That blew me away, however as an old dude I can tell you, you will regret using your gloved hand as a hammer. It catches up to you over the years. Your skills are amazing, great work very inspiring.
Yeah more than one way to skin the cat I have a really strong pizza cutter you have to do it on a piece of carpet but it works amazing you'll be surprised
The cross breaks on the ladder was genius. We do a lot of field fab and ill definitely be using this trick. Much easier and quicker than trying to use a bar. Those turned out crisp and clean. Kudos to the installer.
Probably anyone that's actually gone to school that knows you cross brake in for supply because of positive pressure and cross brake out for the return because of negative pressure. At least they got a cross brake in there...🤷🏼♂️
Thank you to let us know to make our HVAC life's simpler. Sometimes middle of nowhere, farm land, and the supply is too far, so we have a chance to improve our skills...❤
I loved it. The ladder trick was pretty good. I probably would’ve broken that end cap, but to each his own. Great job. It was very informative for a tech that knows nothing about where to start. I’d say this guy is shop trained. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Makes it look easy well done,done alot of transitions now after seeing this going to try and make my own pleniums comes in handy when your doing a night install,3 feet of snow and the sheet metal shop closed.. 😂
Can't say ive ever seen a plenum done quite like that. Ive never had to build one without a break but this gives me a good idea in a pinch. But, I don't think I could get my lines to be crisp or straight this way lol
Amazing job! So happens, the Tech has to return and make corrections on the plenum for the Heater Furnace. The City Inspector found a open gap behind the furnace. I'm the homeowner and wanted to know. Also good to know what the Tech has to do. Thanks!
Awesome, a good skill to have for the trade, wished more sales guys understood this. Also wished you had put down total time to fabricate as a glass shop makes these on their CAD/CNC setup in probably half the time and half the cost of the technicians labor. Just saying, it is a skill techs need, because the glass shops are closed at 1 in the morning, lol.
Never seen some one use a ladder to make 90 bends and cross breaks... you sir are a sheet metal wizzard, very nice. Have you ever looked into a Henslers bender? Or you can make a nice folding tool out of two pieces of angle iron.
Terrific video. I have 0 metal experience but am in the process of designing/building a geothermal heating/cooling system for my greenhouse/gardening business. I am planning on making my own "air handler/heat exchanger" and am trying to figure out how to fabricate my unit. I guess I would just do the same as you show here except I want a removable panel so I will just need to build an interior structure. I want a double insulated wall so I just need to make 2 of the same box just 1 bigger than the other. Considering you only used sheet metal, snips and a ladder for creasing and some simple tools for making the bends this should be doable. Thanks for the video.
Red snips are always right cut tho. Didnt know malco di it backwards. Red-right Green-Left Yellow-Straight Not trying to take away from the good work tho. Looks good
In this case the end cap is really small and it won’t make any difference, anything bigger than 16x20 you should add stiffening ribs. Will it hurt if you do on every single one? No. Just an extra step and time in my opinion. Thank you.
How much would it cost to install a supply plenum, probably not as tall as that one? I need this replaced in my home. The current one there is made out of some other material, flimsy, and now it has come unsealed. I have taped it and used adhesive spray to try and seal it good, but it is not staying. Wish there was a way to add pictures on here. Trying to get an idea of how much is going to cost me to get this job done professionally.
Nice. BUT that is a square tap. I was taught to make a long sweep (like a cold air return) with an inside round sweep not square. It's quiter and less turbulent..
Working like that on a concrete floor instead of on your feet with a working table and a sheet metal brake on a daily basis makes me wonder how he will make it to retirement. Don't abuse your body, stay healthy.
