Welding overhead 7018 tips and tricks 

I've welded for years and always did things the same way. It's great to see another welders perspective. I pick up a lot tricks watching your videos. Your videos are good for all welders and a God send to the new welders. A lot of us older guys had to figure it out ourselves and we picked up a lot of bad habits and misconceptions along the way. Keep up the good work. I hope you get a lot of followers and make LOTS of video $$$$. Ps My friend always wanted to learn to weld. I'm now retired and live in a condo so I set up his garage with all my welding equipment. My new fav. pastime is now teaching my buddy and doing a few small projects. All we need now is a beer fridge.

In all my years , I have never seen a person use a torch like you, little or no slag and straight as an arrow , and your welding skills are awesome , a true professional , great videos , keep them coming , Frank T

...I never got past how clean and dead nuts straight the cutting was... I've seen less smother cuts from a band saw. And free hand?!?! Such a small exact flame. _Just_ what was needed.

I love your content brotha! But Don't leave us for THREE week's again! Us RU-vid welders need you!! Haha. Seriously! Keep them coming.

Two years old video and it never gets old... Lost my account on RU-vid and now im here again... Great welds... Awesome video bro 💯

"Hesitate at on top then come down to the bottom" I have seen other videos on overhead and saw them do it but it's nice when you actually explain it. Thanks for taking the time for the videos.

Sweet retractable table, that alone is worth the thumbs up.👍👍

Excellent video, thanks!

Thanks for the tips! Helps to hear from guys with your experience

Well done Chris!!

good to see content from you again chris!!

Great tips 👍🏻Thanks

Best torch job I have ever seen.

Thanks, great tips

Quality advice and real talk as always. The videos on Chris's channel will be alot more helpful than the clean shop type vids for you welders just getting into it. He shows examples of difficult jobsite situations, and has useful, practical advice to solve them. Ive been watching your stuff since the start,, you're gettin more followersby the day man keep up the good work 💪 - Travis

Good presentation. Your videos are very helpful. I like running a 6010 first too.

Good man helping the youth!

SIMPLY AWESOME 👏 Thank you Chris for teaching us. Blessings, Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊❗️

You sir, you're a real one. One of those bosses I'd take a cut in wages to make it thru a downturn and stay w the outfit.

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for showing your technique. Appreciate it.

God works in crazy ways. Went from a corporate desk job suddenly falling into a MIG welding gig. My welding sucks so here I am watching your channel. Thanks for the tips sir.

Excellent information well explanation

thanks, nice video, lots of good tips!

Great information, thanks

Muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimiento.

I'm glad you make your video cuz I just now starting to weld self-learning lol and I'm glad that you make videos cuz it helped me a lot on learning how

Pretty cool, In welding lab we'd just get a good fit up and weld. Passed 3/8 open root bend tests without grinding the mill scale. Liked the info on using 6010 on the fillet overhead.

Love your videos man hope you make a lot more.

I'm in welding school. Kistler started Stick. Huge help on moving the Wrist inorder keep bead strait !

Every body makes complicated ,,but you make simple great job

This guy is a boss!

Thanks for the demonstration. I simply haven’t gotten a good grip on over.

Hi brother.... you are excellent exsaytit professional man.... good to lernnig from you...big God 🙏 bless you..moses il

Weld looks great!

Thanks Sir!

Welders never get any respect, tight work man, experience full throttle for sure.

Will be getting some formal welding training next week. So exciting

BRAVO !!!!

I wish I could cut like that. You need to do a video on just making a perfect cut like you do. How you set up your oxygen and acetylene amounts, pre-heating, starting and stopping mid-cut, etc. Awesome skill you have.

Thumbs up man…I roll like you. I’m full timer in a heavy , hard and nasty high volume sanitation company. I make good use of 6010 and usually always pre 7018 .👍

Nice tips! I don't have 6010 rods for a root pass but I find if you pre heat to 150° 7018 will lay like magnetic butter! Also is you want the bottom weld to look like the top.. just mess the top up also so it looks consistent

u did very good

Lone Wolf Welding Another great one

Great tips, great video. I'm a new welder. Just now welding my first red iron shop and had to do a lot of horizontal and vertical welding. I burned the hard way and figure out almost every tip u shared after burning the hell outta myself! Slag down shirt, in ear, EVERYWHERE. DEF BUTTON all the way up! Hat over ear is great. Your position means everything!

nice cut

I always wanted my bottom welds to look as good as my top. So I started making the top look crappy too! Haha Sure you have heard that one but I had to say it! Great advice as always.

a very helpful tips sir i love you video

Hi Chris! Good to see you, my friend. I understand exactly what you’re accomplishing by running the 6010 root. Me personally, I’ve never done that and, like you, I’ve never heard of having to grind the mill scale off. Heck, I can’t even tell you how many times that I’ve been questioned about why I’m waisting time grinding the paint off! Me, I always put my root in with 7018 if that’s what the detail calls for but I also manipulate the puddle with a sort of weave and back step pattern that I didn’t even realize I was doing until I was trying to show someone else how to run overhead one day. Bottom line, there’s more than one way to skin a cat and as long as you’re comfortable with it and you’re passing inspection, it’s not wrong. Be blessed.

When I first bought a set of rods I wanted some 1mm rods (theyre like matchsticks) and the shop didnt want to sell me them, he decided I would have so much trouble with them I wouldnt use them......... I really like using them to be honest Something I picked up fast, because I learnt by welding up car chassis' was that you have to run atleast two beads,Do one and clean it ... the first one burns all the junk off then run the second one and that one will come out nice and neat because I already got rid of everything the grinder wouldnt touch with heat..I also learnt not to be under that stuff cause things fall off and set your butt on fire...I'm a blacksmith so being on fire doesnt panic me but being under a car with a hot bead down my back..not funny These videos are great btw really enjoying following and learning

Brah, that slide out table is bad ass!

Making it look effortless.

Shoutouts to Jose the camera man for all the great angles :) Great tips. Thanks! Still have any of those stingers left?

Hey bud can you do a video on 6g downhill , like 6 inch schedule 80 preferably. That’s what I’m working on in school I’m advancing with pipe I got a job lined up for air and gas welding . If u could break down the lower quarter of the pipe and how u position ur body for it , especially, that would be awesome, thanks. Really getting a lot out of your channel .

Great content good way on explaining things , shout out to your camera man Josay with them good camera angles. 👨‍🏭 👍🏼

Keep doin um man

My instructors don't even cut that well and heating ahead of the cut was never mentioned, I'm definitely trying this tomorrow

Dope

I want one. I’m working over around springhill and shongaloo and could pick it up one day

Also, I’ll get with you tomorrow. I’ve figured out how to get the arc shots you were looking for

Excellent video and just what I was needing! I've struggled with 7018 overhead in the past, but the tips you provided are perfect! Subscribed & keep them coming. Thanks!

Always love your content Chris. An old dumbass crane operator learning "tons" watching your vids. Thank you so much about the White Out tip, Saw that in an earlyer vid you posted and tried it. Ill never use chalk again.

Hey Mr Taylor. I will like one of the stingers

I have torch envy.

The Ranch Fairy of welding channels. As soon as I get some 7018 flux-core wire I'll be in bidnit (derivative of the word "business"). 😁😁

Hoo body Brenda is right 😂 we need you

hey Chris.....when I went to the a D<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="61">1:1</a> f4 test on 1/2" plate, [2001] they would not allow me to run a 6010 1st bead, telling me I would always have to run a 6010 1st bead....so I just went with 7018.....I pretty much run a 6010 bead on any structural that I can get away with, cause grindin' and wire brushin' paint ain't my thing...... great video here my friend.....Old man Paul in Florida

Damnit son, human track torch!😂

Outstanding Content my Friend. I've been Mig and Tig welding the past 4 years and just bought a motor driven lincoln. Trying to learn stick and I spend more time filling holes that I blow out (Sucks) but occasionally I lay one down that meets with my rather high standards. Recently I was rebuilding an old smoker 3/16 sheet steel and try as I might I just couldn't do the overhead stuff, had to get the mig out to get it done for thanksgiving. I don't do much with stuff thicker than 1/8 and 3/16 but plan to do some pipe fence and a metal building on my property. Any tips on the thin stuff? Keep up the great videos. Thanks Bud!

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Hey man. Love the video! I’m doing overhead in school currently. Where could I get a steady rod saver? I definitely need it for my 7018

Great video zoom in so we can see as you weld

I thought I was a good welder coming out of the local welding trade school....then I joined the Ironworkers Union. I found out I wasn't as good as I thought. That was until I had to 3g and 4g in a tiny cramped spot hanging upside down by my pecker. I think I'm decent now. Never forget, there's always more to learn and even tiny, tiny tips, tricks, or adjustments can make you a better welder. Never think you know everything.

i just started watching your videos bro! slick, intriguing, informative. I weld pipe everyday for work and still keep learning and love seeing tips and stuff! but a question, what kind of stinger do you use? I haven't seen yours around at all!

Studby 😊

Wire wheel, pancake hood, no safety glasses or face shield? I'm gonna half to write you up Taylor!

There is so much to learn from this man about welding and general working skills its not even funny,...........Thank You,Sir..........................Fort Worth,Tx

Great tips, thanks! What are your thoughts on respirators/fume vents for stick welding indoors vs outdoors?

Can you do a video on lo hy but on pipe how you do it Chris. That would be helpful.

The first pass 6010 is really nice for j bevels. 7018 hates those

awesome video :) could you please do a 7018 verticle up. I can do verticle down, i the rod in and it looks nice. but my up falls apart and looks like crap! I love your vids and awesome tricks thank you for sharing

Why was I waiting for him to tack that plate to the fork of that forklift so he could weld overhead? :-)

I am amazed! I didn't know you could cut so clean with a torch. I thought you had to use a plasma cutter to cut so clean. Blown away. How thick of steel can you cut with a torch?

I'm sure there are no stingers left but if by some miracle you have one I'd like to buy it

Come on Jose!

Do you have anymore of the stubby rode savers? Would love to purchase one if you do

Hay chris I liked the way you cut the metal free hand I can not do that but I ran my gas on 3 and 30 I don't think that helped O won't to tell you I love the rod saver hop you got your money Thanks jack

Con varilla de 7018 de 2.5 mm se logra penetracion en primera pasada o es mas dificil

@TaylorWelding I would love to get one of those electrode holders. Do you still have any you can part with?

Looking to purchase a stubby rod saver if you have anymore?

My man sounds like Bob Ross except for with Bob Ross painted nature seens and he's welding, he's like with that soft voice we're going to put this weld here amd it's a happy weld out here by itself and you just place it here, your in mo hurry and you feeling good and you know it's just natural the way that natural things work and it all flows together and it's just a beautiful happy little weld that goes across here and he's got that soft tone voice to, LOL Bob Ross used to talk with maybe you youngsters don't know who I'm talking about but Bob Ross had that big kinky hair and he's a painter and he had a show on PBS forever you know, since I was a kid myself and I'm 53, he say thk hs like, maybe this tree is out here by himself but he's he's part of Nature and look how beautiful he is all by himself with his Limbs and maybe we'll put some leaves on him and you know, he'd say stuff like that, this guy here almost sounds like that, he reminded me of Bob Ross when he was talking with that soft voice, now I haven't watched this guy before, this is the first video I have watched of him, so that might not be the way he talks at all, just in this one little instant he was talking he just took me back to that Bob Ross in the way he was just like you know, he's just going to put this little weld here you know and you don't have to be hard you don't have to push hard or anything like that and just let that thing burn that scale away so it gets a nice root pass in there you know the nice soft tone voice, you know and all that, I'm telling you my man could be on a PBS taking bobs place except with welding lol

@TaylorWelding are any stubby rod savers still available?

Nice welding but do they still use a lot of stick welding these days?

safety third. you gotta look good first, and then make sure you've got your groove on, THEN you make sure you don't die. priorities.

Just looking at This video I realise that I don’t know nothing about real welding. But what is important is that I’m willing to learn. This is a true craftsman at work.

If you have any of the stubby stingers left for sale, I’ll buy one and pay for shipping. I’m out of Vancouver, WA. Thank you for the great videos!

Do you still have the stubby stingers? Thank you!

Awesome video. Do you have any more stingers?

Would you happen to have any of them stingers left?

What technique do you use for 6010 whip and pause ? Hard to tell on video.

Looks like I'm late to the party but are there any stubby rod savers left?