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like driving a car

As a complete and utter newb. I can attest to this. It's been an intimidating start-up. My greatest mental block is the fear of failing on a weld without knowing I've failed. This video has really helped clear that fog. Thank you.

As someone who knows nothing, it's like watching sorcery lol. Could make great ASMR

I need that mig welder hard to find it

Well one problem I see you probably should wear the right PPE cover up your body you probably shouldn’t be welding in a t shirt

Yea, he did a really good job of explaining things as he went along. You don't get that very much. I learned to weld before there was an internet so I watched a guy weld, started doing it...incorrectly and learned to listen for the sound. The sound can fool you sometimes so I think it's important to know the numbers because in general machines are going to be similar enough that going from one welder to another with the same settings will usually get you pretty close and then you adjust for the right sound and the correct looking weld in terms of penetration and puddle flatness or "wetting". A lot of what a beginner might do is exhaust work and often you're not going to be welding new steel to new steel. You'll often be patching up rusty exhaust and you'll not only have to get good at welding thin material but also welding to rusty material that you cleaned up and found there isn't much left. Learning how to fill holes where you burned through...that's a whole technique in of itself. But there's only so much he could teach in one short video. But, in the real world, you're going to get someone call you and ask, "are you a welder?" and they're going to want you to patch up some garbage and it'll take forever because you're welding to rust and then they're going to wonder why the bill is so much because, "I mean..you just welded it" as if welding someone's garbage back together should be free or something because you didn't snap your fingers and make it new LOL. People are funny, customers are hilarious. My favorite job, in this regard, I told the guy it his restaurant's grease trap was too far gone and he should buy a new one rather than trying to cheap out and have me fix it because I'm going to have more time and materials into it than it's worth. I get it all done, worked my ass off!, gave him the bill and he starts bitching about how he could have bought a new one for that much! I'm like "yea, dumb ass...doesn't that sound familiar? It should, that's exactly what I told you to do before I started!" I was right, but I didn't get any work from him ever again. Some customers aren't worth keeping but when you're starting out...keeping some money coming in, even if the customer's a douche, is not a bad thing. Just find yourself without time to help him when you get better customers in the future. Anyway...have a good one.

Yeah, sound is key.

Being a farmer I like to drag my weld, that said I do combo of everything but I do find that when I push I get a taller weld and doesn't lay as flat

@@HalfassKustoms I drag too...I didn't even really realize I was doing it until I read your comment and thought about it a second. I was like, "hey...I do that too! LOL And I'm a good welder, I do quite a bit of welding.

@@HalfassKustoms yeah when you drag you get deeper penetration so the weld bead goes flatter. When you push, the wire hits colder metal and so forms a taller weld bead. I like to push with mig but always drag with stick.

Thanks so much man I do really appreciate your feedback! I do come from a structural steel welding background and have gone to school and even done welding competitions. I appreciate that you agree that there are different processes for different applications. Although I consider the frame of a car to be structure in reality it’s just gauge material lol

@@MakeItKustom they do tend to have souls, don’t they!!! I’ll never forget the pep talk that the crew chief gave the race car before cole trickle went out for the Daytona 500 in the movie Talladega nights! 🤣🤣🤣💪🏼🔥🔥

@@MakeItKustom come to think of it I'm not sure why I drag sometimes and go downward or the other way in some situations....I suspect it's because my welding is often exhaust. If you need your frame welded up on your daily driver truck...bad news! So I think it's mainly based on access more so than being technically correct. Great input from Mick Miller. When you need something heavy to be welded, hope there's an iron worker nearby! LOL

I will also add that Vertical Up, you do preheat the metal as heat rises. Vertical down for mig is acceptable, and it's easier. There's a saying, Up inside the fence, down outside the fence, as field pipe welders also weld vertical down. Another contraversal weld is the whip and pause for mig. If you pause at 15:02, you see all three of your welds, stringer, little E's, and Whip and pause. The stringer is the strongest, and the little e's are are the most full. There's a time and a place for everything and I love the channel. Keep it up!

Glad I found this channel. Read some of the other comments...

A 1st class tutor. Keeps it simple, explains well, down to earth manner, and no cursing. Very professional..!!👍

I agree 100%. You're a great teacher.

AMEN me too

Right on Leslie! Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much Bill! Really appreciate that confirmation from a seasoned welder as yourself!

Agreed, some people have the gift of instruction and that is the basis of a good teacher.

Agreed!

Yup it is soooo important to SEE what you are doing. I always tell my students to get as close as they can to the puddle because at first they are scared and are 2 feet away and all they see is a bright light.

I confess my welding helmet is a pretty cheap one lol

@@MakeItKustom mine too, not sure how people can afford a $1,000 helmet. I'm sure the view is amazing (especially with improvements/advancements in lenses) but with a $100 auto tinting helmet , you can still see good enough to make quality welds and not worry about scratching your helmet up.

I used the hand shield out of a flux core set up out of harbor freight. Never did get the weld to start or end where I wanted it to.

@@Laugh1ngboy Yeah that is harder to learn on for sure, you should pick up a cheap auto tint helmet or at least a cheap old school non switching lense helmet so you can at least whip your helmet down and keep your hands free.

He me too! Been building cabinets and now want to branch off into tables and need to build frames! Good luck to us both..:)

Forget the tattoo, I’m concerned about burning the skin. I always wear sleeping. I’ve gotten a few small balls stuck on my skin here and there. No fun! Anyway, welding is cancerous. Not worth it.

how far are you now

Yes you are correct I made a mistake thanks for watching and welcome to the channel!

Thanks. I was scrolling through all the comments to find this as that stuck out to me too. Please Pin this comment.

Awesome I’m glad it came through clear! Thank you very much for watching

You are right. He was spot on. I always had an interest to learn welding.

You’re most welcome and thanks for watching! Cheers

If you're using flux core machine..check polarity on the machine. Wand should be hooked to negative and ground clamp to positive..look inside you will see where they hook up..by wire feed... This will cause the problem you describe.... splatter.....not welding good...so check that....look up polarity on flux core machine...on KZfaq...if you don't believe me.... Thanks and practice is key..👍,,,,,,

*I second what Brian says, I just grabbed an old lens from a plastic-cracked 1980s helmet and taped it over the lens with electrical tape and it worked well but strangely had a sweet spot 14-18 inches from bead. *

Yes majorly. Flux core is much harder to make good welds. Using gas allows your welds to flow out much better. I started with flux core switched to gas and it was a vast improvement

I like to remove any paint or under coating and just get it back to clean metal. Whether or not it’s using a stripping desk or 80 grit sandpaper or a wire wheel as long as the metal is very clean

Dragging ( torch pointed towards puddle) will create a deeper penetration (flatter weld bead) as the wire pushes into a hotter metal. Pushing shoots the wire into a colder base metal and generally creates a rounder weld bead. For full penetration with a weld bead right through or even another weld bead created on the back side generally requires a gap between the materials. If your interested I have some great videos on welding.

Yes. Exactly. Thought it be better to read som comments before typing that exact comment too...😊

Great addition!