shop .

Great video. The best gas welding videos I seen on KZfaq this far. Thank you for great content.

Carl, your correct about bringing back memories for sure. back in the 1970's and 80's we torch welded everything in the body-shop with coat hangers. from chop tops, 1/4 panels to (patch panels that we made our selves) we also did lead work on your seams. i still occasionally torch weld, with my ol' DHC200 with 4lbs of pressure. we also did exhaust systems with a torch, and coat hangers.

Great video! If it wasn’t -26 out today I’d be out in the garage playing with my oxy torch. I’d love to see you actually weld in a patch panel on a car with this method. Always great content bud 👍

Thanks for the flashbacks, Karl. My first rig was a very tired 31Chevy pickup that I started on in 61. I plainly remember being so proud of my baling wire welds that I wire brushed them and painted them just as they were. Great times!

Like others, I started out brazing, and also gas welding with a coat hanger in early 20's. Fast forward 50 years LOL. I mostly arc welded after that, and a bit of MIG. I recently had a need to do a very delicate weld on a broken hydraulic control handle. Too delicate for arc, brazing not strong enough. This video was an EXCELLENT refresher. You have great skill, and you are a very good teacher. Off to the garage, and see how it goes! Thanks a million.

You do a great job explaining, all the older muffler shops gas welded you muffler and pipes

you are right back 1973 went to welding school used it all my life love your work!!!!!!!!!!!!!! videos

Brings back memories of restoration classic cars with the family. I learned it from seeing my uncle doing it. I love to had some set, i definitely going to buy a set soon. Love to see you doing this video

So nice to see welding done using the old school methods!

I am 63 years old and learned gas welding in the early-mid '70s in a high school fabrication class. Like you said it was where you started and was the foundation that all welding was built on. We also had stick welders, just got our first TIG machine but there wasn't any MIG at that time. I have now returned to welding as a college student working on a Welding Technologies AAS and again we started with gas welding and are working our way through the different weld processes. Thank you for taking the time to bring this to us. I am so glad I found your channel I learn something every time I watch.

I really appreciate your sympathy and yet professionality in (for me) learning how to weld with both acetylene/oxy and MIG welding and sorting out through hundreds of youtube video, thank you

Great demo Mate! You are a really good teacher...

Karl, you always do a great job of demonstrating and explaining. The dynamic between you and your "camera person" is nice. I was told by an old-school British craftsman to use 3 - 5 psi on the gauges for light gauge sheet (18-20-ish) and a double to triple aught tip. Look up "aught" in one of those dictionary thingies/apps... it's been around a long time. ;) The lower pressure causes less blow out. It's quite amazing being able to do a 2 foot weld on 18 gauge with a torch after making such a mess when I was first trying this almost 50 years ago. I'm not old.. I just started young. If you have a precise cutting tool you could cut slivers of filler from the same material that you are working with. The metals all flow nicely then. Just remember that just like tig, you want super clean metals. Those of you trying it out on a car... don't forget to have a fire extingusiher handy. It is more fire than mig or tig, after all. Get that Caddy done before your Zephry. You know what they say: Happy camera person, happy life. Or something like that. ;)

Thank you! I’m 75 and still learning. My first gas welding project was widening the wheel wells in a utility trailer made from a Datsun pickup bed. Gas welding, like you said, is like TIG. My TIG is a simple, cheap unit with no pedal (LOL, so I don’t look for the pedal) but it works fine for what I need. It is my ‘electric torch’. Hopefully this will open eyes of some who haven’t used this welding process.

Learned on stick and gas. Found gas welding peaceful.

Back in high school, great memories. Did a demo/instruction with a school teacher a few years ago. 26 kids learning. Needed this video. Thanks

This guy knows everything about metal and how to work with it, unbelievable!

I feel like you could teach me rocket science and I’d actually understand it. You’re a fantastic teacher!

Am good in welding I did it for 9years so I love your watching your videos am really learning a lot about your amazing videos,I will like to join you one day

I bought a port-a-torch to cut holes for gate hinges, with no experience. After watching this, I’m thinking of all the possibilities. Liked and subscribed! Thanks for the great video. I hope to watch them with my young sons and we can learn together.

This is the best video, on any subject, that I have viewed on You Tube. After my last brazing job, 38 years ago, I just picked up a torch set. You do beautiful work!

Wow did I just learn alot, so well presented.I have around welding my whole life on the outside looking in. My welder friends have passed on and I was fortunate enough to aquire a torch set up but never understood it. Now I can practice and continue to watch your videos. Thanks so much!

WOW! Very impressive video - Karl, you were born to teach! Brought back many memories. Good timing too - a week ago I was digging around for my welding tips. I had some rusty exhaust manifold bolts giving me a hard time and couldn't fit the torch with cutting tip in there to heat them. That was my first walk down Memory Lane; this video was the second. I haven't used those tips since the early 80s! Now you have me fired up to try gas welding again!! THAT will be interesting - my welds never looked as good as these. Practice, practice! I need to make some jack stand holders too - great idea!

Well done Karl, I find your instruction videos very entertaining. This video reminds me of the torch welding I did in class 40 yrs ago . I must add you are a much better instructor.

This guy is really good.

I learn so much from you Carl you the man this is all I look forward to on my down time is watching your channel 🤘

Old dog learning new tricks. Thanks.

I keep watching your stuff,its amazing how much knowledge and skill you have in fabricating and welding.. most times you have a jack of all trades master of none.. i have a feeling its the other way around.

I started working in an exhaust shop, learning gas welding underneath cars. Upside down, weird angles. It was the best experience gained ever. I TIG Weld now exclusively but you are so right, if you learn Gas welding it first it sets the fundamentals for TIG.

Old school welding, cool. 😎👍🇨🇦

Carl great video So many people don’t appreciate or understand the art form of gas welding You did a great job People forget that a majority of WW2 aircraft was gas welded Well done

I learned to gas weld by reading old WWII training manuals. wish this video was around when I was doing this. I welded my whole frame together this way.

Oxy welding , something I havent done for about 40 years. Would love to have oxy again cant afford the gas bill. What I liked about it was neatness , minimal grinding , what I didnt like was heat distortion and instant rust if you didnt prime it the same day

sweet class. thanks for the lesson, cant wait for the next one!!!

I learned so much. Thanks. I used to weld for Toyota in the 90s. Only mig welding. Then never welded again for 20 years. I just picked up a kangaroo kit and want to mess around on my old homemade flatbed trailer. I think I’m ready to give it a try now.