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I have a Dewalt portable welding table at work. It works as a portable heavy duty table. Northern Tool has them too for a little less cost. I bought the Northern Tool one for home use. Lincoln has one too but you pay for the name… the downside is that they are heavy!
I have been wanting the Fireball squares for a long time. I just recently ordered a Mega square and two Minion squares. I can’t wait to use them. I’m going to get some ceramic spray as others mentioned in the comments.
I found your channel as I am laid up after back surgery. I told my wife, after watching several of your videos that you are a man’s man. You seem like you can fix or build anything. I think our country would be a better place if we had more people like you. Keep up the good work! Also, nice shop!
@@BMGProjects I’m sorry to hear about your back. I wish you a speedy recovery! I think it’s funny that you use the phrase “Man’s man”. I use that phrase as well when I’m describing someone who has skill and grit. I’m flattered that you put me in that category. I completely agree that our country needs more people in trades and with skills. Thank you for the encouraging words and thanks for watching!
The biggest secret to welding stainless is to use chill blocks…a big block of aluminum clamped to the inside of that vessel would have solved your problems…..solar flux also works great, but won’t help with distortion!
I was subscribed, but got unsubscribed ... Dang youtube . But, I'm back . lol Good video . That thin ss is crazy to deal with distortion for sure . lol Good thinking though . :)
I caught something unusual, at 9:56 when you struck the arc the die grinder LED lights came on, then right off at 10:06 when you lifted off the pedal. Then again at 10:28 on and then off at the 10:38. Looks like the frequency of the welder is causing the LED to turn on. Kind of neat that happened and something to keep in mind if it will damage items near welding with HI Frequency.
@@salsalazar8414 Good catch! That is crazy! I’ve never noticed that, but you are correct, it is definitely the high frequency making it turn on. I’ll probably start putting those tools elsewhere while welding with high frequency. Nice observation, and Thanks for watching!
Food grade work, by rights where you welded those tabs should be polished like the rest of that dish. Scratches no matter how shallow can still hold contamination. Pipe fab shop I worked in did alot of food grade ss work for a sausage processor and whenever we did food grade we sanded and went down grits till finally we had a buffing wheel to polish the product. It was a major hassle.
Stainless. Yay. Stainless was the first thing they taught as at TIG class, the idea being that it's about the hardest to weld (among the more common metals) and if you can master the electrode to work distance, amperage control, speed, etc., then learning to weld aluminum or mild steel is much easier. How far did your trophy get before he dropped? I'm not a hunter, although I have been hunting a couple of times. I am far to ADHD to sit still and be quiet for that long. 😂
@@MyLilMule Stainless is always a good challenge. Projects like this keep you on your toes. Usually If you hit them in the right spot, they won’t go 50 yards. This one I hit a little far back, and he went about 200 yards. I am also pretty ADHD. I feel like hunting compliments it well for me.
I welded a stainless pineapple core machine. It stunk so bad I had to stop and evacuate my shop. Did not help that the old rancid pineapple juice was in the nooks and cranies of this thing.
I do a lot of SS sheetmetal fabrication, industrial stuff. without sounding arrogant, my best tip is to (it might sound funny) actually turn your amps up for tacks, like. more than you need for welding the thickness, hit it quick with full pulse. it may sound counter intuitive but its less "heat soak" while still blasting it with enough to get good fusion. will result in muuch less distortion. try it out! 👍
@@Just0sW0rld I usually have a minimum charge of 2 hours, but for small projects like this, I don’t feel like that works. I either charge 1/2 hour- 1 hour depending on how long it takes. Hope that answers your question. Thanks for watching!
I have stainless tank on an outdoor furnace coming up. I was going to weld the pin holes up with the spoolgun and use either stainless mig with 75/25 gas or a stainless flux core. What do you think Stewart?
@@michaelbigelow367 Sounds like a fun one. With thinner stainless steel, I will always try to use Tig if possible because it’s so much easier to control my heat. I’m assuming if it has pin holes, the material is rotting, so it will most likely be a delicate job. I have used stainless flux core wire as well as stainless solid wire on similar repairs, and in a pinch it can work fine. Just be careful with your heat. Tig would probably be my recommendation if it’s thinner material, plus with Tig, you know what you’re getting. You can be a lot more precise and you can watch the puddle fuse with the parent metal, while adjusting your amperage on the fly with either a foot pedal or a finger control. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
@Freedomfabrication777 I don't see where the super thanks button is on your channel? I believe you deserve to be paid for your professional time. You always answer indepth and I don't expect nothing for nothing. Thanks again.
Dang, stainless can be very temperamental. One of the little tricks that I was taught for thinner material, was keep it cool enough that you can put your bare hand on it ,then you really minimize the warp. Used to do quite a bit of repair work on some .040 thick 304 tanks, we had an old tank that they gave us ,that we cut Repair sections out of, we use some of it as some test pieces. One of the tricks we used to use was a toilet plunger cup on the backside with an argon hose into it, it worked pretty good looked kind of funky. Another thing we had for anti-sugaring was we had a bread pan that we welded a fitting into? But the most important thing when doing thin stainless is patience. If you have to get yourself a fan and cool the whole unit off in between Welds
@@joefalmo5528 Good suggestions. I guess I could build some sort of fitting to minimize the area I need to purge. Thanks for the info and thanks for watching!
Argon purge is better on a part used for food. However the purge could have been set up better. It clearly sucked oxygen. Aluminum foil taped on the open side may have been better. Or instead welding from the inside instead with an aluminum foil box taped on the bottom of the unit so the food contact area was the side with the clean weld.
Man I just wanna say thank you for this channel. I started welding school a few months ago. this channel and others like it keep me going every single day. I learn so much from you. It’s because of you that I believe I can do this fabrication and mobile welding thing. You helped my find my purpose in this world and you don’t even kno me. Ain’t that something. You’re the man 🫡 thank you
@@MrRNTV Well, you know what I think is crazy? People like you are the Reason that I keep doing RU-vid videos. I love hearing about the up coming generation taking interesting In welding and fabrication as well as having a driving determination to build something. Thank YOU, for watching!
Wicked setup. For those grease points on your jib crane, have you considered running remote grease points at floor level? Might save a bit of time climbing up and down a ladder.
@@34Fabrication Thanks. I haven’t thought about running grease lines to the floor just because I only have to grease them once a year or two, but if you wanted to completely eliminate the need to get up there, you definitely could. Not a bad suggestion. Thanks for watching!
@@MrRNTV I would say it’s probably a combination of both. (More so the welder, thank the welding machine) but I do think a great machine can make a good welder better. Thanks for watching!
Somehow I missed this video 2 years ago. Anyway, nice repairs. The breaks in the flights were great to show how much of a problem poor/no weld prep causes. I did cringe a little watching you work on the lathe with gloves on. I've just heard too many stories of spinning things catching gloves. Good stuff though!
Congrats on the new brake. We picked up a big Cincinnati beginning of the year and what a great addition for the shop. No subbing bending out anymore and can design many more parts and pieces to be bent rather than welded. You won’t know how you went this long without it lol
@@akraix182 So very true. It’s such a game changer! If I knew what I was missing before, I probably would’ve sold a kidney to get one! Lol. Thanks for watching!
Made a bunch a mistakes in my life. As a young man drugs and alcohol had precedence over working and building a good reputation as an employee. Took me over ten years to get over the reputation I made for myself getting fired and quitting jobs after a week or two. A few months ago. My friends boss took a chance and gave me the opportunity to work in his machine shop. I make pistol slides for 1911's in both .380 and .22 caliburs. I wouldn't change anything I did in the past even if given the chance. I make good money, I work an amazingly cool job and things are looking up. On the plus side. I can watch these videos now and I know exactly what you all are talking about. Funny how life works sometimes.
@@devinburns2535 Mistakes are a part of life. They make us learn and grow if we let them. We all make mistakes. I respect you for owning those mistakes, and recognizing those things. We all have our challenges and trials in life. I think it’s great that you have an employer that’s given you an opportunity to learn the trade, and have a fresh start. I am excited for you to learn the trade and continue to learn and progress. I wish you luck In your endeavors, and Thank you for watching!
It'll be interesting to see how he likes the new downrigger setup. For some years I had a 19 ft runabout that I used extensively for Salmon fishing in the NW. It had wide, flat gunwales that the Scotty downrigger bases just bolted flat to and I set it up very close to your new setup on his boat. It turned out to be some awkward when handling a large fish because of the reach needed to work on it. Trying to handle a large, wildly flopping fish at arm's length can be a real struggle - esp. if it has teeth. On my next boat, a wide, deep 16 ft CC with narrow gunwales, I had a shop bend me up a bracket almost identical to what you fabricated here. If there was a way to post a picture, I do have pics of it. Hah....figured out a way: Anyway, on the 16 ft, bowing to experience, I mounted the single downrigger about like your guy's original setup - almost in the center of the cockpit. Much, much better: docs.google.com/document/d/1wd1SY1eIJcQlrF3BodnGnjtZnganXD6EHsFib5-541o/edit?usp=sharing With the downrigger in use, the wire was well ahead of the prop and the boat turned inside of the wire/motor outside of the wire. The Scotty stands a few degrees over center, so with it tilted up, the weight/fish would hang naturally inside the boat and it was convenient to work with. Much better setup and it served me well. Man, I did come to love that little boat....perfect for my needs at the time.
