Making $500 Per Hour Welding 

There's welders then there are welders that do quality repair work like this . Experience speaks !

I was just at your shop this past week 9/12/23. I was amazed at level of detail in your creations. Thanks for the taking the time to sign my poster. All, I highly recommend stopping by and checking out Steve's collection. It WILL NOT disappoint. Store personnel was so nice, and I will be going back next time I'm in Vegas.

Fabrication is the name of the game. Repair it by making it better than how it was originally. Welding is the quick and easy part. The fab work is what takes all the time

Ya don't I wish. Been welding heavy equipment for decades now and don't make anywhere near $500hr. Luckily my late father was a professional welder before going into the trucking industry and taught me how to weld at age 12. First was stick then came MIG and was welding aluminum trailer floors by 13. Later on taught myself how to TIG and would love to find my place in life and finally a good paying job not working for some prick who doesn't deserve it or me and makes money hand over fist while I work week to week and day to day at times. Has alot to do with where you live I suppose as well.

I'm very lucky and, even more proud that, my son works with me at a Volvo truck dealership, where we work on all makes and models and, I got the chance to teach him how to weld and diagnose different problems, on different trucks or equipment. He's 19 now and got hired, full time, right outta high-school and is starting to realize that, if you want anything in life, you better be ready to work for it. Great job there,Dad!!! I know you're proud of your sons.

I have a mig and ark and tic , but just love the sound of a mig welder , Awesome work there WelderUp

Starting school Monday and I really appreciate these videos and how you're message inspires me to get after it and strive to be successful. Thank you sir.

Have to correct you Steve, it maybe easy and fast now but it took you year's to get at the level of skills where your at now. Glade your passing the knowledge on to other's. Some of those old timers don't want to share what they know. When I first started out welding there was no RU-vid. There was books to read, movie projectors and VCR tapes to watch. I got lucky and a couple of old timers help me out and show me some of there skills. The rest was up to me practice practice and more practice. I never got to the level where your at. I do enjoy watching your work and the project's your working on and get done with. If people never got there hands dirty they will never appreciate what welders, carpenters, electricians, pip fitters, and the rest of the "BLUE COLLERS" do.

Dude you are GOOD at your graft !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bonjour Steve, I am happy to see you working for real life and not only for shows. Besides this I greatly appreciated your look, you thus confirm to me that welding is not a competition of elegance 😁 Amicalement; Raphaël

Stronger than it ever was when it was new

Next time you get glasses, have a second set with the bifocal reversed to be on the upper part of the lens and the long vision lens at the bottom. You'll thank me for that someday.

Great stuff. Thanks.

Nice work. Miss those AG repair days. Crazy how many engineers can't foresee what's going to happen with hydraulic mounts.

Looks like it will be stronger then it was!!!

Well done My boss

Man that is beautiful fantastic work

GREAT WORK!!!!!!!

You guys ever run some,045 outer shield or dual shield wire , I’m running Hobart Fabco Excel Arc 71 .045

Amazing engineering as always

Just wondering what's your thoughts on welding across the RHS as I don't think I remember hearing it mentioned. I know in many cases it's fine to do so if the tube is not constantly being stressed from different angles, but yes it was a top job all the same. 👌

Music to loud

First I would think you added 1/4 inch plate so that side is 1/4 inch out further than the other side, 2nd I hope you had something keeping that mast up in place. Just saying

Man those welds are beautiful!!!!

Any kind of equipment repairs alway are weld with 7018 or Flux shield with a gas set up mig welding has it's place but you can teach a monkey to mig

Awesomeness 🎉

Background music was over the vocal...

Ready for that 500 hr sht. Inflation is so hi. Days wages for a loaf of bread. Train derailment season and now train explosion season. We are being attacked daily. Not to mention the weather controlling criminals and their pyrotechnics

Great job 👍👍

Why don't you have corrected lenses in your shield Just curious ...

What is the name of your baseball cap headdress?

If that were my machine I would do the other side also. But if it is a customer then we do what they ask and do an incredible job.

Hey Steve !!! Is that repair only on 1 side of the fork lift ??? What's on the other side ?? Anyhows, Looking better than it was from the factory for sure !! 🙂🙃😉👍👍👍👍👍

Nice repair, 👍

Awesome job 👍👍👏👏👏👏🙌

Bifocals! The struggle is real!!!!

Id of plated from the inside and then plug welded through, and then plated the gap so as to look original but twice as strong, save making the bracket smaller also

Excellent inside weld. But nobody is going to see it. Maybe a peep hole so that you can say , Check this out , no b***$***t welds here. 👍

Damn i dont charge enough

😎🍺👍🇦🇺

I make $500 an hour selling weed sometimes

Dude, great repair but please shit can the music. Absolutely not necessary to have annoying music playing. I'd much rather hear your voice loud and clear. Just sayin.

Guess I should of paid better attention in Mrs.browns class. Jerk