it looks like the gas is barely covering the weld bead. You need to plan your arcs around curved surfaces and position yourself to run the longest bead you can, towards yourself. Do a practice run and move the gmat tool over the part gap without turning it on and see if you have a free swing with the tool from your start to finish. End after a part of the arc is completed, and then reposition for the next weld length. Practice again moving it around the arc.

Tip 1. With sheetmetal repair, lots and lots of tacks. Don't bother trying for beads it causes warping on larger repairs and tacks require less grinding to get it flat. 2. With that high zinc primer DO NOT BREATHE THE FUMES. Much like welding galvanized metal the welding vaporizes it and is highly toxic. Last time I welded galvanized it made me sick for like 2 days. 3. Invest in a real face shield for grinding, that stuff gets behind safety glasses pretty easily. 4. Get some 1/8 and 1/16 inch plate cut into 1.5 inch straps for practice pieces about 3" long. Practice t joints first as they're the easiest and will teach you how to control your puddle and arc force. Then move on to a lap joint, then a butt joint. Setting aside a solid couple hours to practice in one chunk will give massive gains in quality. I've only been welding since 2006 professionalishly, apparently I'm certified to work on govt. And mil product so I may know a thing or 3

Sam just make sure you use different wire for your stainless steel work then body work as if you use normal ms wire then it will contaminate the stainless steel and make it rust

Im learning with you Sam, currently going in high school as a welder. Havent gotten to weld just yet but i know some stuff. Currently helping my dad restore Audi Coupe 1980 what is preeeety fckn cool as my first practice car haha! I know you will have good welding skills end of this year, Cheers Sam!

When spraying the paint rattle cans make sure you cover the other cars you have parked next to it

Welding is an art. I did some mig welding last year for some rocker panels and it worked, but definitely not high quality. Lots of respect for the people in the industry.

In future if welding on a running car, make sure to disconnect the battery. Heard of ppl short circuiting the electrics when welding with the battery still connected

I myself am learning to weld and fabricate repair panels, I’m restoring a 1966 Nissan Cedric wagon. Good luck with the welding!

Glad to see safety Sam wearing proper eye protection. Need to get him a more stylish pink pair. Love seeing your progression. Sam is japans Adam LZ. Next move is a compound in the mountains!

The better you can get on a bad machine the easier it'll be when you get a more professional welder, my welding teacher used to start semester by making everyone use a terrible machine until you could weld decently with it and then you'd be allowed to progress to a better more capable machine 👌🏻

Good work with the metal work bro, might I suggest when cutting out small pieces from your chassis... rather then cut corner, drill a small hole at the corners then cut the straight lines between like connect the dots... minimizes chances of a crack starting where the 2 cuts meet if ever the area is stressed after the repair

Sheet metal welding looks good, repair is almost invisible! If you are going to do this kind of repairs(rust repairs on old shtboxes...) often then I would recommend two tools. A sheet metal brake (even a small cheap one is very good to have) and a shrinker/stretcher (cheap one works alright). What these two tools in combination allow you to do is curve metal pieces, very handy for small repair panels, put a bend in it, and then shrink/stretch the edge. Good video, and relatable content. God Bless.

"A grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't." Good job on the first rust repair, couldn't probably do any better myself.

Please put a guard on your cutoff wheel!!! Those things can shatter so easy and be devastating for your face

I know several welders with early stages of parkinson's from welding zinc and working with it. Wearing ear muffs, safety glasses, and no mask is a bit funny.

Grinder and paint makes you the welder you ain’t! Not a bad start. It definitely gets easier the more you do it

With the rust patches instead of beads you wanna do tiny tacks around it with gaps and then get in-between those tacks with more tacks and then grind it down. The problem with beading it apparently over heats the metal too much making it cure very poorly but with the tacks there nice and even and it's easier atleast that's what my mechanics teacher told me and once you dial in the settings on the welder it gets even easier then once you get really really good then you can start doing beads on a lil bigger peices.

Bring your wire speed down, power slightly up, and get closer to the surface. The burn marks show you were outgassing too much

Two big thumbs up on the rust repair patch! I'd be more than happy with that 🙂

Spray inside the hole with cavity wax. Once its painted you should spray inside the doors, sills etc with cavity wax

a grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't

Drag the puddle in little circles for welding watch the puddle and drag it

Hi sam. This is going to help you a lot With those square Panels out underneath The abandoned s15. I recommend you using cardboard trace square and put it down on a metal sheet and it would be a lot easier than wasting a lot of metal.

Prizzamike would a good channel to watch for this stuff Sam

3 second weld, 6 second waiting before laying another bead otherwise you warp the metal from heat

i also suck at making nice looking welds, but as long as it's not a visibel piece, it holds and doesn't leak i'm satisfied

I am Hyped seeing Her and Bogan Showgun racing together

Hi Sam you might of seen my comment before and don’t mind the user I’m not a troll I just want to say well done for how far you have come with KZfaq and your drifting content

Good effort on that repair it will do the job! As a R32 GTR owner really enjoying the fact you are savings some of these from the scrappers and extending their life. Once they are gone they are gone!

When using a grinding wheel bro keep the safety guard on the grinder and wear leather gloves I know many people who have lost half of fingers

Add some weld through primer to the bare metal side you can’t see to give it a fighting chance of survival 👌

That's the car that introduced me to your channel! Thanks R32!

Welding takes practice. I would suggest getting an old hood, fender or trunk lid and practice welding on those.

theres some oil stuff you can get to spray in the frames to prevent future rust too

Usually if you have many smaller holes in a panel just change the complete panel to the point where its easy to weldand hide the seams. Not worth it making 2-3 matchbox size patches on a panel

Great progress on the project and getting it’s done but can’t wait to see the final results of the project and seeing it ripping on the street of Tokyo 😊😊

Sam is my inspiration every time I watch him videos I always get motivated to work on my own projects

get good with that machine. then when you get a nice welder, itll be that much easier. helped me a bunch

you should put big rubber mats underneath of your car lifts

I may be wrong. But if your primer really has zinc in it. It isnt good to use as weld though primer. Zinc when burned is toxic for you. And it isnt good for the weld aswell

We don’t want the abandoned skyline we want the r33.5 fixed and amazing content with it again, it’s been 2 shops with nothing done and always we are told we waiting on parts etc so please make it happen asap

I want to say thank you Sam You have motivated me to finish my turbo civic just put a ditch works complete return fuel system in my civic aiming for 500 hp daily

Awesome video as always Sammit. Can't wait to see all of the projects finished.

Definitely looking forward to all the progress on every project going on.....also can't wait til the new drift season starts up for you

Great work, I enjoy watching you get your hands dirty as well🔥

best welding advice is just send it 🏎💨🔥

A side exit on the Bogen 32 would be awesome

“look at the interior” .. *interior missing* .. that was pretty funny 😂

You should consider wearing a respirator while welding I know it's not "cool" but breathing in those fumes isn't good also highly suggest some sort of fire mitigation especially encapsulated parts that can be filled with all kinds of flammable shit haha but keep it up man!

so glad to watch some progress on twitch !!!!!

Bro you don’t NEED all the fancy tools and it’ll only help you do better with what you have until your prepared to get it all… lol I hope that makes sense. Japan is well known for improvising and making things work with what they have…

If Jimmy Oakes come to Japan and SPOON comes with him let he learn you how to weld that a really good plan

Great to see the og abandoned 32 at the new shop for the first time! So glad it’s back I can’t wait to see how she comes out!🤙

Accomplishments are always satisfying. Great work mate 🤙

Love seeing your progress man. Keep the videos up! Happy to watch your thorough approach to work.

Dude you need to spend some time looking for free scrap metal to practice on. make a shelf or stool to practice. Because those tig welds sell more when they are flushed and clean with nice pattern. But hell yeah my dude keep it up. Sammit HQ is looking dope.

Doing good with the welding.. main thing with mig the surface your welding has to be ground clean.. maybe turn your wire speed down a click or 2 to make the weld lay flatter.. practice makes perfect!! Enjoyed it very much!! 💥💥👊💥💥

A good name for the "Bogan R32" other than "Bogan R32" could be Frank like "Frankenstein"

Finally, i miss this content so much!!!

Another great video. Always enjoy them. And a very cool workshop keep the good work up. Would love to visit if i was ever in Japan.

Sam can you make a content about cooling system please. I'm not asking like engineering explained. Just a layman's info video about cooling system. Thanks!

At least you doing something with the skyline. Eought was doing nothing with it. They don’t post like you do.

I love that spare parts R32 , and want to give it a home and bring it to life again, the poor baby I hope you tied down that tarp on again Sam .

Sam man shit it’s awesome and get everything you want done on your car and not have to feel like you’re asking for too much or being picky keep it up and all future projects are going to be epic! 🤘🏻

Great job, Sam!

Building that’s car collection Cabot wait to see them all finished 🍚

When welding in the vertical, with mig you want to weld up, starting at the bottom of the piece and traveling up. Generally you need to turn the feed speed down a little along with the voltage. Also you want to weave the torch back n forth across the seem and when on each side you want to momentarily pause on each side of the weave before going the other way. Along with this the torch angle needs to be at a 45 degree angle, the angle helps the heat to not focus on the weld. If dump tube is stainless steel. Which i think it is. You need different feed wire then if welding mild steel

Nice to see you doing some body work you should try to use the weld through primer on the back side of your patch panels as well as the area keep up the good work

ALSO SLOW YOUR WIRE DOWN AND TURN THE HEAT UP A LITTLE

Samm try welding in a triangle motion while u work your way down the welds should come out looking better

Yo abandoned 32 should be the dad mobile! Car seat in the back ready to go!

Welding looks spot on mate. I'm bummed that I'm not there to help, but hey I'll have a cool scare from the surgery. I've got some staples holding me together. It's pretty wild.Your repair looks fantastic, on those outside skin pieces you should see if you can maybe cut and pull a piece from the parts car.? (the one under the blue. tarp)

You are doing better than most KZfaqrs that are lazy and just pay people to do the work just keep practicing bro

Against popular demand, you need to bring back the random bomb blowing up lolol

When your welding make little c's it well help spread your Weld out

With welding… all it is is hood time hood time hood time.. the more time you spend doing it your skills will develop!!

Yoooo about time, also good luck with everything bub wise bro I know you will be amazing parents 💜

Love the videos man! Keep em' up! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Next time you visit the US you should sit down with Johan (AdamLZ) and Isaiah (Rob Dahm) and get some high quality weld training

This is gonna be a good one!

Your doing great thanks for the good videos and fabrication videos I like them

Sam, you should start practicing your welds on flat coupons. Watch your speed (stay in your puddle), maintain your drag angle, and most importantly stay consistent. You got this!

good job mate, keep burning metal

Awesome video Sam

Sounded like the wire speed was a little fast but u can experiment with that and how close u get to the work piece.... remember 2 disconnect the battery b4 welding on the body 2!!!! 😂

So awesome yes 👏

Shit Sam I forgot last video, EPOXY PRIMER. The zinc spray won't stop corrosion, I've learnt this by having to paint my bay and rust repairs SEVEN times until I got epoxy. The zinc spray does not seal out moisture, before underseal etc you gotta epoxy

Sammit time is great time ⏲️ 😀 👍

I wanted to see more of the rust fixed, you will be here for months if you do 1 hole a week.

The Family GTS-t returns. :)

You need one of them car lifts for storage

That weld looks good Sam

watch "fitzee's fabrications" the guy is a genius at fabricating sheet metal and with basic tools.

That's a bad welding. Lol

I remember that car from the first time in your friend car yard

I was scared it was gonna end the same way as the evo 6.5 tme rs

if you get ANOTHER 32... please do a 34 rear end, and sideskirt conversion. looks so so so sick with the 32 front end and lip. would be the r32.4½

Great Vid Sam! ❤❤❤

Practice make perfect my friend same as anything its a learning curve you should pick it up pritty easy

That patch looks good to me