8 tips to make you a better Welder/Fabricator
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- In this video I cover 8 valuable tips and tricks that can help if you are new to metal fabrication.
These welding and fabrication techniques can save you time and money.
These are basic concepts but provided a good foundation and understanding of welding and metal Fab work.
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I love what you said about being encouraging to each other. I am a welding student and am almost done with my program yet I have A LOT to learn. In fact, even when I become more proficient, there will always be something to learn and improvements to be made.
I really enjoy watching your videos and have learned some really helpful things from you. I wanted to say “thank you” for this video and being an all around cool guy to watch and learn from.
Thanks for checking out my videos! I really enjoyed reading your comment 🙂 Congrats on finishing your welding program soon! That’s awesome 👍
I weld galvanized steel for around 9 hours a day 5 days a week (repairing Wheely bins, skips and roll on/roll off skips). Best thing I've found to deal with the fumes, is a decent air fed mask with a good face seal, making sure all filters(pre, main and gas(if available) are in good shape) and some form of extraction, whether it be overhead or on torch
My Dad told me (back when I was I in High School 1991...) treat a Weld like Installing a Wheel on your Vehicle, as a wheel it is best to one a "Criss-Cross Pattern" for tightening, use the same principle for Finish Welding an area of more than 12"!
Weld 3" at one end, go down 50% of the length and Weld another 3". Then go back up, and back down allowing the heat from the Welds to dissipate along the length.
Don't start at top, go to the bottom and so forth where you finish in the middle because there will be so much heat in your material it will likely buckle or seperate...
I hope this made sense as my Dad used my Hot Wheels as a Physical Representation of the Welds for me. He was an Engineer for the Military Sector at Boeing!
-He knew what he was talking about.
Thank you for this episode, I was hoping to assist without causing much "confusion", but I think that I made things worse...
-T🖖
Western Washington State
I don’t even have a welder (yet), but I can’t help but watch your videos.
They all help me plan/log ideas for the future. 👍🏻👍🏻
Hey Mike. I'm 25 years old and also work as a millwright here in Hamburg, Germany. I've started working with metal as my day job 6 years ago but was interested in metal working and tinkering in general since I was a little boy. I got my first welder from my girlfriends dad when I was 16. It was a stick brick if you will :D .
I treated myself and my dad to a nice mig machine last year. But that welder with the cart and gas bottle is not really suitable for my flat in the city so it stays at my parents 90km away from where I live.
Only because of your recent video about flux core wires I thought about trying this welding process I had not yet tried. I learned to weld with stick so the moment I welded with flux core I immediately felt home.
I got a little inverter machine with only one dial and it is even better than I imagined. It's everything I need for repairs and builds after work here in the city.
All of this jabbering only because I wanted to let you know how damn good your tips and content are. Keep up the good work.
Cheers from Germany
I love hearing stories like this!!! Thank you so much for sharing this and i’m glad my videos helped out 👍 Thanks so much for your kind words and supporting my channel!
Hi Mike
I want to express how refreshing your attitude is toward others who are new to the welding and fabrication world. Too many videos by others I’ve begun to watch but haven’t finished because the speaker had an arrogant, ‘I know more than you do’ attitude. Your videos are so well done. Every subject you covered is part of a foundation upon which to learn the skill of welding and fabricating.
I appreciate your touching on safety regarding galvanized metal and Brakleen. Many folks new to welding aren’t necessarily going to know the dangers regarding those items. Other tips you might mention are eye and hearing protection when grinding. I cringe when I see TV shows about vehicle repair and customization where the workers are not using any such protection. They are gradually losing their hearing and may one day lose the use of an eye. It’s a tragedy in progress with potentially worse to come.
I watch your videos at least twice each if not more. Thank you for each one.
Charlie
I'll definitely apply these learnings as I get started learning to weld, Thanks for taking the time to share your years of experience Mike!
Awesome thanks for watching 👍
Great content. This is all still new to me at 50+, and it all helps. Much appreciated!
Great video Mike. I'm in my 60's and used to (almost 30 yrs ago) mig weld daily at my job. Still learning from watching your videos. Keep up the great work.
Really Appreciate That Bob 👍
Dude love your channel it has helped me so much and given me the confidence to try new things. Been watching for years. Great job!
Thanks Tom I really appreciate it man 🙂👍
I'll add something that may help others, I was a collision tech for over 18 years and warpage was always a concern! I found using a heat barrier gel helped. Especially on quarter panels. Large sail panel welds can be a nightmare on thin sheet metal. Always good stuff duder. I watch the basic ones like this because I hope it helps your channel. Oh, I also trashed both t-shirts I bought, so guess I'll order a couple more! Keep the vids coming ✌️
One of your best videos so far! Thanks Mike!
Thanks! I really appreciate it 🙂
Love it, today i did my first metal work for actual money, very excited for that topic today, thanks!
Awesome and congrats my friend! 🙂👍
Thanks for a great video Mike!! At 65 I never want to stop learning and every time you put out content I learn something new!!
Great tips Mike. Thanks for posting.
I enjoy your teaching style and how encouraging you are. I've been in shops my whole life but am just getting into welding and so many guys have some "macho" or snobby attitude about it. That's neither helpful nor impressive. But you break it down and present it so that anyone can approach it.
Talented dude. And humble.
Thanks Omar
Thanks Mike.
Thanks Mike, always a good thing to review what we think we already know.and thanks for the encouraging way you present. I'm subscribed and when things are not working out, I watch you for a while and, never fail, you straighten me out.
I try and pass along my knowledge just like you do with encouragement not discouraging. Good way to be Mike
Thanks for always checking out my videos Jon! I really do appreciate the support on my channel 🙂👍
Love your work 👍
Thank you mike for your videos! This is puré gold. You are a hero sharing your knowledge like this.
Lol thank you 👍
awesome video Mike
Great tips Mike
Thanks
I have learned so much from your videos over the years, cannot thank you enough. You’re a good dude, appreciate you and all the effort you put into it I really think you are helping a lot of people
Awesome man really glad to hear it! Thank YOU for watching and supporting my channel 👍
I started watching when you made the predator powered dirtbike and that video alone inspired me to do something similar with an old bike I got from a friend. Your videos are always encouraging and informative! The icing on the cake are all the review videos you have because you're honest about how the machines work and point out both their pros and cons. Great content as always and thank you for the encouraging words for new fabricators and beginners like myself! Keep up the awesome work!
Right on! Thanks for being a long time subscriber Phillip 👍 That’s cool you built 212cc motorcycle as well!
Thanks for checking out my videos, I really appreciate it man 🙂
Started welding 55+ years ago, still enjoy it.
(That's fabricating, not getting in a 24' diameter or larger tank or vessel and welding all day.)
Those are some good useful tips.
I always enjoy watching your videos.
You are skilled, take pride in your work and good at figuring out how to work through problems when they come up. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for this useful info. I enjoy your informative style and positivity. I will go through your TIG info as I have just got an ac/dc TIG as I want to weld aluminum. I am retired so have the time to take it slowly to learn. MiG welding seemed such a pleasurable change from Arc welding and didn’t take long to get much better welds. The arc was always touch and go. I think because I was at the end of a power grid line so had inconsistent voltage with lots of drops. Keep up your great vids.
Been watching for a few years now and I've always loved your videos. I always take away something to apply in my garage!
Thanks for watching my videos 👍 I really appreciate it 🙂
Great video Mike. Thanks for putting it together
Thank you Tom! 🙂👍
Thanks mike, just getting into fabricating and this was a great video and motivating. Appreciate it man!
Love it Mike!
Mike, I subscribed to your channel for several reasons. You give honest & excellent information in a very calm manner. I have picked up quite a bit from your reviews and tip videos. I like the fact that you are doing these videos with tools and equipment that most of us can afford, in a shop like we would have ourselves. Thanks for what you do!
Right on! I really appreciate your comment man 👍 I like to keep it real and practical in my videos.
Working with affordable tools on a budget. I’m glad you enjoy my channel 🙂
Awesome stuff Mike! I love these videos, they are soooo helpful!!!
Mike, this is another great video that really helps noobs like me. Thanks for taking the time to pass on your tips. They really help!
Great video Mike, you’re a good man 👍🏻
Very good info!👍👍👍
Always enjoy your content and laid back style.
Really appreciate that Frank
Great video
Great tips Mike! I enjoy all your videos! Always good content and keep those vids coming.
Right on Al!!
Top tips mike I've been fabricating for years now and I would agree 100% what you have said mainly your last point don't be scared just do it
Appreciate it Daniel 👍
Great tips Mike, you have definitely encouraged me to do more fab work. To date I have built two really cool custom scramblers and am working on the 3rd. My next big shop purchase may be an AC/DC Tig machine and appreciate your recent Tig contents. Keep up the great content 🙂
Love hearing things like this Aaron! Right on and thanks for watching 👍
Love the information. Like you said most videos don't show all you need to know. Thanks
As so many have said, great content and instructional videos. U continue to encourage and inspire us. Love the teaching and your builds especially. Keep up the great work sir.
Great tips - thank you.
I was a welder's helper on the pipeline for 6 months with my cousin, he showed me quite a bit. I've always been intrested in welding. Bought a welder yesterday. I'm hooked, your information is awesome, thank you so much.
Awesome thanks for watching
Lot of good tips man thank you
Right on! 😊
Great video Mike i thank tip 8 might just be the most important!
Mike great video like good information and all those tips specially if there’s something you know and are able to teach it to encourage not discourage thank you
Love your videos They are very helpful to the point and I enjoy watching them. Thank you!👍🏾
Great info, thanks for putting this together @Mike!!!
Thanks for always checking out my videos Tom! I really appreciate it man 🙂👍
@@Mikefestiva some of the best content on the Ole YT! Always happy to support!
I am brand new to welding and stink at it, but I am learning and enjoying trying something new, despite my hideous welds. Your videos have helped me diagnose my mistakes and try again. Thanks for the tips! In a future video can you demonstrate what to look for when adjusting the power settings? How to tell if it is too hot or cold?
Iam so happy with your welding classes, thanks Mike! ;-)
Great advice Mike, love the video.
Thanks Jesse! 👍
Have a good weekend 🙂
@@Mikefestiva Same to you Mike
Good info Mike, especially on the different machines!
Thank you
That's some great information 👍, thanks for the tips Mike.
Thanks for watching Jerry!
Thanks Mike, another excellent welding video.
Cool . Thank you
Love your content thanks for sharing
Thanks for the tips and encouragement, you really are an inspiration to the community. Great video man, thanks for the upload..:)
Thanks for watching my videos 👍 I definitely appreciate it 🙂
Appreciate you mike, and your effort with these videos I'm a big fan and proud subscriber
Thanks man! I appreciate it 😊👍 I thought more of my subscribers would have watched this video, there’s a lot of good info but this video never got many views?
Very useful again Mike...im not a very experienced fabricator so these tips are a great help. I recognise quite a few area I can do better.
Right on I’m they could help 👍
Another awesome video!
good words Mike great video always great to watch and learn.
Thanks Chris
Another great video. Thanks.
Thanks for checking out my new video Richard 🙂👍
I like the Tips, good job.
Thanks James!!
thanks for the info. cheers
Great tips for us beginners Mike. I would also appreciate a video on your tips on saws and especially metal cutting blades. I look at 12 and 14 inch metal blades for my saws and fear spending $75 to $100+ for something that won’t do the job or won’t last long for the money. Thanx again.
That Bestarc plasma cutter is one of my coolest tools thanks to Mike. They work great and there cheap.
I’m glad you have been happy with it 👍 I use mine all the time, it’s a good plasma 🙂
NICE SHARING
No wonder you are so good at what you do. Millwright are sharp people and very skilled .👍
Thanks Ken!!
Hi ..Mike.. thank you for all your tips..keep posting videos..🤟🤟🤟🤟
Well done 👍 big guy
Excellent as always.
Thanks Mel 🙂👍
How have you been lately?
Any interesting or fun projects you have been working on?
@@Mikefestiva nothing like the large ones you manage. I can lift (or almost lift) mine. But interesting and fun, yes. I turned one of my frill presses into a three phase VFD, and I’m going to do that to my mill shortly. I also built a tilting mobile “rack” for my various metal bars, rods and what have you. Also I took my Miller spot welder and did what Miller should have done to it and the stand. I’ve been modifying my 14” lathe. You know, the usual things we do to our equipment.Some other smaller things.
Great video, Mike...invaluable tips. I'm new to welding and my first 'project' is to build a rear bumper for my 4WD Suburban with a swing-arm tire mount. I'm almost finished with the bumper portion, and sometimes I wonder if I've bitten off more than I can chew. When that happens, I step away and take a day off. So far, so good. But the mill scale is a real PITA.
Thank you and yes sometimes you have to walk away for a day and come back fresh the next to tackle the job 👍
Great saying… the world needs to live by that saying a little more.
once again a very well done video, I am a 69 year old beginner and your videos have given me the confidence that I can do this thanks again
love hearing things like this Don! Thank you
Excellent summary …… always trying to improve ….. make it count 👍👍😎👍👍
Thanks Joel for all the support on my channel! Subscribers like you are what keeps me making videos 🙂👍
So Close to 200K Subscribers y'all!
Beleive me, this Channel is worth your Time Investment if you have the Intrest to do ANY Fabrication!!!
Mike is "One Smart Dude". 👍
Thank you I really appreciate that
@@Mikefestiva Hey, you deserve this "Shout-Out" Bro!
Thanks for you videos!👍✌️👌😁
Great video and I think these are the most important tips. The only other two I can think of are: (in spite of Tip 5) always buy a bit more metal than you need for the project. Allows for miscalculations, mistakes, changes of plan, and you can always use the leftovers for something else. And the other one, most relevant for TIG, is drill vent holes so the hot gas has somewhere to escape other than back through the weld into your tungsten!
Those are great thanks Ben
Garth P
Hey Mike, I was wondering when you were going to make the video about the Yes Welder, Tig 250P. I picked one up about a year ago and was looking forward to your excellent, simple explanations about how to get started with this machine. Your a great teacher and keep up the great work.
Thanks Mike 👍NE Ohio
THANK YOU SIR :) THIS IS AWESOME MIKE!! :)
All great advice brother, do you have any a little more advanced videos on fabrication and welding ?
I don't do fab very much but when I do I absolutely LOVE it, if I wasn't a journeyman mechanic I'd be in metal fabrication IN A HEARTBEAT.
Keep up the great work brother, 👍👍
Yes I have a lot of videos covering Fab work, actually most of my dig build series cover a lot of tips of welding and Fab. Check out my articulating dump truck project and my mini pinzgauer series 😊👍
Measure twice cut once is a universal tip for any fabricobbler!
What's with all this preparation, planning,and thinking ahead?🤣 All good stuff Mike. One of the commercials reminded me I need to pick up some Zyrtec today 👍. This is Alabama, and allergy season ain't no joke down here!
well hello you awesome human being!
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Loved this video, I’ll be back for more in due time! 👍🏽 thank you much for creating content for us and teaching us. While I’m here, could you refer me to which welder you’d choose for AC tig functions? I’m looking to getting into welding aluminum and do not feel like using a mig spool gun for it. Thanks!
Hi Mike! Really good tips! I'm currently collecting parts for a millsaw. Your videos are wonderful. Will there be any more film on your millsaw? It would have been super fun with a saw video, missing these videos. Have a good time from Sweden.
Question with the Vulcan OmniPro 220 you used to have. Did you use 6/2 or 6/3 wire for the breaker / outlet? I can find what to use, and haven’t heard back from Vulcan!
Love all the videos on the welders, Looking to get the Vulcan Omni 220 but does it run 6010 smooth?
I always mess up every couple months and mark my cuts 1" shorter than I needed lol, reminds me to pay attention a little more again.
Do you have a video on vertical welding?
Awesome video and new subscriber here.
I’m setting up my own shop and interested in what tools you’d recommend a man pick up to be able to fabricate the types of things that you fabricating. We’re out on our farm and have heavy equipment, and a proclivity to build stuff ourselves. I have 3-D skills from my experience in architecture design and Have CNC’d parts before. Seriously considering one of the crossfire tables.
Could you just go through a shop tour and run through all of the gear and tools that you have as well as how you laid out the floor plan to be a functional working shop? 🍻
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I wish I could double subscribe, I always enjoy your videos
Thanks Chad! I really appreciate it man 🙂👍
hi mike The topic you brought up was very good and useful, thank you for that. I have several to ask you, but I will not burden you, I will ask you in every video of yours. Regarding a Tig welding machine, as we have a Tig welding machine in my city, the agent is there, but we do not have the same equipment as yours. We have tig and mig welding machine from edon company. But I would have liked to get a welding machine from Prime or Yeswelder or Protools. But the agent for these devices and maintenance is not available in my country. What do you advise me after you try many machines, and which one do you think is the best and has a longer life span. Thank you
I want to see u make a thumb for the mini ex.