How I Make Money With My Mig Welder
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2019
- In this video I make some utility carts for a repeat customer and talk about the process of turning my welding hobby into a small business. Welding can be a great way to earn extra money!
Thank you to Lincoln Electric for providing me with this MP 140 Multi Process welder. This thing is amazing, it does Mig, tig, sick, and flux core welding in a 120V machine! Its currently on sale through Lincoln and makes a GREAT fathers day gift. See the link below for more details!
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i make a living using my welder and have been for 30 years. All of you young pups coming up in this trade will live a very good life in Machining and Fabrication,these skills are turning into a lost art.You can send production to china but you cant send repairs! Learn your trade well, sharpen your skills like you would a sword! You will own the future!
69NOMAN69 noman My welding instructor told me “you can learn to weld in 15 mins but it takes a LIFETIME to master” So true!!
yes sir im trying to see what to sell rn to and how to sell since i cant find any jobs atm
@@pault7280 nothing more true. you never really stop learning to weld. every beed can teach you something... the more you weld the better you will be.
@@Hardstyler981 i dunno where you live, but if you cant find a job in my area.... youre not trying.
@@Hardstyler981 i dont know if there are any labor pools or staffing agencies but give them a try if you do...the hire at all skill levels...if you dont try calling the next biggest city from you and see if they have anything close
Your honesty and transparency is very much appreciated! Love watching your Instagram stories.
Price it till they holler, then back off a dollar.
Lol...….now that was funny
If I have a business someday, I’ll definitely hire you! 😅😅😅
Reee Flex Damn Hater. Wtf
Reee Flex your right he will probably never amount to anything
@Reee Flex lol
Love your patience, clear instructions and great advice!
Found your channel this morning. I really like the way this video was done, the voice over and camera angles were perfect. Subscribed!
very good video man, I thought of trying to make some money back with my welder as well. perfect video to watch, and good editing.
How I came across your channel, was by seeking ways to make a living as an independent contractor, obviously mostly as a welder. Your video was soooo inspirational that I can't help but to subscribe! Fantastic work. Amazingly uncomplicated. Entirely explained & even more wonderfully narrated. For what I was searching for, I honestly couldn't ask for more.... Basically making your channel an all-around incredible find! You got urself another viewer my friend😉. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽.
Ure amazing bro, that i want to do when i retire in my present job. Frm now on i always to find tym to watch ur wonderful videos. Im from philippines. May GOD bless u always and ur families.
I have no idea what I'm doing watching this. I appreciate your craftsmanship , love how you made it easy to understand , straight to the point. Just purchased a millermatic 211, now I feel like welding something ...Great Video
Thanks a bunch for sharing your knowledge. Great video, it shows what the audience needs to see in order to follow through and accomplish the task. Two thumbs up on the carts!
Great video. I like the one man operation. Your style in dealing with customers are very commendable.
That’s a great tutorial for beginner welders and business men That will help with pricing when you understand materials and Time
Awesome video thank you for your time and sharing. You Rock
I like your approach, particularly the protection at the back for the fan housing on the oven, also the removable plate on the front for servicing. This is exactly what should be considered by all manufacturing no matter the size of business. I work in the service and repairs industry, many times I come across poorly thought out installs, plinths which prevent access to serviceable parts and generally make the job difficult when it shouldn't be. Your approach is appreciated, please pass it on. Good work dude :-)
Thoroughly enjoyable. A delight to watch. All the best from Oz
Just discovered your videos- Love them! Very informative and well explained. Thank you!
Great info once again Chris. Keep crushing it!
Thank you for your time . Yes pricing is the hard part of the job
Pricing isn't the hard part.... Giving costumers a price they are willing to pay is the complicated part. Professionalism and tact are huge parts of selling your service to a customer.
Old school drilling tip... Out of cutting oil ? ..use dish soap as a lubricant .. no joke, it really works. Best to you and yours.
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cutting lubricant/coolant is over 90% water, so water works just fine aswell, just use alot of it.
If you have any automatic transmission fluid, new or used, it is fantastic as a cutting lube. Unless you are cutting aluminum, then use wax.
Even a can of soda will do it in a pinch
@@Sondalive I have been using water a lot. For most things the objective is to remove heat and water is very good for that. Using a hole saw in aluminum with running water over it is like a secret weapon, I have even packed ice around the hole saw, even better. I use oil for taps, usually air tool oil because I bought too much of that.
Steve M
That’s because you don’t understand the role of lubricant in metalworking.
Enjoyed to watch whole video. Top job.
I'm now studying (learning) MAG welding and trying out TIG as well. I thought that I choosed wrong studies. But now I think that I need to look forward and need to become good welder.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you for the ideas and creativness you provide.
Nice, Im retired from my primary career and have been doing hobby stuff, its kinda turned into fixing things for my buddies slowly word of mouth expands. Yet im still running in the hole never have been good at estimating time and cost and my time and experience thankfully I don't have too make a living at it. Love your shop!
I greatly appreciate these videos. Thank you for what you are doing
Really an excellent video! Great explanation *and* demo. Thank you for putting it out!
Impressive little bit of production you demonstrated. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Great video! Thanks for sharing and giving me a chance to get a new perspective at 70 years old!
Your right. I have my certs in D1.1 and D1.3. 6g pipe as well. Your work is excellent.
I did not miss a second of this video, very interesting and useful thank you
Good job man!!! Super well appreciated your vid, all the best!!!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
Thanks man. Lots of good info here. Have a great day.
Chris, you fabricated those stands very well. It’s good you put the extra brace on the legs. I am a painter, when ever I paint in someone’s house, I always paint a couple of extra things like door jambs or or window sash, this makes the customer happy and helps with referrals.
I would like to give you a little advice as to your painting of your product. Spend more time, aerosol paint cans are good for touch up and hard to get corners the paint is very thin to get past the nozzle. Use a small fabric roller, do a prime coat first then a top coat with 6 or 8 hours dry time per coat. The finished product will look better and the paint will last for years.
There is a good chance a premium paint job was not quoted. There is rattle can and then there is brush. They are not the same amount of time and they are not the same price. Nor are they the same quality. Too add a brushed oil paint for all four, would be hundreds of dollars more for me. I'll do it if the client wants to pay for it. If money was no option and they wanted primo finish, it can be taken to a powder coating shop, upping the cost even that much more. Time = money
Sometimes, I just deliver the project raw as the client can save money having someone from their team painting it. Which is fine by me.
He spent more than needed on materials for those braces on the legs. A simple 5 inch gusset on each would have sufficed. instead he closed the entire frame again.
@@heckyapfeifer t was 1x1x1/8" angle iron the stuff is like 30 cents a foot, saving 2 feet of it but you add two angled cuts and two extra welds..
Where can I get anything for .30 a foot? Literally nothing on this planet is 30 cents a foot.
Great video as always. I love the pricing discussion paired with your commentary on the rationale behind decisions like the additional cross bars. Any chance of a similar video broadly on woodworking?
Great video and commentary! Thanks for sharing!
This was relaxing to watch at fast speed. Thanks nice work
Lovely content! And great craftsmanship.
the use of washers like that made my eyes happy. i love flange head bolts and nuts too
Your a very generous man for sharing this info bro 👍🏽 thanks
Great video on your experience. Thanks for sharing.
Very informative video much apreciated!
Great clear video, well presented too. Top work.
Great job, thanks for sharing with us. 👍👍
This is a great video! Really enjoyed it!!
I used to be production welder doing cable tray racks. Wish I had never stopped bought a welder when I got layed off still have hit used it maybe 5 times. Thinking about blowing the dust off it. Very inspiring THANKS.
Chris thanks for sharing about the business side of things. I don't know if I will be a fabricator leaning a different way however I do need these skill sets. I have a Mig, an Arc Welder and a plasma cutter. An all in one TIG is on my list.
I will soon be making a custom gate for my driveway and a then copying that design and to a privacy fence.
Thanks again and yes I would like to see more videos like this.
so good well done mate that’s brilliant work!👌🏼👍🏻
Good job man ,that's some top notch work for sure 👍
Holy cow this guy works fast
Great video 👍 subbed
Great information, well presented.
I used to have a push cart just like this that I used for the same thing, it was made from very strong aluminum and tig welded together, it helped me a LOT cause it was so light and I had a bad back, someone stole it and I could not find another like it ANYWHERE so I changed jobs lol
The light weight push cart was a game changer especially when working 14hr days.
Very informative video. Thanks for posting!
When I was in my twenties I used to do this type of work out of my shop. We use to joke about bid work being figure out the minimum it is going to cost to complete a project. Double it and add $30.00.
This way when you are done you still have $15.00 for a case of beer.
In the photography business we go by triple.
If the job is say, 30 dollars, I charge 90. 30 for cost of goods, 30 for taxes, 30 for profit (which is inevitably eaten up by cost of goods and business expenses).
I have been running Best Little Studio for over a decade now and I have stuck to that rule of 3. I like to think I am a good value for my clients while still being able to pay uncle sam their cut and actually being able to pay for my kids food and clothing.
$150 minimum + $75 each additional hour for welding...
Buy the beer last not first LOL
I prefer to just bill by the hour!!
@@The1TechGuru Welding gets you shorter life----it's a fact? (maybe I think longer life)
Welding and tig welding in particular is an incredibly useful skill to have. You will always have money in your pocket as a fabricator/welder.
Nice work!! Great info!!
Awesome and well done! Extra kudos for use of washers - old school engineers design stuff like that for a reason. Washers exist for a reason! Everything that *can't* be welded gets washers on both sides!
Great Video! Thanks for posting!!
Good stuff! *Congrats!*
This is a great, informative video, thank you very much.
Brilliant presentation!
Nice job thank you for the tips listening from Brownwood Texas
Great gentleman loved the video and your honest thought and information you shared 🙏🙏🙏👍👍🙏🙏
Nice job. One trick I do is to notch out the angle instead of mitered angles. It allows for more weld in the corners. You will find its stronger and once you have done a few quicker.
great channel. it always amazes how people like yourself take the time to record, edit, and upload videos on top of your projects. every time im watching a video like this i think to myself "i should record my next project". then i get to thinking about how much extra time goes into editing these. thanks for the great content!
Thank you so much for the comment!
^^ what he said. The fabrication skills are good- but making a watchable and entertaining video is a whole another skill set!
Awesome video! Very informative, subscribed!
Fruitful info. Thanks 👍
Sweet video man. Thanks for the strategies and tips. Now here’s a tip for you, if you flip your wire spool over, it’ll feed more efficiently
Fantastic video!
I work in a factory, you are a good supplier to your factories. Thanks for sharing.
Cool build and great advice!
Awesome, man. Cool to hear you talk about this business side of thing. Much appreciated
metaspencer how’s the. Us
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@@revisionindustries667 The bus is good ... gonna be out there working on it this week! I hope to post another video sooooon
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Just the video I've been looking for. I want to start making money with my everlast mig welder
Great video!! I love how open and helpful you are. I also really like how concerned you are with the customer's happiness.
Well done, very informative.
Great video thanks for the advice keep it up 👌👍👍
I respect you & your business.
Awesome vid and content. Would have loved to seen the ovens installed. Thanks for sharing!
Hi 👋
Great video.
I agree with the 110 welder.
I have a different brand, but came with all three welding. I can also switch to 220 volts if I need to weld thicker material.
Nice video! Good luck in your future work.👍
Hey bud thank you for your time I am attending classes for welding This is good information is really really helpful I always been A handyman try to go in to welding I love to build stuff always been pretty good in handy with things so I figured this is going to be a good money or Side money I really don’t know where I am going to end up with this never in my life did any type of welding well maybe soldering copper🤷🏻♂️ I will keep falling
Cool video man, I use my MIG to build my own furniture and other odd jobs. Be cool to use it to make a bit of extra cash. Good job fella!
Thank you, this is inspirational.
I cant wait until im older cause im 15 and i have a broken ankle and i took a manufacturing class on my freshman year and i loved it and i loved welding i was thinking about automotive but i just fell in love welding even if the shop is literally over 120 degrees but yeah but to bad i cant weld at all since i can go to school until im fully healed
new sub, would love to see some videos about pricing and bidding for things like this.... I'm sure by now you've gone some but this is the first of your vids I've seen, and I will be going through your videos to see what else you've done... love the vid quality, excited to see your other content!
Nice job dude!!!
Great video, very helpful thanks! 👍
great video and advice(s) for amateur welders. 👍
Nicely done video !
Very informative video thanks for sharing boss man
Thank you for inspiring me
Thank you. Very informative!
most youtubers dont give away any info whatsoever about money or pricing, so thanks for the help. How would you go about finding a home gamer job like this though?
Thanks for watching! Talk locally to businesses in your area, ask your local hardware store if you can put a flyer that you do welding repairs. Ive found my most frequent customers are landscapers, and tent/event rental customers. Offer to do a few repairs for cheap/free to earn some faith, and it will pay off. Ive done lots of favors around town and now its at the point where I have to turn down work because I dont have enough time to do it all! I charge $75-100 an hour for welding and nobody has ever given me an issue with that price. good luck!
Cold cut saws are great. Little tip though for some better blade life. When cutting things like 1/4" plate, if you clamp it in vertically instead of horizontally it's much easier on the teeth. Any time you can avoid cutting against a flat surface with the saw, it will increase the longevity of those carbide teeth by preventing them from building up any excess heat. 🤘🏼
Cool. Thanks for the tips
That is an impressive little machine.
Very well done video and commentary. Nice job, making me think about getting outside and welding. Just can't seem to find my niche.
Yes, pricing your own effort is one hell of a task.
Loved everything about it, especially those squares for clamping and aligning the corners. But I hated the idea of using pneumatic tires. They inevitably loose air and become hard to push and cause whatever they are carrying to become uneven and possibly even hazardous. The only time pneumatic tires make sense is when you are rolling a load on rough and uneven terrain. Otherwise they are simply a liability. Sooner or later they become a problem. Ovens also need to be level at all times so hard rubber solid tires would definitely help ensure that.
Great content brother 😎👊
Great video. Good tips.