That is a very Professional and appropriate way of dealing with negative people and or comments or remarks. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject. Have a great evening. 👍🇺🇸👍💯
Another EXCELLENT video, Mike! Totally enjoy and learn from your videos! You the man! By the way, a wise gentle man once told me in my 20's, "Water seeks it's level, so surround yourself with people at the level you want to be at. Successful people will pull you up to their level, you can't pull them down."
I can not imagine any body making any negative comments on your channel , the work you do, the way you explain things are simply PERFECT ! You are well organize your shop is very clean and you are very professional on all aspects of metal shaping .
Great insight. 👍👍😊👍👍. Thanks for raising us all up. I agree completely removing the negativity, especially the trolls 😂 (and by deleting them you’re giving them one less person they can try and tear down…. And maybe they will change).
I rarely read the comments or leave any comment. I have big respect for your skills. The first video of yours that I seen was when you made a one piece inner fender. I couldn’t believe it could be done. You explained the process very intelligently. Ever since then, you have my big support. The world needs more skilled craftsman such as yourself. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you.
Spot on Mike. It is an easy trap to allow yourself to get emotionally involved. Never argue with an idiot - they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. Your thinking fans are watching how you respond - treat it as an opportunity to come off as the better person - the professional adult in the room.
Hi Mike, for me your channel is one of the most informative on You Tube, I really like your mix of business and technical advice, along with your presentation style as it’s warm and welcoming. Thanks for taking the time you invest in these videos. Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year 2025.
Your work and knowledge is of such a high calibre that sharing it with everyone is an astonishing act of generosity. This will never be lost on the majority of people who genuinely wish to learn and develop their skills and ultimately grow as people with something positive to contribute. Keep up the fabulous work because it's always appreciated and valued.
Agree 100% the friend and business crossover is difficult for people who haven't been in business for themselves. Came to the channel when the trailer broke the Internet! Hope my channel gets as much support as your one!
From across the pond what's nice is the fact that although you are in business you find the time to do these videos and try your best to educate us in one of the many ways you work with metal I am sure it is appreciated thank you wish you a happy 2025.
What a great video, and advice, Mike. There are so many lousy people who are just out for an argument, it’s really great to hear how you deal with them. Love your work and videos 😃👍🇦🇺🦘
Really good advice. The trolls, the guys and gals with nothing good to say or contribute in a positive way don't add value. the personal "joking" comment is especially relevant. In the end the work always talks for itself. Allowing any one negative and dragging you down in life or socials are a waste of everyone's time. An old tradesman told me over 2 years ago, always provide opinions and advice, but if the person want to argue then that's a different type of discussion that shod take place in the car park. Great advice.
I'm in the arena with you my friend , critics are adrenalin junkies and can get that rush even with no response - leaving a hurtful comment , they've Won in there minds "sick puppies"
In my experience with them, since they only want to get noticed and get a reaction, I respond a few ways. If it's entirely obscene I block them from the channel. If it's just childish desperation to get noticed I reply with "Thanks for watching." The last is someone with no social skills who needs prompting. Like, Do you mean _____? Good video!
Merry Christmas Mike hope you and your family had a nice time . Sadly in this world now matter what we do there will always be trolls . Personally I think the way you explained your skill to normal real people is great . I think I've said before I've learnt so much from you so thank you for that .Cheers Mike .
Great video, well said. Trolls and negative people are just jealous of your skills and success. Most have never created anything but stupid comments. Ignore and Move on. Thanks for all your great content.
Trolls have multiplied a lot on every platform. I couldn’t imagine how annoying and distracting it could with your online presence. It bugs me when I see people like you sharing knowledge for a future generation and the trolls start taking over the comment sections. Thanks for putting all of your skills out here for the community.
Good advice. As a commenter it always amazes me how quickly people jump to conclusions and want to start an argument. Usually comes from a misunderstanding but some people just like to mess with other people. I like the channel, I don’t form metal the same way you do for a lot of reasons but I also built my business for rust repair speed living in the rust belt on the frozen tundra. We only have time for one high end build a year, then five or six quick ones, finishing metal work at your normal speed and quality level is way better finished than my place does in forming a fairly decent panel in a half hour and welding it in. So I would already know, even a tip or different technique comment would immediately be attacked, so I don’t comment. On the other end of the industry we have channels fixing floors with road signs and license plates or making panels with hammers only. You would wish they would at least try to learn metal forming but many of the cars they work on are so far rusted and the car is of such low retail value, who cares. They are not set up to work metal, they don’t have decent equipment for it nor do they have the skills and knowledge to do it well if they did. It just makes a metalsmith cringe a little watching them butcher something but that is how they do it. You can still learn things and pick up tips to save money on budget builds. Nothing wrong with it, aside from structural integrity issues in many cases and you realize it is simply very low quality repair work. I just wouldn’t do it that way nor would I want something leaving my shop built that way but they do it that way. The argumentative people are not always very old, they have not built hundreds of cars and if they did, they wouldn’t be slamming other peoples work and would have a clue on what you creators were trying to get across. Just not worth the aggravation commenting in more cases than not, the nasty commenters can’t be sent back to fourth grade and taught manners.
Great tips man. I dont know why we as adults cant be supportive of one another. Love your channel and what your doing. Pop tarts in their underwear! 😂 That was great.
Great way to handle it buddy , them who are haters are not interested in the channel or content anyway prob don't even like cars . Keep up the good work mate , and a Happy new year to you from Thailand 😎🤘🤘
This is good insight. And if you post content you have to have a plan about negative people and comments. When the kooks leave weird comments, I just leave them there unanswered so everybody else can see what they did. 😂
The problem with social media platforms is that they give a voice to foolish people who are not yet able to write a sentence without mistakes. This is one of the reasons why I don't have a Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok account. I'm 57 years old, there was no internet for most of my life, and yet I've been happy all this time. I don't want to brag about myself, but in this world there are far more people who are more foolish than I am than there are people who are smarter. Unfortunately, we can't ban the foolish people from the internet... So no social media for me...
I have enjoyed your videos have learned alot even though i have worked metal many years mostly on aircraft. Thanks for all your har 8:16 d work. I do have some tool envy, you own some nice equipment and i really like your station wagon..keep upbthe good work
Awesome advice. Could you do another video like this on how to deal with work related burnout in the car industry. I find it hard myself to want to work on my personal projects after a full day of doing body work for a living.
The trolls are like a 7 headed serpent, you cut one off and 2 more grow back. It's a never ending battle that can't be won, so don't let it consume any more of your precious time. I usually thank them for the comment and helping me out with the algorithm or just scroll on. I think most don't expect you to see or reply to it. Just remember, you can't fix stupid! lol
Good Advice, If i get a negative comment on my page i just thank them for watching and end it there. not worth the effort to get into an argument with people i don't even know
I couldn't be more on your side with this. I do not take any time with those trols/better knowers. I'm to old to try and save some conversations. Get negativity out of your life.
It is jealously most of the time, I get it on a forum from time to time when I show something I have made. Multi skilled people in your trade are at the top of the tree and make it look easy, what you have to work out is how much time you spend on nursing an enquiry! Like the 5 second rule dropping a bit of toast on the floor lol Good engineer's don't make the best business people as we are more into making the product than dealing with a poor enquiry. Not sure if this helps but I over the years stopped doing the Garden gate welding type jobs as there would never be meat in those jobs. When people would say "can you fix the latch thing" I would just say No Sorry. Great Channel
I get some of those people on my videos. I had to block some people that totally blasted me and called me names for putting a 100cc Yamaha motor on a toddler trike. No toddler on it, but man some people got so mad over it. It don't get that, you do a cool job, engineer some stuff and it goes right over people's head.
Honestly, you know you've made it on a social platform when you start to get haters. I've been posting on IG for a decade with 400+ posts and I've never had 1 bad comment. I'd welcome some hate. Interaction helps the algorithm. Replying to a bunch of complements usually ends with my "thank you" reply. A hater will continue to engage and if you have an established "fan base." Your fans will do the "heavy lifting" in calling out those people. If I had haters, I'd let the comments run themselves at least 6 hours or so before I'd reply. Let the followers do the talking. It's engagement and it's not YOU personally doing it.
Any chance you could shed light on what fabricators can be paid at car building shops? I’m sure it’s all over the place but maybe mention the pay you have seen out there.
I am going to add one thing to that, the person on the page should not to be to thin skinned. I am not going to mention who but one of the guys I have followed for a long time that you can not ask a single question without being jumped on unless you are parsing him as the god of metal shaping. Not saying someone has to be a punching bag but in some cases the reply is just down right ignorant or insulting ( not that I have seen you do that). You get 20 plumbers in to fix the same issue, one after another and they will all say the guy before didn't know what they were doing. This is a philosophy to live by in my opinion. Peace.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't see this as trollable content. There has to be something bad about it to attract really negative responses. Most of us here have quite a few shaping tools and experience so I'm just enjoying watching machinery I can't afford. If someone wants to laugh at a shovelful of filler in a panel, that can definitely be found on RUclips, just not here. So, whatever I guess. 🤨
@@cornfieldcustoms Thanks for addressing this as I’ve assumed it must be draining. I liken your channel to displaying a build at a local car show every day of the week except you’re even detailing exactly what your processes are. There are always those people who just want to walk around trashing everyone’s build saying they would do it different or better. Often it is someone who just did the best they could (how about just compliment something you do like about their work 🤔) and most often the critic really does not have the skill to do any better. Anyways much respect to you for sharing your skills for free - thanks👍 I would be happy to attend one of your classes in the future.
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That is a very Professional and appropriate way of dealing with negative people and or comments or remarks.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject.
Have a great evening. 👍🇺🇸👍💯
I’m 82, I love to learn, I’ve been into engine and car/truck building and i don’t know it all. Great videos.
The rare actual trolls usually get a "well thanks for watching "
Another EXCELLENT video, Mike! Totally enjoy and learn from your videos! You the man! By the way, a wise gentle man once told me in my 20's, "Water seeks it's level, so surround yourself with people at the level you want to be at. Successful people will pull you up to their level, you can't pull them down."
I can not imagine any body making any negative comments on your channel , the work you do, the way you explain things are simply PERFECT ! You are well organize your shop is very clean and you are very professional on all aspects of metal shaping .
Great advice. Right on point. Thanks
Glad to hear it was helpful!
Great insight. 👍👍😊👍👍. Thanks for raising us all up. I agree completely removing the negativity, especially the trolls 😂 (and by deleting them you’re giving them one less person they can try and tear down…. And maybe they will change).
Awesome points and advice! The T.R. quote is spot on; hanging in my office right now. He was an inspirational person, proud my son is his namesake
I rarely read the comments or leave any comment. I have big respect for your skills. The first video of yours that I seen was when you made a one piece inner fender. I couldn’t believe it could be done. You explained the process very intelligently. Ever since then, you have my big support. The world needs more skilled craftsman such as yourself.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you.
Thanks!
Great advice and video. I appreciate all I've learned from you. Your work is epic quality. Thank you.
Spot on Mike. It is an easy trap to allow yourself to get emotionally involved. Never argue with an idiot - they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. Your thinking fans are watching how you respond - treat it as an opportunity to come off as the better person - the professional adult in the room.
Great advice.
I learned long ago to only surround myself with positive people when possible.
Hi Mike, for me your channel is one of the most informative on You Tube, I really like your mix of business and technical advice, along with your presentation style as it’s warm and welcoming.
Thanks for taking the time you invest in these videos.
Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year 2025.
I appreciate that!
Your work and knowledge is of such a high calibre that sharing it with everyone is an astonishing act of generosity. This will never be lost on the majority of people who genuinely wish to learn and develop their skills and ultimately grow as people with something positive to contribute. Keep up the fabulous work because it's always appreciated and valued.
Agree 100% the friend and business crossover is difficult for people who haven't been in business for themselves.
Came to the channel when the trailer broke the Internet! Hope my channel gets as much support as your one!
nice love the real words of truth !! well done brother
I value your channel, and I promise I won't leave smart aleck remarks, I'll watch it so I can learn.
By looking at your shop. I could make people envious of you. This tell me you are a professional car builder. To learn learn from the best.❤❤
Well said and thank you for your great info and contribution to metal work and manufacturing 🙂👍
Short straight and to the point, nicely done. Remove any negativity and you will prosper.
From across the pond what's nice is the fact that although you are in business you find the time to do these videos and try your best to educate us in one of the many ways you work with metal I am sure it is appreciated thank you
wish you a happy 2025.
Thanks 👍
Enjoy your videos. Thanks for content.
Thanks, Mike. More videos, please. I love them and can't imagine a week without.
Great advice Mike. Thanks for taking the time to share it. Happy new year.
You’re welcome, and happy new year to you too!
What a great video, and advice, Mike. There are so many lousy people who are just out for an argument, it’s really great to hear how you deal with them. Love your work and videos 😃👍🇦🇺🦘
Appreciate that!
Thanks for the video Mike. Very good points!
100% agree, Mike. Life's way too short to put up with the jerks of the world.
Really good advice. The trolls, the guys and gals with nothing good to say or contribute in a positive way don't add value. the personal "joking" comment is especially relevant. In the end the work always talks for itself. Allowing any one negative and dragging you down in life or socials are a waste of everyone's time. An old tradesman told me over 2 years ago, always provide opinions and advice, but if the person want to argue then that's a different type of discussion that shod take place in the car park. Great advice.
Great advice. I try to thank them for the comment and move on. But sometimes I carry that around. Thank you for what you do.
I'm in the arena with you my friend , critics are adrenalin junkies and can get that rush even with no response - leaving a hurtful comment , they've Won in there minds "sick puppies"
Good advice, I have met a lot of jerks like this! Cornfield Customs does not deserve it. Superb workmanship! Karl sent me and now I am a sub!
Thanks for this
It really is important to build each other up
And always keep learning
In my experience with them, since they only want to get noticed and get a reaction, I respond a few ways. If it's entirely obscene I block them from the channel. If it's just childish desperation to get noticed I reply with "Thanks for watching." The last is someone with no social skills who needs prompting. Like, Do you mean _____?
Good video!
Well said Mike and thank you again for the louver roof insert for my 34 ford
Thank you for all u do
Merry Christmas Mike hope you and your family had a nice time .
Sadly in this world now matter what we do there will always be trolls .
Personally I think the way you explained your skill to normal real people is great . I think I've said before I've learnt so much from you so thank you for that .Cheers Mike .
Great video, well said. Trolls and negative people are just jealous of your skills and success. Most have never created anything but stupid comments. Ignore and Move on. Thanks for all your great content.
My hats off to you for sharing your hard earned knowledge, all while having to deal with the assholes of the world. Good on you!
THANK U FOR THE INFO
THANKS FOR WATCHING!
Trolls have multiplied a lot on every platform. I couldn’t imagine how annoying and distracting it could with your online presence.
It bugs me when I see people like you sharing knowledge for a future generation and the trolls start taking over the comment sections.
Thanks for putting all of your skills out here for the community.
Good advice. As a commenter it always amazes me how quickly people jump to conclusions and want to start an argument. Usually comes from a misunderstanding but some people just like to mess with other people. I like the channel, I don’t form metal the same way you do for a lot of reasons but I also built my business for rust repair speed living in the rust belt on the frozen tundra. We only have time for one high end build a year, then five or six quick ones, finishing metal work at your normal speed and quality level is way better finished than my place does in forming a fairly decent panel in a half hour and welding it in. So I would already know, even a tip or different technique comment would immediately be attacked, so I don’t comment. On the other end of the industry we have channels fixing floors with road signs and license plates or making panels with hammers only. You would wish they would at least try to learn metal forming but many of the cars they work on are so far rusted and the car is of such low retail value, who cares. They are not set up to work metal, they don’t have decent equipment for it nor do they have the skills and knowledge to do it well if they did. It just makes a metalsmith cringe a little watching them butcher something but that is how they do it. You can still learn things and pick up tips to save money on budget builds. Nothing wrong with it, aside from structural integrity issues in many cases and you realize it is simply very low quality repair work. I just wouldn’t do it that way nor would I want something leaving my shop built that way but they do it that way. The argumentative people are not always very old, they have not built hundreds of cars and if they did, they wouldn’t be slamming other peoples work and would have a clue on what you creators were trying to get across. Just not worth the aggravation commenting in more cases than not, the nasty commenters can’t be sent back to fourth grade and taught manners.
Thanks Great advice
Stay strong, keep doing you Sir. Trolls are small minded insecure people that bully others from the shadows.
Great tips man. I dont know why we as adults cant be supportive of one another. Love your channel and what your doing. Pop tarts in their underwear! 😂 That was great.
Good advice, thanks
Glad it was helpful
I appreciate that, in a "super macho" industry... there are certain folks like yourself who talk about positive mental health.
Don't waste your time with trolls. Your skills and techniques are second to none. Keep up the exceptional work and videos.
Appreciate that!
Well said Mike!! Awesome content as usual, keep it coming.
Great video , great advice
I love your work, iam learning along the way, thank mike. Just a very great channel
Awesome, thank you!
Well stated!!!!
Bravo well done
Good video and good message. Don't let the knuckleheads get you down
Great way to handle it buddy , them who are haters are not interested in the channel or content anyway prob don't even like cars .
Keep up the good work mate , and a Happy new year to you from Thailand 😎🤘🤘
Thanks Mike.
This is good insight. And if you post content you have to have a plan about negative people and comments.
When the kooks leave weird comments, I just leave them there unanswered so everybody else can see what they did. 😂
The problem with social media platforms is that they give a voice to foolish people who are not yet able to write a sentence without mistakes. This is one of the reasons why I don't have a Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok account. I'm 57 years old, there was no internet for most of my life, and yet I've been happy all this time. I don't want to brag about myself, but in this world there are far more people who are more foolish than I am than there are people who are smarter. Unfortunately, we can't ban the foolish people from the internet... So no social media for me...
Love your channel by the way! Very informative, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
Thanks for watching!
I have enjoyed your videos have learned alot even though i have worked metal many years mostly on aircraft. Thanks for all your har 8:16 d work. I do have some tool envy, you own some nice equipment and i really like your station wagon..keep upbthe good work
Thanks for watching!
Well said . 👍
Thanks for the info like the content
On point, thanks Mike.
Awesome advice. Could you do another video like this on how to deal with work related burnout in the car industry. I find it hard myself to want to work on my personal projects after a full day of doing body work for a living.
Good question! Come ask during the live stream 5pm est!
Awesome!!!!!!!
Well said and to the point..Fabit
The trolls are like a 7 headed serpent, you cut one off and 2 more grow back. It's a never ending battle that can't be won, so don't let it consume any more of your precious time. I usually thank them for the comment and helping me out with the algorithm or just scroll on. I think most don't expect you to see or reply to it. Just remember, you can't fix stupid! lol
oh and by the way I love watching your videos because you can never stop learning cant wait until the next
Learning is the only way to go!
Block fast, block often, one strike and you're out. I am totally ruthless with trolls and miserable idiots. This is my business platform. End Of!
Top video ! 👍
Pop tarts in their underwear 😂😂😂
Very well said 100 percent
Well gee thanks now I want Pop-Tarts.
Well said if you can’t say nuthin nice then don’t say anything at all
Great Video. Happy New Years 2025.
#STAYSAFE
#PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸
Well said
Good Advice, If i get a negative comment on my page i just thank them for watching and end it there. not worth the effort to get into an argument with people i don't even know
sometimes people just want to argue
I couldn't be more on your side with this. I do not take any time with those trols/better knowers. I'm to old to try and save some conversations. Get negativity out of your life.
It is jealously most of the time, I get it on a forum from time to time when I show something I have made.
Multi skilled people in your trade are at the top of the tree and make it look easy, what you have to work out is how much time you spend on nursing an enquiry! Like the 5 second rule dropping a bit of toast on the floor lol
Good engineer's don't make the best business people as we are more into making the product than dealing with a poor enquiry. Not sure if this helps but I over the years stopped doing the Garden gate welding type jobs as there would never be meat in those jobs. When people would say "can you fix the latch thing"
I would just say No Sorry.
Great Channel
Thanks
I get some of those people on my videos. I had to block some people that totally blasted me and called me names for putting a 100cc Yamaha motor on a toddler trike. No toddler on it, but man some people got so mad over it. It don't get that, you do a cool job, engineer some stuff and it goes right over people's head.
Sounds like a cool idea!
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YES YES YES TO ALL OF THIS.
Honestly, you know you've made it on a social platform when you start to get haters. I've been posting on IG for a decade with 400+ posts and I've never had 1 bad comment. I'd welcome some hate. Interaction helps the algorithm. Replying to a bunch of complements usually ends with my "thank you" reply. A hater will continue to engage and if you have an established "fan base." Your fans will do the "heavy lifting" in calling out those people. If I had haters, I'd let the comments run themselves at least 6 hours or so before I'd reply. Let the followers do the talking. It's engagement and it's not YOU personally doing it.
My friends and family will absolutely roast me in the comments section
What a difficult job it must be at times
Any chance you could shed light on what fabricators can be paid at car building shops? I’m sure it’s all over the place but maybe mention the pay you have seen out there.
Im 120 an hour but I work for my self
@ any idea what other shops are paying the guys that work them?
@@Chucktales it ranges based on the shop, location, and skilled services offered.
The way to go!
I delete them !! I HATE the 40 so if you were to give it away, I would take it !!!! LOL I love Theodore !! PS , Be You !!!
I am going to add one thing to that, the person on the page should not to be to thin skinned. I am not going to mention who but one of the guys I have followed for a long time that you can not ask a single question without being jumped on unless you are parsing him as the god of metal shaping. Not saying someone has to be a punching bag but in some cases the reply is just down right ignorant or insulting ( not that I have seen you do that). You get 20 plumbers in to fix the same issue, one after another and they will all say the guy before didn't know what they were doing. This is a philosophy to live by in my opinion.
Peace.
👍
... shit talkers don't know Shinola ....
Hospital boss
Thanks pual
Maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't see this as trollable content. There has to be something bad about it to attract really negative responses. Most of us here have quite a few shaping tools and experience so I'm just enjoying watching machinery I can't afford. If someone wants to laugh at a shovelful of filler in a panel, that can definitely be found on RUclips, just not here. So, whatever I guess. 🤨
Everything is trollable content when people are jealous and bitter
@@cornfieldcustoms Thanks for addressing this as I’ve assumed it must be draining.
I liken your channel to displaying a build at a local car show every day of the week except you’re even detailing exactly what your processes are.
There are always those people who just want to walk around trashing everyone’s build saying they would do it different or better.
Often it is someone who just did the best they could (how about just compliment something you do like about their work 🤔) and most often the critic really does not have the skill to do any better.
Anyways much respect to you for sharing your skills for free - thanks👍
I would be happy to attend one of your classes in the future.
@@cornfieldcustoms Well I enjoy your videos. You're doing great stuff.
Haters will hate.
Narcissist are head game player's. Silence is a game they will not play.