Mike - I absolutely love the way you constantly reiterate how important it is to refine each step of the process as much as possible. Another GREAT takeaway for me is seeing that a shrinking disc will work without quenching. For 40 years, I thought quenching was essential. How great that you can teach an old dog new tricks!
Thanks Ron, I used to quench but i found it would build more tension and some times cause more harm than good. So i found letting it cool on its own would work the panel slower and in a more relaxed state that could still be easily corrected with a slapper and dolly as needed
Cornfield,Ron covell and Lasse I think I spelled that right I've learned a ton from these guys and I've been doing sheetmetal for years these dudes have showed me tips that make my jobs at my shop way easier! Thanks for sharing your work men!
Great videos! It's good to see you protecting your ears and lungs,you should also protect your skin from UV radiation when welding,as it's cancerous! Please wear gloves when welding,your skin will thank you for it!
Thanks for all your videos! Your explanations are excellent and very helpful for us who want to learn perfection. This is one of my favorite channels!!
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As I've told you before; I've spent a lot of money on metal shaping courses that were very disappointing; but this is the best tutorial on TIG welding and fitting a panel I've seen anywhere. Can't believe you are doing this free for the watching. Please keep it up.
From someone who does the RU-vid thing and teaches body and paint and venturing into metal shaping your videos are incredibly detailed and so much pride in them. I’m hooked. Thank you very much for the free information. I had one question as you are tig welding are you pulsing or just trying to stay are the right melting point and feed the rod faster. Id assume trying to be steady and consistent but wanted to confirm. I’ve been practicing I’m excited to implement your techniques tomorrow.
I don't weld or do body work, but it's easy to follow every step you showed. .....no, I'm not a welder, so if you want to see magic happen, toss me a gallon of kitty hair and light weight Bondo and stand waaay back. 😁 Great stuff there. This is my first visit. 👍
Another great video. I feel your pain with the distractions. It’s worth it to insulate yourself from them. They can think we’re assholes for locking them out of the shop and we’ll think they’re assholes for not caring about bumping us out of the groove.
I stumbled upon your youtube channel and am learning new (to me) techniques already. I build lots of drip pans, guards, and shields for a local manufacturing plant, mainly using 18 gauge steel. I am self taught, so I was using the MIG tack and fill in the gaps technique and then attempting to deal with massive warpage. Welding over a 1" thick copper backing plate helped, but I was not satisfied. I didn't think about TIG welding, and particularly all in one pass. I will try this on the next pan I make. Your explanations make sense, and I will be watching more of your videos.
I've seen a lot of instructional videos on metal refinishing and this is the best one of all. Why? Because you talk about and even show what goes wrong, then how to fix it. I have been doing the shrinking disk wrong bc of quenching. By explaining how the metal atoms react to heat, it is now so clear because its not just you saying to quinch or not quinch, but how the metal reacts each way and why. Excellent! Thank you!
I did exactly the same job on my 1941 Custom Cadillac coupe here in the UK. Kept the roof hight stock, as I'm sure the 41 is lower than the 40. Great work..
Mike, great video. I appreciate your explanation in what your doing. Was there a specific reason you cut the patch with a curve back to the center? Thanks, keep them coming.
OK, I'm addicted to your channel, dammit ! I'm losing work time, but the work I'm doing after watching you, is getting better, Thanks for the great info and your excellent way of imparting the info. Wish I'd had you as my shop teacher so many years ago.
Hi Mike, just a theoretical question. At 36:10 you are talking about the additional warpage from having to stop and start again. If you were to run the tig along that section of weld again to reintroduce the heat into the panel there fore removing any undesired tension would that be a potential cure at that weld?
Not really. Any time heat is added it is going to shrink. The tension was caused by shrinking during to separate heat cycles stopping and starting at the stop of the weld. If you add more heat it will just shrink more and cause more warping that needs correcting.
It's always great to watch your metal working videos. I am just starting out in this field about 1.5 years ago, I have learned a lot just from watching. thanks for the free content!
brand new to the channel .... very impressed with the passion and caring for the finish metal work , were subscribed now and looking forward to more helpful details on metal art . . . . .
Mike great video a wonderful explanation of how to use the shrinking disk and the slapper, a number of years ago this other weldor I know of had this mantra, he would say when Welding sheet-metal or anything thin (You have to be there and not be there ) that over the years has served me well when working with very thin material
"VIXON" file, looked it up it's a brand name. Nothing wrong with controlled use of body files, I prefer fine. I also use "banana" shaped fine body files.
@@cornfieldcustoms Not trying to be critical you do amazing work. After thinking more about it the thickness of the flange would cause the cut to be short not long, my bad.
I love how you explain everything, the steps the mindset, the theory and how it all works in the real world! I am a home gamer so never going to do this for a living but gives me your years of experience and knowledge so that as a home gamer I can probably understand what is going on and why. It is so great to watch a master craftsman work and explain what and why.....Thank you so much!!!!!
Love your work Mike 😁💯%👍 This is my first time watching your videos and you have a great way of teaching your skills plus showing the finer points of getting it right 👍 So after years of doing small amounts of panel patching you've showed why & how I've got it wrong 😢 Thanks for sharing your technique so in future it'll help me get better at it.... Cheers, AL
What is the reason you are cutting out the lead seam? You use the word "Nasty", which is an emotional adjective. Lead body seams are very functional and last almost forever. Why are you going through all the work of cutting them out? Is there a fact based reason? Thank you. --Doozer
The factory lead seam is an eye sore and not needed since it was a solid weld joint. It was removed to look better and save on putting filler where it is not needed if removed. The car is a custom so between the chop and all the other custom metal work removing the seam is no big deal.
@@cornfieldcustoms I don't understand "eye sore" and "look better". If it is under the paint, it is not seen. Is this right ? Lead is used to smooth the body panels and become invisible. An I still missing something? -Doozer
yes your still missing something, but I dont think its something i can explain to you. I am the type of High level craftsman that takes the same amount of pride in the underlying metal work that will most likely never be seen as the outer finished painted surface. Its just the level I work at and my clients expect. I dont work by the mentality of when its body filled and painted it wont be seen so it doesnt matter. That mentality is how you get scabbed together over lapped mig welded, and packed full of filler custom cars, which I end up fixing a lot of times from other shops. Every step needs to be done to a high level before moving onto the next level. If you dont understand it, I cant help you understand.
@@cornfieldcustoms Thank you and that was a good explanation of where your mind is at. But you come off sounding a bit high and mighty. So let me say where my mind is at. We don't have to agree, but hear me out. The OEMs use lead in the factory. Or they used to. It lasted for ever. It was not a hack job. A seam is a seam, and lead was a way to produce two joined panels by spot welding 2 flanges and the lead finishes the surfaces of both panels together. It was easier than MIG welding and grinding and blending on the production line. And lead is real metal, just like steel is real metal. It is not Bondo or the like. It deal with temperature changes and plays well with the steel. No disadvantages there. Many high end restorations are done with lead. It is considered a premium thing, over plastic filler. Many see it as the real deal. Anyhow, you speak of your high level of craftsmanship. I think I get it. You have a mindset that the car body must be all steel and welded and ground and so on. I think you are creating something to sell to people. Something being a method of metalworking that you are selling as superior, to attract business. Well good on you for creating a demand and selling your services. For sure. But I think your head is a little in the clouds for looking down on using lead to smooth body panels. Maybe it is spot welded seam design that you think is inferior. Maybe because they are lapped panels, you think it will attract rust, or it is the easy way out to do body work. I will say, many OEMs build cars with lapped panels and they last for decades. I think you have built a tightly constructed fortress of what you consider good construction and good workmanship. That is fine. But you are missing out on more efficient and potentially better ways to do things. Life is not you against the world with a hard line way of interacting with it. It makes you tired and when you old, you look back on a life spend year upon year, with your energy spend defending the castle you have built. Lead and spot welds are not the enemy here. Don't be so harsh on them. ---Doozer
@@kooldoozer just move on dude. You still just dont get it. You are comparing apples to peanuts. I could care less how the rest of the world does it. I have my standards that i stick to. Dont like it or think i should do it different? Good for you, that opinion doesnt effect my life or the way i do things. Oem vs Coach built is different worlds. I guess this is what i get for “ Suffering fools gladly “
Mike, thank you for another priceless tutorial from a master craftsman. I am so honored and blessed to be able to watch you perform your 'magic'. 👍👍😎👍👍
Very impressive, I am still learning and refining my technique when it comes to welding in metal panels .your explanation showed me things I did wrong . Keep em coming love your tutorials.
When I do a patch like that, I cut away a bit of the edge (at the trunk opening) to allow the patch to move forward to its final position before scribing. This allows me to get a tighter fit. Thanks for taking the time to make these great informative videos.
Great video very text book welding process i do this for a living and i actually liked the bit where you said shoot for %100 it really is so important thats how i got good at it by constantly challenging myself to do better and every year i look back at how much better ive gotten even after 8 years in the trade
Impressive work! I am a TIG welder so impressed with your explanation to how you go about your welding method, especially the continuous weld and not quenching. I know that both have worked for me. I am new to your channel but it has helped me be even more meticulous about my work. Thank you, Frank
Another great video showcasing the reality and truth of what acctually goes in to welding and finnishing someting like this. There are no shortcuts and the metal/weld WILL distort and need to be adressed just like you do, no matter what other people out there are claiming. Welding whitout distortion is just no possible with the laws of physics. Keep em coming 👍
Thanks for watching and the feedback. sorry that i feel that there is a need to explain exactly what I am doing and thinking while I doing it to teach viewers. I have plenty of other videos were I dont talk at all, make sure to check them out.
