Very well done, Karl! It's hard to keep a video over an hour long interesting, but you do it well!

Karl you are a true artist. Your common sense approach teaches me something in every video. Keep up the good work. It’s always a treat to see you work. Bill Riley Chesapeake VA

Not just welding. This is an artist at work we are watching. Amazing job Karl. I just found your channel and I am now a subscriber. Detail and description of metal and how it changes due to the heating process and then how to combat it by hammering with visual examples is priceless. The skill used to template, cut and shape is just a bonus. Please keep the content coming.

Finally found someone who explains and shows everything… thank you for your expertise…

I'm not a car guy but I learned more about tig/mig welding sheet metal here than from any welding creator. Loved the topic, the challenging project, lighting, camera work, audio and editing. Thanks to you and your video production team from Colorado.

Very nice work! I'm a retired Navy veteran. For my career my rate was Aviation Structural Mechanic. I did everything from fabrication, NDI, welding, painting, etc... I thoroughly enjoyed it and the challenges that came with my work! I served our country for almost 30 years. I'm now a disabled Navy veteran and retired. I miss the work. I do enjoy doing small projects at home. It's nice to see a talented young individual enjoy what their doing. Your work is impeccable! Keep it up and keep the videos coming I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you

Great work again Carl its never the same each time, also the importance of hammer finish welds returns the metal back to a relaxed state. Your channel is great especially for young blokes to learn a dieing craft. God bless.

You are an absolute metal work wizard. I always look forward to more videos here.

As always your description is detailed enough to easily follow what you’re doing. Very beneficial watching, thanks.

I had a metal shaping class at Dagger Tools and we discussed metallurgy and welding and the takeaway was gas welding and tig provide a "softer" weld that is easier to work such as planishing, hammer & dolly and shaping much like the original sheet metal, mig leaves a harder more brittle weld that's not as good for those things I mentioned, it can crack much easier because it's harder.

Your videos are a real treat. Your calm way of narrating what you're doing is just perfect for the understanding of your work. Thank you for letting us watch over your shoulder.

Fantastic Karl! Thanks for giving a detailed demonstration of your processes to achieve beautiful results. I know it is very time consuming to record the work but it is very informative to many of us. Thank you

Lovely work Karl, doesn't seem like an hour when you're watching a true craftsman, so jealous of your workshop, Joe

Hi Karl, for those of us that liked your bead roller project I thought you would consider making a basic kit just with the cut out steel ready for welding. You could tailor the kit with or without the extras. Thanks

You are a store house of knowledge and incredibly generous to share your expertise. An artisan with a great eye for style. I'm 74 and never bypass an opportunity to learn from the best who walk the talk!

I have a '47 DeSoto and I began knowing very little about engines or body work, although painting I do for a living. Your videos are by far the best I've seen in teaching welding. I'm really getting a great education and would love to get an Arcapatain but I'm not there yet. I was debating to learn welding or hire somebody. I don't have a lot of rust on the car. I am also impressed by your metal shaping skills. I can pretty much do what you do with metal only with wood. I marvel at how you guys can just fabricate a car from scratch. I wish I knew as much about metal as I do about wood. And you're a very likeable guy who comes across quite well. Thanks!

watching you make this template takes me back to art class as a kid when I was cutting stuff out with scissors to glue them onto a big piece of art paper lol

i love these long in depth videos you make, beautiful work, thanks for sharing!

came across your videos and love sharing with my metalshop students. So much skill, passion and patience with hand tools. Kids want to depend on technology to do everything quicker and easier, even when it's not feasible or possible. RESPECT!

I started this long episode thinking I might fast-forward through some of it but I watched every second avidly. Love the magic trick with the DA and the Scotchbrite that makes the weld disappear. I couldn’t see how you were going to fill the gap in the bead at the leading edge of the cowl but then you just did it. Thanks Karl - another great session.

So much good stuff to absorb in this video. Truly a great tutorial. You have so much skill and talent Karl - Thanks for your patient explanations of each process 👍

Looking forward to the next video already, Whatever the content. The metal work is great craftmanship. Many can learn a lot from this very talented young craftsman. Thanks you for the videos all the time consuming editing.

Good day I have been watching your tig videos the last 2 days and have learnt more from your videos than any other creators I have watched . Your faster with higher Amps has changed my welds like day and night .That is why I decided to become a member. The training and information I have got from your videos is worth the 5 bucks a month . thank you again and keep up the good content . Many thanks Cheers mate

New to your channel... I'm'm restoring 55-57 Chevy trucks... At 62 retired and building trucks... Having fun ... I have a mig and great education on tig... Awesome work ... Thank you Sir

Thank you, Karl, for the tutorial. I really enjoy watching you work. As a professional educator, myself, I really appreciate your style and how you communicate the steps. I recently repaired my race car, and wish I'd had this information before I started. I now understand what went wrong, but will certainly correct things on the next project.

Wow! Well done Karl, you are an excellent fabricator and instructor! One of the more informative videos I’ve watched! Thank you!

I was a welding inspector in a aircraft plant McDonnell Douglas and Boeing. Your good not only good but really good. Great job sheet metaling and welding.

Very nice welding! And helpful insights. People seem to fall in MIG or TIG camps, good to see someone who sees the value in both and is willing to share!

Excellent job, Karl! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, and your skills! I learn something almost every time I watch you! The hood and the cowl came out beautifully! Enjoy! Be safe! Bro Harry

Thank you once again for taking the time to make these longer videos! I just moved into a new home and my garage is not setup yet, but I have a 72 Datsun B110 that needs some rust repair and your videos and the knowledge I'm gaining every time you put them out is giving me the confidence and taking away the anxiety I have about the metal work. So thank you! Keep building rad stuff, I love your videos!

I had no idea your video was well over an hour. I was watching and suddenly it was over. You taught me a good difference between tig and mig. Helped me on a project I"m on now. Thank you Karl !!

Been welding for years and was somewhat of a "traditionalist" when it came to hoods, refused to use an auto darkening one. One day at age 48 I was hanging out at the local Airgas here in SoCal talking to the salesman and he talked me into the "Miller classic series" auto darkening hood. Cost the same amount as the cheap ones they sell at Harbor Freight. Best thing ever, save your neck!! I wish I would have bought this years ago.

From Russia with Love! Best videos about metallwork. Really like to watch you. Very positive. I repair my Nissan and look at your work, it's give power to continue. Phanks

You do amazingly beautiful work suck a joy to watch you go through step by step and all the fabrications procedure.

Your attention to detail is spot on! I don’t mind the longer videos when it comes to instructional information. You have a heat way of explaining your thought process and show as you go along. Keep up the great content.

Incredible. You´ve got me so stoked on metalworks. Building your tools. Renovating an old Merc 107 from 75. Bying a english wheel tomorrow, benchmodel. Got myself a TIG too. Now all I have to do is learn to use everything hahaha. So much fun.

Hi Karl, hope you read my comment. I love watching your videos and can learn so much from them! But for TIG-Welding thin sheet material like that with almost no distortion, you should try out a machine with Spot-Welding function. Spot-Welding is a technique with extremely short single-pulses but very high Ampere with no up, or down Ramp at all! For 1mm Sheet for example you go with 0,08s to 0,12s Spot-Time with 100A to 120A. Works very good! Brings almost no critical heat into the material and almost no shrinking! It is not a very fast way to weld, but it is a game changer for sheets, where you have no access to the back for hammer and dolly use. A very good (but not very cheap) machine for this technique for example is the 'REHM Tiger digital Ultra' Also very good, but a little more low budget is the 'Weldinger W205p' Best whishes from germany Martin

As always, perfection and extremely informative. cant wait for the hood sides, I am following you as I build my 1935 chevy master coupe 3 window. Thank you again sir.

great job!!! been doing body work and painting since 1990 and i learn something new everyday . but i also believe if you don't then your eyes aren't open. i can honestly say i have learned a lot from watching your videos. keep up the great work and teaching others whats possible with hard work and dedication .

Thx Mr Fisher. I start at night and finish watching your videos in the am. Lol I'm a auto Diesel tech by trade, but I enjoy learning body work and paint work.

Excellent craftsmanship! its well explained and demonstrated by a professional. what are you going to do with the front and rear edges of the hood?

Your skill makes it look easy, brilliant talent. Thank You

True talent at it's best , I have been in the auto body repair for 35 years ...your no 1

Yes, very methodical and your approach makes so much sense. Keep making videos like these so we can all learn.

Well done. I love learning more. @ 65 I don't see much I haven't already seen. Steel, stone, wood, glass.... I've worked with it all, but this episode pulls together so many disciplines and principles to a fine point. Thank you for sharing.

Absolutely beautiful hood!.. the arrow detail really looks cool. Are you going to make hood sides or leave the engine exposed?

Can't believe how much I've picked up from you and how much it's improved my meager skills - thank you !!

Looking spectacular I have a 20+ year old VW van and I know my next step to keep the thing going is to get me a mIG so I really appreciate all the advice

Thanks for the great video. My takeaway of this video: know your skills or lack of them and use what works for you. Your not born a master, you have to work up to it.

Making a complicated thing look easy is a testament to your talent, skills, and the perseverance to master your trade.

I've been working with metal most of my life, never worked in the sheet much, I really enjoyed the demonstration of fitment and adjusting all through the process. I've long had others, going away and coming back done, it's good to see the techniques that were behind closed doors, so many years. This channel has really added to my perspective. Thanks!.

I’ve been a stainless tig welder/fabricator for 20+ years. And still I find myself watching all your videos. Great job man.

Your patience during the process is an inspiration to say the least. Really makes me want to be more thorough and patient the next time I do sheet work. Thanks for all these great videos!

Amazing Karl! You are a talent! I adore your skill. And I very respect that you share your techniques with others selflessly.

Great stuff as always, Karl. For guys like me that have never had professional welding instruction your thorough explanation is helping me understand metal and how it reacts to the heat. I have a hard time remembering to keep it slow, cool and consistent. I have also been keeping the heat and wire speed low. Thank you very much for your videos!

Mate I started watching you 6 months ago and I’ve had watch your whole back catalogue . You teach people what’s possible with minimal tools and your work is class. Imagine being able to work with you Karl and learn at the same time . Awesome as usual . From the Uk👍

the most logical explanation to both types of welding , no hidden secrets , just straight forward methods .....thank you for the lesson !

This may be my favorite video and i've seen almost if not all. Your fit up skills are truly amazing, thanks for taking the time to explain.

A true craftsman. Man I wish I had those metalworking skills. I've actually done fairly well being self-taught years before KZfaq. A lot of learning was done by trial-and-error.

Karl , I like when you say this works for me , no right or wrong way. Being able to adapt to what's happening as you do it . That skill alone keeps us all learning. Awesome talent youg fellow !! Lorne Clarkson Pembroke, Ont.

Karl, Just discovered your vids. Im an old racer used to doing it all myself, kinda jack of all trades, master of none. But I love metal work and your vids really help someone at my level of experience. I quiit using the tig years ago, but Im gonna get it out and work on my Land Speed Racing 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe this winter. Thanks and looking forward to more.

Amazing work. I'm working on a 65 vw beetle body .you have been a really big help in the sheet metal repair. Keep living the dream brother, thanku so much for your videos

OMG Karl that is awesome work. Best demonstration on the internet showing how both TIG and MIG would be applied!!! Just like Frank Drebin (police squad) says, "I love it" LOL

I like everything about your videos: attitude, technique, explinations, use of safety gear... I'm learning a lot. Thanks.

Personally you cannot pay for this level of skill ,this work is truly excellent ,Well Done Karl . Thank you for lesson

Very happy that you still got the shop

Great to watch a true craftsman at work. Thanks for such detailed instruction it has helped me in restoring my old motorhome, I have learnt so much about mig welding.

The finished bead looks awesome. Your technique was definitely logical and made sense to me. Still learning something new from every video.

I hope to get as good at welding one day as you are. I'm learning and you tips help. For most content on KZfaq I would find a video this length too you but yours are a pleasure to watch. Thanks

Karl you are a meastro. i am no metal worker but you had me spellbound. i thought it would be another useful hint but it was far more than that. Many thanks for showing your skill.

Really enjoyed your video. I’ve just started my first car build as my kids have now left and have me time again. Picked a challenge first up with a roof chop but have learnt so much from you tube. Your video has answered many of my concerns and now know how to approach some challenges. Love your work ! Inspirational. Old dude from down under.

Karl, what a craftsman! Love the long format and being able to see the whole process. Would be nice to know on the fast forward videos what your real time was. Thanks again for your time!

Wow, a very complete demo very well presented. That's really got me buzzin! Thanks

The next time I see a vintage car restoration cost that’s in the $50-$100,000 I will understand the labor intensity. Not to mention this young man’s equipment. Nice job!

Wow! Learned another new technique to welding in patch panels thaks Karl for the great demonstration of your works and showing different techniques fir metal work keep em coming

i love that you build your own tools as well nothing more gratifying than building tools to make more tools or to just use awesome!

I can mig stuff and am doing so on a car but the thing that I'm slowly learning is sticking metal together is easy, but doing it to this level is art. I'm learning so much, hopefully I can put it to good use.

Great instruction and a beautiful, graceful bead line. Awesome work Karl! This is going to be a gorgeous roadster.

I have a knack for stealing with the eyes. Good teachers makes it easier. Thanks for your generosity in sharing. I learn a lot in each "episode".

Hi Karl as an old Brit well into his eighties. I did the same work years ago. Your work is excellent. Back in the day we had the old English wheel of course. I envy TIG and MIG welding. i had to use oxy acetylene Hence our use of lead loading What a pain in those days. Well done lad your work is exemplary, Joy to watch Rob Cable England.

That is some PRIMO Metal work my friend. You are a hell of a fabricator Karl, & a great instructor too because I'm learning a lot from you, and I really appreciate your know-how and show-how.

A young master at work.!!!! What else has to be said. Thank you for sharing your passion.

Hey Karl, thank you for showing the way you do both mig and tig. That hood is a work of art for sure! Thank you for doing the long video format. I like the long better because I get everything start to finish in one setting. I don’t have to bounce back and forth from the current video to the last video to try and remember what happened last video. Please keep up the awesome work and instructions you provide us with.

Thanks for sharing, mate. This detailed explanation helps me understand when you should think about tig or mig.

This is exactly the video I needed to see. I normally don't watch the long runs but this one was perfect. A lot of really good information. The camera shot from the back side of the mig weld was amazingly informative. Thank you very much.

I know the why's and the hows . I like watching someone do a good job because that's how it's done . You can show this in any class and get great results . Thank you .

14:00 - your intuition about where to shrink rather than stretch is spot on, and I feel like it isn't so much about where the marks are made, but about how much of the material that you're working with. Just eyeballing, it seems as if you're grabbing and shrinking 40-50% more material than you would be working with if you'd stretched the opposite side. That will make a stronger piece, in my opinion.

Looks f@#king sweet! A huge amount of work for a small detail, and it made an enormous difference.

Great information, always great outcomes! Your teaching style is easily followed. Eager to learn whatever you are teaching next. Thanks!

Karl, creating bespoke tooling for your job is next level stuff! Truly amazing!

I will be applying these techniques on a Charger fender here real soon. Thanks so much for quality video. You explain everything very well. Keep it up!

Well done. Easy to watch and understand. Great workmanship, your videos are so skilfully done. Thanks.

Amazing work as always Karl ! I learned so much in this video. You explain things so clearly, example being hammer and dolly on a spot weld . I’ve seen it done a thousand times but never really understood why , now I know. Thanks bud 👊🏻

Nice job man ! We love it . Your a real talent and we are all inspired . Thanks for putting this out into the world

love your work, I used to make a lot of dies for one offs on the press. You can see my work everywhere you go from the gas stations to large coolers and fish boxes candy displays and lots more. Got quite the shop here in Lindsay for mould building.

Love the work Karl. I have always been intrigued by the body work and welding. I fabricate, but nothing at this level. Awesome job.

Wish every video I watched had such great music. None of that synthesized voice garbage. Great choice in music awesome videography and mad metal skills. When a video is this well made and informative, you don’t even realize that it was over an hour. Well done Karl.

Dude, you are one of the few KZfaqrs I actually make time to sit down and properly watch your videos cuz I don't want to miss anything. Awesome work! I really don't mind the longer videos at all.

Thank you Karl. Very useful ideas as to how to approach such matters, notably what is best with TIG and MIG.

Brilliant content again Karl. Always incredible fabrication, an artist at work!