Ace a NASCAR Welding Test - TIG Welding an Aluminum Cube
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- 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
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.
This video is produced way too well for you to only have 10k subs. I'll help get that number up. Subbed
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Ditto
"Weld a cube please"
Me- * starts laying beads in cube form*
LOL That's what I thought when I clicked on this.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
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...
put a slot in it and make it a bank
I like your idea
Suggestion box that has no way of opening.
Colton Blumhagen soo?
Good idea. Haven't seen an old style bank like that in many years.
then you have to cut it open to get the moneys out...
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!
My guys in a t shirt and using one glove most times. Gunna have a sick tan
and some sick skin cancer
The slo-mo at 10:40 was awesomely informative!
Awesome will do more of that!
Yea man I agree
you need to use noodles then put superglue all over it then with a bit of paint you will be golden
Pretty sure thats how NASA does it
You're editing style is amazing! I really hope you grow quickly. Great info
Thank you for the kind words!
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. :)
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
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.
Clown Yep
Welding with no sleeves is a good way to get skin cancer faster. Has no one ever mentioned this to you before? When I see that I think newbie instantly. Put some sleeves on and save your health.
@Loki the sly one the same uv rays that can make your face red if you tack without a mask or the same ones that burn your eyes. Its uv rays from the sun that gives you burns and skin cancer. Same stuff from an arc. Its why you wear a mask.
Dirty hole, bro. Oxide layer in the hole prevented you from welding it shot. You did a great job of prepping all the other welds, I love the deburring tool idea, but you didn't prep the vent hole weld.
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.
Dude, the behind the mask shots were so cool!!
Hope to improve even more!
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!
I had to do a stainless box, polished, with one weld exposed. Pretty fresh on the tig, but I would have much rather have done it with aluminum lol
That's a cool test, what was the job? I used to tig in a stainless shop building exhausted systems for commercial buildings. .020 thru .035, now I'm a pipeliner, crazy how much the thin stainless experience helps me fit up thick carbon pipe!
CJ Gibbons it was to work restorations of passenger railroad cars. They have a lot of stainless. It’s a pretty overall gig. Had to do a 3g and a 6g to be hired. You do something different every day.
@@davidwilamowski8591 what's a 3g or 6g?
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
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!
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
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.
Can you make a video on that Thanos finger snap technique you used to make a supervisor disappear?
Haha no problem! But you might go to jail..
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
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.
TIME 10:33 This was the best shot i have found on how to add filler to an arc. keep up the great work.
You gotta tighten that arch man you're going to shock the shit out of yourself
Put a couple -6 AN fittings on it and you have a fuel cell for a 1/4 scale drag race car... LOL
Could have added some foam or baffle inside
A drag car for a six year old - what could possibly go wrong?
These kinds of vids we need more and yes came from recomendations and subbed while here :P
Buy just the welding glass from your hood and put that in front of your camera. It will give us a better view.
be better just buying a flip down hood glass, those are auto darkening, and doubt you could buy one cheaper than the flip downs
U should use this cube as a fuel container
Mini fuel cell for a little pit bike?
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!
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.
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. 👍
Cut a slot in it and make a piggy bank...
There ya go! Would have to really want your money back out.
Nice work. Was it the camera angle or is your electrode to work distance quite large?
Hopefully camera angle.. ??
at 15:36, if you catch just the right frame, it looks to be about 1/8" to 3/16" distance from the tip of the electrode to the work, just before he strikes the arc. Just personal preference. It obviously works for him.
I was curious... why you did not ball your tungsten end on your tip for the aluminum ?
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!
Can we stop calling aluminum foil Tin foil... It's a completely different metal and hasn't been commonly used for over 100 years... Thanks that would be greatly appreciated!
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!
Bro dress like a welder, real Recognize real all this shirt tucked in black pants lol just have your weld swagger and you will be fine also don’t worry if you bust your weld test happens all the time to the best of us
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.
So I am extremely new to welding, and suck at it, like REAALLY suck at it. And would like to know some beginner tips that could help me. Because I have alot of stuff I needed welded and had to have my dad or grandpa weld it for me which is kind of a nuisance to them.
I was stressed out throughout the steps in video thinking man I would’ve screwed that up. lol
Use the acetone after deburring, so itll remove the fingergrease as well... It isnt really necessary to remove fingergrease prior to welding, but wiping down a brand new sheet of alluminium isnt necessary also. So you want perfection? Use the acetone after deburring/touching everything.
Great vid, tho!
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.
Nascar ... Going down the tubes . Been there done that.
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.
I'm no welder!!! but I bet if you make the air in the cube colder or equal to the air outside the cube you could weld the hole. since your at a race shop, try putting nitrogen in the hole? another thing you could probably do is have the cube compress and slowly uncompress as you start welding but this would require another hand and probably a more flexible cube aswell. if none of this works buy a spaceship!... I guess a pressure chamber would be cheaper.
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
Granted, I'm a few months late to the party.... but put the box in the freezer for a bit, bring it out, and quickly seal that hole.
Same as putting wrist pins in the freezer, and pistons in the oven before you press them together.
It's the same, but different.
okay now weld me a titanium exhaust system for my Audi A6,
just to let y'all know this *MAYBE* on the test
From an old retired welder. Should fill cube with whatever gas you were using through the hole you drilled and lightly pein hole quickly and then weld up the hole. A few tricks are involved to complete this procedure. Do this and let me know how you did.
I can’t believe you actually have to say these things about showing up for an interview lol
Chloe Hennessey I worked in a stainless steel pipe fitters shop where we built food processing plants. We had a guy just out of the navy interview and he showed up in shorts. Needless to say he left with burnt legs.
Chloe Hennessey ikr!
I’d have no idea how to show up to a welding interview... all the other interviews I’ve been to require formal dress.
You weld the Cube up completely to the absolute corner, but instead of where you have drilled your hole, put it in the point of the corner. Then once the box is completely cold you found out you can spot the hole virtually without filler Tip from this old fart to you Sir
I wanna learn how to TIG so bad. Just cant afford the machine :-(
Not that I’m promoting it but I’ve heard the Chinese knockoffs have gotten good. Might be a good place to start.
Yes check out Everlast. They are pretty cheap compared to other and they dont seem to lack quality. There is alot of reviews om then here on yt.
You need many hours of practice. You need to go to school because buying argon gas is expensive
Nice vid, only small gripe would be don't weld in short shirts. Either wear a long sleeve shirt or take a welding jacket to a skills test like this. A massive part of any skills test is the health and safety factor and short sleeves and welding= cancer. Safety, Safety, Safety. If you make a minor mistake/mistakes in these tests it's never a big deal, if you make safety mistakes that put you or others in harms way it becomes a big mistake.
On the sealed container side, you can put the welded side of the box in ice water or use freezer spray to make the box cold. Having it full of cold air and something to act as a heat sink will give you the extra couple of seconds before pressure builds inside the box as it heats. That and two smaller holes, say 2x1/16 holes instead of a 1/8th may have helped too. Sealed containers are rare though, you usually have to back-gas or purge the container when welding like this.
Long sleeves are very uncommon in nascar fab shops. Some do though.
@@JustVoss yep, but that doesn't mean that we don't put welding jackets on when they are available. Not in NASCAR, but I do get paid to build and work on UMP Dirtcar Modifieds that regularly beat the likes of Kenny Wallace and Kenny Schroeder on our local dirt tracks in St. Louis, MO. Herm even told me one time that if he sees a guy welding in his shop without a welding jacket and there is one there available, he will stop him in the middle of a weld and fire him on the spot!
Safety is EVERYTHING in racing, from the way the cars are designed to the choice of what material to machine lug nuts out of! It's the reason why we spend $500 on a seat and $750 on a helmet, $300 for seat belts, $400 on fireproof shoes. Don't even get me into what some guys will spend on their race suits!
Rant over, we can build another car but we can't build another meat servo to sit between the seat and the steering wheel...lol. We like to see drivers come back in one piece, preferably undamaged.
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
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 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.
So I go to a trade high school and I’m taking up welding and this is actually the sophomore project so I guess I would pass pretty easily haha
Great confidence, but don’t get cocky. I’ve tig welded for 15+yrs now and every time can bring a surprise, one piece of advice if you want it, is practice, all the time. I still do, hood time is important.
Not planning on becoming a professional welder, but can you sub dark grey or navy blue slacks/pants for black ones?
Sub....scri....bed
look! I welded that word together!
Appreciate you sticking around!
so you added ellipsis to the word. These typically imply trailing off mid...
or that you are skipping something between the syllables.
Either way you are adding a break each time
So technically speaking, you did the exact opposite of welding.
sukoo1 I think the dots are the welds
@@JustVoss I'm glad you get it. Some peeps are just just like Sheldon Cooper. 😊
In 9th grade shop class my teacher said I should braise together a water filled cube last time I checked the water was still there
just did a couple of these yesterday in aluminum and stainless, lets hope for a call back!
Why do you keep your Wolfram tip so blunt? It seems your point is really short, making it a prett hard taper from the full thickness to the point. I've learned to keep it longer, and it usually concentrates the arc pretty nicely.
In the slowmo you can see yours is pretty wide still 🤔
I’ll trying mixing it up some
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
Perhaps you could cool the box right before welding the hole? As the box begins to expand as it heats, it would draw gas in through the hole, allowing welding gas to flow into the cube? I think that’s right, otherwise heat it first and as it cools it draws air. But I think I’m right - things contract in cool and expand in heat. As it expands, the volume inside would increase, needing air to fill it.
If you put your box in cool water for a few minutes at least couple inches of water and cool the box. Then go for it.
Great vid! Nice work!
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.
Let the container and air in container cool to room temp. This will buy you just enough time to get it sealed up and moltin aluminum solidified before the pressure can build.
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 don't know about nascar but I have fabed for historic motor sports cars (nascar included) also I have been welding in aerospace for 30ish years (AWS D17.1) and son that aint how its done! you didn't even remove the aluminum oxide off the surface with scotch brite and acetone not even, and then using a dirty ass shop towel you just wiped everything down with. With all that shit on there how are you going to judge how dirty your wire is on the Tiffin scale? but your welds look good but im betting we X- Ray those and your gonna shit when you see the root!
Aerospace is way different. And I’m out of rags.
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!
Justin, I'm not a welder so this comment/question is just out of curiosity I guess. In that application of making a sealed box with pressure build up happening, couldn't you blast the box with compressed co2 (upside down can of keyboard cleaner) for a moment or two to negate the temperature inside so the gas buildup would happen long after the bead has solidified? Loved the video, thanks.
I think it works best to cool the entire container, so just blowing the exterior with a air blower would work too.
I'm way to stoned.., I was recommended this video despite never really welding in my life. I skipped ahead a few seconds and just assumed this guy has an identical twin he made videos with.
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.
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There are a ton of channels that are better at explaining that than me. Just think of a specific problem or question and search it, rinse and repeat.
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!
Tighten up that arch and ur smooth sailing nice vid🤘
Another reason why his welds were cold.
Put some dry ice in it before you weld it .. bahahahahah bahahahaha
Nice truck
As someone whose worked for a race team, alot of what this guy says is true, although the skill level used for tig wouldnt be decided on a box, itd be things with curves and tight areas the would emulate out of position welding for a roll cage or a large majority of the fabricated components in a stock car, sadly though the era of a fabricated stock car will soon come to an end
Been in NASCAR for a long time, depending on the job you’re right. But most teams aren’t tig welding their chassis anymore and components like what I did are welded on a table and can be moved. The very last part of what you said is also unfortunately correct, sadly.
Justin Voss i hate to see the composite body package, it seems as though rather than using a less expensive product to save money NASCAR and the teams have decided that eliminating building aspect to building a stock car
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.
Arc length a little long for me. Your frequency sounded pretty low too but I don’t know what kind of Equipment your welding with. Either way nice job
Some parts it was, especially when reaching around the camera. My welder doesn’t have adjustable frequency.
I find it helpful to let the piece cool completely before I try to weld the vent hole.
I think the open box would be more practical. My final for my Basic Welding For Transportation class when I was in college was to mig weld a box out of (if memory serves) 1/16in sheet metal and have it hold water.