Your ULTIMATE guide to sheet metal fabrication and welding - 1942 Cadillac Fleetwood / ep068 

I am a coded welder from lincolnshire, stumbled across one of your videos and now watching the back catalogue. Interesting vids with nice explanations. Subbed.

Making something hard look easy, No fancy explanation's just lots of skill and experience. Nice on mate.

when you wear the helmet but just close your eyes instead

When you make something thats really really hard look this eazy, thats when you know your a pro. Great video mate!

Love watching not only a master of is trade but also obsessed with restoring, modifying, driving well anything that has wheels n a engine lol.

Just found your channel . Looks like you do great work . I’ll be watching more of your videos .

Great work my man, Thank you for your time and expertise. Great video top notch craftsmanship.

What a great teacher! Camera man did excellent as well.

You can tell this man has a lot of experience and failures. Incredible craftsmanship and teaching. Thank you for the upload!

Getting ready to do this on the rear door on my 57 Chevy 4 door hardtop.

I always like true quality metal repairs instead of bondo repairs... Thumbs Up

Love the Welders Tan... 😏 That ride is gonna be a beauty. Appreciate you speaking sense that even a bloke from Wisconsin understands. Thank you. Got 2 replace the bottom corners of my 05' Trailblazer Door so this video is gonna help loads.

Thank you for today’s class

thumbs up from a US hot rod builder you teach well you tellem why you do it that way good job!

God bless you guys! As a novice I've been trying to get no gap thinking I would burn though...now I know better, thanks!

A good stong magnet will get all those tiny metal splinters out of your eye there Mate!

Bro be straight up closing his eyes He’s a OG

I so wanted him to say, "Toyt like a tiger".

Like the calendar above the workbench..hahahaha. Great video! Thank you.

Very interesting! The time flew by! I don't weld, but hoping to get into it and play around with some metal soon. Looking forward to your other videos.

This guy is a savage. Well done mate!

Big gash on his hand, no big deal! Keep at it. Separating the men from the boys! I love it. Metal work isn’t for everyone!

I do love the way that mate works... brilliant... !!! Should do a full car restoration video!!! Lots to learn and many likes... Bless u all

Love this guy .... gangster tack welding !

Great work ol scout, I’ll be watching for more tips and tricks so I can do my projects

Great work. Thank you for sharing your skill. I learned a lot.

thank you!! I don't even weld or fabricate but NOW I really want to! haha! enjoyed the video!

Very cool to watch. A master and very detailed

Brilliant ... Loved the video and learned so much!!!!

Good evening, great video. Lots of expertise and creativity. And you don't use a building full of high dollar equipment. I do like the use of the gilbo sheet metal snips. They really have a precise ability to do fine cutting. Thanks and you take care. Good luck.

Great video! Any idea where those hand shears come from?

Talent you have sir !! Thanks for the upload

That's some quality work right there

Man took a chunk from his knuckle and said... Alrighty we'll move onto the curve

Love the calender

Awesome work mate !

I could follow most of it as I've done some welding at the body shop thats a nice neat tool 8:58 he used to space out the lip to fold skin around underhood.

I learned the hard way. Take your time and spot weld it. Cool it off with air. It doesn't take a lot of heat to warp the metal a lot way up from the welding spot. I hope I learned anyway.

Nice job 😊

Definitely be careful with those fingers! I just barely nicked one and pretty sure that wheel could take it off like nothing. Your video is helpful. Thank you! :)

Awesome!! Great job

This is great work I really enjoyed it

Excellent Work!!

So old school mastery.. awesome shit 💘

The first 5 seconds is enough for me

I have been watching your videos for some time now and like the way you shoot them, I love they way he can turn his hand to any job with such a high level of knowledge & experience but always with common sense approach, I try to do the same with my videos but i don‘t have anybody to film them for me lol, I would love for you both to take a look at a few of mine and let me know what you think, Cheers Dave

thank you, absolute mine of useful information

I totally felt like I was in school awesome work

Close your eyes and it’s “Michael Caine presents…” 😛 Great content !

Thank you for the wisdom!

IMO patch panels on those old 18 or 16 gauge cars are easy compared to the 20 gauge or 19 gauge VW ones. they warp so much easier.

Hi, sir your work is really amazing 👏 . Sir I have question can we make our own car design I mean car outer metallic body with all appropriate tools and machines

Bloody awesome that ..

Excellent teacher.

Really nice hand craft! What's the thickness of the plate (in mm please) your are working with?

Thanks for the tips getting ready to takle some swiss cheese on my fifty dodge pick up overly excited to get into it tryingnto retain as much information as i can before starting

The lid can come down on the helmet you know 🤣 cheers for the info never the less mate

@11:01 got a cut on the thumb, really important to wear safety gears, I know it can sometimes obstruct the workmanship, but the mastery skill will be gone if unable to practise his skills anymore! Take care!

Absolutely mustard mate 👌

Wears the welding helmet as a helmet instead of as a faceshield, and never heard of gloves. Brave soul, with great results.

Outstanding

Keep a close gap with each tack it will want to close up so grind it almost flush and hammer and dolly the weld to stretch it back out the gap will open back up again use that as a reference rinse and repeat all the way along as you tack make sure your flush then come back and fill the gaps 5 tacks at a time grind and hammer and dolly again then planish until finished once you learn to stretch the shrunk weld area back out heat isn't an issue either because you can stretch it back out so you can move much quicker.

Good work, pls can you explain the type of welding, is it mig or tig?

My vehicle has rust near the sunroof metal is gone I might try to tackle this job,I do tacks at work mothing more than that so hopefuly it comes out good

Great video yeah

Master real!!

It's funny, as i've worked with metal over the years and always listened n learned as much as possible from pro's with more years in the game, they explain it like metal is a breathing creature more akin to wood with grains and crystals. lol. Metallurgy is quite an art.

Good work and Good welding tech !!! We also have rich experience in sheet metal fab, we are a strong manufacturer in China, with high quality and competitive price.

The welding hood is only there in case the boss comes past "oop yeah I forgot just this once"

Didn’t take long for Safety Sally to show up.

Well done! Wondering though, what's with the calendar image at 2:54 😁

Where can a guy get an awesome pair of sheers like ones you were using ??

Artist

I once saw our instructor use copper or some non ferrous metal at times then cover gaps created by blow through; he'd go back over them with that material and the weld would sit nice and flush, didn't stick to the scrap either. even acted as a heat sink.

Bravo

welding from either ends towards the center is not good, your panel will have a huge hump by the time you get to the middle. stay in the same direction. spread out small welds, use a blow gun where it gets a bit hot. very nice work, could just be a little different with the heat spreading and avoid bad warps

15:27 weld from the outside edge to the inside to avoid that keyhole, the heat had nowhere to go

This video screams 25+ years experience just seeing how he just casually (or at least seemed like it) cut and shaped the metal. Also what dolly set are you using, looking to buy a good set. Great video and awesome editing to make it flow.

I think he is still trying to close that wound with a sheet metal patch . So kiddos do not work with grinders or any sheet metal tools with out any PPE I been working with sheet metal for 28 years and it will send to the ER every time you slip up ! You are a master of your craft Sir .

I think it’d be easier to flick the helmet down than squint that hard... lol. Great vid

Welding like this is vey easy and I do it too.. Although you will be increasing your skin to the harmful arc rays...

Totally new to this stuff. Where do I find someone who does this stuff and who can give me help with a job?

Wow, killer talent

True Takumi = Craftsmen

What type and where did you get your tin shears?

Great craftsmanship old school very talented impressed work is amazing Will eventually will wind up seeing an eye doctor fir surgery as well as a skin doctor for melanoma skin cancer Safety glasses gloves and just put the helmet down or get an auto darkening helmet

Id put some rust protection on before folding that edge..

so the helmets there incase the inspecta comes along? i also enjoyed the precision measuring instrument to scribe your lines, I just started welding and fabricating in my garage, and i practice better safety than this.

Safety is the word ...

❤❤❤❤Very well 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

I like the way you do your thing. I'm pity you Sir. Please take extra precautions in the future.

Aviation tin snips.

Jeez mate ! How many times have you had "arc-eye" ????

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So what is the helmet for?

Nunca lo ví soldar con la careta puesta jaja

Compound bends are the hardest to make. Yes you need to shape them first or pie or slit cut and weld up the corners to release the stress and weld up the cuts.

I wish i was your student

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You should be watching fitzee