66 yo retired farmer here, learned to weld watching my dad. Love the last 2/3 of the video, where you explain the HOW and WHY of the techniques you use. Lots of demo's and explanations. Got me subbed. Thanks.
I to am 65 and old farmer , and I love welding! went to welding school in 1975 , so I forget a few things now and again, I really Appreciate your Knowledge! Thank you so much!
I cannot express how impressed I am with the “real world” information you supply to the up & comers! I retired in 2020 after a 41 year career as a certified welder (AWS D15.1) on the railroad as well as working for the man that taught me to weld, and having my own sideline business. In my opinion, having a mentor is priceless, and in this day and age, you serve as a master RUclips mentor! It took me years to understand this, but my mentor used to tell me “son, welding is only a small part of running a welding business”! One thing I’d caution a newby about is taking on jobs that they may not be prepared for. It can mean an early end to the business if you crash and burn by getting in over your head, and a bad reputation at any stage of you business is harmful, but early on it can be catastrophic! Another skill that must be developed is knowing what jobs to avoid because of liability or just a bad situation! Excellent job Austin! The welding industry is a better place because of people like you!
@Tom T, thirty-five years as a pipeline welder here, and you nailed it! One 'Oh shit' does away with ten 'atta boys'. Reputations are earned, good and bad.
@@HogMan2022im only 17 so legally I cant get a welding job just yet but i am aws certified in mig t joint also osha 10, forklift, lean six sigma ect and i was just wondering would a manufacturing welding job be any good experience like working for a welder for kubota or caterpillar
@@claytonhurst1329 any experience you can get in welding would be helpful. But since you are so young (I'm jealous!), if you can find a good community college welding program, and take as many SMAW Pipe and TIG Pipe courses that you can or join a steamfitters union (United Association of Pipefitters, Steamfitters, Plumbers & Sprinklerfitters) and serve an apprenticeship, you would have a really good chance at a pipe welding job when you're done. I say that because pipe is where the money is best. I don't mean to disparage the manufacturing, as you would have benefits, ....but you would get that too in the right line of pipe welding. When I was welding, I bought a one tonne truck, threw a welder in the back and invested everything I could in tools, and after a few years of working my tail off in the refineries, etc., I started pipeline welding making $150/hour with union benefits. On a good job, I would work a hundred hours a week. Those checks were nice and well worth the sacrifice! A manufacturing job would have the benefit of steady work inside, but I always liked being able to take some time off when the jobs were done to take my family hunting, fishing, or whatever. If you don't mind my asking, what part of the country are you located at? I might have some connections that could help you get started. All said, welding is a very good trade and you won't regret it, once you find your nitch! Feel free to hit me up and I'll help you if I can. 🙋👍
@@enchantedmountain5354 dont store rods in an oven and only use an oven on low hydrogen rods. i do know a lot of people that dont even oven lh rods and can pass xray. i dont even pack my portable oven anymore. cellulose rods need some moisture to work correctly.
@@jamess2052it's a pancake hood pipe welders use it because they are mostly outside and there's a little box that goes around your eyes that stops the sun from coming and reflecting on the inside of your hood
My father welded for Oklahoma Natural Gas for 20+ years and then on offshore rigs. I chose a different route and just finished 26+ years in the Army. After my Dad passed away he left me his Lincoln SA-200. I took a basic welding/farm use welding class at NorthEast Tech and have the basics. Not looking to begin a new career as a welder but be able to build my pipe fence and repair things on the farm. I want to say a HUGE thank you for this specific video showing your rod movements and explaining the why and the affects as well as the specific rod choice and why. I love your videos and I learn a great deal. Yes I agree the best way to learn is to burn rods. The great thing about welding is that if you make a mistake, cut it out and try again. Very few mistakes must remain permanent. Thank you again Sir for sharing your experience and the advice. Stay safe and God Bless.
I could watch you all day. I am an old welder by trade. You bring back old memories from my welder days. I still weld at home in my shop every chance I get. I live to weld,it’s a passion.
I would like to thank you for all the time and effort you put into making these videos. I've been in the welding/machining & metal fabrication business for 36 years and think your videos are great! Especially for any person new to welding. Great Stuff!
Quality work that you and your customer are proud to show off and word of mouth. Have a business card or two or three to attach to your customers bills snd ask them if they are happy with your work to hand out a prospective business customer and word of mouth and your business cards will bring you work. Possibly more than you can get to and do in a timely manner. Don’t get so much work that you quality of work and timeliness of work suffer.
5:37 the rate you charge is for the knowledge of how to something well and know why it’s done that particular way as well as avoiding potential pitfalls
I understand why you tend to stick weld everything. Probably because your stick welds look absolutely perfect!! Awesome video and info!! Keep 'em coming!
Not only welding tips and techniques but life lessons also...win, win! Thanks for your videos...been welding a long time and never get bored of watching that arc.
I built a crap ton of pipe racks in the early 80s I worked for a large oilfield rental company and we moved into a new yard and we poured a gob of concrete and burned a ton of rod making new racks and most of it was made from junk 4 1/2" magnetized drill pipe. We always ran a 5P root and a 7018 overlay and I have to say the only time we weren't required to run a 5P root was on new pipe or plate and on flat plate we'd run Jet rod and 7018 and on stainless we'd run MG600. In the shop on clean material we'd run the MiG some but on high stress stuff no MiG for lack of penetration and on spacer spools and surface pipe we'd run a MiG root and then Sub Arc overlay. I liked the 5P root because the pipe would be good and hot to lay the 7018 in nicely. You're bringing back lots of memories. Best to do that type of work in spring or fall. Pipe racking in the summer sucks and you drink a ton of water and sweat it all out.
To teach someone something, there are three things to do. People learn 1 of 3 ways.... They Say It, They See It, They Do It. A great teacher does it in that order. You SAY what you're going to do AND WHY, then you SHOW how it's done, then you actually DO it. You seem to cover all the bases pretty much in all the vids of yours I've seen. Once someone realizes that it's the rod that creates the arc, and melts whatever it's pointed at, and to weld properly you have to melt both pieces together pretty much evenly, using the rod as the filler material. By the same token realizing that there is a force behind the arc that will blow liquid metal out or through!!!! Overall you make some great vids!!!! Great speaking voice, great easy to understand information, not a lot of BS extra crap in the vids..... Thanks for the vid!!!!
I was a certified welder for 35 yrs, when travelers came on the job, I noticed that they were the only ones who put their free hand on the welding rod, and if they were an apprentice I would smack that hand off the rod!.. never understood that method, too fingers on a red hot electrode ! BTW you are very talented! good job.
Good oh boys gotta love em, hats off to you brother. I'm 43 and have been welding for the biggest part of my life. And would love to start my own business.... fear of failure haunt's me. Great job brother...I believe you have the spirit of God in you brother. God bless you.
I like that you always start your arc in the path you are going to weld. Never leaves arc strike! Hard to get my students to understand this for some reason. We watch a lot of your videos at school. Thanks for making them. They are very informational. My students learn a lot from you, and I do to as well!!
I am trying to learn. I have watch hours of others. Thank you and your wife Austin for these videos. Your teaching style is the best. Very articulate, very thorough.
Buddy, your arc video is great, I’m an old farm welder and I learn so much everytime I click on your videos. You are a great welder, but your ability to video your work has really improved, I’m sure you that has been as challenging as learning your trade!!! Thank you for helping so many of us Merritt
Best thing for any buisiness, honesty, be up front, do what you say, say what you do. customer service is everything. Fix mistakes promptly without excuses. Do these and work will call you.
After welding exclusively on pipe trusses for years you learn the concepts you've taught here, but man; I wish I had you and RUclips back then. I have been reminded of, or otherwise learned more from you in a few weeks of finding your channel than I have even thought about in years. I am so close to getting a truck and going back to real work after all these years; just because of this channel. I know you don't need encouragement, but don't stop doing this. You're a real one, Austin. What you taught about washing the weld up to soak it in the thinner metal, which is counter-intuitive is something that translates to so many joints and positions. It's going to help so many people. I worked for Werner Wire in Omaha NE "back in the day" which for me was like 20 years ago... We had a contract and built all the breakaway roadside and cantilever interstate signs for ND UT NE and IA. The signs that cantilever over the interstate were all 6" sch 80 for the main structure and then 2.5" or 3" sch 40 as the cross braces. We used 1/16 innershield (flux core / Co2 gas) to weld them with a pointed cone. ZERO allowable splatter and no sanding allowed - D 1.1 code of sorts I guess. The entire structure was then submerge galvanized.
Nice video, I recently bought a stick welder, just a Titan from H.F. and am learning. As a carpenter and plumber I can't believe I never got a welder before. Should have bought one 30 years ago. I'm using it all the time now to build stuff and learn so much every time I weld. Then when I come and watch a video like this I can understand what I should be doing and what I am doing wrong. Thank you so much!
“Focus on getting experience” those words changed my point view in a way, when i started welding all I Can think of, to really get me through the hard work of the job at hand, is “ hellcat, hellcat, hellcat” ( my dream car) but it puts a new perspective. To get what I want I can’t think of what I “ could “ get out of my work but what I’m able to achieve with what im doing
I did notice when you are welding the larger gaps, you whip the rod like a 6010. I didn't think you could do that with a 7018. I was taught that if you done that with a 7018 you could trap slag in the weld.
when I was starting out as a painter when I had just gotten an apprenticeship there was the Tradesman motto, on the office wall. It read, "do what you said you were going to do, how and when you said you would do it, on the day you signed on. I got my apprenticeship in 1982. love your videos been watching since you were doing pipe line work.
I love the saying. That is usually a very hard thing to be steady with. It’s way easier to say how to do and how we want it done but sometimes we don’t do the same expectation ourselves. In other words it’s extremely hard to truly lead by example… Anyway, I love the saying. Thank you for sharing!
Level with the world! And how you explained the uphill zigzag with level with the world was a tip I've never heard before! Thank you sir, love your tips!
Another thing that really helps me on out of position pipe is to learn to roll your wrist,that way your rod angle stays consistent which makes it easier to keep the overhead, vertical, flat transition looking slick and tight
Love that kind of content. At school I had a chance to mag weld in different positions and with a motion of the torch but later on I worked for a factory and had to use spray arc and straight line welding doing the same welds day in and day out. That just wore me out and I went to the military. I really appreciate that kind of welding where you have to figure out how to do it.
I’m new on welding & I got me a handheld welder to start with just to get the hang of it just to do little jobs around the house & to practice with it & I came across your RUclips Chanel how you explain it with details, thank you for the way you teach it
Regarding getting experience... also do work for non-profits in your area. They won't have much of a budget, but many of the folks funding these programs have local businesses and useful connections, and they'll be grateful for your assistance. For example, I'm just a hobbyist, but I do small welding repair jobs for a local ski club. They lend out gear and provide free coaching for the area's youth. I rebuilt a tow rope tensioner for them and do welding repairs on their mowers and snowmobiles. I get paid in pure maple syrup, and I'm building my reputation as a reliable community welder.
loved the technique of pushing the puddle, skipping forward and pulling the puddle back rather than stopping and repositioning your body. the view from "inside your welding hood" is very helpful.
Just found your channel, and you are a great teacher. I'm retired from the military and just went through some welding schooling. Did everything but tig. Long story short, I picked welding up fairly quickly. Long way from what your stick welding looks like on this video, but I learned a lot in this 30-minute video. So thanks, and I'll keep coming back.
100% youre right. I was worried about getting a job. Now I'm trying to get my hand back right and practicing daily when it's not raining. You are absolutely 💯 % right brother.
Man I love this channel… You’re just a good ole hands on country boy like me… I love the advice and narration while you’re working. A lot of people won’t tell you what they are thinking while they’re working and it also keeps you thinking straight. I love it man. I’m so glad I found your channel. ✌🏼👍🏼
Thank You You are a great Shepard with all the abilities to teach It takes a lot of time to make these videos I believe you are teaching for all the right reasons You love your work
I had a weird experience as a truck driver on a pipeline job. We had some welding that was needed on the truck to finish the jobs. We got permission from the inspector to allow the pipeline welder to repair some schedule 40 pipe that was part of the truck. He immediately blew a hole through the pipe. In a few minutes he had done considerable damage. I said maybe I should do this. He said that the pipe was completely different from what he had been doing. I finished the weld and the job. I was told he did very good work on his real job. I guess you are very right and about getting a variety of different experiences.
Great video Austin! The ability to watch the arc and rod movement while listening to your explanation was very beneficial. I'm just a 60 year old farm welder so I will not progress to your abilities but can improve.
I appreciate the technique tips. As an ironworker my welds are 90% all structural members except for handrail and tube braces. That “level with the word” is so damn simple yet it took me a while to figure out on my own. I just recently passed a 6” 6g test with 7018 root and .045 dual shield fill and cap. I’m somewhat of a seasoned ironworker and that 6g was a little humbling at first. Keep the good content coming💯
Referring to 06:00, after each welding job ask your customer if they know of anyone that might need some welding work done so you can send them a business card or call if urgent. Even though in most cases they will not, word of mouth is 1 of the most powerful forms of advertising. As he says, I fully agree - do a good job , the money will follow.
I'm in job of repair truck chases, welding aluminum mostly loading lift ramp, first two years i was doing damping prices for one huge company where i get huge experience welding and fabricating various parts, now that experience make real money.
Thank you! Level with the world makes more sense to me than trying to put a degree angle number to how to hold the rod. I been working with the 7018 3/32 rod and have found it to be a very flimsy rod. Try holding it mid ways with left hand however as you pointed out it get hot and quick. Your tips and tricks are very helpful.
Awesome content Austin! Love you're "learn something new everyday" my father drilled that into me from a young age. No matter how experienced a person is they should never stop learning new things and sometimes the young apprentice can teach us older dogs new tricks!
Hi Austin I just wanted to thank you for sharing and teaching. I did my first onsite pipe welding job this weekend, a combination of handrail, galve. water pipe and gate repairs on a local farm here in the North Island of New Zealand. All stick welded with 3/32 rod. Your tips and practical teaching style has been a massive help to me as I develop my skills and become confident to start tackling onsite jobs. Thanks again and best regards Alan
Been welding since 14 . Now 49 . Never certified. Experience is key . Learn all you can and use what works for you! Maintenance mechanic, heavy equipment operator and welder . Most experienced with stick 6011 and 7018 . Also do a lot of mig welding! If possible go to school! Patience in what you are doing! Welding is a dance of movement to join metal! Never stop learning from experience! Thank you for making the videos and I encourage anyone to better your skills !
Thanks Austin, really enjoyed the video today and learned a lot of things. 1ST thing is I'll never be a pipe welder as a profession. The next thing I will be able to make repairs to a degree around my place and the last thing is to keep watching your channel because you are down to earth and you teach well. Stay safe and keep up the good work. Fred.
Word of mouth , great work , quality work , great work quality on short notice , take care of your customers and their pocket book along with not hurting yours . Experience etc . An customers will help you spread your customer base . And do not stray from small town values word of mouth in a lot of trades will Make you or Break you .
Best thing I ever did starting out was helping the old timers when they asked and learn from them if you want to learn they will teach you tons of tricks and secrets
I really appreciate your tips on the proper rod selection and type, and the techniques for position of the rod to make the best structural join. Thanks for sharing your knowledge to those of us who don't yet have the experience.
35 Year union Commercial Glazier ( yes, we do alot of welding too). I have stayed busy my whole career by practicing one thing: I work this job, for the next job. You said to focus on one thing: work experience, But I could hear all the folks saying," Catch 22! How can you focus on work experience if you don't have work?!?" I say focus on the job you're doing , RIGHT NOW,. Work it like it's a test, for future work, because it is. EVERYONE will be watching. YOUR work is your reputation. So go the extra mile- be the 1st to arrive early and the last to leave, volunteer for whatever the boss needs Use what you got and don't waste anything; Do it RIGHT the first time, quickly; be ultra efficient, attention to detail; think outside the box; think of it as a competition, cause it is. I have had contractors ask for me by name, for future work. When you hear your boss (and everyone has a boss. Don't think that because you have your own business, that you're the boss. NO! Even then, the customer is your boss) say, " Man, if I had 10 more like you..." You're doing it right, BUT, never rest in your laurels, RULE #1: Work this job for the next one. Remember, luck is the residue of hard work.
Amen at 4:56 ! After you earn trust with the customer they will call and say "get your rig over here and fix it and send us a bill ! " I'm curious how the " pipe racks " work , at first looked like you were building a super duty TV tower section . Nice work Austin !
Hey Austin, it looks like this was a good day for you! Beautiful work environment and good work. That's hard to beat! To your remark about "looking for experience vs work/$$$", I had a particularly great instructor in trade school who picked up on everyone's fear of their GPA falling to below 80% which would get you kicked out of school. Reason being if you only bring 80% to the job you won't be working very long! So, his advice was this.." Do the work, and the grades will follow!" Simple! Focus on what you need to do or learn and everything else will take care of itself, and that's what I heard you saying (in a slightly more round about way). More than 30 years have passed since Kurt told us that and it's the very same advice I gave my own children! I commend you on taking that position as well especially if you found that out for yourself. Not all of us do! But we ALL need to know that bit of wisdom. Continued blessings to you and your family and keep up the good life! ✌️
working in the gas industry and dealing with a lot of contract welders I wish all welders had such a good attitude as you do. You can sure make a guy want to weld!
I learn so much from watching you! Mig welded all my career (retired auto body) but I am now learning stick and you are the best RUclips teacher!! Thank you!!
Bravo Zulu! If you Ever want to Make huge Dollars Newport News welding Superlifts, they cannot get enough welding talent like you. Just saying Remember Navy CVNs cruise for 40 years, are the Speer of our country. My son flys off them , but it is welders like you who build them..
I noticed how u never get the rod stuck without prepping ur weld area clean U my boy r a pro pro. I got like two years with welding I’m a millwright so I don’t weld every day but I do a lot of fab work I love how I can now understand everything ur talking about only because of hours under the hood. Without that I would of been clueless to ur welding tips
I’m a “welder” on the railway and I’ve done bend tests all positions and passed but most of my work is iron work like so I don’t get to weld that often. Like watching these videos to retain what welding knowledge I had.
Appreciate you buddy! The amount of gatekeeping in the trade onsite is so ugly at times. It's refreshing to see someone offering so much info for people starting out.
Great info guy! I'm 66 years old ! I learned how to weld watching my father @ about 5 years old , built my first go cart @ 7 and never broke a weld , back in '70 stick welded a roll cage in a'58 Ford , won 2 Championships with that car racing turning left !! Started racing 1/4 mile , mig welded a 7.50 et chassis Mild steel together in the early '80's out ran the chassis cert in the early '90's Tig welded a 6,00 cert chassis together in '93 and I've been 6.78@ 225mph in the the 1/4 mile, new chassis is off the jig and body fitted should be a 5,30 @ 250+ car
I've been watching your videos for some time now. Great job on this particular instructional video. I've been welding for a little over 20 years primarily in manufacturing and some out in the field. Even with my experience, I don't know everything and I'm still learning new ways, methods, and techniques. That's why I watch your videos and other welding instructional videos. To learn more.
Best tip I ever got from a pro welder was why dance around step welding? If you set the amperage properly you can do a straight weld in any position. He showed me. He was right. been doing it ever since. Welds are smooth, clean and far less chance of inclusions from dancing around. Made it easy to beat the 80% standards in testing.
Terry Farrell Lake of the Ozarks Missouri a little trick to remember if you're ever running bead pass and don't get it all the way through clean it up and brush it good take a 3/32 7018 run it uphill over it and will push the beads through and look good
The welding is the easy part. It's the designing, fabricating, fitting, finishing and installation that takes time to get good at. Being able to read blueprints is essential.
Make sure you talk with suppliers ,they also make money on your business, and pass out cards. Also learn to play golf,some great deals have been made on the linx!!
Austin I thank you so much for your informational videos you give I have been welding for 11 almost 12 years and I am not going to lie I am still learning how to do things these videos are very helpful I got my pancake hood and I love that thing handy for me you are awesome
You know the one bit of advice I think was left out was to find more work for yourself in whatever trade you are in you must first and foremost advertise your knowledge and skill level to get the work. I have worked for many fab shops by looking in the want ads for welding jobs to gain better experience, sometimes starting out your own business means you should get some good high quality experience working for others and then start applying that knowledge and experience in your own business. The main way you sell yourself short in business is if you never try hard enough to find the work and if you don't advertise your business. Austin is obviously advertising his business because he understands that the only way he is going to get the work is if he let's people know what type of work he does. Oh yeah and Austin don't forget to whip-n-pause those beads! LOL
I read through most of the comments and still, no has mentioned the 2 most important aspects in a good weld! First getting the correct "heat" or amperage for the size of the rod or wire you intend to apply. 1st do test welds until you and the machine agree. Secondly making sure the weld area is "clean" as possible by removing rust, grease, debris and moisture. Then and only then will your level of talent show forth in your welds. Best of luck and peace.
These pipe racks remind me of an ol buddy of mine who once built a set out of P110. The next morning they had all fallen apart and were laying in a pile.😂😂
@Austin Ross when you are explaining how you were welding the threaded piece you were making upside down lower case cursive e's. Where the top of the e is the bottom solid pipe and the threaded is the bottom connecting line between the letters. That was alot harder to type then I thought it was going to be.
When i do pioe fencing the rod i run is 7018 uphill on everything. Taught myself with the 1/8th" but ive been using 3/32 and can make it look real good i still have alot of learning . Its Cool seeing you run the same instead of the 80's enjoyed this video alot thanks for sharing ARoss💪
Austin I been following for the pass year or so like your work one question I live 30 minutes south of San Antonio Texas if I use a power driver on a 2 7/8 pipe whats the lenght do I need my pipe and how far in the ground do I need to go great work and excellent gob👍👍
I wish someone would do more videos on smaller diameter tube/pipe structures like this one. I do a lot of 1.5" sch 40 T and mitre joints and almost every pipe welding video is for larger diameter pipe that is used in a gas/liquid flow application, not a structure made from pipe. I prefer to TIG this stuff, but I do some of it with mig or pulsed mig.
Excellent, am self taught welded for 60 years building trailer hitches. You are welding a large structural piece, I prefer to use 6010-6011-6013 on first pass to get penetration then 2nd pass would use 1/8 7018 that way my ugly 60 passes would look good with leveling everything out with 7018. Just a thought.
The best thing I do is weld in a regular shop that makes you do it all I go from razor blade thin stainless with tig to 3in thick flux core plus I do my own on the side always burning I love it
Thanks for sharing such valuable information. I really appreciate the simplicity, and the high level of professionalism, in which you perform the work.
66 yo retired farmer here, learned to weld watching my dad. Love the last 2/3 of the video, where you explain the HOW and WHY of the techniques you use. Lots of demo's and explanations. Got me subbed. Thanks.
Thanks 👍
I to am 65 and old farmer , and I love welding! went to welding school in 1975 , so I forget a few things now and again, I really Appreciate your Knowledge! Thank you so much!
I cannot express how impressed I am with the “real world” information you supply to the up & comers! I retired in 2020 after a 41 year career as a certified welder (AWS D15.1) on the railroad as well as working for the man that taught me to weld, and having my own sideline business. In my opinion, having a mentor is priceless, and in this day and age, you serve as a master RUclips mentor! It took me years to understand this, but my mentor used to tell me “son, welding is only a small part of running a welding business”! One thing I’d caution a newby about is taking on jobs that they may not be prepared for. It can mean an early end to the business if you crash and burn by getting in over your head, and a bad reputation at any stage of you business is harmful, but early on it can be catastrophic! Another skill that must be developed is knowing what jobs to avoid because of liability or just a bad situation! Excellent job Austin! The welding industry is a better place because of people like you!
@Tom T, thirty-five years as a pipeline welder here, and you nailed it! One 'Oh shit' does away with ten 'atta boys'. Reputations are earned, good and bad.
@@HogMan2022im only 17 so legally I cant get a welding job just yet but i am aws certified in mig t joint also osha 10, forklift, lean six sigma ect and i was just wondering would a manufacturing welding job be any good experience like working for a welder for kubota or caterpillar
@@claytonhurst1329 any experience you can get in welding would be helpful. But since you are so young (I'm jealous!), if you can find a good community college welding program, and take as many SMAW Pipe and TIG Pipe courses that you can or join a steamfitters union (United Association of Pipefitters, Steamfitters, Plumbers & Sprinklerfitters) and serve an apprenticeship, you would have a really good chance at a pipe welding job when you're done. I say that because pipe is where the money is best. I don't mean to disparage the manufacturing, as you would have benefits, ....but you would get that too in the right line of pipe welding.
When I was welding, I bought a one tonne truck, threw a welder in the back and invested everything I could in tools, and after a few years of working my tail off in the refineries, etc., I started pipeline welding making $150/hour with union benefits. On a good job, I would work a hundred hours a week. Those checks were nice and well worth the sacrifice!
A manufacturing job would have the benefit of steady work inside, but I always liked being able to take some time off when the jobs were done to take my family hunting, fishing, or whatever.
If you don't mind my asking, what part of the country are you located at? I might have some connections that could help you get started.
All said, welding is a very good trade and you won't regret it, once you find your nitch! Feel free to hit me up and I'll help you if I can. 🙋👍
Thank you for sharing some of your knowledge,
How important is it to store the rods in the oven?
@@enchantedmountain5354 dont store rods in an oven and only use an oven on low hydrogen rods. i do know a lot of people that dont even oven lh rods and can pass xray. i dont even pack my portable oven anymore. cellulose rods need some moisture to work correctly.
I’m not a welder. But the ole Lincoln and I get together every now and then. And all your videos are extremely helpful. I’m a master at a grinder
Hi what is the reason for the round hood thanks Jim in Seattle
@@jamess2052it's a pancake hood pipe welders use it because they are mostly outside and there's a little box that goes around your eyes that stops the sun from coming and reflecting on the inside of your hood
Your either a good welder or a good grinder
Never both lol
My father welded for Oklahoma Natural Gas for 20+ years and then on offshore rigs. I chose a different route and just finished 26+ years in the Army. After my Dad passed away he left me his Lincoln SA-200. I took a basic welding/farm use welding class at NorthEast Tech and have the basics. Not looking to begin a new career as a welder but be able to build my pipe fence and repair things on the farm. I want to say a HUGE thank you for this specific video showing your rod movements and explaining the why and the affects as well as the specific rod choice and why. I love your videos and I learn a great deal. Yes I agree the best way to learn is to burn rods. The great thing about welding is that if you make a mistake, cut it out and try again. Very few mistakes must remain permanent. Thank you again Sir for sharing your experience and the advice. Stay safe and God Bless.
I could watch you all day. I am an old welder by trade. You bring back old memories from my welder days. I still weld at home in my shop every chance I get. I live to weld,it’s a passion.
First time I ever seen a root and cap done nonstop. Perfect. You are gifted
Ha ha that's funny .........
I would like to thank you for all the time and effort you put into making these videos. I've been in the welding/machining & metal fabrication business for 36 years and think your videos are great! Especially for any person new to welding. Great Stuff!
Quality work that you and your customer are proud to show off and word of mouth. Have a business card or two or three to attach to your customers bills snd ask them if they are happy with your work to hand out a prospective business customer and word of mouth and your business cards will bring you work. Possibly more than you can get to and do in a timely manner. Don’t get so much work that you quality of work and timeliness of work suffer.
I just made a coment on your video. But I’m going to make another one. You get more welding work is because you make a good prep welding work
5:37 the rate you charge is for the knowledge of how to something well and know why it’s done that particular way as well as avoiding potential pitfalls
I understand why you tend to stick weld everything. Probably because your stick welds look absolutely perfect!! Awesome video and info!! Keep 'em coming!
Not only welding tips and techniques but life lessons also...win, win! Thanks for your videos...been welding a long time and never get bored of watching that arc.
I built a crap ton of pipe racks in the early 80s I worked for a large oilfield rental company and we moved into a new yard and we poured a gob of concrete and burned a ton of rod making new racks and most of it was made from junk 4 1/2" magnetized drill pipe. We always ran a 5P root and a 7018 overlay and I have to say the only time we weren't required to run a 5P root was on new pipe or plate and on flat plate we'd run Jet rod and 7018 and on stainless we'd run MG600. In the shop on clean material we'd run the MiG some but on high stress stuff no MiG for lack of penetration and on spacer spools and surface pipe we'd run a MiG root and then Sub Arc overlay. I liked the 5P root because the pipe would be good and hot to lay the 7018 in nicely. You're bringing back lots of memories. Best to do that type of work in spring or fall. Pipe racking in the summer sucks and you drink a ton of water and sweat it all out.
I totally .....agree with you saying "nothing beats experience!. So just do it every day". I do enjoy watching the video. thank you
Thank you very helpful! I have been welding 20 years Gmaw C-13 fencing contractor. Trying to improve my Smaw thank you!
To teach someone something, there are three things to do. People learn 1 of 3 ways.... They Say It, They See It, They Do It. A great teacher does it in that order. You SAY what you're going to do AND WHY, then you SHOW how it's done, then you actually DO it. You seem to cover all the bases pretty much in all the vids of yours I've seen. Once someone realizes that it's the rod that creates the arc, and melts whatever it's pointed at, and to weld properly you have to melt both pieces together pretty much evenly, using the rod as the filler material. By the same token realizing that there is a force behind the arc that will blow liquid metal out or through!!!!
Overall you make some great vids!!!! Great speaking voice, great easy to understand information, not a lot of BS extra crap in the vids..... Thanks for the vid!!!!
This is at the very top of my list for welding channels
You sir are top notch not just as a welder but more importantly a human being
ARoss is one of the best teachers we have available in this day in age... Keep up the good work Ross. From San Antonio, Texas
I was a certified welder for 35 yrs, when travelers came on the job, I noticed that they were the only ones who put their free hand on the welding rod, and if they were an apprentice I would smack that hand off the rod!.. never understood that method, too fingers on a red hot electrode ! BTW you are very talented! good job.
Good oh boys gotta love em, hats off to you brother. I'm 43 and have been welding for the biggest part of my life. And would love to start my own business.... fear of failure haunt's me. Great job brother...I believe you have the spirit of God in you brother. God bless you.
I like that you always start your arc in the path you are going to weld. Never leaves arc strike! Hard to get my students to understand this for some reason. We watch a lot of your videos at school. Thanks for making them. They are very informational. My students learn a lot from you, and I do to as well!!
I am trying to learn. I have watch hours of others. Thank you and your wife Austin for these videos. Your teaching style is the best. Very articulate, very thorough.
Thank you! We sure appreciate your generosity
Buddy, your arc video is great, I’m an old farm welder and I learn so much everytime I click on your videos. You are a great welder, but your ability to video your work has really improved, I’m sure you that has been as challenging as learning your trade!!!
Thank you for helping so many of us
Merritt
Best thing for any buisiness, honesty, be up front, do what you say, say what you do. customer service is everything. Fix mistakes promptly without excuses. Do these and work will call you.
After welding exclusively on pipe trusses for years you learn the concepts you've taught here, but man; I wish I had you and RUclips back then. I have been reminded of, or otherwise learned more from you in a few weeks of finding your channel than I have even thought about in years. I am so close to getting a truck and going back to real work after all these years; just because of this channel. I know you don't need encouragement, but don't stop doing this. You're a real one, Austin.
What you taught about washing the weld up to soak it in the thinner metal, which is counter-intuitive is something that translates to so many joints and positions. It's going to help so many people.
I worked for Werner Wire in Omaha NE "back in the day" which for me was like 20 years ago... We had a contract and built all the breakaway roadside and cantilever interstate signs for ND UT NE and IA.
The signs that cantilever over the interstate were all 6" sch 80 for the main structure and then 2.5" or 3" sch 40 as the cross braces. We used 1/16 innershield (flux core / Co2 gas) to weld them with a pointed cone. ZERO allowable splatter and no sanding allowed - D 1.1 code of sorts I guess. The entire structure was then submerge galvanized.
I appreciate you taking the time to write this and share the kind words and feed back. It does help.
Nice video, I recently bought a stick welder, just a Titan from H.F. and am learning. As a carpenter and plumber I can't believe I never got a welder before. Should have bought one 30 years ago. I'm using it all the time now to build stuff and learn so much every time I weld. Then when I come and watch a video like this I can understand what I should be doing and what I am doing wrong. Thank you so much!
“Focus on getting experience” those words changed my point view in a way, when i started welding all I
Can think of, to really get me through the hard work of the job at hand, is “ hellcat, hellcat, hellcat” ( my dream car) but it puts a new perspective. To get what I want I can’t think of what I “ could “ get out of my work but what I’m able to achieve with what im doing
I did notice when you are welding the larger gaps, you whip the rod like a 6010. I didn't think you could do that with a 7018. I was taught that if you done that with a 7018 you could trap slag in the weld.
when I was starting out as a painter when I had just gotten an apprenticeship there was the Tradesman motto,
on the office wall.
It read, "do what you said you were going to do, how and when you said you would do it, on the day you signed on.
I got my apprenticeship in 1982.
love your videos been watching since you were doing pipe line work.
I love the saying. That is usually a very hard thing to be steady with. It’s way easier to say how to do and how we want it done but sometimes we don’t do the same expectation ourselves. In other words it’s extremely hard to truly lead by example…
Anyway, I love the saying. Thank you for sharing!
@@arosswelding you always want your work to be a reflection of yourself. So practice practice practice.
Like you say burn some rods 👍
Level with the world! And how you explained the uphill zigzag with level with the world was a tip I've never heard before! Thank you sir, love your tips!
Another thing that really helps me on out of position pipe is to learn to roll your wrist,that way your rod angle stays consistent which makes it easier to keep the overhead, vertical, flat transition looking slick and tight
I've been welding for 42 years and that is some awesome looking welds, and he is definitely an experience welder. Job well done.
Best welding Tutorial Video's on RUclips by far !
Love that kind of content. At school I had a chance to mag weld in different positions and with a motion of the torch but later on I worked for a factory and had to use spray arc and straight line welding doing the same welds day in and day out. That just wore me out and I went to the military. I really appreciate that kind of welding where you have to figure out how to do it.
Local 433 Ironworker apprentice, trying to get my vertical cert at the moment , this video helped me for sure. Appreciate it G
Many thanks. My wife and I started welding with my neighbor a week ago. Watching everything i can. This was great 👍 👌
I’m new on welding & I got me a handheld welder to start with just to get the hang of it just to do little jobs around the house & to practice with it & I came across your RUclips Chanel how you explain it with details, thank you for the way you teach it
Regarding getting experience... also do work for non-profits in your area. They won't have much of a budget, but many of the folks funding these programs have local businesses and useful connections, and they'll be grateful for your assistance.
For example, I'm just a hobbyist, but I do small welding repair jobs for a local ski club. They lend out gear and provide free coaching for the area's youth. I rebuilt a tow rope tensioner for them and do welding repairs on their mowers and snowmobiles. I get paid in pure maple syrup, and I'm building my reputation as a reliable community welder.
loved the technique of pushing the puddle, skipping forward and pulling the puddle back rather than stopping and repositioning your body. the view from "inside your welding hood" is very helpful.
Just found your channel, and you are a great teacher. I'm retired from the military and just went through some welding schooling. Did everything but tig. Long story short, I picked welding up fairly quickly. Long way from what your stick welding looks like on this video, but I learned a lot in this 30-minute video. So thanks, and I'll keep coming back.
100% youre right. I was worried about getting a job. Now I'm trying to get my hand back right and practicing daily when it's not raining. You are absolutely 💯 % right brother.
Man I love this channel… You’re just a good ole hands on country boy like me… I love the advice and narration while you’re working. A lot of people won’t tell you what they are thinking while they’re working and it also keeps you thinking straight. I love it man. I’m so glad I found your channel. ✌🏼👍🏼
Thank You You are a great Shepard with all the abilities to teach It takes a lot of time to make these videos I believe you are teaching for all the right reasons You love your work
your the best in a world where young people dont care you are still trying
Austin's a awesome welder...i highly respect this guy..true professional
I had a weird experience as a truck driver on a pipeline job. We had some welding that was needed on the truck to finish the jobs. We got permission from the inspector to allow the pipeline welder to repair some schedule 40 pipe that was part of the truck. He immediately blew a hole through the pipe. In a few minutes he had done considerable damage. I said maybe I should do this. He said that the pipe was completely different from what he had been doing. I finished the weld and the job. I was told he did very good work on his real job. I guess you are very right and about getting a variety of different experiences.
Great video Austin! The ability to watch the arc and rod movement while listening to your explanation was very beneficial.
I'm just a 60 year old farm welder so I will not progress to your abilities but can improve.
U da man. Thank u for this! Going g to try this sideways step uphill 7018 today!!
I appreciate the technique tips. As an ironworker my welds are 90% all structural members except for handrail and tube braces. That “level with the word” is so damn simple yet it took me a while to figure out on my own. I just recently passed a 6” 6g test with 7018 root and .045 dual shield fill and cap. I’m somewhat of a seasoned ironworker and that 6g was a little humbling at first. Keep the good content coming💯
Referring to 06:00, after each welding job ask your customer if they know of anyone that might need some welding work done so you can send them a business card or call if urgent.
Even though in most cases they will not, word of mouth is 1 of the most powerful forms of advertising.
As he says, I fully agree - do a good job , the money will follow.
I'm in job of repair truck chases, welding aluminum mostly loading lift ramp, first two years i was doing damping prices for one huge company where i get huge experience welding and fabricating various parts, now that experience make real money.
Thank you! Level with the world makes more sense to me than trying to put a degree angle number to how to hold the rod. I been working with the 7018 3/32 rod and have found it to be a very flimsy rod. Try holding it mid ways with left hand however as you pointed out it get hot and quick. Your tips and tricks are very helpful.
Awesome content Austin! Love you're "learn something new everyday" my father drilled that into me from a young age. No matter how experienced a person is they should never stop learning new things and sometimes the young apprentice can teach us older dogs new tricks!
An excellent instructional video Austin. I got a lot of very helpful tips on this one
Hi Austin
I just wanted to thank you for sharing and teaching. I did my first onsite pipe welding job this weekend, a combination of handrail, galve. water pipe and gate repairs on a local farm here in the North Island of New Zealand. All stick welded with 3/32 rod. Your tips and practical teaching style has been a massive help to me as I develop my skills and become confident to start tackling onsite jobs.
Thanks again and best regards
Alan
Been welding since 14 . Now 49 . Never certified. Experience is key . Learn all you can and use what works for you! Maintenance mechanic, heavy equipment operator and welder . Most experienced with stick 6011 and 7018 . Also do a lot of mig welding! If possible go to school! Patience in what you are doing! Welding is a dance of movement to join metal! Never stop learning from experience! Thank you for making the videos and I encourage anyone to better your skills !
Thanks Austin, really enjoyed the video today and learned a lot of things. 1ST thing is I'll never be a pipe welder as a profession. The next thing I will be able to make repairs to a degree around my place and the last thing is to keep watching your channel because you are down to earth and you teach well. Stay safe and keep up the good work. Fred.
Word of mouth , great work , quality work , great work quality on short notice , take care of your customers and their pocket book along with not hurting yours . Experience etc . An customers will help you spread your customer base . And do not stray from small town values word of mouth in a lot of trades will Make you or Break you .
Best thing I ever did starting out was helping the old timers when they asked and learn from them if you want to learn they will teach you tons of tricks and secrets
I really appreciate your tips on the proper rod selection and type, and the techniques for position of the rod to make the best structural join. Thanks for sharing your knowledge to those of us who don't yet have the experience.
35 Year union Commercial Glazier ( yes, we do alot of welding too). I have stayed busy my whole career by practicing one thing: I work this job, for the next job. You said to focus on one thing: work experience, But I could hear all the folks saying," Catch 22! How can you focus on work experience if you don't have work?!?" I say focus on the job you're doing , RIGHT NOW,. Work it like it's a test, for future work, because it is. EVERYONE will be watching. YOUR work is your reputation. So go the extra mile- be the 1st to arrive early and the last to leave, volunteer for whatever the boss needs Use what you got and don't waste anything; Do it RIGHT the first time, quickly; be ultra efficient, attention to detail; think outside the box; think of it as a competition, cause it is. I have had contractors ask for me by name, for future work. When you hear your boss (and everyone has a boss. Don't think that because you have your own business, that you're the boss. NO! Even then, the customer is your boss) say, " Man, if I had 10 more like you..." You're doing it right, BUT, never rest in your laurels, RULE #1: Work this job for the next one. Remember, luck is the residue of hard work.
Would like to see the slag chipped off and how you come back into the zone after a rod change.
Amen at 4:56 ! After you earn trust with the customer they will call and say "get your rig over here and fix it and send us a bill ! " I'm curious how the " pipe racks " work , at first looked like you were building a super duty TV tower section .
Nice work Austin !
Hey Austin, it looks like this was a good day for you! Beautiful work environment and good work. That's hard to beat!
To your remark about "looking for experience vs work/$$$", I had a particularly great instructor in trade school who picked up on everyone's fear of their GPA falling to below 80% which would get you kicked out of school.
Reason being if you only bring 80% to the job you won't be working very long!
So, his advice was this.." Do the work, and the grades will follow!"
Simple! Focus on what you need to do or learn and everything else will take care of itself, and that's what I heard you saying (in a slightly more round about way).
More than 30 years have passed since Kurt told us that and it's the very same advice I gave my own children!
I commend you on taking that position as well especially if you found that out for yourself.
Not all of us do! But we ALL need to know that bit of wisdom.
Continued blessings to you and your family and keep up the good life! ✌️
working in the gas industry and dealing with a lot of contract welders I wish all welders had such a good attitude as you do. You can sure make a guy want to weld!
I learn so much from watching you! Mig welded all my career (retired auto body) but I am now learning stick and you are the best RUclips teacher!! Thank you!!
Thank you for watching!
Bravo Zulu! If you Ever want to Make huge Dollars Newport News welding Superlifts, they cannot get enough welding talent like you. Just saying Remember Navy CVNs cruise for 40 years, are the Speer of our country. My son flys off them , but it is welders like you who build them..
Game changer! These techniques are solid
I noticed how u never get the rod stuck without prepping ur weld area clean U my boy r a pro pro. I got like two years with welding I’m a millwright so I don’t weld every day but I do a lot of fab work I love how I can now understand everything ur talking about only because of hours under the hood. Without that I would of been clueless to ur welding tips
Thanx for the tips. They are appreciated.
great video austin 👍👍👍👍
I’m a “welder” on the railway and I’ve done bend tests all positions and passed but most of my work is iron work like so I don’t get to weld that often. Like watching these videos to retain what welding knowledge I had.
Appreciate you buddy! The amount of gatekeeping in the trade onsite is so ugly at times. It's refreshing to see someone offering so much info for people starting out.
Great info guy! I'm 66 years old ! I learned how to weld watching my father @ about 5 years old , built my first go cart @ 7 and never broke a weld , back in '70 stick welded a roll cage in a'58 Ford , won 2 Championships with that car racing turning left !! Started racing 1/4 mile , mig welded a 7.50 et chassis Mild steel together in the early '80's out ran the chassis cert in the early '90's Tig welded a 6,00 cert chassis together in '93 and I've been 6.78@ 225mph in the the 1/4 mile, new chassis is off the jig and body fitted should be a 5,30 @ 250+ car
You any kin to Jack or Scott, the LI racing engine builders?
Love it man. I was watching you before I tested in. Inspiration.
I've been watching your videos for some time now. Great job on this particular instructional video. I've been welding for a little over 20 years primarily in manufacturing and some out in the field. Even with my experience, I don't know everything and I'm still learning new ways, methods, and techniques. That's why I watch your videos and other welding instructional videos. To learn more.
Best tip I ever got from a pro welder was why dance around step welding? If you set the amperage properly you can do a straight weld in any position. He showed me. He was right. been doing it ever since. Welds are smooth, clean and far less chance of inclusions from dancing around. Made it easy to beat the 80% standards in testing.
For a too large gap it can be difficult. Shouldn't make too large gaps but especially on repairs they just sometimes are there
I practiced my overhead welding so much that my overheads look better and more comfortable for me than any other position.
Great video!, Great outlook and attitude !!
Terry Farrell Lake of the Ozarks Missouri a little trick to remember if you're ever running bead pass and don't get it all the way through clean it up and brush it good take a 3/32 7018 run it uphill over it and will push the beads through and look good
Such a great video, thank you. Your pipe fence course is excellent. Highly recommend!
Love the videos and i am laughing at the haters comments.
The welding is the easy part. It's the designing, fabricating, fitting, finishing and installation that takes time to get good at.
Being able to read blueprints is essential.
Make sure you talk with suppliers ,they also make money on your business, and pass out cards. Also learn to play golf,some great deals have been made on the linx!!
Austin I thank you so much for your informational videos you give I have been welding for 11 almost 12 years and I am not going to lie I am still learning how to do things these videos are very helpful I got my pancake hood and I love that thing handy for me you are awesome
You know the one bit of advice I think was left out was to find more work for yourself in whatever trade you are in you must first and foremost advertise your knowledge and skill level to get the work. I have worked for many fab shops by looking in the want ads for welding jobs to gain better experience, sometimes starting out your own business means you should get some good high quality experience working for others and then start applying that knowledge and experience in your own business. The main way you sell yourself short in business is if you never try hard enough to find the work and if you don't advertise your business. Austin is obviously advertising his business because he understands that the only way he is going to get the work is if he let's people know what type of work he does. Oh yeah and Austin don't forget to whip-n-pause those beads! LOL
I read through most of the comments and still, no has mentioned the 2 most important aspects in a good weld! First getting the correct "heat" or amperage for the size of the rod or wire you intend to apply. 1st do test welds until you and the machine agree. Secondly making sure the weld area is "clean" as possible by removing rust, grease, debris and moisture.
Then and only then will your level of talent show forth in your welds.
Best of luck and peace.
These pipe racks remind me of an ol buddy of mine who once built a set out of P110. The next morning they had all fallen apart and were laying in a pile.😂😂
I thought 7018 needed cleaner base metal. I guess not so much. Your welds look great.
I thought so too and didn’t know you can do a slow, large whip-n-pause technique with 7018.
Preaching quality of work without surface prep while running 7018? Interesting
Ross you make great video. I still watch even though I don't even weld that much at the moment.
@Austin Ross when you are explaining how you were welding the threaded piece you were making upside down lower case cursive e's. Where the top of the e is the bottom solid pipe and the threaded is the bottom connecting line between the letters. That was alot harder to type then I thought it was going to be.
First timer, smashed that subscribe button. Love the content Austin!
Thank you for subscribing! We sure appreciate it!
When i do pioe fencing the rod i run is 7018 uphill on everything. Taught myself with the 1/8th" but ive been using 3/32 and can make it look real good i still have alot of learning . Its Cool seeing you run the same instead of the 80's enjoyed this video alot thanks for sharing ARoss💪
EXCELLENT VIDEO THANKZZZ FOR SHARING!!!
Very good welder, I agree the more ya weld the better you’ll get stay current , Great Video
Austin I been following for the pass year or so like your work one question I live 30 minutes south of San Antonio Texas if I use a power driver on a 2 7/8 pipe whats the lenght do I need my pipe and how far in the ground do I need to go great work and excellent gob👍👍
Tell it like it is, enjoy what you do , help schools out and be honest it your dealings . Be humble.
I wish someone would do more videos on smaller diameter tube/pipe structures like this one. I do a lot of 1.5" sch 40 T and mitre joints and almost every pipe welding video is for larger diameter pipe that is used in a gas/liquid flow application, not a structure made from pipe. I prefer to TIG this stuff, but I do some of it with mig or pulsed mig.
Excellent, am self taught welded for 60 years building trailer hitches. You are welding a large structural piece, I prefer to use 6010-6011-6013 on first pass to get penetration
then 2nd pass would use 1/8 7018 that way my ugly 60 passes would look good with leveling everything out with 7018. Just a thought.
The best thing I do is weld in a regular shop that makes you do it all I go from razor blade thin stainless with tig to 3in thick flux core plus I do my own on the side always burning I love it
Thanks for sharing such valuable information. I really appreciate the simplicity, and the high level of professionalism, in which you perform the work.