Realy like your videos. But i Think you have made a mistake. A dangerous one. The original upper control arm design allows for "thin" sleeves because the control arm isnt welded on . But welded in! This way the sleeves won't be pulled oval. With your design, the sleeves are welded on and now the sleeves schould be thicker, much thicker!

Aaron, three things: love the tip of adding weight to the small pieces cut on the chop saw - I will be stealing this; great solution using the router with a burr - never thought of that and another tip I’ll be stealing; and number 3, thanks for the reminder to get up from the toilet to get the blood back into my legs. Cheers!

The man, the myth, the legend... Mr. Mankandy himself! hahahah. I screamed out loud when you mentioned me lmao, was not expecting that. Great video and roller coaster ride, kept me glued to the screen!! Excited to see this collab, I think i have an idea who he is... You're killing the YT game! Keep on truckin'

Aaron, I’ve binged every single one of your videos in the last 3 days! I’m glad that KZfaq is finally showcasing your channel. Keep moving forward! (One of my favorite YT catch phrases)!

It’s really refreshing that you share your missteps! Was kinda surprised that you didn’t set up a stop on your cold saw for the rounds you cut. The intermission was awesome!!! Oil and welding have never really got along! The “sculpted” holes look great!!! The ball joint angle is now something else to consider, had to watch that segment a couple times!! Love your content, editing, style!!

Unless you're a professional the road to a sweet ride is paved with mistakes. I like your work keep it up.

Hello Hello From Victoria Canada!!! That was the best episode I've seen you do so far on your channel! Even though I am fairly new to your fab community, I have learned so much from each different episode its amazing. I really wish I had you for a metal/mechanics shop teacher in high school, because my life might have gone a different direction. You demonstrated to all the new fab guys or gals watching you, that there are a lot of pro modder friendly tools like using the router. Like you opted for the dimple die look to finish the welds, "That is what I was yelling for my choice at the laptop when you asked what would we do", but there are so many different ways you could have made the flat plate surface pop with engraved designs. There aren't many fabricator guys or gals that think of using tools made for woodworking, when they have to make something custom on their rides or for their shops. If you use a rounded or a fine tip die bit in a router you could have engraved lettering, or some incredible decorative scroll designs like tribal tattoos or because it is your sweetie's ride, she might have liked a swirling scrolling vine design. You can also use a router table to mount a die grinder and do the most awesome edges rounded, chamfered, beveled or an even more detailed decorative edge done with two die profiles to really go making custom one off stuff. A table saw with a 10" metal cutting chop saw wheel makes long plate cuts a breeze or raise the disc just enough to scribe a long plate for bending, as long as the arbor diameter matches you can even mount a 12" or 14" disc if there is clearance for even cleaner straight cuts. Sorry for getting to into the tool thing, but I am in both worlds metal and wood so I get passionate about my tools. Keep up the awesome content and I can't wait to see more on your channel and see where your future episodes will take us all. I don't know if you get to read all your many comments, but I hope you and all those near or dear to you, stay safe, have good health, have good luck and find as much happiness as you can possibly enjoy. (All your KZfaq community included) 🤘😁👍

ahhh, the joys of learning welding and fabrication... Experiencing similar joys myself....

Dude I laughed so hard I cried! Best ever content from a fabricator! Thank you! We are human and make mistakes! You fixed it!

I enjoy the humor and the info your videos provide…don’t stop, move forward!👍

Learned more in five minutes from you than I have in 2 hours of research! You’re a bad ass, thanks so much for sharing this!

Great editing and also excellent content. Your first cut to black saying the video was over definitely got me I had to double check the video length. Your breakdown of how things work and why you did what you did are always good to hear for anyone else that may be on their own similar journey. Keep it up.

Man I really need a carbide chop saw. Cool build! A fixture is worth its weight in gold.

I appreciate you for what you do. So freaking entertaining with you humor. The things you are doing like these control arms are what I need to do next on my build so your videos help me tremendously cuz I sit here contemplating how to do my next step. So thank you thank you thank you

You are underrated! I'm planning to do suspension on my C10 and you've provided me all the knowledge in decent way! Thank you very much.

Great vide. Thanks for how you explain everything in detail and also give tips and tricks to help in the process. Keep it up!

I am so glad you addressed the ball joint angle at the end. I was really curious how that worked. Every time I watch your videos I realize how much I don’t know about suspensions.

Amaszzzing knowledge!!!! Going to watch everyone before my next build ⚡️

Great videos and talent. You have the gift of truly explaining a subject with the right wording and visual aid. 👍

Nice delivery. You have to like this guy.

Very nice Dae and I really appreciate your videos. We are building a 1952 Chevy 3100 and you have given us some really good ideas. Thanks again and keep those videos coming.

Very entertaining, I like your sense of humor.

Great video. As always your explanations about your reasons for doing all parts to your process are put in the simplest way so that all can understand. But this comment is more focused on your editing. I thought the music was pumped up for this video. Loved it! I was well informed and also jamming to awesome tunes.

You’re welcome! Just looking out for a fellow fabricator. I really enjoy your videos and wish you the best of luck with success.

You check all the boxes for awesome, entertaining, and funny fab videos. :)

Im not a low rider guy but totally enjoy your fab work, small shop processes and cander. Keep moving forward!!!

Another great show, thank's for posting. I loved it.

Love that you aren't afraid to show the dumb mistakes we all make!! We all need to laugh at ourselves sometimes

it's not about how creative and well craftsman you are, I always come back to enjoy your side jokes :)

I love your work and delivery. It’s inspirational.

You remind me of a teacher I had in college who was very excited about the subject she taught and that made the class me lectures very fun to be in. Also, I was yelling at the screen for Swiss cheese. Glad you heard me. Also, also… ball joints.

Another great video , glad you show things that may not go to plan first go that’s my world reality . Appreciate the technical and humour.

Love the message! We all face challenges everyday. We just have to find a solution to make it work!

Thank You Sir! I'm a lifted truck kinda guy, but fab is fab. I dig it.

Great educational channel you have! Thank you for sharing.

I’m at that point where I’ve binged all your videos and now have to wait! What a bummer . Great channel man

Great video as always and my boy Jake is the man can't wait to see what's next on this build

You know, I can't figure out subscriptions for videos. Your videos are outstanding. I watch a lot of fab videos and yours are some of the most helpful, clear, and best made. You deserve more subscribers!!! Go figure.

Came from Fabrication Series!!! Awesome builds man !!! Running a 2001 Camaro Camed full exhaust BBK headers stage two build on the old T-56 from Texas drivetrain performance. Just need some slicks and a rear end 😂 before I blow the old 10 bolt apart hahah

very nice arm ...great result....you are very smart thanks

when you said "this is why I absolutely love using carbide bits" I chocked on myself and subbed straight away.

Always entertaining, always informative. Thanks for another great video sir!

love the content man,, much appreciated, lots of learnings from both videos on this project, the main takeaway for me would be to get some bushing sleeves turned from heavy wall pipe or bar stock. I'm going to follow your method to get some Arms made for a frontier.

The mill scale coating can piss off the welds also. Clean off anything that might end up into the weld pool.

Man Candy, congrat on 46k sub! I sware you only had ~20k sub the last time you dropped a video.

And every time I see it, FREAK CHECK! Again. I love what you do for the community! keep it up

I subbed because content like this needs way more traffic. Keep sharing.

The vice grips on a cut off saw trick was worth the price of subscription!

50k Subs!! Congrats man!

Love the videos! Can't wait to see this girl done!!

I wasn't yelling....I was nodding ...pipes!

Great content!! Love it!! The new sign was such a cool tie in to the slow down make sure both control arms face the correct direction and a remake twist on keep moving forward. Multilevel chess game producing parts, content and dry humor all at the same time. The carbide bit in the router is such a great idea, haven't I seen you use that before? The cardboard from the car split shot just appeals so much to my inner middle schooler. That stuff never gets old!

When the welds in the spacers didn’t turn out right you could chuck it up in the vise and re drill the holes with the same bit. It will make a smooth bore and you could tig a decorative bead around the surface of the holes to cover up the undercut

Awesome videos man, can’t wait to see how your channel grows

Love this channel !!

Nice job on these..came out sweet..I like em

Amazing, thanks for the great content. I see you with TFS and I wish I still lived in Vegas.

You and @SuperfastMatt would be unstoppable together. That's my current dream colab.

Incredible content! And music too!

Your videos are toxic, they're giving me too many ideas in my man cave of a workshop 🤣🤣 Huge props to you and your way of looking/thinking of many different things to make it work. Stay solid, & Keep movin' forward

That was magnificent, and yes, I look ridiculous. Thanks again Mate. Geoff.

Nice Video as always!!! My 50 has that A-Frame setup with no ball joints. (King pins and screw in trunnions.) I was bummed because You really can't get more caster without the trunnions binding. But when it lays out there is ZERO ball joint bind to worry about. Life is give and take. Keep moving forward!!!

Just the video I've been waiting for!

Aaron , I work in a machine shop and we drill hundreds of holes a week we have found through failure of cutting tools the best cutting fluid is water based you mix the cutting fluid from the gallon container with water. And the cutting tool example , end mill, shell mill, drill bit ... Bites through the steel. and does not create smoke and the tool does not slip it cuts .. also when the parts come to me to be welded I just wash them in hot water then sand the edges and we have not had porosity problems. Also we have found the best fluid for taping is Tap Magic the reason i say this is because we would spend hours making a part. Then break a tap off on the last operation I dont know if tap magic is made from the water that comes from old nuclear power plants but you can feel it smoothly cut the threads by hand and it works wonders in machine operation. Man K i like your work ethic you do nice work Pete

I sure dig watching you build a fresh suspension, I'm in the planning stages of my Trans Am build and I'm running into informational roadblocks. I have this insane notion to fab some custom uprights like on the trophy trucks so I can position my spindle at the optimal height for my build and retain suspension travel, plus shorten the tie rod mounting point for greater steering angle.

Love it all!!! Thumbs up!!!

Great video. From off the grid in AZ

Another quality video!

Awesome Episode as usual!

Awesome job brotha, making me want to get back on my d21 ext cab!!!

😂really like what you’re producing. Reminds me of back in the day when I was a fabricator at Stage 1 customs. I have fab advice stop using a sharpie marker and switch to blueing the metal and using a scribe the results are worth it. Gives a more precise end result.

My god, That’s a lot of ball joint! 😂 Thx for another great video! You keep me inspired!

Great video keep it up sir.. your learn by doing an you are doing just that👍👍👍

My hubby loves your mannerisms & slapstick sarcasm !

Thank you for your knowledge and video's USA 🇺🇸

Amazing job on the upper A arms, i ran into this same issue on my M2 front end under my 53 chevy. Also note the rack and pinion can limit travel also, it may need to be raised to compensate.

Another great video. Almost to 50k👍

Razor sharp steel splinters (or aluminum, for that matter!) are absolutely the best part of using carbide burrs. :D

Nice to see how the jig from your previous video came into use. The Swiss cheese layout is one I haven't seen done before, but I expect you will pull it off. 🇦🇺

I struck an arc on aluminum once after cleaning it with non-chlorinated brake cleaner and the burning in my lungs after unknowingly breathing a small amount of vapor made me rethink my life.

This is cool af bro. Appreciate ya

Love your work and the tutorial that always comes with it. Red as I think. Look at me

Love the Monty Python intermission. 🤣

Hey Aaron just a tip to help with cutting small round tube on the saw-add some sticky backed emery paper 80 -120 grit to the clamp plates or use some right angle with same on inside of he angles to grip the pipe or round bar. Prevents it rolling in the jaws.

For the comment searchers the song is: Zorro - Marinate.

As a retired semi-professional car show build critic, I would have to deduct well over 73 points for welds that are unsculpted on the bottom of any control arms. That's for each unsculpted weld! Sculpt now or regurt later is a very common phase in my community. Thanks for all the tips!

We have to all take a moment to thank that genius that first decided that, I’m going to use cardboard and make patterns then build it out of steel. Damn boat builders from the south haha

The in then out of the car thing was pretty funny. I did giggle over that one.

Great video.

Dimple cuts look like engine valve seats. Last time I welded one in a ford flathead (weld for seat, don’t weld a press fit seat) I used the cheapest eBay valve cutter in a drill and sandpaper superglued to the bottom of an old valve with a valve grinding suction cup and scrap stainless rod that fit… in a drill to cut weld into seat.

Love your style, very entertaining as oposed to many guys cranking out "sermon" like material, admonitory and patronising. Also love how you're honest about mistakes and sometimes settling for "sub par" solutions until the natural evolution of one's skillset eventually figures out a better way. As far as the tech content, I'd advise against using the ball nose portion of a burr because it ends up being weaker than a 45°. Or maybe go wild with the ballnose and then add up some nicer weld bead? I think that the added strenght will balance out the weakness of introducing more heat input.

man the way you work reminds me of myself 🤣😂 ALWAYS REMEMBER cut first measure twice!

My tundra has bolt on lowers and press in uppers retained with a snap ring. I use a C-clamp style ball joint press in the wheel well and it’s quicker and easier than pulling the 2’ cambered bolt out when the bushings are still good. No need to reset alignment after as only the pivot joint was replaced.

Good recovery! "Dimple die" look turned out even better than "Stack of dimes" look this time 👍

5 gallon bucket with TSP (trisodium phosphate) in water tucked away with a lid on it makes an excellent degreaser for weld prep and always nice to have water in a bucket for the occasional shop fire. Makes a good wet sanding additive with dawn to rinse sandpaper buildup, too.

You make interesting videos. Your like a regular Joe doing fab work. Like Lee161 said, I hope you used non-chlorinated brake clean because if you didn't then with welding the chorinated brake clean makes Phosgene Gas. Be careful what you clean with.

Not a bad fab my guy 👍

Great stuff as usual! Yeah, sometimes welding doesn’t go as planned, and those smaller holes are tough with a mig gun… (I really need to learn to tig!). Hey - I sent you an email with a question about my step notch project on my 55’ chevy truck build. Check it out when you get a sec. The control arms still look sick brother. Nice work.

Loving it all! Keep it up brother.i gotta secret build coming up.

I find it funny the way you say Nissan 😂😂