In Australia we call this farmer tig Iv dome it loads with everything from welding rod to treated rod, lol Another famous saying, sometimes you just gotta make jam outta pig shit
"I GOT IT TACKED UP For YOU" BAAHAAA! Someone started that job and quit. Custimer should've called him to begin with. CHeap ass people let their cousin's wife's brother "WELD" and then they have to call a real welder like this dude to come and clean the crap job up.
I am a 70+ Vietnam vet who started out welding ammo tubes into showers for us in the land of stink, ehhh poontang as well. You sir, are a master because of ur knowledge as base and fab techniques as finnessment. Keep it going, I do enjoy watching you work because you allow others to see ur thought processes.
@@riccoronado430 I’m sure he don’t want to run to hot since it’s already a big gap to weld. So colder helps fill that gap up. After you get that filled in then your good to run hot.
I know it's probably a joke but...re bar is not something you wanna use for filling gaps. It is all recycled junk steel that is very unpredictable on how well it is going to hold up. Could be dirty or just a bad mix of steel that will eventually fail. (Even though I have done it before) lol
@@melgross I wonder if those are the spots it was actually touching, or where you couldn’t stick a finger in. They might’ve done what they felt comfortable with and then not known how to finish it.
@@andyruse4670 I suppose that’s possible. I would hate to be a guy that started something and then had to go and admit I couldn’t finish it. I had employees like that. I would ask if they could do something, and they would say yes, but couldn’t.
I love watching you weld, cut, and fabricate things. I'm 60-years old and have welded most of my life, yet I learn something here nearly every time. Thanks for posting. I love the gigs you build, great ideas! Thanks for taking time to explain why you do certain things. Thanks, for the close-ups on the Go-Pro with the auto-darkening lens. Helping a guy learn the correct patterns to lay in is a very important step in the process. You're helping a lot of people here.
Hey Great! Here in south Texas there are several pipelines going in. After watching all your videos, I understand what the crews are doing and appreciate their work even more. Your video is a relief and detraction from the current events. Thank you-
Damn,what a mess... I know its hard for you to weld that up.. We call that junk yard welding here in Texas..Any body that would fit a pipe together like that should have to weld it up..Thanks ,Be safe
I’m learning! And can continue my education now that you’re back! A guy would be foolish not to learn something from each of your videos. Appreciate your time and effort! Just down the road from ya.
I think you need to teach them how to cut straight.. You have an incredible talent and look forward to your vids.. was beginning to wonder since its been so long from the last video..
I’ve had to do that many times being a rig welder myself. I always carry 1/8” and 3/16” cold roll on my truck. Having to repair and fix other people’s screw ups have made me a better and smarter welder for sure!! Lol
I have always called that a gap filler rod. This is the first time I heard it called Texas tig. Awesome. Was that 6011 filler with a 7018 cover? I love your work, keep it coming.
Glad to see you back. Hope you are having a great New Year. Really enjoy your videos. Would have loved to had you for a teacher when I was learning to weld in 1956. I still weld a little these days. Thanks for making these videos for us
You're one of my few subscriptions who I give a thumbs up to before even starting the video, because I know it's always going to be good. Haven't removed a thumbs up after watching anything yet :-)
Good stuff! Have been asked to do some similar welding on a pond over flow pipe, customer had it tacked already. Seems to me you made a sound weld for sure, but thought it was called the Arkansas tig? LOL
I do not understand, that if the buyer could tack the sections together. But pays you more to finish the welds. Your rate per hour has to excede their in house cost. Unless another contractor did the aligning and tacking. Thanks for another great video.
Thats likely the case. They have a guy who is a decent welder but has not taken on big jobs, he thought it would be the same as welding a trailer repair but called in a pro when the reality of a giant gap set in.
Nope, he priced it over the phone, they said it was just a few passes so he quoted 49 bucks a great deal. But upon arrival he found much more work than expected, however being a man of honor he stuck to his quote and welded 14 hours for 49 dollars, truely a remarkable craftsman and buisness man.
There should be no criticism there you were given a job with shit fit up and you dealt with it Very well I might add as we all know the fit up is just as important as the welding good on you bud Cheers from Nova Scotia
I was commissioning a textile machinery in Mexico once. I overheard an American welder talk about the elbow on a 6 inch pipe he was welding was not fitted well enough. There was a 3/4 inch gap in it. He left to do something about it, when he got back there again, his local hired helper was in the middle of filling it with a weld. That line was to be under pressure later. Either water or natural gas. It was impressive weld.
Not You In pipe welding school (25-30)yrs ago ,we had to weld a 1” gap ,open root process , in 4x6 1/2 plate coupons standing vertical ,, using 1/8 6010 which is DC rod equaling 6011 AC ! 6010 will not run on AC , but the 6011 will work good on DC , anyway the open root process is welded so the inside of the weld is good , the outside looks terrible , which you dress with a grinder before you do your filler & cap . The process is - done in a square U shape , up one side for 1/2 “ to a count of like 1, 2 then a elongated 1 back down to starting point ,with an elongated 1 across the bottom & the same on the other side,. This process takes some metal from the side , brings it back down to fill across the bottom , leaving a weldment area that looks like the key hole in the old farm house door , hence called keyhole open root welding ! But now a days this would probably be done with a flux core wire welder , and then change the wire for the filler & cap
Total agricultural job finished to a professional standard. Nice work. They guy I served my apprenticeship with once used a stick welder and an extra rod with the flux taken off like a tig welder filler rod. Result was pretty impressive . Looked awkward as hell to do it but the guy was talented . He made most of the tanks used in the Guinness factory in Dublin. They once had a brass tank drop from a crane and it got dented , so they filled it to the top with water and picked it up. After a few days the dent on the bottom popped back out. Thinking outside the box right there.
I used to weld a lot of case pipe when I worked for an excavating outfit. This video is like getting hit in the head and waking up 20 years ago. Good job my man. A day in the life.
I used to do that at the foundry I worked at, the sand molds would wear out the AR plate around the bolts that held them down to the conveyor. Had to weld them in place filling in the bolt holes and then weld the worn down seams. Got another 8 to 12 months out of the liners before we had to cut them out and replace them. Thanks for sharing. Charles
Oh yes ,this is a typical fillet rod, that what we call it ,fill the gap anyway you can, I have use metal rods in some of my jobs to fill the gap or seams, I have done this before too , except I bridge over the seam, like you mentioned before, I actually am learning what did you call it tc weld, this property would not work for High pressure, kool thanks I learn a little bit more every time, thank you happy new year 🎆🎈🎊 and praise Jesus grace Christ amen BigAl California.
He said to knock the flux off before welding the filler rod ( stick electrode) in the gap but it looks like he kept the flux on. Does it not make a difference or did he really knock the flux off?
Nice to see another video! Non structural, no pressure, just sticking some pipe together but still did a better job than most would have done on something that mattered.
Started welding when I was 14 now 66. Been doing that since I was 15 also Texas tig. I done this for structural welds. Fill in grind reweld. They all have held. Good way to repair. Lot stronger then what most people think. Not ideal but you do what you have to. Good work.
It may NOT be the proper way of doing things....................BUT, when it works for the application at hand there's nothing wrong with doing it that way!
An interesting method young man. I have put link to a video below or you that shows how to do a 7018 vertical open route on 3/8plate (Actually the metric equivalent I think it was?) with a gap similar to that you are welding on that pipe. Jonny who has the welding channel Northern Sweden Welding says that in Sweden they do not use 6010 or 6011, it's 7018 all the way out. He also does a 6010 video which is quite funny because he doesn't like the 6010! I have tried doing the 7018 vertical open route and the key thing to remember is DC Electrode negative. When I did my video I was on electrode Positive so the result wasn't very pretty but I got the bead in there. All the best, Jon. ruclips.net/video/R_8rs1wMnDo/видео.html
Isaac, you are a National Treasure, and it's amazing to see you at the top of your craft humbly making the client's work look like a silk purse when all you were handed was a sow's ear. Truly remarkable "real world" welding where you get the job done with amazing grace and skill. Many thanks for sharing your techniques.
Great to see you back. I giggled when you mentioned it as a "dirty secret" in 20 years of agricultural welding this is the most common of hacks. So glad to see someone be honest and "real" thanks for the good work
I really enjoyed the video i use to weld a lot but got old, but i always enjoyed a challenge you make it look easy. You are a true Master of the craft. I know that it is a pain but I would love to see more videos Thanks
Great to see you back, hope alls well with you, missed you videos for a while now, long time since i done a 'J' stich up, looked even better after you had finished, cracking job, Thank you.
Sometimes, just Have To Do What You Gotta Do, to make what you have to work with work…! May not be pretty, or something you’d proudly show off, but when Getting It Done is the Most important thing, it is Mission Accomplished… :))
If it's not a structural.. and you know how to use a wire feeder.. with straight flux-cored wire.. reduce your voltage.use a little bit of a longer stick out you can bridge that Gap ..patience a little bit on the top a little bit on the bottom. Whatever everybody's got their modus operandi.. 5/64. 212 Lincoln innershield.. and a gallon of water I would have filled that Gap in less than 15 minutes.
Texas tig has been around a long time. Welders building ships during WW11 used this method in large gaps when plating a vessel. My father told me about this years ago. He served on some vessels built this way and he said that those seams would come apart. The way he explained it was our country needed landing craft and ships very quickly and there just wasn’t time enough to fit everything up properly. A lot of these vessel were on a one way voyage especially the LST landing crafts. There were lots of woman welder’s building these ships and the woman of this time period were not afraid of hard work. They worked in all kinds of war materials manufacturing they were all referred to as “Rosie the welder”.
Isaac, I misunderstood the pipes function. I knew you would have grabbed the best idea "available" for the situation. However, all the other stuff I said about you is honest. I look forward to your vids whatever they cover. Your experience and skill are "par-excellance". I had your phone number and address but I have lost those. I would love to swap emails with you as well.
Texas tig??.....we always call that Dakota ditching it....im sure there's many names for it...dont know of anyone who calls themselves welders that haven't done it before....iv never seen it being a problem but I haven't seen everything like some people in these comments section have
No doubt whatsoever you know what you are doing and an excellant welder who just has an answer and gets on with the job to get the customer going ! The critics are workshop jessies my friend. i started work in engineering at 18 doing exactly what you are doing there and was left to get on with it - sticking pipes together for 6 months straight and that skill has stayed with me (63 retired)- 6 gauge rods 140amps sticking 2`` bsp tubes together - keep up the videos we enjoy them - UK.
I use use that trick as well for years, actual I used whatever I had at hand if I need to used round stock of different dimensions I'd use that as well But we didn't call it anything up here in Canada first time I've heard that term. Texas Tig. lol I'd use a mig with flux core in a shop environment instead of Stick! but in the field yeah stick ..I mostly did my work in a shop! through the years. As the old saying goes many ways to skin a cat. Right!!
I'm just asking your opinion but after your hot pass since you were working close to horizontal could you have capped it off with 7024 and just filled it in ? Thanks for showing how you dealt with it. I have had to work with crap like that before and I will try a J pass the next time and see how it works for me.
Isaac is the real deal.
Thanks Jody
Down and dirty collaboration jody and Isaac
You know you’ve made it when! Keep coming with the videos
Just do like the farmers around here and lay a bolt in the crack and weld over the whole works lol
2 beasts
Man, it doesn't matter if you are running a stinger, torch or gouge, it is always superior. Glad you are back.
In Australia we call this farmer tig
Iv dome it loads with everything from welding rod to treated rod, lol
Another famous saying, sometimes you just gotta make jam outta pig shit
Aussies have some great sayings!
In America, it's making chicken salad out of chicken shit lol
the one thumbs down was the other welder that wanted the job but couldn't handle it.
Now 7, probably some jealous Welders that can't bridge that canyon he did...lol
"I GOT IT TACKED UP For YOU" BAAHAAA!
Someone started that job and quit. Custimer should've called him to begin with.
CHeap ass people let their cousin's wife's brother "WELD" and then they have to call a real welder like this dude to come and clean the crap job up.
@@georgepatton9744 ikr you can stack fifty cents in nickels in those gaps 😄
I am a 70+ Vietnam vet who started out welding ammo tubes into showers for us in the land of stink, ehhh poontang as well. You sir, are a master because of ur knowledge as base and fab techniques as finnessment. Keep it going, I do enjoy watching you work because you allow others to see ur thought processes.
Even your "for entertainment" welding is beautiful!!! You are one hell of a welder!!!! Love to watch your video's.
With a canyon like that you might need some half inch rebar lol.
You read my mind.
No joke, and maybe some number 3 bar in the narrower parts
Serious tho why is he use 3/32 😂
@@riccoronado430 I’m sure he don’t want to run to hot since it’s already a big gap to weld. So colder helps fill that gap up. After you get that filled in then your good to run hot.
I know it's probably a joke but...re bar is not something you wanna use for filling gaps. It is all recycled junk steel that is very unpredictable on how well it is going to hold up. Could be dirty or just a bad mix of steel that will eventually fail. (Even though I have done it before) lol
Glad you’re back. It’s marvelous to see the master welding again.
"We tacked 'em up for ya"...
May the odds be ever in your favor...
Oh no.. Here come the internet inspectors😂😂
haha
Do you want lube with the next reply?
My favorite are the ones who have to explain how they’re a welder and how long they’ve been doing it 😂
Never fails.
Looks good from my house.
Or they pull up in a shiny truck and can’t weld to save their life I’ve seen that lol
you know what they say "if you can jump it, you can weld it" words to live
"we've tacked it for you" a.k.a. its YOUR problem now
“We tacked it up for you” also meaning you made my job harder and I gotta cut it and retack the fucker right.
If they tacked it, and did some large welds already, and the one at the top did look good, then why couldn’t whoever did that, finish it?
@@melgross I wonder if those are the spots it was actually touching, or where you couldn’t stick a finger in. They might’ve done what they felt comfortable with and then not known how to finish it.
@@andyruse4670 I suppose that’s possible. I would hate to be a guy that started something and then had to go and admit I couldn’t finish it. I had employees like that. I would ask if they could do something, and they would say yes, but couldn’t.
Unbelievable, great job. Love watching you weld. Thanks, and God bless.
I love watching you weld, cut, and fabricate things. I'm 60-years old and have welded most of my life, yet I learn something here nearly every time. Thanks for posting. I love the gigs you build, great ideas! Thanks for taking time to explain why you do certain things. Thanks, for the close-ups on the Go-Pro with the auto-darkening lens. Helping a guy learn the correct patterns to lay in is a very important step in the process. You're helping a lot of people here.
SWEEET WELDING!!!! Ignore complainers !!
Hey Great! Here in south Texas there are several pipelines going in. After watching all your videos, I understand what the crews are doing and appreciate their work even more. Your video is a relief and detraction from the current events. Thank you-
Love the channel. Wonder what happen if you place a auto darkening helmut in front of the camera so we can watch what your doing better.
Who here hasn't been "Jonesing" for this artists videos??
Damn,what a mess... I know its hard for you to weld that up.. We call that junk yard welding here in Texas..Any body that would fit a pipe together like that should have to weld it up..Thanks ,Be safe
Do you think that they would really learn anything from doing that? I have my doubts!
Nice to see your doing well and thank you for the time to make us a video. God bless
Making chicken pie outta chicken sh*t...interesting technique Texas TIG i dig it!
Its birdshit after all
I’m learning! And can continue my education now that you’re back! A guy would be foolish not to learn something from each of your videos. Appreciate your time and effort! Just down the road from ya.
I think you need to teach them how to cut straight.. You have an incredible talent and look forward to your vids.. was beginning to wonder since its been so long from the last video..
I’ve had to do that many times being a rig welder myself. I always carry 1/8” and 3/16” cold roll on my truck. Having to repair and fix other people’s screw ups have made me a better and smarter welder for sure!! Lol
I have always called that a gap filler rod. This is the first time I heard it called Texas tig. Awesome. Was that 6011 filler with a 7018 cover? I love your work, keep it coming.
Call your mother she’s worried about you.
Glad you are back. Was starting to get worried.
Same
Real world welding! Making it work, instead of whining like most less talented welders!
Glad to see you back. Hope you are having a great New Year. Really enjoy your videos. Would have loved to had you for a teacher when I was learning to weld in 1956. I still weld a little these days. Thanks for making these videos for us
Old files and and scraps are always useful.
Tell them boys "it'll hold corn, but I dont know about water"..😅
You're one of my few subscriptions who I give a thumbs up to before even starting the video, because I know it's always going to be good. Haven't removed a thumbs up after watching anything yet :-)
I appreciate that!
Good to see you back, keep them coming IC WELD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good stuff! Have been asked to do some similar welding on a pond over flow pipe, customer had it tacked already. Seems to me you made a sound weld for sure, but thought it was called the Arkansas tig? LOL
Great job!!! You'll be busy in the new system.. :) Nice to see you again.. Love your videos
Thank you! bro
Man I have missed the videos. You are very helpful! Dont worry about negative comments. You were hired to do this job not them 👊🏻✌🏻
I appreciate that!
@@ICWeld : Like Kenny said, WE WANT YOU BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent welding nice to see you back I have a great 2021 love the videos keep them coming
By you being good at your work and innovative ,you will always have work. Bravo on the fix and good video.
Damn, ole boy could have saved you a bunch of time and probably saved himself some money if he would have let you do the fit up
This is a really challenge....
Good Job Sr..
I AM respect
I do not understand, that if the buyer could tack the sections together. But pays you more to finish the welds. Your rate per hour has to excede their in house cost. Unless another contractor did the aligning and tacking.
Thanks for another great video.
the one who started it bit off more than he can chew so he welded the slammed side and called a REAL HAND to finish what he is incapable of.
Thats likely the case. They have a guy who is a decent welder but has not taken on big jobs, he thought it would be the same as welding a trailer repair but called in a pro when the reality of a giant gap set in.
I hope your charging by the hour LOL!
Nope, he priced it over the phone, they said it was just a few passes so he quoted 49 bucks a great deal. But upon arrival he found much more work than expected, however being a man of honor he stuck to his quote and welded 14 hours for 49 dollars, truely a remarkable craftsman and buisness man.
@@andrewut7ya511 Man are you a snake oil salesman or what?
@@markfryer9880 no but i know where to get it, ya want some? Ill get ya a good price
6👍's up IC weld thanks again for taking your time for us all to be with you for the rest of the repair
There should be no criticism there you were given a job with shit fit up and you dealt with it
Very well I might add as we all know the fit up is just as important as the welding good on you bud
Cheers from Nova Scotia
You've got to know when to weld 'em
Know when to tig 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
I was commissioning a textile machinery in Mexico once. I overheard an American welder talk about the elbow on a 6 inch pipe he was welding was not fitted well enough. There was a 3/4 inch gap in it. He left to do something about it, when he got back there again, his local hired helper was in the middle of filling it with a weld. That line was to be under pressure later. Either water or natural gas. It was impressive weld.
Not You In pipe welding school (25-30)yrs ago ,we had to weld a 1” gap ,open root process , in 4x6 1/2 plate coupons standing vertical ,, using 1/8 6010 which is DC rod equaling 6011 AC ! 6010 will not run on AC , but the 6011 will work good on DC , anyway the open root process is welded so the inside of the weld is good , the outside looks terrible , which you dress with a grinder before you do your filler & cap . The process is - done in a square U shape , up one side for 1/2 “ to a count of like 1, 2 then a elongated 1 back down to starting point ,with an elongated 1 across the bottom & the same on the other side,. This process takes some metal from the side , brings it back down to fill across the bottom , leaving a weldment area that looks like the key hole in the old farm house door , hence called keyhole open root welding ! But now a days this would probably be done with a flux core wire welder , and then change the wire for the filler & cap
@@robertmintz63 welding is an art form.
Not You Yes it is thank-you , l have also done his trick , did not know it was called Texas Tig correction just asked my wife that was 35yrs ago
Thank you for uploading another video really like watching you weld
Total agricultural job finished to a professional standard. Nice work. They guy I served my apprenticeship with once used a stick welder and an extra rod with the flux taken off like a tig welder filler rod. Result was pretty impressive . Looked awkward as hell to do it but the guy was talented . He made most of the tanks used in the Guinness factory in Dublin. They once had a brass tank drop from a crane and it got dented , so they filled it to the top with water and picked it up. After a few days the dent on the bottom popped back out. Thinking outside the box right there.
Gee, just like drywall. "Close enough, a little tape and mud no one will know"
"I know the taper" lol
I used to weld a lot of case pipe when I worked for an excavating outfit. This video is like getting hit in the head and waking up 20 years ago. Good job my man. A day in the life.
It’s what I have done hundreds of times. I’m a farmer. It never match’s up
Now I have a name to give that type of welding lol.
I hope 2021 is good to you.
I used to do that at the foundry I worked at, the sand molds would wear out the AR plate around the bolts that held them down to the conveyor. Had to weld them in place filling in the bolt holes and then weld the worn down seams. Got another 8 to 12 months out of the liners before we had to cut them out and replace them. Thanks for sharing. Charles
If you can step across it you can weld it
Kudos brother. People who don’t weld don’t understand how challenging closing those gaps are.
Like building a bridge out of jello.
You are the Michelangelo of Heavy Metal....
Oh yes ,this is a typical fillet rod, that what we call it ,fill the gap anyway you can, I have use metal rods in some of my jobs to fill the gap or seams, I have done this before too , except I bridge over the seam, like you mentioned before, I actually am learning what did you call it tc weld, this property would not work for High pressure, kool thanks I learn a little bit more every time, thank you happy new year 🎆🎈🎊 and praise Jesus grace Christ amen BigAl California.
When you showed up you should have mentioned that April first was 8 months ago
He said to knock the flux off before welding the filler rod ( stick electrode) in the gap but it looks like he kept the flux on. Does it not make a difference or did he really knock the flux off?
Hi Friend keep them coming this year 👍
That's the plan!
Nice to see another video! Non structural, no pressure, just sticking some pipe together but still did a better job than most would have done on something that mattered.
I might have thrown 2 rolls of gorilla tape at that and called it a day
Love that your back " welding Genius" Your work proves it all.
Started welding when I was 14 now 66. Been doing that since I was 15 also Texas tig. I done this for structural welds. Fill in grind reweld. They all have held. Good way to repair. Lot stronger then what most people think. Not ideal but you do what you have to. Good work.
Beautiful
It may NOT be the proper way of doing things....................BUT, when it works for the application at hand there's nothing wrong with doing it that way!
Great 👍,thanks for the intel and video
Thank you for sharing this technique.
Good to see you again IC
Hey Welcome back and Happy News
Good tip
An interesting method young man. I have put link to a video below or you that shows how to do a 7018 vertical open route on 3/8plate (Actually the metric equivalent I think it was?) with a gap similar to that you are welding on that pipe. Jonny who has the welding channel Northern Sweden Welding says that in Sweden they do not use 6010 or 6011, it's 7018 all the way out. He also does a 6010 video which is quite funny because he doesn't like the 6010!
I have tried doing the 7018 vertical open route and the key thing to remember is DC Electrode negative. When I did my video I was on electrode Positive so the result wasn't very pretty but I got the bead in there.
All the best, Jon.
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Isaac, you are a National Treasure, and it's amazing to see you at the top of your craft humbly making the client's work look like a silk purse when all you were handed was a sow's ear. Truly remarkable "real world" welding where you get the job done with amazing grace and skill. Many thanks for sharing your techniques.
Old school.. Love it.
Devo the band made a song about your welding.
Whip it good
hahahaha
I'll wait for the xrays before judgment 😃. Nice save.
Great to see you back. I giggled when you mentioned it as a "dirty secret" in 20 years of agricultural welding this is the most common of hacks. So glad to see someone be honest and "real" thanks for the good work
I thought I had come up with this back in the 70s in high school, but I never thought of breaking the flux off!
Good old gapcraft rods 🤣🤣
@@bigunone some 1/8 or 3/32 tig wire works too
@@semajniffirg230 I have never handled a TIG torch watched it done, but not done it. I suppose it couldn't be any harder than oxy/acetylene welding
@@bigunone i think he meant just the tig wire as an extra filler with the 7018 or whatever stick you're using
I found your channel today... nice stuff... Keep the vids coming!!! o7
Texas Tig... learn something every day!
I really enjoyed the video i use to weld a lot but got old, but i always enjoyed a challenge you make it look easy. You are a true Master of the craft. I know that it is a pain but I would love to see more videos Thanks
I can smell the rod through my screen. :)
When their help = another 20# of rod.............
Thank you for posting this. I love the real world application side of all your fabrication tips. brings new meaning to polishing a turd, at times.🤧
Great to see you back, hope alls well with you, missed you videos for a while now, long time since i done a 'J' stich up, looked even better after you had finished, cracking job, Thank you.
Had us worried. At least check in every once and a while
Sometimes, just Have To Do What You Gotta Do, to make what you have to work with work…! May not be pretty, or something you’d proudly show off, but when Getting It Done is the Most important thing, it is Mission Accomplished… :))
I've had fits like that. You gotta do what you gotta do. If they want you to weld it instead of fixing the fit up, getter dunn
Done that been there its the best way i found to fill in big cracks when i need to but i prefer to cut a sliver of steal to fit and then weld it up
Did a bunch of that back in the day when I was dredge boating, it worked well!
Pretty good for 7018 on rusty metal, that's the real world welding !!!😃😃😃Thanks
That's good stuff Great video. Thanks for sharing. Awesome video as usual.!
If it's not a structural.. and you know how to use a wire feeder.. with straight flux-cored wire.. reduce your voltage.use a little bit of a longer stick out you can bridge that Gap ..patience a little bit on the top a little bit on the bottom. Whatever everybody's got their modus operandi.. 5/64.
212 Lincoln innershield.. and a gallon of water I would have filled that Gap in less than 15 minutes.
I used Texas tig, using 6013 dcen and 3/32 7018 with no flux, for welding thin metal for floorboards in a truck.
Texas tig has been around a long time. Welders building ships during WW11 used this method in large gaps when plating a vessel. My father told me about this years ago. He served on some vessels built this way and he said that those seams would come apart. The way he explained it was our country needed landing craft and ships very quickly and there just wasn’t time enough to fit everything up properly. A lot of these vessel were on a one way voyage especially the LST landing crafts. There were lots of woman welder’s building these ships and the woman of this time period were not afraid of hard work. They worked in all kinds of war materials manufacturing they were all referred to as “Rosie the welder”.
Isaac, I misunderstood the pipes function. I knew you would have grabbed the best idea "available" for the situation.
However, all the other stuff I said about you is honest. I look forward to your vids whatever they cover. Your experience and skill are "par-excellance". I had your phone number and address but I have lost those. I would love to swap emails with you as well.
"I know I'll probably get a bunch of criticism on this... but I don't care!" LOL! Awesome. The best way to go through life. :)
Thanks. I learned something. Mainly, stay cool, work with what you have...
(You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear)
Texas tig??? That’s called Mexican Heli-arc !!! always has been.😂🤣😂🤣
Texas tig??.....we always call that Dakota ditching it....im sure there's many names for it...dont know of anyone who calls themselves welders that haven't done it before....iv never seen it being a problem but I haven't seen everything like some people in these comments section have
No doubt whatsoever you know what you are doing and an excellant welder who just has an answer and gets on with the job to get the customer going ! The critics are workshop jessies my friend. i started work in engineering at 18 doing exactly what you are doing there and was left to get on with it - sticking pipes together for 6 months straight and that skill has stayed with me (63 retired)- 6 gauge rods 140amps sticking 2`` bsp tubes together - keep up the videos we enjoy them - UK.
I use use that trick as well for years, actual I used whatever I had at hand if I need to used round stock of different dimensions I'd use that as well But we didn't call it anything up here in Canada first time I've heard that term. Texas Tig. lol I'd use a mig with flux core in a shop environment instead of Stick! but in the field yeah stick ..I mostly did my work in a shop! through the years. As the old saying goes many ways to skin a cat. Right!!
I'm just asking your opinion but after your hot pass since you were working close to horizontal could you have capped it off with 7024 and just filled it in ? Thanks for showing how you dealt with it. I have had to work with crap like that before and I will try a J pass the next time and see how it works for me.