Gouging Cracked Metal with No Air 

Put an order in yesterday brother.

Hey man love all the videos been watching for awhile...thinking of starting my own thing fixing farm equipment around my area in Upstate NY. How do you figure out a $$ per hour? I don't wanna overcharge people especially just starting out but I know my shit and don't cut corners. I was thinking of 65 an hour but I'm not sure if that's low or high to be honest. I'd really love to hear back. Keep the videos up man loving them.

@@upstatesfinest4256 hey man just saw your question. I know I'm not Anthony lol but I think I can point you in the right direction. Anthony has made a video on how to figure out an honest and logical hourly rate. I'd go check out his video on it, he's actually spot on with his advice. First you need to know what it cost you per day to operate. That much I will tell you. Once you figure that out the rest should fall into place. I've recently started my own welding service myself. I've only got a Hobart 110 mig welder right now but there is a company that has me do quite a bit of work and they actually have a welder generator I use on site. So it's a blessing. I actually have done quite a bit of jobs with my 110 Hobart. Heck I even did custom rails for a balcony. But anyways I'm in the process of making a welding trailer and saving for a welder generator to put on it. So I do have some experience with being out here and pricing. I hope all that helps and go check out Anthony's video on pricing.

*First time you catch one in the ear you learn all kinds of new words. We use this pecking or sawing motion with 6013 on lunchbox inverters to "drill" shackle holes in road plates. Surprising but you can get through 3/8 or even 1/2" with 120V lunchbox welder in twenty seconds.*

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Thanks man! I’ll look into it. I got a nasty burn on the back

Awesome send it to me on Instagram!

​@@MeltinMetalAnthonymost certainly will.

It’s great if carbon isn’t a option. Also can be used to remove carbon deposits if you make a mistake.

@MeltinMetalAnthony well that's interesting usually the only other way to remove carbon deposits just with a die grinder and a high speed Steel bur. That's really interesting I'm going to go check out the specs on this rod have a good one bud.

They work better than scarfing I my opinion. They are cool to have also in case you get a carbon deposit while gouging. These will burn it out also

Lmao I’ll do my best!

I would say less. But it’s great option if you don’t have air

Appreciate that

Tell me you’ve never fixed cracks without saying it

@@MeltinMetalAnthony Actually ive done alot of crack repair as i worked a few yrs in a shop that repaired crushers and there component’s for the mining and aggregate sectors. And the abuse these machines take and how long they would put off repair as its the money maker for the mines and such. When i first started id mag particle a part find crack say 10” long start gouging be a cpl 3 feet long by the time youd be done then to have one of the old timers share this tip and not being one to think i know everything about everything and there isnt a better way to do something i tried it saved time and saved burning myself in the process and if you take a minute to think about the pressures and forces your putting into a part with the ACAG process giving it a space to relieve that pressure and force from the rapid heating and expansion of the material might make some sense but whatever

For sure!

Definitely not. I do a lot of frame crack repairs air arch gouging is the way to go this will definitely work I would’ve definitely use an oxygen/ acetylene gouge tip on a torch before I use the rod or use a gouge rod with air wand blowing the puddle in a stinger either way what he’s doing is 1 million times better than just using the grinder alone

I don't do it for a living so it's hard to judge the speed just doesn't look fun underneath there with those sparklers

I don’t think they are better than carbon arc but the positives are no air and no deposits

@@MeltinMetalAnthony right. I was more so curious as to the stress on the machine and the risk to frying a board

@@Froggies505 I arc gouge with my Ranger 250 all the time. I would prefer a bigger machine but when I bought this one, it was all my F350 would hold along with all the tools and equipment I carry. My new truck is an F450 SD with the 84" wb. So when new welder day comes along...A bigger welder is in the cards.

@@vesslewis9166 you are ballsy. I did a lot of research and talked to a lot of people who know a hell of a lot more than me. And gouging on these smaller inverter machines pretty risky haha. I know a few people now who have burned up fairly new machines.

@@Froggies505 When I first started, I bought a Hobart Champion 16 for $500 and arc gouged with that for 3 years then sold it for $750 in still good working order. Now, it sucked, granted , but it did it. I then used a Hobart pipeliner 300 for several years. The Ranger does decent but a 300 would be better. I carry alot of tools so anything bigger would require quite a bit more truck. I'm getting close to calling it a day so I don't want to spend a bunch more money.

exactly this guy don't know nothing about air gouging

It replaces air arc when AIR IS NOT AVAILABLE. Sheesh... Some people's kids, Right?

Look harder

Not sure! Maybe the extreme angle

So just leave it? The heat was exposing it

@@MeltinMetalAnthony sorry bud, I was trying to be funny, not that type of crack 😂

Yes. Any non-hack could see this. This is embarrassing.

The only way to go. The problem area has been expanded here, not repaired. R&R.

Well it’s stood together for 2 months now so it must’ve worked

@@MeltinMetalAnthony. Did the customer not want a fully fabbed replacement tube?

With a control box you can idk which one

But you need air!

But you had a compressor!