How to Gas Weld with Oxy-Acetylene - Tutorial, Tips & Set Up (Fusion + Filler Welding)
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- Опубликовано: 2 фев 2022
- On this episode of Make It Kustom, I show you how to gas weld with a oxy-acetylene torch. Old school gas welding techniques, tips and step by step tutorial. I cover both fusion and filler.
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Brings back memories I started gas welding when I was 7 years old welded up a lot of car bodys with coat hangers and a oxy acylene. I got my first mig welder in 1990 but I still liked to gas weld.back in 1966 my Dad built a work bench out of angle iron he gas welded it and I still have and use the work bench today . Thanks for the video
We had welded the first set of ladder bars I made for an old Chevy gasser. We had a buzz box but some of the cuts on the three-quarter square tubing were too tight to get stick into. Mostly coat hanger was used for the gas welding
How cool is that!
Yeah I restored my 69 Chevelle rag back in late 80’s with oxy acetylene and coat hangers … those areas were still solid on my car now while I get into restoration #2 !
It's still my go to for body work. It's easy to control the heat and fusion welding patch panels in is a snap. Cheaper than a new tig setup.
I didn't get to start as young as you, I didn't get my hands on a torch until I was 17, but I did learn to solder when I was 7 and as soon as I picked up the torch and silicon bronze I made the mental connection and finally understood what my dad was telling me all that time about "wetting". The first gas weld I made resulted in a very twisted quarter guard and I kind of lost interest in it after that.
Lessons never lost though, because I understood that I had no trouble at all teaching myself to MIG, stick and TIG.
Hey man, you're really good at making things but you missed your calling. You are truly fantastic at teaching on camera. Your presence and language is really great. That you are really comfortable in teaching this stuff really shines through.
I don't think he missed his calling. He is actually doing it. Sorry, didn't mean to wake you up.
I'm 84 years old. All of my welding was done with O/A. Didn't have internet so learned by reading, until I got to take a junior college welding class. Your presentation was excellent. People shouldn't be affraid of using O/A for welding, although it has gotten expensive for Acetylene.
It’s actually not that bad I get all my gasses, I also weld mig, thru air gas it’s pretty reasonable I understand your prospective but it’s in general cheaper than all those other machines combined and can still replace them all
And I must say you look to have aged well my man
I'm a welder, certified in all the processes and everything you said in this video is spot on! You definitely know what your doing. Your channel is 1 or my favorite on RUclips
Thanks for the confirmation Dylan!
Hey with oxa, using filler wire,do you push the puddle strait or do you loop bsck
@@rykermartian i think how you lay your filler is a matter of preference. as long as it’s consistent with good joint penetration, i think looping back just leaves a nice dime stacked joint
You are wrong. There are a number of things in this video that are incorrect or misleading.
@@oh8wingman Aaaaand yet you state none of those 'reasons'?
Who works with his hands is a worker.
Who works with his head is a craftsman.
Who works with his hands, his head and his heart is an artist.
..and you are a great artist man!!!
Greatings From Italy🙏
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Really like your comment. Yes he really is artist
Carl, you are a really good instructor! I’m just a hobbyist with no formal training and I learned a lot from this video. I can imagine the kind of kid you were, probably like most of my friends. I’m so glad you were able to turn your passion for metal and fab work into a way of making a living for yourself! Hopefully RUclips is another way to make more income doing what you enjoy as well! I’m thrilled to have stumbled onto your channel!
Thanks so much Judd! I’m glad you enjoy the videos. We have a good time making them! Thanks for your support!
My suggestion is try a #3 tip, both tanks outlet pressure at 5psi, 1/8" R45 filler rod, and a silent neutral flame (cone is just shy of 1/4" long). Plenty of heat output, but flame pressure isn't pushing the puddle on you. Might've helped to tilt the workpiece angle a bit more too
Newbie here wondering which way you would tilt the work piece? I am thinking down in the direction of travel so gravity can help with the weld pool? Thanks for the input.
You can weld any direction. Gravity helps but isn’t a requirement. I think some of the welding tests require a vertical weld up…but the pros can weigh in on that.
@@Desert_Muley I find that if I tilt my workpiece and start at the lower end then moving up as I weld, gravity helps the weld puddle stay out of my keyhole. Can help the weld be more uniform. But as also stated, the weld can be done in any direction with some practice
Man, please keep'em coming on the "How To" stuff like this! Much appreciated and useful information that can actually be applied in the shop! Love it!
I remember when TIG really hit the industry and it was overwhelming used for stainless and aluminum. You know “making things look really pretty” and functional. If you were not in that kind of racket then a lot of guys couldn’t justify the cost. I was a mechanic in the Army and we gas welded everything. Our body shop was all gas welding. No mig or tig and that was 1990.
Wow it’s been like 50 years since I’ve done gas welding. I just bought one from a friend, so I’m going to try doing some gas welding. Thanks for all you guys do.
I have watched a dozen other people weld today, and I have got to let you know, You are the best darn welder I have seen today! You should be proud of yourself!
When I first learnt to weld in 1972 at night school, I wanted to learn arc welding but the instructor said learn oxy/acetylene welding first because if you can do that all the other processes will be easy. He was certainly right on that, when I got my first tig unit in the mid 80's it was dead easy as basically the same as gas welding also made mig and arc welding easier.
I work mostly with sterling silver and copper, but I often wander over here to watch you work because I’d like to scale up some day. I love that you’re talking about torch work. Personally whenever I pick up my torch I feel it’s an honor (and my privilege!) to carry this skill forward. I hope you’ll consider doing a future piece about torch cutting? It’s something I know nothing about and would love hear about more. Thanks!🙂
Yea definitely I’d love to go in depth on the torch there is soooo much you can do with it 👊🙏
Also, brazing is a great skill to learn. In 2015 I had developed a cargo bicycle that I was producing. I switched to brazing all the rear set pieces. It’s really great for keeping heat out of small machined parts. Plus it looks nice! It’s a very satisfying skill. Once you get good at it. On thin tubing and tiny little parts. It’s really the best way to go!
Pretty much as strong as a weld, and can be very aesthetic with minimal finish work once you get the hang of it. Brazing is cool 😎
I haven't gas welded for 35 years and i miss it so much in the body shop
Ahh, grade 9, 1964, teacher was Mr. McMeekin a tall Scot with a thick accent that you could hardly understand when he spoke, but he taught us how to gas weld (and I still do). Thanks for the memories.
2010 senior year Mr. Petersen, Once we all learned Gas Weld, that was it. We were trying to weld anything!
Thanks for this EXCELLENT video. I always say, if you want to learn to weld, start with gas, then you'll be able to do anything. Nowadays, a guy goes to Harbor Freight, buys a MIG setup, and never learns to weld. PS: Do not stick the inner cone into the puddle.
Excellent explaination of modern man. 🤣
NUMBER ONE! Gas welding Rocks. You could do a whole bunch of episodes on this subject...
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Your torch welding looks better than some of my stick welds
I would love to see oxy acetylene aluminum welding.
Because you explain and show everything so good 😁👍
Another great lesson Karl. Your skill set amazes me every show I watch. I had a good laugh when you mentioned bailing wire. LOL I grew up with bailing wire and torches. Commercial rod was quite expensive in the day. Bailing wire, used, was free. Many hay balers of the day used large rolls of wire to tie and hold the bale together. When that bale was used to feed cattle, the wire was cut/pulled off and hung on the closest fence post to get it off the feed ground. That fence post became a supply point for many welders. two wires per bale, each 5 to 6 foot long. It was also good for some emergency repairs like broken tail pipe hangers, or anything that could be tied up to get on home. I still keep that black wire around, but now I have to buy it.
thanks for all you do.
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Great video! If it wasn’t -26 out today I’d be out in the garage playing with my oxy torch. I’d love to see you actually weld in a patch panel on a car with this method. Always great content bud 👍
The Torch should warm you up just get nice and close LOL!
Do you want him to cut a hole in the roof of his truck and gas weld it back in? Kind of like he shrunk the ball peen hammer dent. I am in for viewing that. All kidding aside this was an excellent video. Have my oxyacetylene set up parked right next to my TIG. Love using both of them.
Great video I’ve also had welding in high school That’s all I learned was gas welding and arc welding my first job they asked if I could weld Meg and TIG took the test I started working the next day
I am currently 58 and remember back in 9th grade shop class we had to learn gas welding in our metalworking section. We didn't use filler, it was all fusion and we learned on 1/8 mild steel plate. I always loved watching the puddle move. This is actually inspirational for me to think about as something to get back in to, looking forward toward retirement. Thanks
Best weld-heat shrinking explanation I’ve ever heard. Thank you 🙏
Oh thank you! Glad to know you could pick up what I was trying to put down
Cool beans man. This brings back memories. When I was young back in the covered wagon days all we had was a torch and a Lincoln buzz box. We built entire race cars that way. My mom was always yelling at me for using all her coat hangers. If I remember correctly we set the pressure for welding thin stuff at 3/12 lbs. and cutting at 10/30 lbs. Thank you for your time.
Thank you! I’m 75 and still learning. My first gas welding project was widening the wheel wells in a utility trailer made from a Datsun pickup bed. Gas welding, like you said, is like TIG. My TIG is a simple, cheap unit with no pedal (LOL, so I don’t look for the pedal) but it works fine for what I need. It is my ‘electric torch’.
Hopefully this will open eyes of some who haven’t used this welding process.
Thank you Carl, I just got my bottles yesterday. I scored a welding cart from 1917 with a complete victor set up hiding inside for 200 bucks at Turloc swap meet. I’m so stoked to get going tonight. Thank you!!
Carl, your correct about bringing back memories for sure. back in the 1970's and 80's we torch welded everything in the body-shop with coat hangers. from chop tops, 1/4 panels to (patch panels that we made our selves) we also did lead work on your seams. i still occasionally torch weld, with my ol' DHC200 with 4lbs of pressure. we also did exhaust systems with a torch, and coat hangers.
Don't forget that gas welding basically aneals the metal better than TIG. A gas eeld is "softer" and planishes easier/better than TIG. Great video
Great point thank you!
So nice to see welding done using the old school methods!
That brings back memories. When I took welding in college in '99-2000 we spent far more time on gas welding than we did on TIG. Great video.
Everything is nicely explained,but i`m sorry that you didnt show how to weld aluminum,i think there are a lot of tricks.Maybe in some other video?😀
All the best,greetings from Serbia✌️
I’ll have to brush up on it and make a video
Good job kid,
teaching an old dog new tricks thank you.
God bless.
I learned to gas weld when i was 17, about 40 years ago. Definitely a good way to learn to weld. I still have my AirCo branded torch and regulators that I bought back then. I think it took me about 2 years before I bought real welding rod, coat hangers were plentiful back then.
Your patience as a teacher is amazing, for those learning these methods for the first time your videos are a must watch.
Thanks for sharing your expertise.
You my friend are a wizard! I've learned how to appreciate metal working while watching my buddy Daniel Bauman make spears, swords, samurai helmets, knights body armors and so much more really amazing! You brought back those memories, he had your attitude, and always looking for the pedal,,,hammer etc. Thank's for all you do. 🖖
Oxy welding , something I havent done for about 40 years. Would love to have oxy again cant afford the gas bill. What I liked about it was neatness , minimal grinding , what I didnt like was heat distortion and instant rust if you didnt prime it the same day
Hi Bruce, not sure where in the world you are located, but I know in Australia you can buy the cylinders (can do in Europe too) and you do a swap and go system, so you only pay for the gas, an E sized cylinder is around $AU 160 for the refill, but no annual rental. Most of the tool shops carry them. The initial cost for cylinder and gas is around $470. The gas company does the safety work and the certifications on the cylinders, and replaces the cylinders at the end of their useable life. I quit renting the cylinders probably 15 or more years ago when the rental per cylinder was $200 per annum, and I had 4 cylinders. You can get D, E and G size cylinders in the swap and go in Oz.
Hope that helps.
@@dennisleadbetter7721 Yes have looked into that . The issue is paying for the cylinders up front. I am retired on a pension. I keep my BOC gas account for the mig , because I can get credit. Handy if you run out of gas half way through a job. But thanks anyway. Still considering small bottles of oxy accetelene and mabee a second hand kit.
I started working in an exhaust shop, learning gas welding underneath cars. Upside down, weird angles. It was the best experience gained ever. I TIG Weld now exclusively but you are so right, if you learn Gas welding it first it sets the fundamentals for TIG.
I learned to gas weld in 1965. Guess that's why I likeTIG so much. I have done a lot of welding with old style metal cloths hangers after I cleaned them up
I built my first few cars in the early 60s with nothing but gas welding, sheet metal, chassis, everything. Eventually got a buzz box for the heavier stuff. I gas welded drag car tube chassis up through the 70s. I've TIG and MIG welded since the mid 70s but I'm still most comfortable gas welding, you can see exactly what you're melting together.
Yes exactly! That is what I like about it so much is that it’s a little bit slower and you can see exactly what you’re doing. I feel more in control
Everything you did in the video I've done in highschool it was fun I liked welding especially gas and tig
Carl great video So many people don’t appreciate or understand the art form of gas welding You did a great job People forget that a majority of WW2 aircraft was gas welded Well done
Yep totally remember oxy acet welding. I was taught in a pipe fitter welding class. The route pass was the toughest. Had to keep that keyhole going for 100% penetration with a smooth bead on the inside of the pipe. One of the test was on a 6G set up then they would cut straps and bend across the weld. Any undercut on the stringer bead inside the pipe and the strap would crack and you would fail the test. Stick welding made things a lot easier
Thanks for the nice video, I also learned a few things, my experience is that you can weld best with Acetylene. Propane doesn't get hot enough, fine to make something red hot, but I think it's 300 Celsius too cold. Propane is hot at 3000 degrees Celsius while Acetylene has 3300 degrees Celsius. Maybe there are people who can do it, but I couldn't get it welded. Friendly greetings from The Netherlands.
I know you may never see this comment but You would make a great shop teacher.
I want to remark on your' searching for the pedal. I learned to drive in 49 and 51. I was 16 in 1951. eventually I moved up to an automatic transmission. I automatically reached, with my left foot for the clutch for a very long time.
Ones in a great while, I still catch myself doing it. It makes me laugh at myself. Some habits you never loose. they just lay in waiting. :O)
Your' welding looked great to me. I learned oxy welding in the 51 aera from a body man. He was teaching me to de-chrome my 47 Ford Coupe. We brazed pennies on the inside. Then filled by melting Lead bars. Me and my buddies de-chromed and customized many vintage cars after that .
I agree with what you say I eventually learned stick and tig later on in life and they came easy because of knowing gas welding. Great video I will have to research your' vids. further.
I'm going out to gas weld a patch on a riding mower deck. I needed a refresher course thanks for that. I'm an 87 YO now!!!
Still love working with my hands.
Great teaching lesson, you are the man !! Awesome video. Take care thanks 😊
I keep watching your stuff,its amazing how much knowledge and skill you have in fabricating and welding.. most times you have a jack of all trades master of none.. i have a feeling its the other way around.
Haha I like that! Jack of none trades master of all! Thanks man haha I appreciate the support!! Cheers!
Thanks for the flashbacks, Karl. My first rig was a very tired 31Chevy pickup that I started on in 61. I plainly remember being so proud of my baling wire welds that I wire brushed them and painted them just as they were. Great times!
As always, great video, great info. I've done lots of silver soldering with a torch, and getting the right gas flow was always hit or miss until I read the tip that you increase the acetylene until the black smoke just stops. You can back it off a little from there, but not much. Then add oxygen until the flame is neutral. This helps prevent the flame from going out from time to time if there is a breeze, but also, if the flame is too small, you'll heat up the tip, as the flame will actually touch the tip. If nothing else, the handle will heat up too, which isn't fun if you are going for hours.
When I was in the 11th grade, I took auto body courses at the local community college. It was such a great experience and my friend and I were the only high school students in class. We would practice gas welding outside and we practiced butte welding. I remember distortion and burning holes through the joint like crazy. If I had an instructor like you I might have stuck with it. It's been over 40 years ago and after watching your videos I feel like I'm ready to finally master this technique. Thank you Karl.
I learned so much. Thanks. I used to weld for Toyota in the 90s. Only mig welding. Then never welded again for 20 years. I just picked up a kangaroo kit and want to mess around on my old homemade flatbed trailer. I think I’m ready to give it a try now.
Thank you for this refresher. This is what I’m practicing today. I really benefit from your teaching and artistry!
For a moment I thought I was watching Bob Ross when you said " a happy little puddle and walking the flame", you have a great touch especially on thin metal, Great video.
Karl, you always do a great job of demonstrating and explaining.
The dynamic between you and your "camera person" is nice.
I was told by an old-school British craftsman to use 3 - 5 psi on the gauges for light gauge sheet (18-20-ish) and a double to triple aught tip. Look up "aught" in one of those dictionary thingies/apps... it's been around a long time. ;) The lower pressure causes less blow out. It's quite amazing being able to do a 2 foot weld on 18 gauge with a torch after making such a mess when I was first trying this almost 50 years ago. I'm not old.. I just started young.
If you have a precise cutting tool you could cut slivers of filler from the same material that you are working with. The metals all flow nicely then. Just remember that just like tig, you want super clean metals.
Those of you trying it out on a car... don't forget to have a fire extingusiher handy. It is more fire than mig or tig, after all.
Get that Caddy done before your Zephry. You know what they say: Happy camera person, happy life. Or something like that. ;)
Great presentation, Karl, clear and to the point.
Many moons ago when we were young, a mate and I put a Chrysler
straight 8 into a Nash. We gas welded the mounts onto the chassis,
never had a problem in spite of dire predictions of bystanders.
Very well done Karl, really good presentation with both explanation & demo. I learnt pretty young with a torch - 1st lesson "it's all about the puddle". They'd give me 6 same sized squares to weld into a cube - started with plate & as I got better I'd progress to thinner material. Had to keep square corners, no filler. After that, TIG was a sinch. Last I learned was MIG. Stay safe and well :)
Oh here it is. I just have not viewed in a while and missed this one. This is the key, these beginners get this function down and it just gives the basic knowledge that one can always fall back on when applying the different techniques of welding. i took a welding course way back in the early eighties and I spent more time on this procedure than any other procedure and like you said when I got to the Tig process it fell right into place.
Brings back memories. Brazing is another valuable technique, great for repairing cast when you don't want to put a lot of heat into the piece
I am 63 years old and learned gas welding in the early-mid '70s in a high school fabrication class. Like you said it was where you started and was the foundation that all welding was built on. We also had stick welders, just got our first TIG machine but there wasn't any MIG at that time. I have now returned to welding as a college student working on a Welding Technologies AAS and again we started with gas welding and are working our way through the different weld processes. Thank you for taking the time to bring this to us. I am so glad I found your channel I learn something every time I watch.
Well done Karl, I find your instruction videos very entertaining. This video reminds me of the torch welding I did in class 40 yrs ago . I must add you are a much better instructor.
Back in high school, great memories. Did a demo/instruction with a school teacher a few years ago. 26 kids learning. Needed this video. Thanks
You explained expansion and contraction better than anyone I've watched. I am definitely going to try gas welding sheet metal!
I learned to weld with oxy/Acetylene. I welded many 4140 steel parts on aircraft. I thought I was good,until I had to weld the fuselage on a 1946 Piper PA-18 Super Cub.All the welds were made by women.Those were the most beautiful welds I have ever seen.
Like others, I started out brazing, and also gas welding with a coat hanger in early 20's. Fast forward 50 years LOL. I mostly arc welded after that, and a bit of MIG. I recently had a need to do a very delicate weld on a broken hydraulic control handle. Too delicate for arc, brazing not strong enough. This video was an EXCELLENT refresher. You have great skill, and you are a very good teacher. Off to the garage, and see how it goes! Thanks a million.
Ive taught myself how to O.A weld at home when my tig took a crap. Wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. Its been helpfull at the house and the shop .
You’re an awesome teacher 👍
oh how this brings back memories of my days in high school learning to weld ! I still use this process and believe the welds on rustorations are far stronger 🤷♂️
sweet class. thanks for the lesson, cant wait for the next one!!!
I am so glad the younger generation would at least accept oxyacetylene welding as a standard to this day. With practice you can weld just as good as TiG. I recently within the last three years have had absolutely no choice but to take on oxyacetylene permanently due to a defibrillator placed in my chest. That completely cut the legs from under me having TiG welded on a almost daily basis doing chassis fabrication. Keep it old school , it still works for experimental plane fuselages 🤙🏼
I love how the whip and pause provides very beautiful oxyfuel welds. Whip and pause is what I usually use for E6011.
Karl, I taught Apprentices for over 25 years and although they were going to learn to braze copper pipe joints with silver-phosphorous alloys, we taught them to weld steel together like this first. The reason....because it teaches very good torch dexterity and control of heat with the flame. We told them that they would probably never do this type of welding again, but it was a good fundamental skill to learn. Great job!
As far as tip number, it is misleading to go by a specific number. Unfortunately, there is not a consistent numbering system between manufacturers of torches. It is better to go by orifice size. We used a #3 tip by Air Liquide for welding 11 gauge steel and it had a #56 drill size orifice. These torches are what is called "Equal Pressure" and therefore the pressure for oxygen and acetylene are equal. For the #3 we used, it was 3 psi.
Neutral flame is what you want. Using Blueshield equipment by Air Liquide meant we did not have to go to the charts for pressure settings. Whatever the tip number was, that was the pressure setting for oxygen and acetylene.
Big thanks for doing this video and the accurate comparison to TIG. So many younger folks today just commonly joke about gas welding as if it is obviously inferior to TIG. Not so and you just proved it here. Fusion of metals is just that regardless of how you accomplish it. I will agree that TIG offers modern day benefits for ease of use and cleanliness maybe and of course replacing a tungsten is easier than running out to buy more gas but if a joint is welded with proper care, gas welding can be just as strong. It’s still a good skill to know and have in our knowledge tool box.
I learned more in this video than any other video on welding. So much good information.
I ask years ago how to do this weld, He made it so difficult for some reason and seeing you do this weld I understand how to do this weld. 50 years later I will try this weld again like you, What’s time after not understanding 50 years ago thinking it was too hard to learn. The way he showed me was heat the steel up and melt the wire then pull away and then reheat the steel and so on, burning holes and wasted fuel and air, looks like you heat the steel and wire and keep your heat and wire movement going after your ball melts, no pull away or cool Time needed, 10.00 here 20.00 there over the years adds up to pay for a welder, Thank you for marking it simple, If someone makes it look difficult don’t give up, ask someone else that knows like this young man.
Wow William! I’m so glad you found us to learn this. Everything that looks difficult can be broken down to simpler steps. Thanks for watching!
Like you, I learned to weld in high school, starting with Oxy/Acetylene. I've always had a fondness for it. It's somehow such a pure and primal form of welding, and for the all reasons you cited, I always tell people it's the best way to learn (MIG and FCAW, I think are about the worst). Can't wait to see your brazing tutorial!
Thank you for the great videos, I enjoy sharing them with my automotive students.
I grew up Oxy welding and now learning to tig LOL ..one youtuber to another thanks for bring it back
Thanks man for taking the time to share with us your thoughts and skills on oxy-acetaline welding. We know that you are totally busy with a lot of different projects. Again THANK YOU.
Am good in welding I did it for 9years so I love your watching your videos am really learning a lot about your amazing videos,I will like to join you one day
Brings back memories of restoration classic cars with the family.
I learned it from seeing my uncle doing it.
I love to had some set, i definitely going to buy a set soon.
Love to see you doing this video
You did a fantastic job with this video. Very impressive with your talking and not over explaining ect. Thank you.
This guy is really good.
Torch welding definitely brings back some memories, my dad was a stud welding with a torch, but he never got the hang of mig welding. one thing we did learning this was to just run beads, start puddling in lines then move on to adding filler, then start fusing plates, and at last give the welding rod a go. Great video and you are right on with the style/editing. A no. 1 tip would be my choice for heavier metal it may require a 1/8" rod as filler though.
Keep up the teaching. A lot of your videos teach and some bring back memories Thanks to you and your wife
Thanks for the tutorial Karl. It was really clear to see you were struggling to get enough heat into that 10 gauge with the 0 tip. Seems like the next size up would have made for an easier bead.
WOW! Very impressive video - Karl, you were born to teach! Brought back many memories. Good timing too - a week ago I was digging around for my welding tips. I had some rusty exhaust manifold bolts giving me a hard time and couldn't fit the torch with cutting tip in there to heat them. That was my first walk down Memory Lane; this video was the second. I haven't used those tips since the early 80s! Now you have me fired up to try gas welding again!! THAT will be interesting - my welds never looked as good as these. Practice, practice!
I need to make some jack stand holders too - great idea!
Old fella here if it’s loud your going have issues as you did trying to get extra heat out of the smaller tip , always have a quiet flame, videos great!
This takes me back to high school 1982-86. This was the first welding process they taught. I suggest use a cutting torch to weld the thin gauge and that will tell you how good you are or are not. In high school i welded my friends kawasaki h2 750 tnt exhaust with a coat hanger and a cutting torch. When you don't have all the tips to do the job you do with what you have. A fat bead in 18 gauge chrome pipes. To me it was adjusting the heat by lifting the torch or hot and fast as my machine shop teacher told me. Practice! Great video!
First let me say thanks for this video. i leaned more than i ever thought i would. i didn't even know they had different size tips. my small set came with a #2 tip. it's like the ones H Vac guys use. easy to carry. i tried brazing but kept burning through. i now know what i was doing wrong. when you cut the Zephier i wanted to cry at first till you put the roof back on and then looking at it from the front i thought Prefect amount of chop for it. i'm a bit of a purest at heart. chopping isn't in my blood. really enjoyed the video. Thanks.
I have never welded but thank you so much for this video and all your others I am now going to start! Will be looking for a oxy setup. Thank you for your amazing videos. Never to old to learn.
Excellent tutorial! You explain yourself well! Thank you!
This guy knows everything about metal and how to work with it, unbelievable!
I first learnt with gas welding as a teen at school. My favorite. I think it's cleaner if done right. It's proper old school. Nice work mate.
Great tutorial.
I love that you can laugh at yourself and not edit out your mistakes. Real world not fake edited.
Oh! That’s probably hot. 😂
That probably works better with the camera on. Lol 😆
Also…. I learn a lot by hearing your thought process when you’re (thinking out loud) as you work.
Edit: you cracked me up so many times. Looking for the foot pedal for the welder. Same as I get done driving my 18 wheeler at work, then get into my Honda and look for the clutch pedal. 😂😂😂😂
I still oxy-fuel mainly. I'd go with a #2 for 10ga. Kind of how you control the heat input not only by amps as with speed in TIG. Love your videos!
You do a great job explaining, all the older muffler shops gas welded you muffler and pipes
you are right back 1973 went to welding school used it all my life love your work!!!!!!!!!!!!!! videos
I really appreciate your sympathy and yet professionality in (for me) learning how to weld with both acetylene/oxy and MIG welding and sorting out through hundreds of youtube video,
thank you
Finally at age 44 I’ve gotten a complete kit, bottles, cart. Lots of yt university going on recently. My grandpa used to use coat hangers. He also did a ton on brazing on my 71 mustang. I remember a couple of lessons in his garage in Michigan when I was young…lots of melting through. I love the art and finesse of gas welding along with heating and cutting. Best part: flint and steel, no electricity bill!
Excellent job on this video Karl. I am a career welder who skipped gas welding and went straight to tig. Gonna buy a 000 tip and give this a go.... take it back to basics. You have a huge gift of being an excellent teacher.
Great video. I too learned gas welding first. Lately only use the torch for heating and beating with the occasional brazing