We need to make some repairs on the fender for our '71 Chevy pickup project. Just for fun let's do this old school, by torch welding it. email: ratzlaffmotorco@gmail.com website: ratzlaffmotorco.com
"Things that i really enjoy & do well, nobody does anymore so nobody cares" Cripes. Couldnt have said it better! But thats exactly why we should keep doing it. In a real society, the older the skill, the more it is respected.
I completed a welding class a few years ago. Learned to use the torch for welding(using a filler rod) & brazing. Also did stick, mig & tig. I know that you can tig weld without filler rod(with tight gap of course) but I never thought to ask about using the oxyacet torch alone. I figured it could be done but I hesitated due to the amount of heat it produced. After seeing your demonstration I might have to grab some old metal & try my hand at it. One thing I've considered is trying to use the torch with bars of solder & see how that goes. When in the military service I was trained, among other things, as a telephone cable splicer. We started out using lead sheathed cable which required using solder to seal the sheath that covered the splice. That solder was melted in a cast iron pot & we used a ladle to apply it. I'm thinking that I could make the adjustment to torch & bar but I may never know. Anyhow, thanks for another interesting show.
That brought me back to 1985, fresh out of the USAF and working on a really rough 67 Chevelle, I learned to weld like that at an adult vo-tech class, although my welds weren't pretty like yours! You still have that skill friend! Very nice! Another great video!
Thanks for the vid. I just had a defib installed and was told not to use any electric arc welding or cutting methods. So I am relearning how to OAW. It is definitely a slower but more cathartic method of joining metal. I see more hammer/dolly in my future.
I used to use the same technique of using wet rags to isolate the heat from the weld area back in the day.... before I could afford a mig/tig welder.. I found that the smallest tip you could get by with would work best for me.... nice video! 👍
I’m weird like that too. Rebuild antique camping gear and antique oscillating fans. Going to weld a sheet metal hinge back on a 1936 Coleman Model No. 2H camp stove. 😃
Not sure what gauge that metal was but probably thicker than newer vehicles also newer often have galvanized metal, i'm not sure what difference any of that makes but just thought i''d mention it. Thanks for your time and effort.
This is how the blacksmith of old would do this with thicker metals. Get them hot and meld them together. I have some blacksmithing work my grandfather did nigh on a hundred years ago.
Dunno if you follow Formula 1, I'm a fan of Lewis Hamilton ....... I'm convinced that he brought a curse on himself and mercedes since he started wearing the rainbow helmet and I'm very sad because I don't think he'll get the 8th title he so deserves until he stops ...... anyway enough of my ranting
