Tom, we loved you on Matt’s Off Road Recovery and are watching this, your new channel. But may we make a suggestion? What we loved most about you on Matt’s channel is missing on yours: your wonderful sense of humor!! You tend to focus in on explaining exactly what you are doing, step by step, while being totally serious. We really miss your quick wit and off the wall comments, which makes what you’re doing much more enjoyable to watch. Just thought you might like some feedback from a supportive subscriber’s perspective!!
@@billstev100 A Perfectionist, yes. Tom Tom is a man of Perfection. Therefore the man is perfection. Glad to have helped you change from confusion, to understanding.
@@missingremote4388 yeah sure, I also paint the undersides, degrease them good, but I don't smooth out all the welds etc just paint it so I don't rust. But where I live on the Highlands of South Africa, metal doesn't really rust like you get in the States rust belt...
Omigosh! With all that grinding and sanding, for a moment I thought I had slipped into a Robby Layton video.🤪 Kudos to Good neighbor Chuck. All good engineers know when you don’t have all the expertise needed on a project, it is better and faster to bring in an expert.
Wow..... Almost 200k already, Happy Father's day everyman, Chuck Norris would be proud of you all.❤ It's 49°F in NH this morning, I'm going back under the covers. Burrrrrrrr....
Tom: Showing how to weave that loop into the end would have been a good feature in the episode as very few videos show how its done. It is a necessary skill for off-roaders who use nylon rope as they tend to snap and you can quickly fix it on the spot. Maybe another episode. I really admire how you are working in your garage solo and seem to go with the "work smarter" work ethic to get it done as best you can. Keep up the great work.
The shop I used to work at before I retired would never let anything leave with what you called dingleberries. It was a large company and had some very expensive equipment. They purchased a drilling milling machine brand new for $1,200,000 and almost every weld on it had weld splatter that was painted over. I wish more people were conscious about their work like you are.
Yeah it blows my mind that places like that won't hire a guy to spend a few hours cleaning up weld spatter. $30 bucks an hour, let's say 8 hours to hit the welds on a $1.2m machine... it's nonsense to not do it.
@@StlrNtn95you forgot to say Rattle Canned without cleaning, sanding, degreasing, wiping down with a rag, without primer etc one heavy handed coat of some krylon or generic farm implement spray and send it is Matt's way, or he doesn't even do that, and will just leave it bare and say nothing rusts where he lives because it's the desert 🤦🏻♂️🤣
The metal prep creates a light phosphate conversion coat that is rust resistant. If you have a smaller part that can fit into a pot or tray you can heat up to about 180F, there's a process called Parkerizing. It puts a deeper phosphate conversion coat on. It also creates microscopic pores that primer can grab onto. After Parkerizing, I like shooting zinc phosphate epoxy primer, also corrosion resistant, for a bullet proof corrosion solution. As for orange peel, my understanding is that it happens because the paint isn't flowing enough. The paint needs to be thinned out to get it to flow. Also, some professional paints tell you to do a viscosity test and give you filters to do the test. You basically time how fast the paint flows through the filter. It looks like a coffee filter but cone shaped.
I've used metal prep products like Ospho before, but only at room temperature. One thing I've wondered is does the iron phosphate coating inhibit the ability of a zinc rich primer, or a product like ZRC cold galvanizing compound, to protect the steel? My thought process is the zinc is sacrificial so electrons need to flow between the zinc and steel in order for the protection to be most effective. A current path is necessary for a sacrificial anode to work. For example when using something like ZRC cold galvanizing compound the manufacturer wants a clean, sandblasted finish for the most effective corrosion protection. For water immersion they recommend SSPC-SP10. I think the electrical conduction between the coating and the steel is important. Perhaps the etching effect and increased paint adhesion outweigh any reduction in cathodic protection the zinc might offer, especially for parts which are not submerged. I think you are spot on about orange peel. The paint needs to atomize. Thinning the paint and increasing the pressure promote atomization.
Getting stuff in corners really helps with killing off bass reverb. You can make sound deadening panels yourself dramatically cheaper than buying them btw. Build a light frame of like 1x4 timber. Put some acoustic insulation batting in it (like what you'd put in house walls for thermals but designed also for sound) Then stretch some Lycra or similar thin stretchy fabric over the top and around to the back of the frame to dress it up and make it pretty. You can make the panels really quite large for tens of dollars and just hang them on the walls. Light colours might help with your lighting and colour balance in there too.
Terrificvids, Tom,but yeah, the echo is tough to listen to. If wall treatment isn't possible, at least use a lapel mic. Having a mic close to your mouth will help loads, by picking up less of the room. Rode mics are cheap and work great. Some even record while transmitting. (Also, the constant rock music at high volume is distracting.)
Nice to see progress in your project Tom. Chuck looks like an interesting fellow, love the built in dust mask @ 16:25. Cheers and Happy Fathers Day all.
Napa sells a heavy duty shrink tubing with adhesive in it that I use on all my splices and cable ends. I'm sure your loop on the winch line is good and won't give you any problems but the shrink tubing can't hurt. Keeps everything tight and dirt out.
I think the weight distribution would be better if the tank was on the right side of the bed. Not that that would matter much, unless you are driving on a very tilted trail above a cliff. Interesting how you painted the undercoat in a different color, so you could really see the top coat while applying it. And yes, I noticed you used that two-handed hammer you found.
I remember all the jobs on my GMC Jimmy because I never had help dropping the gas tank or the T-case or the transmission.. and I never had a lift, so I was always on my back.. Be careful when working alone, brother Tom! ❤
Thanks for the video. Looks like sanding down the paint on the tank and repainting it didn't help anything though. It had just as much orange peel the second time.
I enjoy watching the Hurricane Fabricator’s work, it’s everything from eyeballing it to slide rules. But they are a bad influence, I now have a whole lot more tools and welders in my garage.
Happy fathers day to all the Dads out there. Looks great Tom, the only thing I'd like to add is to use a nail or small screwdriver to poke holes in the rim of the paint cans, that way when you put the lid back on it doesn't squirt out everywhere & goes back inside the can. It also helps from the paint gluing the lid on when it dries.
Yes. I Always use a tiny flat-bladed screwdriver widthwise in the channel to punch 3 holes in a gallon.A quart need just 2 a 1/2"apart where you pour..It drains back in,as you said.
Always great to have some help on a project. That was interesting to see how the two different parts painted. Painting is my least favorite so any tips I learn from others is always great. Thanks for showing us it is going!
Tom Tom next time use a small 3-4 inch roller to paint faster and really have no brush strokes . I use a really thick 4 inch roller to paint the old oil pipeline fence. A lot Less paint loss than spraying 12:05
Tom, your innovation along with repurposing what you have on hand with shop tools and equipment is geneious! You make it look so easy. And btw, I once used my wifes eggbeater to mix paint, it worked really great, however, my wife , lets just say, she was less than pleased 😛Your detailed painting is first class and "kudos" to your neighbor for his help 👍
What are you talking about? Of the four recovery vehicles in his fleet, only one hasn't been professionally painted. Are you confusing Matt (MORR) with Paul (FabRats)?
It's good to see a video where you do it wrong to remind everywhere where it's not worth cutting corners. Great you have a neighbour like Chuck, what a dude.
Glad to see you ground all the mill scale off of the metal before you prepped for paint. Paint doesn't like to stick to mill scale. 👍😎 Also make sure you clean the paint off of the POR15 can lids very well or you will never remove the lid in one piece again.
@@markxkovacicblind people are instructed to apply a small amount of sarcasm to their interpretation of brail writing. So a small amount is all anyone should interpret without better cues.
Just watched Matt (MORR) install a temporary gas tank in with a ratchet strap. Tom measured, drilled and bolted his temporary tank in. Different philosophies to same problem.
Sweet. Glad you found a painter. When my dad found himself between body shops, he would go home shop to home shop painting for shade tree mechanics. I would love to hear more about Chuck and his prop work if you want to try unrelated content.
Chuck = don't sleep on 50-yo neighbors with 20+ yrs in actual high-stakes pro work 😄Always brain-scratching to watch an expert in their professional house do stuff I've not the foggiest idea where to start. A pleasure to watch, along with Tom's obvious respect for attn to detail w/ everything else, but still knowing how to kludge. Great EP 👍
JUST A THOUGHT ya may wanna consider putting a VINYL COATING ON GAS TANK FILLER CAP this should reduce scratches on tank from setting cap on tank r even more so if dropped against the side .... Black cap might look cool Just a thought Be well keep up the good work
Next time when painting try a gun with a larger tip AND cut back on the reducer. The paint is setting up to fast because of the high temp, over reducing thins it but it also evaporates faster leaving a rough or "orange peel" finish, with less reducer the paint is thicker and can be laid on heavier and can flow to a nice smooth and shiny finish.
Nice to watch a channel where half of the content is not dedicated to ripping on the comment section and the folks that have made the channel what it has become. Well done, liking the content quite nicely so far ...... 😊 22:30 very cool way to store and protect you winchline end! Sweeeet 😮
I got the idea, I know you meant "increase the speed of drying time" LOLS, FWIW I really like getting explanation of the "why", the fabrication is much less mysterious. Keep on doing you!
Funny when you called the welding spatter "dingleberries". I was wondering of the origination of that word. It just kinda naturally rolls off the tongue when you see them.I enjoy your videos because you always use the right tool for the job.
POR 15 is the BOMB! I used it on a 1960 Rambler American I built into a resto rod with a 383 Stroker SB Chevy with a Mustang Cobra independent rear end! It worked great!
Chuck's facial expressions say WAY MORE than words. Hope Chuck makes more guest appearances! 🙂💪
Chuck seems like a great dude 👌
Tom, we loved you on Matt’s Off Road Recovery and are watching this, your new channel. But may we make a suggestion? What we loved most about you on Matt’s channel is missing on yours: your wonderful sense of humor!! You tend to focus in on explaining exactly what you are doing, step by step, while being totally serious. We really miss your quick wit and off the wall comments, which makes what you’re doing much more enjoyable to watch. Just thought you might like some feedback from a supportive subscriber’s perspective!!
You know the man is perfection when he smooths out the inside of bumper where no light will ever shine for prep to paint...
I suppose that you are referring to a perfectionist. Otherwise I’m just confused…….. 🫤
That corrosion builds up on bottom side
@@billstev100 A Perfectionist, yes. Tom Tom is a man of Perfection. Therefore the man is perfection. Glad to have helped you change from confusion, to understanding.
@@missingremote4388 yeah sure, I also paint the undersides, degrease them good, but I don't smooth out all the welds etc just paint it so I don't rust. But where I live on the Highlands of South Africa, metal doesn't really rust like you get in the States rust belt...
@AlWorth9738 Those guy's motorcycles were static display pieces, as a functioning motorcycle they're pure garbage.
Omigosh! With all that grinding and sanding, for a moment I thought I had slipped into a Robby Layton video.🤪
Kudos to Good neighbor Chuck. All good engineers know when you don’t have all the expertise needed on a project, it is better and faster to bring in an expert.
Oh dang. Tomtom with the double hammer action lol.
When I grow up, I want to be a Tom Tom
Me too !
Me too, but I'm 65 so I'm not sure the growing up thing is going to happen.
@@michaelspurling4376 me either. Too late for that.
Nah, I still want to be a fire truck! ... Ralph!
@@michaelspurling4376never to late giver heck!
Good morning Tom and followers. Happy Father's day.
Wow.....
Almost 200k already,
Happy Father's day everyman,
Chuck Norris would be proud of you all.❤
It's 49°F in NH this morning,
I'm going back under the covers.
Burrrrrrrr....
Tom: Showing how to weave that loop into the end would have been a good feature in the episode as very few videos show how its done. It is a necessary skill for off-roaders who use nylon rope as they tend to snap and you can quickly fix it on the spot. Maybe another episode. I really admire how you are working in your garage solo and seem to go with the "work smarter" work ethic to get it done as best you can. Keep up the great work.
Yes! That was the first time I’ve seen that and would love to know the technique
The shop I used to work at before I retired would never let anything leave with what you called dingleberries. It was a large company and had some very expensive equipment. They purchased a drilling milling machine brand new for $1,200,000 and almost every weld on it had weld splatter that was painted over. I wish more people were conscious about their work like you are.
Yeah it blows my mind that places like that won't hire a guy to spend a few hours cleaning up weld spatter. $30 bucks an hour, let's say 8 hours to hit the welds on a $1.2m machine... it's nonsense to not do it.
The shop Tom Tom worked at before would have rattled canned it and call it good! 😂
@@StlrNtn95you forgot to say Rattle Canned without cleaning, sanding, degreasing, wiping down with a rag, without primer etc one heavy handed coat of some krylon or generic farm implement spray and send it is Matt's way, or he doesn't even do that, and will just leave it bare and say nothing rusts where he lives because it's the desert 🤦🏻♂️🤣
Thanks Chuck!
Very nice touch with the fair lead. Dug the outcome on the paint and really enjoyed hiw you broke down the steps for us. Happy Fathers Day Tom Tom
Nice job there Tom Tom and thanks for Chuck helping you out too. Happy Father's Day to both of you.
Cool neighbors are better than discounts at the hardware store. kool bumper, nice tank. Be well.
The spray paint job came out very textured and bumpy. Looked great when it was brushed on.
The metal prep creates a light phosphate conversion coat that is rust resistant. If you have a smaller part that can fit into a pot or tray you can heat up to about 180F, there's a process called Parkerizing. It puts a deeper phosphate conversion coat on. It also creates microscopic pores that primer can grab onto. After Parkerizing, I like shooting zinc phosphate epoxy primer, also corrosion resistant, for a bullet proof corrosion solution.
As for orange peel, my understanding is that it happens because the paint isn't flowing enough. The paint needs to be thinned out to get it to flow. Also, some professional paints tell you to do a viscosity test and give you filters to do the test. You basically time how fast the paint flows through the filter. It looks like a coffee filter but cone shaped.
I've used metal prep products like Ospho before, but only at room temperature. One thing I've wondered is does the iron phosphate coating inhibit the ability of a zinc rich primer, or a product like ZRC cold galvanizing compound, to protect the steel? My thought process is the zinc is sacrificial so electrons need to flow between the zinc and steel in order for the protection to be most effective. A current path is necessary for a sacrificial anode to work.
For example when using something like ZRC cold galvanizing compound the manufacturer wants a clean, sandblasted finish for the most effective corrosion protection. For water immersion they recommend SSPC-SP10. I think the electrical conduction between the coating and the steel is important.
Perhaps the etching effect and increased paint adhesion outweigh any reduction in cathodic protection the zinc might offer, especially for parts which are not submerged.
I think you are spot on about orange peel. The paint needs to atomize. Thinning the paint and increasing the pressure promote atomization.
the fuel tank and bumper look awesome paint, big shout out to Chuck for the helping hand, great video Tom, thanks for sharing
Hey Tom you should get some sound deadning squares to stick up high around your shop to reduce the echo. keep up the good work
Getting stuff in corners really helps with killing off bass reverb.
You can make sound deadening panels yourself dramatically cheaper than buying them btw.
Build a light frame of like 1x4 timber. Put some acoustic insulation batting in it (like what you'd put in house walls for thermals but designed also for sound)
Then stretch some Lycra or similar thin stretchy fabric over the top and around to the back of the frame to dress it up and make it pretty.
You can make the panels really quite large for tens of dollars and just hang them on the walls.
Light colours might help with your lighting and colour balance in there too.
Terrificvids, Tom,but yeah, the echo is tough to listen to. If wall treatment isn't possible, at least use a lapel mic. Having a mic close to your mouth will help loads, by picking up less of the room. Rode mics are cheap and work great. Some even record while transmitting. (Also, the constant rock music at high volume is distracting.)
yeah, agreed, gotta kill that echo. And easy on the music levels
Both look great.
Chuck sounds really interesting and he is a good neighbor..
The MORR HAMMER! 😮😊
When the Thor Hammer cant cut it ,bring out the MORR HAMMER.💪
Tom Tom. I check your Y-Tube first everyday!!! You are the best. Your content, presentation and your wholesome character are outstanding. Darryl
Happy Father's Day TomTom!
Great video.Chuck for some reason reminds me of Al Lewis ..grandpa Munster ..
Nice to see progress in your project Tom. Chuck looks like an interesting fellow, love the built in dust mask @ 16:25. Cheers and Happy Fathers Day all.
Good job. T.T. you have a cool neighbor. I was up painting fence boards at 5am. One brush at a time.
Chuck is the man!
Napa sells a heavy duty shrink tubing with adhesive in it that I use on all my splices and cable ends. I'm sure your loop on the winch line is good and won't give you any problems but the shrink tubing can't hurt. Keeps everything tight and dirt out.
I think the weight distribution would be better if the tank was on the right side of the bed. Not that that would matter much, unless you are driving on a very tilted trail above a cliff. Interesting how you painted the undercoat in a different color, so you could really see the top coat while applying it. And yes, I noticed you used that two-handed hammer you found.
Great work Tom…..fun to watch this coming together!!!
Chuck is the man! 😎
I remember all the jobs on my GMC Jimmy because I never had help dropping the gas tank or the T-case or the transmission.. and I never had a lift, so I was always on my back.. Be careful when working alone, brother Tom! ❤
I really enjoy hearing The Hunts “Life is Good” as the background track - great band,Tom.
Thanks for the video.
Looks like sanding down the paint on the tank and repainting it didn't help anything though. It had just as much orange peel the second time.
Thanks for the video Tom the jeep is looking great
Great video! Happy Father's Day!
Good Video, Happy Fathers Day Tom.
I enjoy watching the Hurricane Fabricator’s work, it’s everything from eyeballing it to slide rules. But they are a bad influence, I now have a whole lot more tools and welders in my garage.
That bumper is looking pro!
Good job mate, like usual. 👍
That hammer'! Y’all really crack me up ❤
I love that both you and Matt make it a point to use the practical joke hammers y'all made.
Awesome, cute little Easter eggs.
great job Tom
Love how your using the super hammer
Happy fathers day to all the Dads out there. Looks great Tom, the only thing I'd like to add is to use a nail or small screwdriver to poke holes in the rim of the paint cans, that way when you put the lid back on it doesn't squirt out everywhere & goes back inside the can. It also helps from the paint gluing the lid on when it dries.
Yes. I Always use a tiny flat-bladed screwdriver widthwise in the channel to punch 3 holes in a gallon.A quart need just 2 a 1/2"apart where you pour..It drains back in,as you said.
Great video Tom! Keep up the great work!!!
Looks like you channeled you inter Lincoln Layton HAHAHA. Great job
Happy Father's Day Tom❤
Looks great TomTom.
Chuck does well on the other side of the camera too. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Loving the channel, Tom! Good fun.
Always great to have some help on a project. That was interesting to see how the two different parts painted. Painting is my least favorite so any tips I learn from others is always great. Thanks for showing us it is going!
Hello TOM TOM greetings from NZ You are the WIZARD the CRESANT SPANNER is your WAND
Happy Fathers day.
Robbie would be mad because you forgot to blow, tack and static.....
Have you always been a Mikita guy?
LOVE the logo!!!!
Tom Tom next time use a small 3-4 inch roller to paint faster and really have no brush strokes . I use a really thick 4 inch roller to paint the old oil pipeline fence. A lot Less paint loss than spraying 12:05
Wow, Tom, you really went the extra mile on these "utilitarian" paint projects...Wanna paint my pickup?
Happy Father's day Tom Tom
Always good to see parts get reused on other projects
Always a pleasure. I really like Tom's videos.
You need to make Chuck your sidekick for color commentary. Like Ed McMann was to Jonny Carson.
Thank you Tom for sharing this with me !
Good content. I like how you show some of the details of your projects. The mechanical portions are interesting.
LOOKING GOOD!
Hey, put a Robbie Layton sticker on the tank so everyone thinks he painted it 😁
Tom, your innovation along with repurposing what you have on hand with shop tools and equipment is geneious!
You make it look so easy. And btw, I once used my wifes eggbeater to mix paint, it worked really great, however,
my wife , lets just say, she was less than pleased 😛Your detailed painting is first class and "kudos" to
your neighbor for his help 👍
A 'Whisk' in a drill can save time.Just make sure it's not a favorite.
@@bryduhbikeguy 🤣Yeah...I didn't think that out so well...
Good morning 😊
Good job Tom Tom!!😉👍
Tom Tom...Perfection, personified! Love your channel!
Toms the kinda guy who would have a magnet on stick at the ready. Thank you for another great video!
Thanks, Tom Tom, for the inspiration. I, too, have been procrastinating painting Xj bumpers and rock sliders. I am going to finish them today.
Nice work!
That's the best description an presentation I've seen on the Yankum Rope's fairlead. Thanks for sharing!
Good to see that when you "threw away" the hammerhammer, it survived!
Good job Tom! Happy Father's day!!!
Putting winches at the end of bays( inside the garage ) is pretty smart!!! Engineers Like TOM TOM SHOULD PATENT THAT !
Nice to see you taking a project to completion with a nice finish, unlike Matt who apparently doesn’t believe in paint.
What are you talking about? Of the four recovery vehicles in his fleet, only one hasn't been professionally painted. Are you confusing Matt (MORR) with Paul (FabRats)?
It all looks good Tom. HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!!!
Nice use for a cow magnet!! you don't see them much anymore. Ol' Dig Dug is gonna be a runner again!!
It's good to see a video where you do it wrong to remind everywhere where it's not worth cutting corners. Great you have a neighbour like Chuck, what a dude.
Glad to see you ground all the mill scale off of the metal before you prepped for paint. Paint doesn't like to stick to mill scale. 👍😎 Also make sure you clean the paint off of the POR15 can lids very well or you will never remove the lid in one piece again.
The hammer wars between Tom and Matt have been a lot of fun to watch lol. Love how good of friends they are and how they mess with each other.
Idk tt called mat his enemy in last episode
@@alnov91 Sarcasm is tough for some people to comprehend.
@@markxkovacicblind people are instructed to apply a small amount of sarcasm to their interpretation of brail writing. So a small amount is all anyone should interpret without better cues.
Love the magnet, not many people will have a clue what it is for. 😅😅😅
After all the prep for paint you don’t want to handle the tank/bumper with your bare hands, leaves oils!!
I'm glad you finally brought out the paint gun. I was starting to wonder what overspray you were gonna get from a paint brush....lol
Just watched Matt (MORR) install a temporary gas tank in with a ratchet strap. Tom measured, drilled and bolted his temporary tank in. Different philosophies to same problem.
Difference is Matt is only using it to move in and out of the shop
Its great you give a quick explanation of what you're doing then show the work.
Sweet. Glad you found a painter. When my dad found himself between body shops, he would go home shop to home shop painting for shade tree mechanics. I would love to hear more about Chuck and his prop work if you want to try unrelated content.
Chuck = don't sleep on 50-yo neighbors with 20+ yrs in actual high-stakes pro work 😄Always brain-scratching to watch an expert in their professional house do stuff I've not the foggiest idea where to start. A pleasure to watch, along with Tom's obvious respect for attn to detail w/ everything else, but still knowing how to kludge. Great EP 👍
Greetings Tom and Tom Tom's Shop family friends, Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday and week! Happy Father's Day!!
JUST A THOUGHT
ya may wanna consider putting a
VINYL COATING ON
GAS TANK
FILLER CAP
this should reduce scratches on tank from setting cap on tank r even more so if dropped against the side ....
Black cap might look cool
Just a thought
Be well keep up the good work
Morning Tom
Next time when painting try a gun with a larger tip AND cut back on the reducer. The paint is setting up to fast because of the high temp, over reducing thins it but it also evaporates faster leaving a rough or "orange peel" finish, with less reducer the paint is thicker and can be laid on heavier and can flow to a nice smooth and shiny finish.
Tom why didn't you teach Matt about the importance of painting???? 😂😂😂
Nice to watch a channel where half of the content is not dedicated to ripping on the comment section and the folks that have made the channel what it has become. Well done, liking the content quite nicely so far ...... 😊 22:30 very cool way to store and protect you winchline end! Sweeeet 😮
I got the idea, I know you meant "increase the speed of drying time" LOLS, FWIW I really like getting explanation of the "why", the fabrication is much less mysterious. Keep on doing you!
Wow! Tom is an inspiration
Funny when you called the welding spatter "dingleberries". I was wondering of the origination of that word. It just kinda naturally rolls off the tongue when you see them.I enjoy your videos because you always use the right tool for the job.
Good man Chuck for helping Tom Tom. The lone Ranger is a crazy movie I just watched it yesterday 😂 again
POR 15 is the BOMB! I used it on a 1960 Rambler American I built into a resto rod with a 383 Stroker SB Chevy with a Mustang Cobra independent rear end! It worked great!
Chuck seems like a cool guy. Bring him back sometimes for help
The temporary fuel tank install is 13% better! lol