Your videos put me at peace every night and help me forget my troubles and sleep. Apart from the machining knowledge (which is great too) I genuinely appreciate what you've done for my life.
Same here. You made me remember that TOT put me to sleep like a baby with a wide grin on my face countless of times. He’s channeling this positive energy with all his welding machines I guess
This old tony is pretty relaxing but then he hits you with some random loud noise 20 minutes into the video 😂 I often watch handtoolresque, works so well that I never got through an entire video without falling asleep
HTP earned themselves a 27 minute review in front of 1 milllion people. Genius! ... to be fair, it must be a pretty awesome machine for ToT to give such a glowing review.
@@misterhat5823 Earned, if the machine was shit, They wouldn't have gotten a good video from ToT hence they did a good job on the machine and thus earned a good video.
After watching your videos for years, I fished out a junked weld cart from the neighbour's steel bin, got the boss to buy a cheap import TIG, and I've been laying beads of tungsten down on anything I can strike an arc on. Without a doubt, you've started hundreds of careers doing this, and will likely start even more.
Tungsten is stronger than steel therefore it's a better filler metal, duh. If I take the back cap off I can even push it through and pretend it's a MIG.
As a professional blacksmith, fabricator, and metalwork educator who owns his own small business, I look forward to seeing your videos, not only to learn from you, but also to be encouraged that maybe I can do more than I expect with my limited equipment. Thanks for being a role model for us!
You are single-handedly providing therapeutic relief for all of us hobby(and I’m sure some but cannot speak for professional) machinists. I love the info, the delivery, and your humor. EDIT: dude give us a join button to support you
I've been watching your videos since 2019 or 2020, I am now in tradeschool for a precision machining program because of your videos. Thank you for introducing me to this trade.
I’m a welder and sold my machines when I moved, and was like this dude has more welding machines than most welders I know. Really made me eat my words. Glad you got a giving heart there and decided to hook other people up.
Your videos were a major reason I'm in school for machining, and I'm already making chips on a 5-axis at an aerospace shop! Thank you so much for the videos, you really helped me find a path I could enjoy. I'm much better with handles and knobs than sparks and arcs, but I have some big projects in mind and could definitely use a better welder to learn and get comfy with. It'd sure beat the hell outta my clapped out old Lincoln DC!
I dont think I've ever missed a tot video since i discovered the channel, and I've gone back and watched just about every one I've missed. No other channel even comes close to this level of perfection with humor and knowledge.
Ok your They Might Be Giants reference made my day even more than your video! I’m an HTP guy as well, my Invertig 221 (liquid cooled of course!) is beyond awesome. Their customer service is freakin legendary, they probably would have sent you a bag of O rings. Well done as usual, your videos provide a massive amount of info, humor, and common sense.
Thank you for the hit of nostalgia. I use to watch my father work in a small engine repair shop he owned and ran out of our garage as a child. He passed away when I was 9 and I spent my teenage years growing up with no men in my life. It was me, my Mom, 2 Sisters, and 2 Nieces. Once I was about 17, I found the garage could be my sanctuary. I'm 27 now and since then I've taught myself to work on things, tinker around, and build whatever comes to mind. Even got myself a cheap used welder from FB marketplace. Your videos somehow give me a similar feeling to hanging out in the garage with my father all those years ago. Thank you ToT!
I proposed to my fiancé in our university machine shop (where we both work) this past month We humbly throw our hats in the ring for that TIG welder to start our garage shop We love watching your videos together, Sending you much love as always!
As a (very much) hobby machinist your videos have proven invaluable in learning basic shop skills together with your videos being easy to digest and fun as hell
I’ll say this my life has felt like I’ve been missing something and now I know what it is… this old Tony’s back! How I’ve missed your videos, they get me in the shop and making frighteningly terrifying presents my wife hides from her friends. Thanks buddy!
I am!!!! Sweet I never win anything! Unless your saying how lucky I am to have a wife who humors my my crazy hobbies but hides them from everyone so people don’t actually know how crazy I actually am… yes I am lucky!
I'll be honest, I have a 17yo who is ttrying to get his career started with welding. I will be watching like a hawk to make that young man's career start off a little smoother. Thanks for sharing. Cheers
So happy to see you back producing videos! I recently taught my nephew to TIG. Unfortunately, this means that my TIG setup is er.. now part of his tool bay at the shiny new mechanic job that helped him get, and my nascent home workshop has since been left conspicuously TIG-less, despite having gone through all the trouble to run the circuit for it. I've yet to teach him how to do stick or MIG, though.
I have seen some other comments like this, but ToTs videos also really help me fall asleep at night. its not that they are boring 😅 but I think Tony's voice is just really nice and the way the videos are made is just comforting and easy to listen to (the best part are the jokes and puns). I sometimes have trouble sleeping at night because of chronic tinnitus so these videos are great for me.
You know its going to be a good day when there's a new ToT video! I love the humor you work into your clips. Thanks for all the entertainment and information you have shared with us.
I do the majority of my welding with the same size tungsten all the time. I just always grind it to a point, and let DC round it to what it wants to be.
Less than 10 hrs after posting, and you already have 150k+ views… I love it brother ❤ You can give away those other welding machines, but your videos are the greatest gift you could possibly give to the DIY machinist community 👍💪
youve been married 34 times? wholly cow!!! seriously though, congrats, its always nice to hear about a happy coupple with a lasting relationship, cheers and cherish!
Once in a while i go back to your earlier videos and mash thru them all untill i reach the newest one. Im so happy for how far you have come and the skills you share with us ❤
Hey TOT, I'd like to throw my hat in the ring. I started out with cheap Eastwood welder, plasma cutter, and TIG welder. They have served me well but two of them have seen their last days. Thanks for putting out the greatest videos of all of RUclips!
Love watching your videos Informative and very entertaining. Was a welder for 42 years and missed Tig Welding. I used a Syncrowave 350 for years. The machine didn't have pulse but was very reliable. Used to run that welder at top end for hours, and it never broke down.
Wow, that's really generous with your old welders. Your channel is what taught me to start working aluminum. I've only done the taking big aluminum and making it into smaller aluminum thing and learning to weld has been on my list of things that I want to do but can't afford. Fingers crossed and keeping my ears and eyes open.
You can just about walk into any weld shop looking for help with 0 experience and get a job. No one wants to do the work anymore, especially in your neck of the woods.
Great review. About 25y ago, I tried aluminum MIG once for about 30 seconds in a welding course. Of course the settings, lights and mood music was perfect to fire off an amazing looking weld and make me think I actually knew what I was doing. Fast forward and now I have a DC TIG and recently bought an AC TIG for aluminum. I feel you are 95% responsible and don't regret it at all. I'd love to get the MIG, but I am in Canada and you'd have to sneak it past the canoes, poutine factorys and maple trees.
You sir are one of the major reasons I took such an interest in machining and I’m proud to say I’ve become somewhat close to something near proficient. Your videos challenge me to challenge myself with new skills I haven’t tried yet, and as soon as I get the opportunity to try welding, these old ToT vids will be the first I turn to for advice. As always, thanks for the awesome content!
I'm an engineer and hobbyist. I love watching your videos. I would appreciate my name in the hat for any of the welders to take my maker skills to the next level. Thanks Tony. Please make more videos, it rare for someone to have your wit and sense of sharing projects.
After watching your videos for years. I’m a machinist now and I’ve been doing it for a year now. I want to learn how to weld and add that to my knowledge bank. I love your videos and the humor and seeing you work.
Tony you are literally the main reason I secretly took out a loan and bought a dead machinist entire shop. Still learning everything I have. But I really need a welder since he sold his before he died. (The piece of crap didn't empty his coolant!!!! So i had to replace all pumps) but my wife knows your name as the guy who cost her a garage and 15k. Lol.
I am a woodworker and not into metal working, but your videos have provided a ton of learning about metal working and i truly appreciate them. You humorous presentation is very enjoyable too! Keep up the great work. Thanks.,👍
TOT, you're the man, I always enjoy your...posts... knowledge... you make learning about machining/welding, design fun. Your giving away your welders are a great thing, many a time I've wanted to start welding but can't justify the expense to learn with the hope to find continued use of a welder, as I'm sure it is for a great many people out there. Thank you for your time, your entertainement and your knowledge that you share.
You're the inspiration for one of my recent projects, a folded sheet metal chess set! (Particularly your sheet metal bending video lol). Thank you so much for your constant inspiration in the "maker" kind of space! Side note; extra thankful that you always include your mistakes, I mean scripted teaching opportunities, in your videos, invaluable for avoiding similar mistakes and also helps teach that failure isn't always the end
Wow, huge changes since I learned to weld in the seventies. These machines are incredible. Really enjoy your review, and certainly if price is no option when I setup my new shop I will look at these machines.
All that for half the price of a Miller XMT 350, that has no AC or pulse. - What can the reason be that Miller sells all the XMTs they can make,,,,- and then you have to spend another 4 grand for a feeder to boot, all for a machine without a TV screen that tells you what it will and will not let you set. 10 grand VS 38 hun. Got to be a reason, Huh?
Again a great video TOT! Been following you for a couple of years, i've seen all of your video's (multiple times). They never get old! Started fixing and building stuff when I was about 14. Learned my self to weld (MIG, TIG, MMA) and how to use a lathe. You sparked my interest in machining even further, so a year ago (at 26) I started taking lessons! The machinery's handbook even made it's way to my living room. It would be great to join the give-away since a good welder would be a great addition to my (still growing) home shop. Keep up the good work, cheers!
I just bought an old junk motorcycle, and I'm going to restore it, in memory of my dad, who rode his whole life. I don't know how to weld, but I'm going to learn, along with some fab, machining, and body work/ paint. When done, I'm giving it to my son, who will be helping with the project. Needless to say, your videos have been as instructional and educational as they have been entertaining. Thank you for everything, and never stop never stopping.
The jokes at 4:57 and 5:51 and 14:42 were good, thank you for keeping me engaged with the little bits of humor you come up with. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to use the gift welding machine properly, but I would be happy for it, I hope it goes to someone who deserves it. Keep up the good work. Thx.
Easily my favorite channel on RUclips. Yoir videos are always fun and entertaining, and dang it you trick me in to learning something along the way! Best wishes.
I’ve had a miller multimatic 220 for a few years now and I love it, a much more basic machine than the htp, no fancy pulsing but it does ac and dc tig and stick. I’ve even mig welded aluminum without a spool gun no issues. I’m all for one box to rule them all! Great video as always.
I think there's advantages and disadvantages. Size is the main disadvantage I have a couple of Stel machines the company that makes these for HTP in Italy, and even though my pro pulse or Iron Mig as it's called in Europe can do stick and DC tig, because I do a lot of mobile work I tend to use the Stel equivalent of the Inverarc 200 tlp. Its so small and handy that it's just easier to grab it and go for Stick or DC tig. But having the multi process there too is definitely helpful. It probably depends on your use case. In a shop having one machine would be a nice setup.
When you matched the focus on the badge "you look great today" to make the asset composite correctly with the depth of field of the shot ... what a wonderful detail. bravo
Makes me wanna buy one of them! I bought that recommended red finger slicer you're suppose to cut branches with. Works great on both! Appreciate the fun vids and happy you're back posting.
My partner is a student at one of the best welding training programs in our state and they have shown a ton of talent thus far, and they have a personal goal of using the welding experience to serve their community. I've been a huge fan of yours for years now, from way back with the Wintergatan crossover. Great to see you uploading again!
I was thinking about Tony this morning wondering if he’s ok. Even though if he’s ok is up to debate, we’re thankful for this new video on a Saturday. 😊
Hey I’m a young student interested in welding and engineering, I came across your content recently and am loving it. With the welder I could push my knowledge further and help accomplish my goal of becoming a mechanical engineer. No matter the outcome of the giveaway I plan on saving up for a welder so I can learn myself and teach my younger brother. Keep up the great work! ❤️💪
We must all be the same because i was just in a basic construction trade, started watching you 3-4 years ago and now im in a shop, learning the ins and outs of milling and lathe work, becoming something along the lines of a machinist, love your videos! inspiration to many!
Hello Tony, Jose from Puerto Rico. After watching this video, I subscribed to your channel. I'm 66 years old and just started to learn how to weld. This was something I've always wanted to learn, and it would be nice to have one of those machines you're giving away. It would sure beat the one I bought at Home Depot for 269 bucks to learn and practice. Anyhow, I really enjoyed the video and hopefully down the road I would love to educate myself more via a welding course I have on my sights. You have a relaxing way of teaching and I'm practically in the same boat as you, fixing stuff around the house. That new machine is very impressive indeed.
Welcome to the welding world Jose! As someone who is more or less a self taught welder, I highly recommend checking out the Welding Tips and Tricks RUclips channel. Jodi is a master welder and with his videos and plenty of practice, I was able to start welding professionally. It’s a great resource to help teach you everything you’d need to know to be able to weld up whatever project you decide to tackle!
Not only do I watch your videos to expand my knowledge base, my kids and I have made it a game to pick out the little Easter eggs! Replacing the “Made in Italy” with various words of encouragement was my favorite. The T8R TOT towards the end gave the kids a good chuckle! Keep up the excellent work, sir!
Looks really cool. You know what is cooler to have. Your old welder. Good conversation starter in the middle of my living room on every party I will have from now on.
As a recovering lobbyist, your channel has given me the courage to quit my job, completely change my ways, and inspire me to become a scummy entrepreneur! Watching your old welders in countless videos has been great, and I think I'd swoon pretty hard if I got to work in the shop with one of em.
I'm at a loss to determine if I like the content, the editing or the Easter eggs in Tony's videos the most As always quite entertaining. I'd love a mig welder to add to my collection. Your videos always seem like you are more of a personable instructor than a hobbyist. I think I'm onto you..... You're a college professor in disguise! Looking forward to mor
I've been stick welding since childhood (my grandfather quite literally introduced me when I was 12 years old). Been thinking of learning to tig weld for ages - picking the right welder has just gotten a lot harder. Thanks for your take on the revolution - as sharp and entertaining as always!
So happy to see a notification of a new tot video it's always a great treat keep up the great work and never change your one of a kind teaching style you got it down perfectly for just about anyone to understand even complacated subjects and just the right amount of dad jokes love it man
As someone who learned on a Sychrowave 250DX ( and welding cast aluminum too), this machine is like magic. I'm excited to see all the future AL MIG shenanigans to come.
Dry humour and valuable information. What a combination! Love your style TOT. Lots of imitators but only one original. Love your zany nutty communications. Please stay just this way. :D
You make great content seem fun and effortless, which is the mark of greatness. I know that, behind the scenes, it actually takes a phenomenal amount of time and effort. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort. We aspiring garage knuckleheads are so much richer for it.
i almost didnt watch this cuz i didnt understand the title. until i realized who posted it. i dont know anything about shop stuff or welding or anything but this is easily one of my favorite channels
Being the owner of a ESAB 205ic, MILLER 220 and now a HTP 2500. I can say the HTP is hands down the best and shines in every processes. They all have pros and cons but HTP has very few. ESAB 205 bests the Miller 220 by a decent margin. There’s a lot to compare with these and could elaborate more if needed. The Miller and Esab are both good welders, so not knocking anyone that owns one. However if I’m putting that much coin on the line, then I want the best option for my money.
After I post this comment, I will send this video to a friend. He is a very good welder. And by that I mean very good. He, like me, was born in the middle of the last century. I weld at a hobby level. I have consulted my friend about this type of "all in one" welding machine. He responded "rubbish" But a few months ago he admitted when he tested a mig weld with flush. That it was something I could buy when I was thinking of buying a new welder (mine is 40 years old) I am convinced that your video will make him look like this 😲❗So thank you "old" Tony it's the video made my day❗❗ ❗
I have been a Lincoln guy, and haven't been all that impressed with my Mig welder. I think I may just try one of these HTP's they have come a long way, thank for the video.
Welding is something that I've always wanted to get into, most of what I do is in wood though, and my woodworking takes up a lot of my space, I know my wife wouldn't let me buy a welder, but if I was (gifted one) how could she say no. I really enjoy and appreciate everything you go through to make these videos and all just to entertain me. Thanks for giving back to your community tot.
Anybody feel free to chime in, but my understanding about aluminum mig is there is more potential for crater cracks because starting and terminating the weld there is no way to taper off and add a bit of extra filler. Fun video as always.
Love your channel and all the projects you share. Everytime i see a welding video I keep going "gotta get me one of those". My goal is to teach my kids how to make/repair everything but welding is something I wasn't taught nor have. I look forward to hearing about how to enter the contest.
Your channel has been key to fanning the flames of my interest in the hobby machine shop. There are only a few channels out there that get me excited to get a youtube notification, yours being top of the list. Your witty and humble approach to making even the simplest of projects makes the whole shop seem attainable to idiots like me. Thanks for all you've done. Looking forward to the details about the giveaway, that would be an interesting seed to plant in my garage.
I just wanna say, you are the reason i started taking an interest in welding and making stuff on the side of my job. I do have to weld at work but my profession is mechanic so i almost never do that cause we got people way better than me. But ive been watching you for a while and Ive started to learn mig (and trying tig welding aluminum) and I find it really enjoyful! Thanks for showing me how fun welding can be and how many uses it has! Also your video was great as always! You always say thanks for watching, but i wanna say Thanks for making such good content to watch!😁
Keen on the 221. Been dreaming of owning a nice AC HF TIG since my teens. Bought my MIG on student loan money and still have it and use it often. Having a nice TIG would open up my options massively. Thanks for all the effort you put into your vids, much appreciated.
I like the look of your new machine ! I have an Everlast PowerPro 256Si multi processor which has AC / DC TIG, pulse , Stick , and Plazma cut to 20mm, it works great. The MIG function on your new machine is impressive......keep up the great videos ! Cheers from down under.
Answered so many of my noob questions about where to possibly start in welding. I do some Gunsmithing so it seemed TIG was all I might need. But I do some auto work and training myself on general machine shop. Now I better understand where MIG plays a role plus how some of the advanced features really help out. Thanks!
Welcome back! I've been one of your happy viewers for a long time, and I enjoy your humor and I've learned a lot from you accurate fact-based videos. I'm a parent and Board member at the Summerview Waldorf School and Farm in Santa Rosa CA, which is a non-profit school. In our Art/Tech building, our students build go-carts, work on tractors, fix cars, build furniture, and more. Could you please donate one of the welders to our Art/Tech program? All of our high school students would be using the machine for maker projects for years to come. Thak you for all you do.
Looks like a nice machine. I recently picked up a very similar green machine, and so far I absolutely love it. I'm new to welding, in any real capacity, and I'm blown away by the technology available and the ease of use on these new inverter machines. I only hope that they have similar longevity to the older transformers, at least for my hobby use.
Last night, I noticed a Dutch-angle shot of a milling operation, on a different channel; I immediately thought it must have been in homage to Tony. Then - and best of all - a new ToT video, mere hours later! This channel is why I fell in love with machining and TIG welding (so I'm pretty excited when I see that there's a new episode!).
WOW! I am currently setting up a shop in a family members garage (they have graced me with use of the space after a troubling few years my wife and i have had with work and a bad landlord) and I bout one of those little no name machines and have desperately been trying to learn so i can follow my dream of being a full time maker. I look forward to the chance to put my name in the hat for a quality welder... Thanks for sharing and thanks for being a continued inspiration. I truly appreciate the work you put into these videos.
Another This Old Tony video! You've really inspired me to learn how to weld, I just got into college and next I'm gonna be taking some welding classes in the coming weeks. Even some manual machining classes because of your inspiration. This new welder seems like quite the powerhouse, really incredible!
Good on you passing on your old welders👍 great idea 👍plus who ever gets them can look over your old videos and learn how to work them thanks for another great video and thanks for sharing 👍
Your videos put me at peace every night and help me forget my troubles and sleep. Apart from the machining knowledge (which is great too) I genuinely appreciate what you've done for my life.
dang, thanks SSL!
I do the same thing, fall asleep almost every night with his videos playing in the background
Same here. You made me remember that TOT put me to sleep like a baby with a wide grin on my face countless of times. He’s channeling this positive energy with all his welding machines I guess
This old tony is pretty relaxing but then he hits you with some random loud noise 20 minutes into the video 😂 I often watch handtoolresque, works so well that I never got through an entire video without falling asleep
Surprisingly many people use tot to fall asleep. Maybe he is in the wrong profession? As far as I know he did Asmr just once
HTP really deserves an irony-award… that giant American flag on the side in combination with that made in Italy sign on the control panel is golden 😂
Well, the company selling them is USA Weld / HTP America I think so its kinda ok, I noticed that as you did until I went to the website
The made in Italy decal changes to “You look great today” at about 14:11
@@miza6 … and to „subscribe“ later on. And I believe a third time as well, but I would have to check for that again.
At 5:57 it is "Hello Handsome"
HTP earned themselves a 27 minute review in front of 1 milllion people.
Genius!
... to be fair, it must be a pretty awesome machine for ToT to give such a glowing review.
Best $4,000 they ever spent....
Earned? Bought.
@@misterhat5823 Earned, if the machine was shit, They wouldn't have gotten a good video from ToT hence they did a good job on the machine and thus earned a good video.
And for $3800 it should make coffee and give you a back rub
@@AlanColon1979Bought. Ever heard of payment in kind?
After watching your videos for years, I fished out a junked weld cart from the neighbour's steel bin, got the boss to buy a cheap import TIG, and I've been laying beads of tungsten down on anything I can strike an arc on. Without a doubt, you've started hundreds of careers doing this, and will likely start even more.
Well, probably not beads of tungsten, but nice nonetheless
Tungsten is stronger than steel therefore it's a better filler metal, duh. If I take the back cap off I can even push it through and pretend it's a MIG.
There is no bait so obvious that someone will fail to take it.
@@dittoegg yeah I'm like, clearly he's joking
@@CloudSand99 Welcome to the internet. You're clearly new here.
As a professional blacksmith, fabricator, and metalwork educator who owns his own small business, I look forward to seeing your videos, not only to learn from you, but also to be encouraged that maybe I can do more than I expect with my limited equipment. Thanks for being a role model for us!
You are single-handedly providing therapeutic relief for all of us hobby(and I’m sure some but cannot speak for professional) machinists. I love the info, the delivery, and your humor.
EDIT: dude give us a join button to support you
I'm technically a "professional" machinist, and honestly, TOT's videos make my entire week sometimes.
He has Patreon. I'd support his efforts any way he asked.
@@RGBaker i would dare to say i am a professional CNC machinist (without the quotes), and every day Tony uploads a video is a good day
The words 'hand' and 'relief' should generally not be used in the same sentence unless totally unavoidable.
I've been watching your videos since 2019 or 2020, I am now in tradeschool for a precision machining program because of your videos. Thank you for introducing me to this trade.
Have fun man, thats how i got my start a quaint 10 years ago, and have had a wonderful career thus far.
hopefully you get paid decently
That’s how I got started and went thru an apprenticeship. Best thing I’ve ever done
I’m a welder and sold my machines when I moved, and was like this dude has more welding machines than most welders I know. Really made me eat my words. Glad you got a giving heart there and decided to hook other people up.
Your videos were a major reason I'm in school for machining, and I'm already making chips on a 5-axis at an aerospace shop! Thank you so much for the videos, you really helped me find a path I could enjoy. I'm much better with handles and knobs than sparks and arcs, but I have some big projects in mind and could definitely use a better welder to learn and get comfy with. It'd sure beat the hell outta my clapped out old Lincoln DC!
What kind of school did you go to and how long did it take?
Hmm.... I thought the gestation period for a welder was only 5 months. Your videos are always so educational.
I dont think I've ever missed a tot video since i discovered the channel, and I've gone back and watched just about every one I've missed. No other channel even comes close to this level of perfection with humor and knowledge.
YASSS! Any Tony day is a better day than it had any right to be! 🎉
Dudes in 2023 about an educationally entertaining video about machining stuff = “yasss”
Its a good day for him when he gets a free welder!!
Promoting...
Ok your They Might Be Giants reference made my day even more than your video! I’m an HTP guy as well, my Invertig 221 (liquid cooled of course!) is beyond awesome. Their customer service is freakin legendary, they probably would have sent you a bag of O rings. Well done as usual, your videos provide a massive amount of info, humor, and common sense.
More like uncommon sense these days... right? Heh.
Tickled me pink, I had to go back and watch it again. 15:53 for the other TMBG fans out there!
@@DrDime_ Unfortunately yes lol!
The TMBG reference made my day as well 😁
There’s not many things that make me as excited as seeing that you’ve uploaded a new video!
Thank you for the hit of nostalgia. I use to watch my father work in a small engine repair shop he owned and ran out of our garage as a child. He passed away when I was 9 and I spent my teenage years growing up with no men in my life. It was me, my Mom, 2 Sisters, and 2 Nieces. Once I was about 17, I found the garage could be my sanctuary. I'm 27 now and since then I've taught myself to work on things, tinker around, and build whatever comes to mind. Even got myself a cheap used welder from FB marketplace. Your videos somehow give me a similar feeling to hanging out in the garage with my father all those years ago. Thank you ToT!
That was both sad and heartwarming at the same time. I'm glad you shared this story. I am a father of my own now, my son is 2 years old.
I proposed to my fiancé in our university machine shop (where we both work) this past month
We humbly throw our hats in the ring for that TIG welder to start our garage shop
We love watching your videos together,
Sending you much love as always!
How lucky you are...
You won't have to justify spending $10K on machining equipment to your wife!
Congratulations to you both!
As a (very much) hobby machinist your videos have proven invaluable in learning basic shop skills together with your videos being easy to digest and fun as hell
I’ll say this my life has felt like I’ve been missing something and now I know what it is… this old Tony’s back! How I’ve missed your videos, they get me in the shop and making frighteningly terrifying presents my wife hides from her friends. Thanks buddy!
He must use union writers - they JUST settled their strike, and then a ToT video comes out? LIke come on... that's no coincidence...
I am!!!! Sweet I never win anything! Unless your saying how lucky I am to have a wife who humors my my crazy hobbies but hides them from everyone so people don’t actually know how crazy I actually am… yes I am lucky!
Thanks this old Tony for another fantastic video and generously giving away your old gear. You sir are a treasure we don't deserve.
I'll be honest, I have a 17yo who is ttrying to get his career started with welding. I will be watching like a hawk to make that young man's career start off a little smoother. Thanks for sharing. Cheers
So happy to see you back producing videos! I recently taught my nephew to TIG. Unfortunately, this means that my TIG setup is er.. now part of his tool bay at the shiny new mechanic job that helped him get, and my nascent home workshop has since been left conspicuously TIG-less, despite having gone through all the trouble to run the circuit for it. I've yet to teach him how to do stick or MIG, though.
I have seen some other comments like this, but ToTs videos also really help me fall asleep at night. its not that they are boring 😅 but I think Tony's voice is just really nice and the way the videos are made is just comforting and easy to listen to (the best part are the jokes and puns). I sometimes have trouble sleeping at night because of chronic tinnitus so these videos are great for me.
TOT is a Canadian? Right?
Yeah, he's really boring.
After the day I had at work, a TOT video is just the rebound I needed ❤
You know its going to be a good day when there's a new ToT video!
I love the humor you work into your clips. Thanks for all the entertainment and information you have shared with us.
I do the majority of my welding with the same size tungsten all the time. I just always grind it to a point, and let DC round it to what it wants to be.
Less than 10 hrs after posting, and you already have 150k+ views… I love it brother ❤
You can give away those other welding machines, but your videos are the greatest gift you could possibly give to the DIY machinist community 👍💪
Today is my 34th wedding, anniversary. Low and behold, TOT got me a gift of a new video. Thank you, Tony. 😃
congrats!!
Congrats
A welding anniversary ?!?
youve been married 34 times? wholly cow!!!
seriously though, congrats, its always nice to hear about a happy coupple with a lasting relationship, cheers and cherish!
Once in a while i go back to your earlier videos and mash thru them all untill i reach the newest one. Im so happy for how far you have come and the skills you share with us ❤
Hey TOT, I'd like to throw my hat in the ring. I started out with cheap Eastwood welder, plasma cutter, and TIG welder. They have served me well but two of them have seen their last days. Thanks for putting out the greatest videos of all of RUclips!
Love watching your videos
Informative and very entertaining. Was a welder for 42 years and missed Tig Welding. I used a Syncrowave 350 for years. The machine didn't have pulse but was very reliable. Used to run that welder at top end for hours, and it never broke down.
Wow, that's really generous with your old welders. Your channel is what taught me to start working aluminum. I've only done the taking big aluminum and making it into smaller aluminum thing and learning to weld has been on my list of things that I want to do but can't afford. Fingers crossed and keeping my ears and eyes open.
You can just about walk into any weld shop looking for help with 0 experience and get a job. No one wants to do the work anymore, especially in your neck of the woods.
Great review. About 25y ago, I tried aluminum MIG once for about 30 seconds in a welding course. Of course the settings, lights and mood music was perfect to fire off an amazing looking weld and make me think I actually knew what I was doing. Fast forward and now I have a DC TIG and recently bought an AC TIG for aluminum. I feel you are 95% responsible and don't regret it at all. I'd love to get the MIG, but I am in Canada and you'd have to sneak it past the canoes, poutine factorys and maple trees.
You sir are one of the major reasons I took such an interest in machining and I’m proud to say I’ve become somewhat close to something near proficient. Your videos challenge me to challenge myself with new skills I haven’t tried yet, and as soon as I get the opportunity to try welding, these old ToT vids will be the first I turn to for advice. As always, thanks for the awesome content!
this man needs a wiki
Same here....
I'm an engineer and hobbyist. I love watching your videos. I would appreciate my name in the hat for any of the welders to take my maker skills to the next level. Thanks Tony. Please make more videos, it rare for someone to have your wit and sense of sharing projects.
After watching your videos for years. I’m a machinist now and I’ve been doing it for a year now. I want to learn how to weld and add that to my knowledge bank. I love your videos and the humor and seeing you work.
“Welcome to this old once in a blue moon release schedule, let me grab my Tony Sharpie” great to see you back!
Tony you are literally the main reason I secretly took out a loan and bought a dead machinist entire shop. Still learning everything I have. But I really need a welder since he sold his before he died. (The piece of crap didn't empty his coolant!!!! So i had to replace all pumps) but my wife knows your name as the guy who cost her a garage and 15k. Lol.
I am a woodworker and not into metal working, but your videos have provided a ton of learning about metal working and i truly appreciate them. You humorous presentation is very enjoyable too! Keep up the great work. Thanks.,👍
Use conductive spray on your wood. Then you can weld the pieces together, never worry about nails again.
Your videos are the most informative and attention-grabbing, and I love them. Keep up the great work 👍.
TOT, you're the man, I always enjoy your...posts... knowledge... you make learning about machining/welding, design fun. Your giving away your welders are a great thing, many a time I've wanted to start welding but can't justify the expense to learn with the hope to find continued use of a welder, as I'm sure it is for a great many people out there. Thank you for your time, your entertainement and your knowledge that you share.
You're the inspiration for one of my recent projects, a folded sheet metal chess set! (Particularly your sheet metal bending video lol). Thank you so much for your constant inspiration in the "maker" kind of space!
Side note; extra thankful that you always include your mistakes, I mean scripted teaching opportunities, in your videos, invaluable for avoiding similar mistakes and also helps teach that failure isn't always the end
While I'm not a machinist or anything along that line, I enjoy how you make your videos both informative and humorous!
Wow, huge changes since I learned to weld in the seventies. These machines are incredible.
Really enjoy your review, and certainly if price is no option when I setup my new shop I will look at these machines.
Most certainly they are. And for $3800 it should make coffee and give you a back rub.
@@Watchyn_Yarwood coffee and do all the setup work and preparation.
…so is having oxy/acetalyne still a must have in the shop, or is that obsolete?
All that for half the price of a Miller XMT 350, that has no AC or pulse. - What can the reason be that Miller sells all the XMTs they can make,,,,- and then you have to spend another 4 grand for a feeder to boot, all for a machine without a TV screen that tells you what it will and will not let you set. 10 grand VS 38 hun. Got to be a reason, Huh?
Again a great video TOT! Been following you for a couple of years, i've seen all of your video's (multiple times). They never get old! Started fixing and building stuff when I was about 14. Learned my self to weld (MIG, TIG, MMA) and how to use a lathe. You sparked my interest in machining even further, so a year ago (at 26) I started taking lessons! The machinery's handbook even made it's way to my living room. It would be great to join the give-away since a good welder would be a great addition to my (still growing) home shop. Keep up the good work, cheers!
I just bought an old junk motorcycle, and I'm going to restore it, in memory of my dad, who rode his whole life. I don't know how to weld, but I'm going to learn, along with some fab, machining, and body work/ paint. When done, I'm giving it to my son, who will be helping with the project. Needless to say, your videos have been as instructional and educational as they have been entertaining. Thank you for everything, and never stop never stopping.
The jokes at 4:57 and 5:51 and 14:42 were good, thank you for keeping me engaged with the little bits of humor you come up with. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to use the gift welding machine properly, but I would be happy for it, I hope it goes to someone who deserves it. Keep up the good work. Thx.
There was a "Hello Handsome" in there too, so good!
I would love those welders.
@ClickOnProfile361 scamer.
Easily my favorite channel on RUclips. Yoir videos are always fun and entertaining, and dang it you trick me in to learning something along the way! Best wishes.
I love and miss ChuckE2009. What a legend.
I’ve had a miller multimatic 220 for a few years now and I love it, a much more basic machine than the htp, no fancy pulsing but it does ac and dc tig and stick. I’ve even mig welded aluminum without a spool gun no issues. I’m all for one box to rule them all! Great video as always.
I think there's advantages and disadvantages.
Size is the main disadvantage I have a couple of Stel machines the company that makes these for HTP in Italy, and even though my pro pulse or Iron Mig as it's called in Europe can do stick and DC tig, because I do a lot of mobile work I tend to use the Stel equivalent of the Inverarc 200 tlp.
Its so small and handy that it's just easier to grab it and go for Stick or DC tig.
But having the multi process there too is definitely helpful.
It probably depends on your use case. In a shop having one machine would be a nice setup.
When you matched the focus on the badge "you look great today" to make the asset composite correctly with the depth of field of the shot ... what a wonderful detail. bravo
Makes me wanna buy one of them! I bought that recommended red finger slicer you're suppose to cut branches with. Works great on both! Appreciate the fun vids and happy you're back posting.
My partner is a student at one of the best welding training programs in our state and they have shown a ton of talent thus far, and they have a personal goal of using the welding experience to serve their community. I've been a huge fan of yours for years now, from way back with the Wintergatan crossover. Great to see you uploading again!
I was thinking about Tony this morning wondering if he’s ok. Even though if he’s ok is up to debate, we’re thankful for this new video on a Saturday. 😊
Can we just appreciate the constantly changing motto on the bottom right of the control panel... 👍
Hey I’m a young student interested in welding and engineering, I came across your content recently and am loving it. With the welder I could push my knowledge further and help accomplish my goal of becoming a mechanical engineer. No matter the outcome of the giveaway I plan on saving up for a welder so I can learn myself and teach my younger brother. Keep up the great work! ❤️💪
We must all be the same because i was just in a basic construction trade, started watching you 3-4 years ago and now im in a shop, learning the ins and outs of milling and lathe work, becoming something along the lines of a machinist, love your videos! inspiration to many!
Keep on learning because I consider myself a master machinist but I always learn something new from this guy
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Hello Tony, Jose from Puerto Rico. After watching this video, I subscribed to your channel. I'm 66 years old and just started to learn how to weld. This was something I've always wanted to learn, and it would be nice to have one of those machines you're giving away. It would sure beat the one I bought at Home Depot for 269 bucks to learn and practice. Anyhow, I really enjoyed the video and hopefully down the road I would love to educate myself more via a welding course I have on my sights. You have a relaxing way of teaching and I'm practically in the same boat as you, fixing stuff around the house. That new machine is very impressive indeed.
Welcome to the welding world Jose! As someone who is more or less a self taught welder, I highly recommend checking out the Welding Tips and Tricks RUclips channel. Jodi is a master welder and with his videos and plenty of practice, I was able to start welding professionally. It’s a great resource to help teach you everything you’d need to know to be able to weld up whatever project you decide to tackle!
Not only do I watch your videos to expand my knowledge base, my kids and I have made it a game to pick out the little Easter eggs! Replacing the “Made in Italy” with various words of encouragement was my favorite. The T8R TOT towards the end gave the kids a good chuckle! Keep up the excellent work, sir!
thanks Vdubs!
Looks really cool. You know what is cooler to have. Your old welder. Good conversation starter in the middle of my living room on every party I will have from now on.
As a recovering lobbyist, your channel has given me the courage to quit my job, completely change my ways, and inspire me to become a scummy entrepreneur! Watching your old welders in countless videos has been great, and I think I'd swoon pretty hard if I got to work in the shop with one of em.
I'm at a loss to determine if I like the content, the editing or the Easter eggs in Tony's videos the most
As always quite entertaining. I'd love a mig welder to add to my collection.
Your videos always seem like you are more of a personable instructor than a hobbyist. I think I'm onto you..... You're a college professor in disguise!
Looking forward to mor
Thank you ToT just what I needed your the hero no one knew they needed
I've been stick welding since childhood (my grandfather quite literally introduced me when I was 12 years old). Been thinking of learning to tig weld for ages - picking the right welder has just gotten a lot harder. Thanks for your take on the revolution - as sharp and entertaining as always!
So happy to see a notification of a new tot video it's always a great treat keep up the great work and never change your one of a kind teaching style you got it down perfectly for just about anyone to understand even complacated subjects and just the right amount of dad jokes love it man
As someone who learned on a Sychrowave 250DX ( and welding cast aluminum too), this machine is like magic. I'm excited to see all the future AL MIG shenanigans to come.
Dry humour and valuable information. What a combination! Love your style TOT. Lots of imitators but only one original. Love your zany nutty communications. Please stay just this way. :D
You make great content seem fun and effortless, which is the mark of greatness. I know that, behind the scenes, it actually takes a phenomenal amount of time and effort. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort. We aspiring garage knuckleheads are so much richer for it.
i almost didnt watch this cuz i didnt understand the title. until i realized who posted it. i dont know anything about shop stuff or welding or anything but this is easily one of my favorite channels
Being the owner of a ESAB 205ic, MILLER 220 and now a HTP 2500. I can say the HTP is hands down the best and shines in every processes. They all have pros and cons but HTP has very few. ESAB 205 bests the Miller 220 by a decent margin. There’s a lot to compare with these and could elaborate more if needed. The Miller and Esab are both good welders, so not knocking anyone that owns one. However if I’m putting that much coin on the line, then I want the best option for my money.
You like multiprocess machines …. Start saving now for the revolution 4000 ….. maybe 2nd half of 2025 …. It’s becoming a real thought now
I almost always save these to be the last videos before going to bed. Helps my brain slow down and its just magical camera work for a hobby guy
After I post this comment, I will send this video to a friend. He is a very good welder. And by that I mean very good. He, like me, was born in the middle of the last century. I weld at a hobby level. I have consulted my friend about this type of "all in one" welding machine. He responded "rubbish" But a few months ago he admitted when he tested a mig weld with flush. That it was something I could buy when I was thinking of buying a new welder (mine is 40 years old) I am convinced that your video will make him look like this 😲❗So thank you "old" Tony it's the video made my day❗❗ ❗
So glad to to see content from you again. I’ve learned so much from you. Thanks for gifting us all your time and energy.
I would be honored to give one of those old welders a nice lenient pasture to live out their days, young fella.
I have been a Lincoln guy, and haven't been all that impressed with my Mig welder. I think I may just try one of these HTP's they have come a long way, thank for the video.
Welding is something that I've always wanted to get into, most of what I do is in wood though, and my woodworking takes up a lot of my space, I know my wife wouldn't let me buy a welder, but if I was (gifted one) how could she say no. I really enjoy and appreciate everything you go through to make these videos and all just to entertain me. Thanks for giving back to your community tot.
I've loved your channel and content since the beginning. I'm so glad you made it. You deserve it.
Anybody feel free to chime in, but my understanding about aluminum mig is there is more potential for crater cracks because starting and terminating the weld there is no way to taper off and add a bit of extra filler. Fun video as always.
Thank you TOT. I hope you find the time to share more time with us in your garage!
Love your channel and all the projects you share. Everytime i see a welding video I keep going "gotta get me one of those". My goal is to teach my kids how to make/repair everything but welding is something I wasn't taught nor have. I look forward to hearing about how to enter the contest.
Your channel has been key to fanning the flames of my interest in the hobby machine shop. There are only a few channels out there that get me excited to get a youtube notification, yours being top of the list. Your witty and humble approach to making even the simplest of projects makes the whole shop seem attainable to idiots like me.
Thanks for all you've done. Looking forward to the details about the giveaway, that would be an interesting seed to plant in my garage.
Gosh Tony, I really miss Chuckee.
Now I'm crying. THANKS.
Unless you like the KKK, too, you shouldn't miss him, but if you are, then I understand how you miss him
Your videos are always as informative as they are entertaining. I have the welders I need. I appreciate you helping welders get a lift.
Seriously, love it when I see a new ToT video. I'm glad we didnt lose you man.
I just wanna say, you are the reason i started taking an interest in welding and making stuff on the side of my job. I do have to weld at work but my profession is mechanic so i almost never do that cause we got people way better than me. But ive been watching you for a while and Ive started to learn mig (and trying tig welding aluminum) and I find it really enjoyful! Thanks for showing me how fun welding can be and how many uses it has!
Also your video was great as always! You always say thanks for watching, but i wanna say Thanks for making such good content to watch!😁
Keen on the 221. Been dreaming of owning a nice AC HF TIG since my teens. Bought my MIG on student loan money and still have it and use it often. Having a nice TIG would open up my options massively. Thanks for all the effort you put into your vids, much appreciated.
I like the look of your new machine ! I have an Everlast PowerPro 256Si multi processor which has AC / DC TIG, pulse , Stick , and Plazma cut to 20mm, it works great. The MIG function on your new machine is impressive......keep up the great videos ! Cheers from down under.
Answered so many of my noob questions about where to possibly start in welding. I do some Gunsmithing so it seemed TIG was all I might need. But I do some auto work and training myself on general machine shop. Now I better understand where MIG plays a role plus how some of the advanced features really help out. Thanks!
I bought a 200 amp htp mig welder 24 years ago. It has never missed a beat.
Welcome back! I've been one of your happy viewers for a long time, and I enjoy your humor and I've learned a lot from you accurate fact-based videos. I'm a parent and Board member at the Summerview Waldorf School and Farm in Santa Rosa CA, which is a non-profit school. In our Art/Tech building, our students build go-carts, work on tractors, fix cars, build furniture, and more. Could you please donate one of the welders to our Art/Tech program? All of our high school students would be using the machine for maker projects for years to come. Thak you for all you do.
The editing in this video is peak performance!
Looks like a nice machine. I recently picked up a very similar green machine, and so far I absolutely love it. I'm new to welding, in any real capacity, and I'm blown away by the technology available and the ease of use on these new inverter machines. I only hope that they have similar longevity to the older transformers, at least for my hobby use.
Last night, I noticed a Dutch-angle shot of a milling operation, on a different channel; I immediately thought it must have been in homage to Tony. Then - and best of all - a new ToT video, mere hours later! This channel is why I fell in love with machining and TIG welding (so I'm pretty excited when I see that there's a new episode!).
WOW! I am currently setting up a shop in a family members garage (they have graced me with use of the space after a troubling few years my wife and i have had with work and a bad landlord) and I bout one of those little no name machines and have desperately been trying to learn so i can follow my dream of being a full time maker. I look forward to the chance to put my name in the hat for a quality welder... Thanks for sharing and thanks for being a continued inspiration. I truly appreciate the work you put into these videos.
I love the little easter egg messages changing on the face of the equipment.
Another This Old Tony video! You've really inspired me to learn how to weld, I just got into college and next I'm gonna be taking some welding classes in the coming weeks. Even some manual machining classes because of your inspiration. This new welder seems like quite the powerhouse, really incredible!
I'm filled with envy at the nice welders. Sure beat my cheap chinese model! thanks for the videos. They lighten my day whenever I see them!
By far my favorite channel on RUclips. Always warms my heart to see a new upload
Always a treat watching TOT..
Thank you.
Hey man. Thank you for your time and presence.
Good on you passing on your old welders👍 great idea 👍plus who ever gets them can look over your old videos and learn how to work them thanks for another great video and thanks for sharing 👍