A little tip for welding around threads when you have a torch available, just turn your torch on using only acetylene on low and and hit the thread with the black smoke, the carbon prevents weld spatter from sticking.
This project was a good example of a good plan and working the plan. Liked the air testing sure beats filling with fuel and finding a spot weeping fuel.
I was an industrial welder for John Deere Hitachi building excavator booms we always started our welds in an uncomfortable position so you could end in a comfortable position when your getting tired
First time I used a cutting torch in welding school, my instructor started yelling “Country, your on fire boy” and I was thinking “hell yeah I’m doing good” but nope my damn jacket was starting to flame up 😂
Great job Sir. This job brought back some real old memories! From fabricating 220 bbl oil storage tanks in high school OJT to welding similar tanks like your building to hold hydraulic oil for accumulators to operate BOP’s for the oil field. If my memory serves me right we’d use 5 psi to pressure test. Thanks for sharing this. Oh, man that circle burner looks great along with a clean tip made for great fit on those collars
Ever since watching your first video talking about the standards you hold yourself to and quality of work-striving to make better welds each time, I try to get better and make each weld the best that I can. Thanks!
My dad was a welder for 60 plus years. He always told me make every weld as nice as you can. Always striving for better with each weld. Reguardless of what is being welded from small to gigantic.
When I worked as a tank welder,we always tested our tanks & vessels with air & soapy water; or " hydrostatic ". So we had to have our steel as clean as possible, our company also did sandblasting & painting/ coatings , so we always had an industrial air compressor in the yard.When I was learning tank welding, collars & couplings had female threads & nipples & swedges have male threads.and back then the mig welder had just been invented & so we didn't have one,most of our tanks & vessels were stick welded with 6011& 7018 rods.
Great job Austin, all welded and pressure tested and it is ready to be cleaned and painted. Thanks for sharing with us, we enjoy your great videos and all the projects you share with us . Keep em coming. Fred.
when I'm doing full round mig welds I'll tuck the gun conduit between my legs or pinch it up against the bench with my thigh-that frees up the two or three feet of conduit so it's not dragging on the edge of my workpiece.Also I do a dry run before sparking up
Nice work, Austin. I'm glad you checked on the test pressure. I know from experience that it doesn't take a lot to blow up a tank. Apparently, 15 PSI will do the trick.
Yes sir. You canculate the lxwxh and get the total area. You want to add 5 psi and recalculate. You will find how much actual pressure is in the tank. You will be surprised how much.
Used to make hydraulic and fuel tanks using very similar methods, I would use a clamshell type of bend where only 3 sides on each side needed welding. The flat bar on top is a nice feature.
Pretty cool. I build big tanks for standby gen-sets. We're talkin from 200 gallons up to 8000 gallons for CAT, Cummins, Generac, and a few others. Mostly duel wall tanks and a few single walls. EDIT also, Austin, if you build another tank of some sort, I'd be glad to talk with you and share info.
One to the things that goes in my pocket everyday along with a pocket knife if a torch tip cleaner. Clean tips, they make a difference! I Always try to do a little better every day, great advice👍
I actually screen recorded you saying "creating a habit of patience and taking time/money out of the equation and focusing on the standards you set for yourself" and will put it in a folder of other things like that for when i get disheartened or wanting to hurry 😎
Most of my career I have done fixture welding and you were just talking about where your Mig lead Falls how I have mitigated problem when it's a problem is I will put the whip over my shoulder so that it's straight in line with what I'm doing and this also keeps it from being kinked because you know right where it's at it doesn't work for everything but when you're in a tight space it has always worked good for me
Nice job. I like your videos. I'm sure you know thus already, when welding in couplers, screw a plug in there. That will keep the splatter out and keep them from getting hot and egg shaped..
I like the way you do things I myself wants my welds to be done b perfectly and to also look the part too sometimes it doesn't always go as planned but only the best is good enough
Looks like custom is the better then a commercial things, by the way look for some one to make a front end loader bucket for a compact tractor; having trouble to find a fitting for
For me with mig, I have to wear ear protection. The sound drives me nuts. I can hear it just enough to tell if I’m having a problem with the surface of the material otherwise than that, don’t need to have it blasting in my ear.
I like the torch circle cutting jig, although I am curious why you go with a torch instead of a plasma cutter. Consumables for plasma cutters are so much more less expensive than gas.
Awesome job but for federal reasons you built a water tank unless you get it certifield federally for legal liability reasons or in worse case legal actions. just fyi and helping you out Austin! Keep up the good work!!!!
ARoss, why not do fuel tanks in aluminum? Seems less likely to rust/corrode out from the inside? Lighter by far to handle the same volume and pressure(s) and much quicker to fab- even if the bend radii need a little more attention to avoid stress cracking.
Nice job, not sure what the limit is, but anything high pressure always test with water, never air.. If goes tits up with air your gonna know about it. With high pressure water failure it's much safer.. Low pressure as you done sure be ok.. 😊
Question wouldn't a tig weld be more in the class of a prettier weld as you said for the top, with no sanding or grinding. Just asking not meant as negative feed.
Austin, what pressures are you running on your oxygen and acetylene? What size tip did you have in your torch? My cuts don't come out near as clean as yours running a size 00 tip (for stuff 1/4" or less) and my acetylene set at 4-5 psi and oxygen around 35-40psi.
I have learned you either spend the time on the front half or the back half? In other words you either spend the time on prep or you spend the time cleaning it up.
3/16" plate for a fuel tank ? a little heavy ? The thickest I made was a 40 imp.gallon tank was 10 gauge . with 2 baffles it was over 200 lbs . a sheet of 10gauge 4X8 sheet is about 200 lbs . I stick welded it back stepping the weld (weld towards your last weld ). The baffles stitched welded
the pipe that the pump attaches to to pull fuel from the bottom of the tank sometimes falls off as the fuel slowly burns the tape off the threads... loose then falls off, oil and gas resistant Permatex works better. ?stoichiometric flash point pressure of vapor in tank? weird how fuel burning in a tank lets out a lot of air then seems like it quit only to then continue burning letting out more burnt air, like its breathing stops and starts... but i guess 3/16 7018 on 1/8 wall tanks is confusing, very large surface aria coverage just pulling it away like spray arc on a mig. different surface finish. bigger rods make sealing easier
Yeah hydro for sure, but this is more of a leak test. No way in hell I would be using a ball valve, at least have a leak test gauge with a schrader valve and a safety blow off. But I like all my arms and legs.
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A little tip for welding around threads when you have a torch available, just turn your torch on using only acetylene on low and and hit the thread with the black smoke, the carbon prevents weld spatter from sticking.
Just a screw a nipple in the threads
This project was a good example of a good plan and working the plan. Liked the air testing sure beats filling with fuel and finding a spot weeping fuel.
I was an industrial welder for John Deere Hitachi building excavator booms we always started our welds in an uncomfortable position so you could end in a comfortable position when your getting tired
Been on RUclips for the last 45 minutes waiting for this weeks video. Always my favorite part about Fridays
That was a slick cut on those holes I gotta get me that fot my torch. It will make it way nicer.
Thanks
Mmm hmmm. U said that right at 5.40 I impressed myself. Making sure tip cleaned b4 cuts will help for sure
First time I used a cutting torch in welding school, my instructor started yelling “Country, your on fire boy” and I was thinking “hell yeah I’m doing good” but nope my damn jacket was starting to flame up 😂
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Great job Sir. This job brought back some real old memories! From fabricating 220 bbl oil storage tanks in high school OJT to welding similar tanks like your building to hold hydraulic oil for accumulators to operate BOP’s for the oil field. If my memory serves me right we’d use 5 psi to pressure test. Thanks for sharing this. Oh, man that circle burner looks great along with a clean tip made for great fit on those collars
👏👏 great work and great lessons. Be better than I was yesterday is what I strive for.
Thank you.
Ever since watching your first video talking about the standards you hold yourself to and quality of work-striving to make better welds each time, I try to get better and make each weld the best that I can. Thanks!
My dad was a welder for 60 plus years. He always told me make every weld as nice as you can. Always striving for better with each weld. Reguardless of what is being welded from small to gigantic.
Been wanting to make one of these. Awesome fab skills. Thanks for sharing the insight.
When I worked as a tank welder,we always tested our tanks & vessels with air & soapy water; or " hydrostatic ". So we had to have our steel as clean as possible, our company also did sandblasting & painting/ coatings , so we always had an industrial air compressor in the yard.When I was learning tank welding, collars & couplings had female threads & nipples & swedges have male threads.and back then the mig welder had just been invented & so we didn't have one,most of our tanks & vessels were stick welded with 6011& 7018 rods.
I see you are a man of culture, not many welders rock a stabila level.
Great job Austin, all welded and pressure tested and it is ready to be cleaned and painted. Thanks for sharing with us, we enjoy your great videos and all the projects you share with us . Keep em coming. Fred.
I was getting frustrated for you just watching those air bubbles at the end. Nice work , preparation is key👌
when I'm doing full round mig welds I'll tuck the gun conduit between my legs or pinch it up against the bench with my thigh-that frees up the two or three feet of conduit so it's not dragging on the edge of my workpiece.Also I do a dry run before sparking up
those downhill joints like that are some of my favorites to weld
Nice work, Austin. I'm glad you checked on the test pressure. I know from experience that it doesn't take a lot to blow up a tank. Apparently, 15 PSI will do the trick.
Yes sir. You canculate the lxwxh and get the total area. You want to add 5 psi and recalculate. You will find how much actual pressure is in the tank. You will be surprised how much.
Used to make hydraulic and fuel tanks using very similar methods, I would use a clamshell type of bend where only 3 sides on each side needed welding. The flat bar on top is a nice feature.
Pretty cool. I build big tanks for standby gen-sets. We're talkin from 200 gallons up to 8000 gallons for CAT, Cummins, Generac, and a few others. Mostly duel wall tanks and a few single walls. EDIT also, Austin, if you build another tank of some sort, I'd be glad to talk with you and share info.
That thing turned out pretty. Nice work.
Thanks 👍
One to the things that goes in my pocket everyday along with a pocket knife if a torch tip cleaner. Clean tips, they make a difference! I Always try to do a little better every day, great advice👍
I actually screen recorded you saying "creating a habit of patience and taking time/money out of the equation and focusing on the standards you set for yourself" and will put it in a folder of other things like that for when i get disheartened or wanting to hurry 😎
Austin, thanks so much for your videos. this one was really good. Im grateful you are in this universe.
My pleasure
the cut at 28:24 is golden. Not sure why but the timing just hit perfect for me. Rest of the video OK as well ;)
Most of my career I have done fixture welding and you were just talking about where your Mig lead Falls how I have mitigated problem when it's a problem is I will put the whip over my shoulder so that it's straight in line with what I'm doing and this also keeps it from being kinked because you know right where it's at it doesn't work for everything but when you're in a tight space it has always worked good for me
Nice job. I like your videos. I'm sure you know thus already, when welding in couplers, screw a plug in there. That will keep the splatter out and keep them from getting hot and egg shaped..
Good point
Love the videos Austin, keeps me motivated
Who makes that hard rock cylinder for the grinder?
Just remember Krusty Enterprises. "It's not just good. It's good enough!" LOL. (The difference between a welding job and repeat clients.)
I wish I could post pictures of the ones I built on here. Nice work!
Neat Austin no spatter smooth welds
I like the way you do things I myself wants my welds to be done b perfectly and to also look the part too sometimes it doesn't always go as planned but only the best is good enough
Very nice project and lots of helpful info - thanks
Looks like custom is the better then a commercial things, by the way look for some one to make a front end loader bucket for a compact tractor; having trouble to find a fitting for
Absolutely beautiful, makes farm store tanks look like amateur hour junk.
For me with mig, I have to wear ear protection. The sound drives me nuts. I can hear it just enough to tell if I’m having a problem with the surface of the material otherwise than that, don’t need to have it blasting in my ear.
all we gotta do is try to be better than we was yesterday
Good job. Fun project.
I like the torch circle cutting jig, although I am curious why you go with a torch instead of a plasma cutter. Consumables for plasma cutters are so much more less expensive than gas.
Austin great job what was the divider for inside the tank I believe it was called a baffle
Awesome job but for federal reasons you built a water tank unless you get it certifield federally for legal liability reasons or in worse case legal actions. just fyi and helping you out Austin! Keep up the good work!!!!
ARoss, why not do fuel tanks in aluminum? Seems less likely to rust/corrode out from the inside? Lighter by far to handle the same volume and pressure(s) and much quicker to fab- even if the bend radii need a little more attention to avoid stress cracking.
Nice job, not sure what the limit is, but anything high pressure always test with water, never air.. If goes tits up with air your gonna know about it. With high pressure water failure it's much safer.. Low pressure as you done sure be ok.. 😊
Question wouldn't a tig weld be more in the class of a prettier weld as you said for the top, with no sanding or grinding.
Just asking not meant as negative feed.
Depends on how experienced the individual is with tig… my tig ain’t that pretty lol so I went with mig
Extraordinary
What wire and sheet metal did you use for welding your fuel tank. Thank you.🤠🚜
I surely hope, you had at least 1 coffee break. 😀
good job... 8-) more soap. do both rectorseal #5 and teflon tape.
Austin, what pressures are you running on your oxygen and acetylene? What size tip did you have in your torch? My cuts don't come out near as clean as yours running a size 00 tip (for stuff 1/4" or less) and my acetylene set at 4-5 psi and oxygen around 35-40psi.
I think this is the first time I’ve seen a video where you weren’t using stick.
1 inch either side of the weld brother.
I have learned you either spend the time on the front half or the back half? In other words you either spend the time on prep or you spend the time cleaning it up.
When are you gonna get some welding shirts in I need to pick up 2?? Everytime I check there sold out.
Be careful using air to leak test, because it's compressed it could explode.
3/16" plate for a fuel tank ? a little heavy ? The thickest I made was a 40 imp.gallon tank was 10 gauge . with 2 baffles it was over 200 lbs . a sheet of 10gauge 4X8 sheet is about 200 lbs . I stick welded it back stepping the weld (weld towards your last weld ). The baffles stitched welded
Why not smoke the threads?
the pipe that the pump attaches to to pull fuel from the bottom of the tank sometimes falls off as the fuel slowly burns the tape off the threads... loose then falls off, oil and gas resistant Permatex works better. ?stoichiometric flash point pressure of vapor in tank? weird how fuel burning in a tank lets out a lot of air then seems like it quit only to then continue burning letting out more burnt air, like its breathing stops and starts... but i guess 3/16 7018 on 1/8 wall tanks is confusing, very large surface aria coverage just pulling it away like spray arc on a mig. different surface finish. bigger rods make sealing easier
What would be the price range for a gmt400 fuel tank that’s larger . Got a crew cab long bed drw 4wd that has a 6.5 turbo diesel
This is a great video, I want to ask you what shade of lens do you use?
Always have been unsure of building a fuel cell and being DOT certified for road transit...
You pulse welding or do you just use a pulse nozzle tip?
I’m not saying 3 lbs is really dangerous, but i personally wouldn’t air test anything square lol. Makes me nervous. I hydro whenever possible
Always safer and insurance..
Yeah hydro for sure, but this is more of a leak test. No way in hell I would be using a ball valve, at least have a leak test gauge with a schrader valve and a safety blow off. But I like all my arms and legs.
My goal is, the pieces dont fall apart the first time weight is applied.
Where do you buy those fittings to weld in?
It don't look like coffee looks like tea you can see through it lol. .
It sounds like you had r2-d2 help you out during the timelapse
What welding glass using for you welding hat
Fuel cel needs a vent
“ I just impressed myself “ 😂😂😂
Did you mean to not weld the baffle to both sides of the tank?
I did weld it to both the footage just did not make the cut.
you,re not close till you can tap it in,it.ll hold itself
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there is no such thing as 2 3/8" pipe..