Ace a NASCAR Welding Test - TIG Welding an Aluminum Cube
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- A simple aluminum cube is a pretty common welding test to get your foot in the door as a NASCAR fabricator. This video is intended to help you prepare for it.
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Incase anyone’s worried, I did get the pin hole welded. After I edited the video the piece had cooled off and it welded up fine.
Justin Voss I was just gonna day that. When ever I’m welding up a sealed “whatever” I always have to let it cool and then quickly weld the last little hole.
If you cool it of during the weld it will pull the weld in
Use a basketball inflating needle and fill the cube with argon
@@adamchase3359 yup , easy peasy
@@adamchase3359 yes very good idea
I've never touched a welder, nor do I ever expect to. I just watched a 19min video on how to expertly weld an aluminum cube.
Tig weld an aluminum cube, it makes a difference
Easy to be honest, just practice as with anything.
@@Tylerjrb - Practice yes, but your statement is false. You either can weld or you cant. I have been welding for a while and have seen many people come through the shop who thought they were welders. Same with the classes that were taken in the past. Watched one guy go through a program with amazing welds but once in a shop he realized welding was something he could not do for a living. TIG to me is easy and therapeutic. I also know many people who can weld steal but not aluminum.
MrWaffles If there is one thing I believe it is anyone can do anything. Anyone can weld with enough practice. The only difference is experience.
Same
If you fail a test for a job, don't give up. I went back to company a few months later and I finally passed the test.That job was a stepping stone to another job where I became the shop foreman with a 21 man crew. Be determined to succeed.
Hell yeah my dude!
That's great! Good for you.
That’s a great story and lesson man!
Christo Clark it will also set a good name for yourself inside the company
Exactly, anyone who says they've never failed a test has never challenged themselves. Put yourself out there and don't give up.
A grinder and paint, makes me the welder I ain’t.
Haha 😆
AVE's greatest quote 🤣
@@leewagner942 AvE didn't invent the quote. He uses it well, I will admit, but he didn't create it. I've heard that saying used at every welding job I've ever had. A couple of them even had signs that said that posted over the welding/fabrication bay, and this was well before RUclips and AvE were even a thing. I like AvE as much as the next guy. He's a skookum choocher, and he's pretty much the stereotypical Canadian Enginerd/Fabricobbler with an over-grown funny-bone, but let's call things what they are.
Even a grinder and paint can't make me the welder I ain't.
@@SeedlessProductions lol It's not for everyone, I guess. With welding, it's one of those "you either have it or you don't" kind of things, much like glass-blowing, music or art. Sure, you can learn how to weld at a trade-school/college, but if you don't have the prerequisite personal qualities (excellent fine motor control, patience, attention to detail, etc.), all the schooling in the world won't help you. I could say the same of art/music students as well. If they weren't already artistically or musically inclined, taking courses is just a waste of time and money. Taking a music/art course doesn't magically make one a musician or artist, and taking a welding course does not magically make one a welder lol. Tis why I make all my welding job applicants do a battery of weld tests before even considering employing them. There's far too many "fake it til you make it" bullshitters out there for me to trust a Ticket.
You forgot to clean the table and always go over the ground clamp and the rest of the rig. Crew chiefs love it when you do that. It shows you care for the equipment.
I have found that letting the piece cool down, sometimes as long as a quick “smoke break” will allow the pressure inside the piece to drop enough that I can close up any vent holes I left.
Also one thing that companies seem to love is don’t just clean the work piece, clean the table, the ground clamp and when you are done give everything a good blow off and wipe down. It shows the supervisors and managers that you care about their equipment.
solid advice
Opachki thank you. Sometimes that extra step of cleaning the equipment when done and a quick step away from the project is the difference between a paycheck and an unemployment check
Yeah, I have always giving it even just a minute and the vent hole seems to always weld up fine.
The heat is what causes the pressure on the inside. You have to let it cool first.
This should be common practice and not just to look good to "get the job", proper care, maintenance and cleaning and it will make any job easier in the long run.
I watched it until the end. What impressed me the most was he was honest and did not edit the video to make it look like he did not have a problem. I also like that he went back and completed the job and made a comment telling what he did. Learn every day and you will open new doors.
This video is produced way too well for you to only have 10k subs. I'll help get that number up. Subbed
Appreciate you!
Agreed. Subbed.
Agree. Subbed
Frr
Ditto
Most times in the real world you wouldn't be welding something sealed anyway, it'll have fittings or vents to let the pressure escape. as a test it's a bit of a trick, but you've identified the issue and sorted it.
Being good at what you do doesn't mean getting it perfect first time, it's learning from experience and being able to understand why things go wrong and how to sort that.
Agreed
Facts
the mark of a true craftsman is not his lack of mistakes, but his ability to camly make the fuckups disapear.
As a professional cook i can absolutely vouch for this. Can you learn to produce the desired finished product
One of the things i love about metal working over wood working....depending on how big the fuck up of course....just weld grind and try again =p wood you pretty much have to start from scratch.....do that enough times and you will find yourself reaching for that grinder less and less the more you do it
"Weld a cube please"
Me- * starts laying beads in cube form*
LOL That's what I thought when I clicked on this.
I did this in highschool shop class for final test in welding a cube that floats in water.
My solution for the air pressure was to stick it in the freezer before I finished the last edge.
My solution is to just let it cool down for a few minutes and go outside and vape while it's cooling.
@@ebogar42 you had me in the first half
Why would you put it in the freezer?
@@ignacioaguirrenoguez6218 compress the gasses inside.
@@eugenew2 Yeah, how will compressing the gases help in any way?
I made several of these about 25 years ago in different sizes for flower pots. My wife and I also place foam and marbles inside them and take to our family grave sites where we use plastic flowers to leave on the graves as unattended flower pots. Make sure to drill a few small holes in the bottoms for the water drainage. I always use my tig torch to run around the open edges of the pot opening to "roll" the edges instead of spending a bunch of time deburring/sanding/rolling them.
Nice shots on the torch work. Most channels tend to get a lot of flickering and tearing when they record, but whatever you're doing has avoided that.
Appreciate that
My Uncle owns a Fabrication and Repair shop for Heavy Equipment and in his shop when you come to apply for a job his welding test you are given a Oxy-Acetylene Torch, A Mig Welder and a piece of 6x6 Square Tubing. You have to Measure, Cut, and Weld to make a 90 degree L of equal lengths. He then inspects it and says he'll call you back.
What I have done when welding the vent is to get the project hot, then let it sit and start cooling off. The idea is to get air flowing from the outside to the inside before you start putting heat back into it. By the time it gets hot enough to start building pressure again you should already have the vent sealed off. BTW, great video! And get some sleeves!
As a non-welder (one day I hope to pick it up) who knows very little about NASCAR, I definitely thought it was going to be a timed test to show how fast you can weld if something breaks and needs to be fixed in the pits. Still like the video and find this very fascinating!
flood argon inside the cube thru a brake kleen straw that reaches near the bottom of the cube, its heavier than air and will stay put, it expands far lees than air from the instant heat (its dry, air has humidity)... Cool channel...
The close-up parts in the video really make it a lot easier to understand what you are doing. Quality video!
Hey thanks!
You're editing style is amazing! I really hope you grow quickly. Great info
Thank you for the kind words!
Pretty cool to see a local guy making vids. Another quick tip I found by accident is tack the plates flat then bend them to 90 using machining square. Makes fast accurate work vs juggling 2 pieces, filler and a torch.
I "learned" welding at an adult night school from an old guy who owned a shop & taught at night. Ended up doing good enough beginner welds, but it's all in the practice which I have not had, yet. Dude your video production is awesome, makes me want to do more/better. Froggy's Garage.
:)
If he didn't teach at night it wouldn't be night school haha!
33k subs, 1m+ production quality.
I dont even know why im watching this, but the quality kept me glued
Thank you! Glad you watched
That slow mo, close up shot, brilliant. You've inspired me to give TIG a try.
Tig is hard to pick up but worth it. I'm still learning and have been practicing for a couple months now.
I made myself opened box for all the stuff I have around (phone, case with tungstens, etc.). I intentionaly have it on my table so when machinists or whoever comes to my booth they start asking about that box and it usually ends with me having a side kick. So... if I have got nothing to do at shop, I weld something that I'd like to work on (f.e.: I did pie cuts for fun and people started to ask about exhausts.) and then put it somewhere in my booth so it will be seen. Lot of guys at work are shy to ask, so it's not just a good display of capabilities but also a nice icebreaker.
Thanks for nice video!
Great video. I also liked that you included the information about the gloves and the links to all the equipment you used. Slo-mo was fantastic as well.
Appreciate it!
The slo-mo at 10:40 was awesomely informative!
Awesome will do more of that!
Yea man I agree
Dude, the behind the mask shots were so cool!!
Hope to improve even more!
Gotta love when the volume of him speaking is 10 and the music volume is 100. Constant turning it up down up down up down up down up down up down up down up down up down. Thanks
Good tips at the beginning. I worked in a nascar engine shop a while and agree with your advice, for any part of the Motorsports industry
I used to work in a weldiing shop and I saw some REALLY good welders and Justin you are tops!
Thank you, I appreciate that for sure!
i am the type of person that understands all this mentally. but i would gain a lot more knowledge by just doing it hands on.
Nice job. I teach welding at a local community college and for there mid term the students weld a 3x3 cube in position, so they have 4 horizontal welds, 4 vertical welds and 4 overhead welds. I drill a hole in the center of the top before the students finish the weld to avoid blowing out the weld. After the cube is cooled I tap the hole for an eighth inch pipe fitting and pressure test the cube with 10 psi of compressed air and dunk in water. They get a passing grade if we see no bubbles from leaks. Most of the time if the cube leaks it is in the corners from not getting proper tie in on the corners. Again nice job on your cube.
I might weld a bung in mine and try to blow it up!
@@JustVoss be sure to post the results LOL
Many year ago, I was told to do the tack weld about 1 inch from the ends.
Less chance of blowing away the corner, & better gas shielding too, away from the corners.
Done this work for 25 yrs + , a copper backing strip / chill block saves overheating on long runs too. Just saying.Thanks from the UK.
and you don't need to start your weld on a tack !
I like to start on tacks because it's easier to get a good even puddle flow
@@Jul15227 Near the tack offers a good arc start, but three or four dabs into the bead is an easier place to conceal the tack if you used filler during the fit up.
I work with structural welds that experience fatigue cycles. I recommend people pay more attention to where they tack because those are the weakest parts of the weld. Don't tack where three welds come together, that's is where this thing Is likely to fail when it gets stressed over time. I offer this advice yet I learned a lot from you in this video, thank you!
Thanks for the info and will keep that in mind on structural things for sure.
I've always found it easier putting g the breather in the corner, that way you dont have to attempt a tie in on top of plugging the vent. When filling letting the part cool tends to work if it's a big enough volume otherwise I've had luck by using a punch or chisel to seal the hole then welding over top of it to hide any marks
I've never before subscribed to a channel after watching only ONE video but congrats sir, you made me do it! Great sound & video quality, good lighting, straight to the point and skilled guy behind all that. This instantly became my new favorite fab channel!
Huge thank you! It probably takes me way to long to make a video but I try to make them as high quality as I can!
TIME 10:33 This was the best shot i have found on how to add filler to an arc. keep up the great work.
Everything you did was right and that was pretty slick where you drilled your vent. The only thing that I would've done differently would be to either try to pre heat the last section so you're not in there as long, or let it cool and vent all of the pressure out, then come back at it with a hotter setting than what you welded the rest of the cube with. I haven't played with pulse frequency much, but if your machine has that feature, it may help. It's all about getting in and out before the pressure builds up and blows out the weld.
LEARNT MORE FROM THIS VIDEO THAN I DID IN A WEEK OF TRADE SCHOOL. CHEERS.
Excellent welding, excellent editing, and thank you for making such high quality content! As a welding student this information is very valuable to me!
Thank you, I try to make high quality videos. Sometimes at the expense of my sanity. Good luck in school!
just did a couple of these yesterday in aluminum and stainless, lets hope for a call back!
Great production by the way, i would watch you welding regular stuff with quality video like this, you always run in to problems and seeing how people fix things is half the fun.
Hey I appreciate that! I do seem to run into problems a lot but I prefer to show them instead of hide it.
Your welding shots are amazing compared to other channels not to dark just perfect i loved that shot i could actually see what you were doing
Thank you, been working hard to improve them
The slow-mo was perfect.
Yeah me too. Like holding the torch way to high.
As a hobby welder, it took me quite some time to realize just how clean everything need to be to get good TIG welds. Then when I finally got the hang of it, I happened to try TIG for fixing rust spots on an old trailer I was repairing (it was already “welded” and as I was prepping for paint I found a couple of pin holes I hadn’t noticed, and the thing was already degreased and cleaned and sitting on top of plastic, so no way I was going to try MIG). It worked like hot damn, even though the material was rusted on the back side, never would have believed it. Until I got to the last hole and it sealed the section, and the material was a bit rustier on the back side around that hole, and the thing spat out the puddle right on to my stomach. I’ve never shimmied out of under a trailer faster than that in my life, took me almost a minute to get into position, and I was out from it and upright in 2 seconds. :) Apparently rust expands, outgasses, reduces and spits out oxygen, or something when you try to TIG over it, because it ejected the puddle with force.
I have had to similar test
But carbon steel sheets gas welding
We welded in 1/2” half coupling and then hydro tested. U had to get over xx psi to pass and it made a really cool shape. All the flats ballooned out and the corners stayed.
The key to getting that last pin hold welded. It to let it cool all the way down the weld up quick
Great vid my first time on ur site
Welcome to the channel! Ballooning out the cube would be cool, I don’t think I have anything high enough pressure unless a air compressor is enough.
@@JustVoss you would be suprised how little air pressure will blow out an aluminum cube or box. Marine fuel tanks made of 5052 aluminum (most are .090 or .125) are only tested at 3 psi. You shop compressor will easily blow that cube apart.
Man you are super skilled not only at welding, but also to explain and to put all together in a video.
I really enjoyed your content and personality!!"
As someone who's worked with NASCAR, Sports cars, and IndyCar, the black pants are spot on lol. Thanks for sharing.
You could run a purge line...two holes instead of one...I have just began my welding career less then a year ago I've learned alot form you thanks man...I'm not sure if my idea would work..but I've seen stainless purged with aluminium foil caps....lol...just my theory if you get the oxygen out of it it will be cooler and seal/weld smoother
Quick tip for sealing parts! I weld sealed parts every day, and the best way to get to seal is to shove the rod over the hole as you let the puddle solidify. Then, beep it over the the rod and seals up and you'll never be able to tell works every time! But then again giving it a minute to cool helps too!
1 year later! Still love this video! Thanks Justin!
Thanks Chris!
Really really good video. Everything from the cinematography to the subject matter is done so well. I enjoined watching it and learned a lot. You can't beat that 🙌
Thanks man, you do a great job on your videos as well. 👍
I just started to learn welding at my school today. Seeing this is amazing to me
Did you didn't make a cube... you made a super container of shop air from 2019.. you could sell that sucker in 30 years time as a classic 😆
It would sell better than bathwater.
Well depends on who you are I guess..
A box full of argon lol
Genuine pre-coronavirus air
It would probably sell as well as my diet water did
Awesome videos man! I'm just about to finish my welding school and take my last tests with tig doing pipe.
So nervous about getting a job and doing these sorts of tests in the real world!
Thank you for everything.
How is it going? Did you get a job?
@@sadf1416 Hey buddy! Going great thank you, got a job literally a day after the school finished and I've stayed there since. The salary is great and job is interesting, welding parts for Rolls Royce. Best choice learning welding I've made thus far! Good luck to you and yours.
I love how detail oriented you are, looks like an art. You could put it in an ice bath or use CO2 via a small nozzle & fill inside to accommodate & balance the ambient heat. I don't know how you'd adjust though, since CO2 would eventually warm up and expand and you get yourself a shiftmake bomb.
But you can always use CO2 to cool down the outer surface and since it's aluminum inner temperature should fall significantly. Maybe even to a point where the cube would collapse on itself.
I did one today after work as did 2 sides and let it cool for roughly 5-10 minutes with compressed air on it, rinse and repeat, im letting it chill overnight before i try to seal the vent hole and then im gonna pressure test it! Ill reply to this when i do get it pressure tested! Should note i did this with just barely thicker aluminum with 3/32 rod and tungsten and a dynasty 400
New to your channel and new to tig welding. Love the video, especially that wicked sick slo-mo arc shot!
Thanks man! Welcome to the channel!
I Use MIG at work, Always wanted to learn to TIG, I love the technique, nice production mate Just subbed.
you can also flood argon in there through that tiny hole which forces the air out and just weld over as you were.
I was looking for this comment Haha
Only suggestion I’d have is trying to drill the hole through the tack weld in the apex of the corner (rather than slightly off the corner), and using a smaller bit would help seal the pin-hole back up when you get to that place. Making shorter runs will also help keep the interior cooler, as well as someone else’s suggestion of flooding the inside with argon to manage temperature. Taking these things into account could help get it all done without grinding down any of the welds to redo them.
A bit unreleated
But we had a welding competion at school a week ago to see who could weld the strongest weld
We all had to weld a small cube.
And then we would place it underwater and slowly increase the pressure in the cube untill 1 of the welds broke
Then we would look at the guage and see at what pressure each persons weld failed. The winner got a weldig helmet.
Awsome video btw helped me increase my aluminium welding skills
That sounds kinda fun
@@JustVoss it was a blast the explosions where great and fun seeing the big ballers whe yell that they can weld the best fail after a couple of psi
Really great video, I haven't welded aluminum in easly 2ish years, fun to watch videos on it, to anyone new to welding or looking into this type of work, ill i gotta say is no matter if you are going for pipe, fabrication, mass manufacturing, construction, or shutdown welding, a welding jacket, long sleeve shirt, sleeves or a older sweatshirt will give you a way better look for your own protection and show your potential boss that you look for your own safety, i work with guys in mass production that some wont wear a helmet but have glasses on and sunscreen on a part with a bunch of tacking and manipulating the piece, and a few that don't wear sleeves or a long sleeve but tuck their arms like he did in the video, I've burnt my arms before from arc exposure on pipe welding and its not fun and you don't look cool doing it either, keep yourself safe out there
Looks great. Lots of uses for it. You could weld a tube on it and use it as a large vacuum canister for the ole Ford behind you... Or a windshield washer fluid tank. Just need a cap and fittings for the motor. Small coolant overflow tank? Sure, a perfect cube might not be that ideal for some of that.... but hey. Ya got one. :)
These are the videos I like, where it dose not go perfect, but he adapted and over came.
I’m a welder by trade but not perfect or an expert by no means. I can admit that I still learn something new everyday. Thank you for this demonstration. 👍
I’m definitely no expert either, just learning as I go.
@@JustVoss If you want to keep getting better, you'll be learning 'til the day you drop dead. LOL
I was wondering if/when you were going to add a vent hole. Glad to see you did.
Awesome video, really good recording angles and clarity you don't usually see in Welding videos. Great work definitely earned my like and sub.
Thank you! 🙏🏼
I have a theory about any task that starts with..."All ya gotta do is..."....As soon as I heard that, I knew it was going to be good haha. Nice work and great vid.
Or “It should only take you but a minute..”
@@JustVoss Ooh ya...that's another scary one....LMAO
Thank you, RUclips Gods, for bestowing upon us this video in our recommended feed. I subbed too.
Haha RUclips gods, appreciate the sub for sure!
Let it cool off then it will close up, and it might just be the camera but it looks like you were long-arcing, keep that tungsten close enough so that the filler wire wont hit it when you dab it and you'll get better looking beads they will lay in flatter and better penetration. Other than that your technique looks good. That thin stuff is tough though, the bead wont ever look like a 1/4" plate outside corner joint but if you have pulse you can make it nice.
Nice video.. As you mentioned, if you really HAVE to build a sealed aluminum item, filling the 1/8" hole will be no problem if you let the item get dead cold before filling the hole. Now, to really test your skill and knowledge, weld a bung onto the tank, pressurize it with Helium, then test it with an electronic sniffer to detect molecules of Helium seeping through the weld. That can keep you up nights.
Another note: Once you weld aluminum, regardless of the grade, the material at the weld loses ALL temper, and becomes T-0. If you need the strength of 6061T-6 for example, the entire weldment will have to undergo full tempering to get back to full strength. Before this, most aluminum weldments can be manipulated easily into shape and squareness due to the softness at the weld area.
Keep up the good work!
Wow good info! That’s kind of crazy to think about.
I'm no expert by any means but wouldn't getting a sealed container dead cold then sealing a hole be bad? As colder air is more dense so when you seal it and warm it back up wouldn't the container be above atmosphere?
@@Ckcdillpickle Actually, by "dead cold", I meant the ambient room temperature, not the temperature the enclosure became after welding. You will add heat to the item when you weld the hole closed but if the air inside becomes slightly warm when the hole is plugged, when it cools to ambient temperature, you should actually have a slightly lower than average pressure inside. Not that it matters, since all you've created is a potential atmospheric bomb if tossed in a fire. The object doesn't have much use in itself.
Just after watching it would also be a good ideal to weld pipe or tube to it to show you can weld around something. Nice informational video
Leave it to cool down completely before closing up the vent hole and then it must be a very quick one dab affair or else it will blow it wide open again. Great video though and you gave me a good chuckle with your twin double.
Only saw your sticky post about the cooling after posting mine.
just as i was about to ask about those gloves you mention them! those look great
In the "interview," if they were observing me work, I'd give it a few thoughtful taps with the body hammer even if it didn't need it. Similarly, checking square and doing other detail steps. Demonstrating your skill and attention to detail is part of showing them that you're a craftsman and you take pride in your work.
I used a body hammer, don’t remember if I showed it.
@@JustVoss I wonder if the community can come up with a unique way to build the cube that would demonstrate thinking outside the box (pun intended).
@@JustVoss U fail it...
7:44 one glove, if this was an exam in Poland is F.
Mateusz Zimon they have NASCAR teams in Poland??
@@JustVoss Nope, but we have a licenced MIG/TIG welding exams....
Also they put more on safety than detail like a cleaning fillers
I need to practice tig welding aluminum. Great informative video. Keep up the good work.
Thanks man, a lot of cool stuff you can make with aluminum
This is the best aluminum welding video I've seen on RUclips in a while.
you should check out weldingtipsandtricks then...
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Shit if this is the kinda stuff they want I could work for NASCAR tomorrow, I used to assemble aluminum gates storm shutters and roof braces for restaurants and residential properties in south Florida and TIG aluminum was my bread and butter, thanks for the inspiration bro!!!
thumbs up for south florida
Adam Michael ur over qualified
My guys in a t shirt and using one glove most times. Gunna have a sick tan
and some sick skin cancer
I haven’t done tig on aluminum yet, but tig is my favorite process... it’s relaxing, unlike mig were you just blow through it with all the noise and splatter.
I agree
How did you get a perfect 90 degree by eyeballing? That’s impressive
Bimmer Boi when all the pieces are perfectly identical in perimeter and you tack every piece before laying any solid beads it makes it way easier.
When you work with straight lines often you eventually get what I call a sense of "right there". I can't explain it but I once did a custom exposed duct job at an office for who else, Architects. I used to get complaints from the guys that worked with me because I couldn't leave "good enough" alone. When you take pride in your work it shows, it definitely shows to those that know and care. That was probably one of the simplest jobs and as well the most rewarding, hearing them comment on Monday morning how impressed they were in the proportion and how straight everything was. The real secret is that when it's an old building with nothing straight in it, yours will stick out real proudly as the oddity. So being straight isn't just a measure, sometimes it becomes the constant needed to satisfy...
@j m one thing I can say is that when you work with sheet metal and your intent is quality you do everything you can to understand and accept the need for tolerances.
What I am saying is even though it doesn't seem like much, one aspect is the thickness of the material needing to be accounted for. So whether you bend it in a brake or butt weld it you need to understand how the thickness plays into the axis planes they intersect at.
Most of the time if your fitment is right and you are used to working with a material that your used to
It almost looks easy, it comes with time after being dedicated to making good habits to begin with. It all comes with time and attention to detail.
Great vid! Nice work!
These kinds of vids we need more and yes came from recomendations and subbed while here :P
I called out the vent hole early!! Nice job.
Just clip the corners with the shear one corner per plate and it will vent, will be filled when welded anyway no need to drill. Also with the right settings that entire box could be welded with no filler metal. Keep that heavy block close to your seam and it will act as a chiller bar. And if you really want to impress weld the seams internally before putting the last plate on if you can pull off clean internal corners all the way around your gonna get the job!
LMFAO....yes weld all inside then put on last panel....great plan
@@richardchase4019 ...if they cut it to inspect the weld cross-section, which is far more important than laying pretty beads, they'll notice the interior work.
@@silvermediastudio actually they will notice the inside welds immediately upon looking at it . I would anyway...but being a weld supervisor for the last 35 years will mean I am wrong.
@@richardchase4019 okay. can't wait to see your box building video, always great to learn from those with decades of experience.
Not a fan of fusing aluminum.
Proper purging is important when sealing things in tig just like having clean metal and surfaces.. it's a very delicate welding process
This guy makes rig welding so easy and as someone who has never welded even I know it ain’t that easy 😬
Friggin good production value man.
Thanks man!
Excellent video brother. Enjoyed all the editing tricks and the arc shots were on! I'm gonna get me a Nascar job now! 🔥👍🏼🔥
Thank you sir!
thinking using corners, and 2x 1/16" holes. get yourself close to said corners, and finish up there.
i'm just spit balling, my brother showed me how to mig not long ago, stumbled across this vid (and now im subbed) so im trying to pick up as much as i can! i may not have the right idea, but it makes sense in my mind, the way i think anyway.
Great vid!
Weld aluminum all the time but usually dirty old mismatched aluminum scrap I just making something out of. I need to try and get all involved in cleaning everything sometime and see what I can do.
I make things like that all the time seam welding but usually sheet steel.
Thinnest I go is welding things out of lawn chair aluminum tubing. Not very pretty but they sure are lightweight.
If you tig weld anything mate, be it Stainless Steel, aluminium or just mild steel cleanliness is absolutely key. You'll be amazed at how much better your welding will be.
Helpful hints. If you turn the ac frequency up on thinner metal it gives you a smaller cooler bead with less risk of blow through.
You had the frequency pretty low.
NASCAR is cutting out all manufacturing in 2021 Good luck👍🏻
No??
thier going to a spec chassis next year. So no race team will be building their own chassis
No one gives a shit about nascar tho so it doesn't really matter.
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That's a clean looking shop. I'm jelly.
That is an amazingly round bald head... Cheers fellow baldy, great job!
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The welding tests that I did in the navy involved more than horizontal lap joints. You should have jigged the cube into a fixed position. Then you will have vertical, horizontal, and overhead joints to weld.
I keep a co2 fire extinguisher on hand to cool some items cylinders and cubes so they don’t build pressure right at the end! Nice job your hired. 😁
Clip off a piece of tig rod to make a plug. After the part is cooled use a small ball peen hammer, sharpen the piece, form it into the hole and clip the excess off. It’ll seal it long enough to finish the weld. It also prevents blowback even on very small parts. Done it for years and it works every time with any alloy.
I've always been curious to wonder why anyone would weld with uncovered arms. I work as a welder and the company owner that i work for really likes his workers to look proper all the time (because there are guests who visit the factory n he doesn't want them to see a dirty work area or workers) and we get these black long sleeved shirts that we have to wear. I go through basically one a month because the radiation from the weld eventually turns the front of the shirt light brown. And these are real proper heat resisting shirts, and even when i MIG weld (I mostly TIG weld stainless though) something the spatter doesn't go through the shirt for the first 2 weeks like it would on your average shirt. If you increase the risk of getting skin cancer, suit up boys! Other than that, great video n i can't wait to get to try my hands on aluminium TIG welding eventually! Cheers!
wrapping the box in a COLD wet cloth will help, the more area you can cover the better. this will prevent the heat from spreading as much, and will not alow the air inside the container to have as wild of a temperature change, this reducing the expansion experienced by the air whiten. Also, letting the container cool back to room temperature will also help, albeit, to a lesser degree. pardon the pun.