The EASY TRICK to use CARDBOARD for PLASMA Cutting! Simple HOW-TO 

Gotta love that CAD - cardboard assisted design 😂

How many just Laughed Out Laughed with how cool this was to learn ? Thank you so much.

Thank you, I learn so much from everyone of your videos! I apply to my own shop. Very much appreciated! Billy from Barrie, Ontario.

The shop teacher everyone wanted... thank you

Well done Karl 👍👍. This old geezer (or as the wife calls me…old gasser LOL) definitely learned how to make templates for the plasma, will come in handy in the near future. Going to make some signs and need to copy a pattern to cut on sheet metal and now have the knowledge on how to make templates easily. Many thanks!!

And the Grammy award for best musical accompaniment in a RU-vid video goes to..... Karl from Make it custom! Awesome soundtrack and a great educational video.

Great video Karl. Sometimes it's the seemingly simple things that make a huge difference. Keeping lines straight and crisp has been one of my concerns with using my small plasma. This really helps and is perfect timing. Thanks and enjoy the trip!

Karl - a LOT of layout work. Once again we see that preparation and planning is a HUGE part of any project. Your patience and attention to detail pays off in the long run. You need to reward yourself by introducing your Aussie friends to Canadian Whiskey!!

Love the Timmy's and A-and-Dub signs in the shop. Little touch of Canuck land!! Great work on the support structure. It looks like it's gonna be a big improvement. Look forward to more. Be safe and stay well.

Welcome to Australia 🇦🇺 I hope you enjoy your time here with the metric system 😊😂

Diggin' the tunes man 🤘

Hi Karl, another great video. Totally awesome blues background music. Who is performing?

Great job using cardboard. I need to get some drag tips good job!

Good to see you in Aus mate. Your accent is closer than most can get it, not too bad of an effort.

This technique of tracing with a pencil is called "Frotage" . Love your work, and simplicity. Thanks.

Great video showing what can be done with a plasma cutter with some pre planning. Got to break out mine. Looks like fun. 👍

Hey Karl. You are a freakin artist bro. Plus the way you plan things out and follow your methodical step to the fore approach. Mate we are seeing you being the Da Vinci of car building customs. watching you do, what I know to be real taxing persistence, gives testament to your desire to create and willpower to succeed in this art. This is a moment in history that showcases some of the greatest talent within our world. Thanks to Jordan of course for planting a seed of process in your fertile mind

that material is called Chip board I order it from uline .050 thick 26"x38" 50pcs a case you can also get it from print shops or by the roll at home depot its used to protect finished floors they call it ram board I find the rolls harder to work with because its curled

Need to start with Good Day Mate. Yes down under is a whole lot warmer. You did a great job Karl with the card board. And the Laser cutter. Thanks for sharing! Enjoy ❤ 💯👊👍

Karl. Stick to being a Hot Rod Wizard. 😂 The Aussie accent was a real shocker mate. Love your videos. Best Wishes from Perth Western Australia 🇦🇺

Thanks for the Video from Australia. He has a nice set up there. You have to appreciate another metal fabricator. Like yourself. Has the right equipment to make all you need. Thank you Karl. 💯👊👍❤️

So much patients. I'm impressed.

Great to see you back in Australia Karl. Hope you enjoyed a brewski’s while you were here! 🇦🇺🏉

as a new plasma cutter owner, this is like a revelation! i never would have considered using cardboard.

Look at that floor.... "You Messy Bastard". 🤣

Always inspired after watching your videos. They also use good cardboard as a pallet base it's 1200mmx1200mm or for Carl 4ft x 4ft

Wow lots of work in that thing .i seen you walk up with it in bennets video and kinda wondered about it . I figured he had a scale drawing of it.that trick with the plasma is amazing with outstanding results im definately going to try it with mine.

I’m in love with that two tone bus behind you Karl. Looks Subie powered!

As usual: A great demonstration of ingenuity and educational video ❤

Wow thanks for the tip , I was struggling with my complex shapes when plasma cutting, this is awesome! I don’t have a plasma CNC table so I can’t wait to try this out!

Great job, that cardboard template is reaaly cool, alot of things can be done with that process, thanks for sharing!

That floor is wicked cool! You guys make a great team!

That is alot of patience,turned out nice

Nice work as always Karl. It's always a pleasure to see Jordan the Canadian Ausie as well. Being fro Minnesota I almost feel like we're brothers in freezing as a child.

Nice technique, very surprised the board shows no burning evidence. Thanks for sharing

Thats freaking amazing !! who woulda thought !!

You are always doing cool stuff. Love the Tim Hortons sign.

Great video. And thanks for sharing the cardboard template trick - that’s a winner for sure.

nice technique! unbelievable amount of effort too. I do metal fabrication, and any time i'm working on mild steel, my hands get black pretty fast! I wear gloves when handling material with burrs and sharp edges, and of course for welding, but I can't stand trying to do careful manipulation with even thinner gloves most of the time.

Love your videos, learning so much. Thank you for you.

Great work 👌Hope you are enjoying being in warm Oz

Such a nice and relaxing video, awesome metal works as usual.

Making Jigs makes me smile. You would be good with fiberglass; cutting cloth to save material is important =]

Having had experience with sandwiched sheet metal in car bodies, I know you should seal all the edges where the two sheets come together, otherwise moisture will find its way between the sheets and the two sheets will rust out in short order.

Nice video. And thanks for the "Pull the plasma torch instead of moving it sideways." No wonder a couple of my first ever few cuts looked perfect and the rest looked like shark's teeth. Now I know why. Surprised such a small amount of 10 gauge reinforcing stiffened the floorboard up that much.

I empathize with the metric tape measure! I have to build with imperial.

A graphite stick will make life easier than using a pencil for making rubbings, an X-acto knife will save your hand and a large cutting mat (4' x 8') will save blades and make cutting way easier.

U R a Bad Man. Keep up the good work

Looks awesome, my only concern would be buzzing between the panels when its running. Also its gonna be bare metal between the panels or just a weld through primer, so eventually it will start to rust between the panels. Maybe he could have the whole floor assembly e-coated?

Pretty slick way to both make a pattern and then cut with a plasma cutter. I think that board is called RAM Board here in the States.

In the USA that material is called chipboard. It is available at Home depot, Hobby City and many paper supply stores (used for making tablets). Fred Barnes

Perfect timing 😊

3mm MDF and a jigsaw is another way to go for that template. I find them super durable for use again and again.

i think i would use panel bond to attach the "skeleton" to the floor panel. it would look much cleaner.

Good work

IS THIS THE MUSIC FROM SIXTEEN CANDLES WHEN THEY ARE AT THE PARTY AND THE PIZZA IS ON THE RECORD PLAYER ?? JUST CLOWIN LOVE YOUR WORK AND ADVICE !!!

Yeah, it hit 47 C the last Jan/Feb I lived in Perth. Kinda recalibrated my perception of what is hot :D

Looks like you're having fun. Did you check out the Busselton Jetty while over that way?

Oh hell yeah hope you are enjoying it here.

Very cool method 😅😅

That tape measure wwould be a trip

Time consuming effort that pays dividends. Steady hand and good eye to seal the deal. Cheers Tim.

I am Canadian. I know both metric and imperial. I used metric in the machine shop and imperial in construction. I tried a metric tape in construction... was lost in 10 minutes. LoL. It should be more simple! I guess I need a little more time at it.

🦘🇦🇺 Hey Karl, old mate I've been to "Canadia" and guess what you use "Metric" money . 😂 When I started my trade waaaaay back in the early 70's, the Metric System was just being introduced down here in Oz and had to be proficient in both. All I know is 5/8ths of fck all is still fck all. 🤣

Your Aussie is at the very least, entertaining!

Tip- this is a good example when X2 on your video speed maded this episode better- the music sounded great sped up too.

Mate it's good to see you out here in Oz and I hope you got a decent amount of time in the surf to cool down. So.... the big question is do you prefer WA's heat or that white stuff on the ground of home? 😆😆😆

Inspirational. The clash of the two strange accents (American here) is amusing, ey.

When I order sheets of steel or aluminum, it is covered with chip board bit a little thinner than the construction board. I use it for plasma templates too.

Is metric a new thing for you Karl ? Metric in Australia came in just as I was finishing school, so I had to learn both. Metric is way easier once you get used to it, and in my opinion more accurate. I still guestimate in feet and inches, but all actual measurements are in millimetres.

Very nice work Karl Like you said you could reuse the Cardboard template and you Destroyed it That should be Hanging On the WALL

Karl: "I'm going to Australia!" Australia: "Get to work, Son!" lol :D

Aussie Accent nailed it!

Just curious put at the point where you traced the paper template to the cardboard could you have just attached the paper template directly to the cardboard with some spray adheasive and then cut to the paper template rather than having to redraw the paper template on to the cardboard again?

Top video! 🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼🍀☮️😎

Well, that is a neat and creative way to stiffen the panels. I gotta wonder, though, if you gained any more stiffness by doing it that way over simply rolling beads down the center of the areas you cut the skeleton for. 10ga sheet metal on a flat plane isn't really that stiff, especially in the manner it was used here. The beads would have added stiffness, not added any additional weight, and been much cheaper than the skeleton. Also, the single layer of metal can't trap moisture between the layers like the skeleton can. At that point just add the material along the sides at the frame rails to aid in the body attachment.

Good job Guy ;oP

I love how we slip back into the old ways when the new ways won't work for us. CAD, cardboard aided design. Ram board at HD

Thanks for lining that out ha ha

Saw Jordan use straw board on a previous vid and that it worked perfectly for a plasma template but wasn't able to find it online or locally in North America. Just checked and couldn't find it at HD either.

Cool cool 😊

It's that a Canadian model "eh?" 💚🇬🇧🌱

I have to wonder if it wouldn't have been easier to just remake the floor in heavier stock. By the time all that gets paint prepped and joined together I can't imagine starting over would have taken longer.

Karl, it might be too late but can you highlight the bus Jordan is working on. Looks like an interesting engine choice he’s using.

That material you are using for the template appears to be "chipboard." I have a couple hundred sheets that I bought from a mill called Newman Paperboard in Philadelphia. No relationship to Newman Paperboard--just sharing the information.

Bet you pack a tape measure next trip Karl. I have similar experience when building BMX. Manufacturers want to use Metrics when referencing dropouts for the wheel setups.

Great video! I live in the USA and can't find the cardboard you use for templates. I've been to craft stores (Hobby Lobby, Michaels, etc) and home improvement stores (Lowes, Home Depot, etc). Lowes / Home Dept sell "Ram Board" in rolls, which is similar, but it is not thick enough to guide a plasma cutter. Hobby Lobby / Michaels sell "Presentation Board", which is thick enough, but it only comes is small sheets. I have used 1/8" plywood for plasma cutter templates, but a saw is needed to cut it (not as fast). Any suggestions for us Yanks?

Are the floor panels a mirror image side to side, if so?

That was a lot of work- but it served the purpose

Ever considered just glueing the panels to the subframe? Grat tips - i'll have to try to get my plasmacutter not to chew away the cardboard. A nozzle issue I assume ...

Are you running the plasmacutter tip in contact with the steel? No gap?

Millimeters, how much easier are they to use. 160 mm or 6 inches and 19/64th

"Every day is a school day." Don't mind if I put that one in my tool box. Thank you.

Us Kiwis have to speak slowly so our Ausi mates can understand us 👍🤣

I'm pretty sure it will be stronger to put the 10 ga piece on top of the bead roll rather than inside it. Putting it inside gives you no benefit from the structure. It's like having a solid bar instead of a tube, the strength difference from the bits in the middle is not much compared to the outer area. If you make the arrangement so it's taller, there will be additional strength because you've made a sort of 'beam' from the parts.

Funny that Canadians still know that Imperial is best! 😂

John milner’s car!

Home Depot or Lowe’s. It’s called RAM BOARD.

Uffda I bet Fitzee is just cringing watching this! 🤣

Yeah narr 😂🇦🇺🍻