An old machinist showed me to stick a countersink bit in a file handle and use that as a deburring tool and it's now one of my favorite tools in the shop
@@romanholowka9558 Dear lord, that's almost as bad as in the medieval. Sure, it works, but why wouldn't one just get tools made for exactly this purpose? I mean other than needing it right now on a Saturday morning at 2am when all the stores are closed? Even Amazon has better stuff around.
A bonus tip is to never hold the work piece with your bare hand while drilling. A bit that grabs will spin it like a razor, and slice your hand before you can even see it.
I seen a guy do that while using it a piece of stainless on the drill press to drill a half inch hole in one step it sliced his palm right open in one big flap
@@DuncanAitken I intentionally use permanent sharpies on white boards to freak people out, without telling them that a dry erase marker takes sharpie marks off the whiteboard.
2nd time I've seen that one in the last few months. Great tip both times. Dirt Lifestyle (Nate) posted it in his "19 Metal Fabrication Tips and Tricks". Love the idea. Both videos filled with great tips.
I learned 2 things today that I will definitely use. How to easily debur a hole cleanly, and how to quickly remove a sharpie mark. It's the little things that matter.
2:03 if you use a piece of copper instead of a scrap piece of steel to ball you tungsten you're less likely to contaminate it. I use an old piece of buss bar out an old electrical panel.
Cutting aluminum with a cutoff wheel just apply some dove soap every now and then when you feel the wheel not performing as well. This also works for soft-back and flapper wheels to keep the aluminum from clogging up the paper. If you need to have well rounded corners on your edge to edge aluminum welds a router does wonders (carbide teeth) just don’t forget to scrape a bar of dove down the edge beforehand, keeps the aluminum from sticking; washes off nicely too.......so on and so forth. Good video.
Tin snips as nail trimmers....boy does that bring back a memory. My father is one of those guys who likes wearing black socks and sandals. One day he decided he needed to trim his toenails. Off came the socks. What greeted my horrified young eyes was a hammer toe on each foot which was topped by a translucenct yellow corn. Thick, cracked calluses on each heel, and thick, yellow smoker toenails. The toenails proved impervious to the larger toenail clippers so he switched over to an old pair of carpenter pincers which he first sharpened with an old file. He lined the pincers up on his big toenail, grabbed the reins in both hands and started squeezing. You could see the reins start bending with the pressure. Suddenly there was a loud snap! and a piece of nail shot out of there like a bullet. I couldn't watch the rest. To this day, when anyone mentions black socks and sandals, I can't help thinking that it might be for our protection. Cheers.
I just subscribed, I sold my Marine business my home and all of my marine parts in Md and moved my wife and son to Statesville to follow my life long dream of fabricating for a race team since I had already built five of my own dirt cars and raced them but that was in 2008 and now I'm 56 years old and pretty much retired other than a few side jobs here and there but I'm still tinkering with something in my shop every night and that's why I think that you are alright because you have already done what I wanted to do and you are doing what I used to do. We have to hook up sometime and have a chilly 🍻
I watched till the end.. My favorite was the tubing notcher...I have one at my shop, but not at my home shop, I almost skipped it cuz i thought i got a tubing notcher.. then i saw how easy that was and shit i could have done that on the gate i built at home.... thank you !! and I subscribed..
Balling your tungsten is best done on a piece of copper plate with a high frequency arc starter, controlled with a foot pedal. This will allow you to control the sizing of the ball on your tungsten.
Lol, thanks so much for the nail clipper segment. I’m 64 and made me laugh hard mostly because I’m in bedroom on iPad and my wife heard it all and is still asking questions,,,,,,lol
Favourite for me was, No. 1, tube notching. I dont own a TIG so they were of no use to me. As for trimming nails I use side cutters, also known as diagonal cutters, depending of area.
#6 is a great reason to use a step drill for sheet metal. Drill the hole and debur in one operation. They taught me #1 in high school, but they didn't teach me how to (successfully) weld aluminum.
I want to re-condition my pickup and I don’t know much about fabrication. But I like it so I keep watching these videos. Really helpful ..... thanks. New subscriber here 🙋♂️😀
Helpful...Thank you Subscribed! The Sharpie idea...I laughed after you showed it and your expression at the end. I will certainly be using these tips in my shop, well, maybe not the tin snip nail clippers. Despite owning a tubing notcher, I am going to give the manual notching a try. I love to learn new stuff... Cheers!!!
Wipe off your filler rod! Ok... now thats a great tip I've seen countless welders say to wipe off the work to clean it (aluminum usually) But i tig weld aluminum and the work rarely needs cleaning... usually its the rod thats dirty
I'm shocked that so many people didnt know the sharpie thing Also if you accidentally use a sharpie on a whiteboard you can get it off with a whiteboard marker
Can you please do a video on the dangers of Clorinated Brake clean and Tig welding and the production of Phosgene Gas. We need to pass this safety information on.
A few seemingly common sense tips along with some reeealy good ones. I have a notcher but can see just using the 45* cutback technique. Is good times learning the little tips and tricks for a shop guy. And I just bite my nails off, tastes bad but gets the job done
The only one I did not know was the fingernail clipper with tin snips but my nails are always too short to use tin snips as I have a dozen toe nail clippers around the house and keep mine clipped short. I hate to get a fingernail bent backwards catching on something in the shop as that hurts like crazy.
Who watched all the way to the end to make sure....?
Meeee
😂🤘
I liked the drill bit tip to deburr
Snip snip the tips :D
That’s awesome tin snips haha
An old machinist showed me to stick a countersink bit in a file handle and use that as a deburring tool and it's now one of my favorite tools in the shop
I have one welded to a piece of tubing for a handle! But I bet the file handle is more comfortable.
You can even buy a tool like this, but making it yourself is probably a bit cheaper
Another good one is to grind a triangle file smooth and run the edges around a hole. Also learned from an old machinists. Those guys are geniuses
@@romanholowka9558 Dear lord, that's almost as bad as in the medieval. Sure, it works, but why wouldn't one just get tools made for exactly this purpose? I mean other than needing it right now on a Saturday morning at 2am when all the stores are closed? Even Amazon has better stuff around.
@@smurface549 The guy probably made that before amazon existed lol
Teaching old school tricks is almost a thing of the past. Keep up the good content.
A bonus tip is to never hold the work piece with your bare hand while drilling. A bit that grabs will spin it like a razor, and slice your hand before you can even see it.
I seen a guy do that while using it a piece of stainless on the drill press to drill a half inch hole in one step it sliced his palm right open in one big flap
Couple of squirts WD40? Never had a piece bind, still use gloves tho lol.
bare hand yeah, glove is worse though if we're talking bench drills
Drilling out gas lens. Was not aware they are all the same center piece. Good tip
Sharpie trick was rad.
Using a whiteboard marker works as well (non permanent)
@@DuncanAitken I intentionally use permanent sharpies on white boards to freak people out, without telling them that a dry erase marker takes sharpie marks off the whiteboard.
@@stevenkeeffe9137 I'm sitting next to a whiteboard at work right now and just tried it. Very neat trick and good to know 👍🏼
2nd time I've seen that one in the last few months. Great tip both times. Dirt Lifestyle (Nate) posted it in his "19 Metal Fabrication Tips and Tricks". Love the idea. Both videos filled with great tips.
I learned 2 things today that I will definitely use. How to easily debur a hole cleanly, and how to quickly remove a sharpie mark. It's the little things that matter.
It’s always the little things!
AND a sharpie line reduces the friction and effort needed to cut the metal.Reducing heat,also.
I am a fabricator and your videos are helpful thanks fam
Glad to hear it!
That tube notching trick is great! Wish I'd know that many years ago :P Great video, keep up the good work!
It works well in some applications, and thanks!
2:03 if you use a piece of copper instead of a scrap piece of steel to ball you tungsten you're less likely to contaminate it. I use an old piece of buss bar out an old electrical panel.
Thanks for the tip!
I assume brass would work also?
I keep a copper water fitting in my welding stuff just for this.
Cutting aluminum with a cutoff wheel just apply some dove soap every now and then when you feel the wheel not performing as well. This also works for soft-back and flapper wheels to keep the aluminum from clogging up the paper. If you need to have well rounded corners on your edge to edge aluminum welds a router does wonders (carbide teeth) just don’t forget to scrape a bar of dove down the edge beforehand, keeps the aluminum from sticking; washes off nicely too.......so on and so forth. Good video.
You can also use bees wax, and more convenient, a soap stone for this.
Tin snips as nail trimmers....boy does that bring back a memory. My father is one of those guys who likes wearing black socks and sandals. One day he decided he needed to trim his toenails. Off came the socks. What greeted my horrified young eyes was a hammer toe on each foot which was topped by a translucenct yellow corn. Thick, cracked calluses on each heel, and thick, yellow smoker toenails. The toenails proved impervious to the larger toenail clippers so he switched over to an old pair of carpenter pincers which he first sharpened with an old file. He lined the pincers up on his big toenail, grabbed the reins in both hands and started squeezing. You could see the reins start bending with the pressure. Suddenly there was a loud snap! and a piece of nail shot out of there like a bullet. I couldn't watch the rest. To this day, when anyone mentions black socks and sandals, I can't help thinking that it might be for our protection. Cheers.
Lmfao.....I’ve done everyone of those things for years.....good to find another badass faby on the planet
Hell yeah! 👊
I just subscribed, I sold my Marine business my home and all of my marine parts in Md and moved my wife and son to Statesville to follow my life long dream of fabricating for a race team since I had already built five of my own dirt cars and raced them but that was in 2008 and now I'm 56 years old and pretty much retired other than a few side jobs here and there but I'm still tinkering with something in my shop every night and that's why I think that you are alright because you have already done what I wanted to do and you are doing what I used to do. We have to hook up sometime and have a chilly 🍻
Much respect for the pneumatic drill❣❣❣
It’s the way to go
Nothing beats that tubing notch trick!!!
Your videos are so wholesome.
I like using a bench grinder to notch tubes. Makes it quick and easy
You nailed the last one
If you want to ball your tungsten, leave the welder on A/C and strike your arc on copper.
“Just as safe as regular tin snips”
Is that what I said??
You did indeed 😂
@@tacticalultimatum can you time mark that?
7:22
Excellent! Just subbed
New metal shop build in progress, beginner metal worker
Nice! and thanks for the sub!
that sharpy trick is pretty cool im gonna go try it! Thanks!
It works! mind blown!
I thought I was the only one who cut my nails with snips... Good show.
Drilling out that lens is a pretty slick trick. Good one, Justin!
On the 2nd tip putting your machine in dc+ will also clean off some impurities from the tungsten
I have most definitely used cutting pliers as toenail snippers before.
I watched till the end.. My favorite was the tubing notcher...I have one at my shop, but not at my home shop, I almost skipped it cuz i thought i got a tubing notcher.. then i saw how easy that was and shit i could have done that on the gate i built at home.... thank you !! and I subscribed..
Thanks for watching and sticking around!
Balling your tungsten is best done on a piece of copper plate with a high frequency arc starter, controlled with a foot pedal. This will allow you to control the sizing of the ball on your tungsten.
Lol, thanks so much for the nail clipper segment. I’m 64 and made me laugh hard mostly because I’m in bedroom on iPad and my wife heard it all and is still asking questions,,,,,,lol
🤣🤣 that’s great
I have a coumtersinking bit with my drill bits. Never once used it for actually making a countersunk hole; I use it all the time for deburring holes.
My nails have never looked so good! The first tip with the band saw never occurred to me makes things easier cheers!
Love it! I am a full time welder/fabricator and I already use most of these
Favourite for me was, No. 1, tube notching.
I dont own a TIG so they were of no use to me.
As for trimming nails I use side cutters, also known as diagonal cutters, depending of area.
I use a step bit to debur my holes. Saves the life of my counter-sinks ;)
#6 is a great reason to use a step drill for sheet metal. Drill the hole and debur in one operation.
They taught me #1 in high school, but they didn't teach me how to (successfully) weld aluminum.
Step drills are the best
The nail clipping was funny. I have always just used my belt sander on slow speed. Good info and cool video. Thank you!
The sharpie part was the best one
Yeah, you never know when someone posts something like this if it’s worthwhile. Well done.
Sliding calipers for SPLINTER REMOVAL! You don't even have to be able to see the splinter and you'll remove it easily.
Nice!
I want to re-condition my pickup and I don’t know much about fabrication. But I like it so I keep watching these videos.
Really helpful ..... thanks.
New subscriber here 🙋♂️😀
Welcome to the channel!
If you have a tooth that’s bothering you, your channel locks or even your mug pliers work as a great tool
haha doesn't sound enjoyable
The last one was definitely a fabrication trick, thanks! =)
I wish I found this channel earlyer?
Helpful...Thank you Subscribed!
The Sharpie idea...I laughed after you showed it and your expression at the end.
I will certainly be using these tips in my shop, well, maybe not the tin snip nail clippers. Despite owning a tubing notcher, I am going to give the manual notching a try. I love to learn new stuff...
Cheers!!!
very Enjoyable Justin...cheers from Orlando, Paul
Thanks for the tips Respect and admiration
Wipe off your filler rod!
Ok... now thats a great tip
I've seen countless welders say to wipe off the work to clean it (aluminum usually)
But i tig weld aluminum and the work rarely needs cleaning... usually its the rod thats dirty
Agree, the rod is usually dirty too
Such high production value
I should’ve stopped at the tubing notch. I was genuinely pissed at myself after watching that. 👌👌
Thanks Justin! ✨✨✨
Good morning Justin, really useful tips, tricks, and techniques. Thanks for sharing your talents and expertise. You take care.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this dude. As a hamfisted asshole these tips are definately of use for future projects!
I choose to to bite my fingernails off lol, Rad video, that notching trick and gas lens trick, very useful
Haha
Liked them all, but will stick to regular nail clippers... 👍
Cool to see you can just drill a gas lens out to suit the tungsten. Will give that too a go tomorrow when I’m back in my shed!
Very good! Thank you.
HVAC tech here, can confirm that last tip works.
Great video!
Thank you
So simple, but so helpful! Keep it up! Last one got me though
It’s the only way to go..
I'm shocked that so many people didnt know the sharpie thing
Also if you accidentally use a sharpie on a whiteboard you can get it off with a whiteboard marker
On the drill bit truck. It’s also good for having a slightly altered shape to your hole if you want a screw to go in
I once used a grinder to Taylor a shirt 😂
Haha for real?
I know a rabbi that uses shears to do circumcisions. And he did them for free, but he did take TIPS!
Bro love your videos. keep it up. Respect.
Fantastic!! Definate saving these tips for my workshop 👍👍
Good stuff.. I'm also digging that Ingersoll Rand compressor in the background.. Work horse for sure.!!! Thanks for sharing.
It is!
I watched to the end, good stuff. People that dislike are people that didn't think of this stuff!
Thank you! I’m pretty sure I’v never thumbs downed a RUclips video. Unless they blatantly click baited or something.
Definitely coming back to this one for sure! This vid is going to blow up!
Great vid man! Love the nail clippers haha
I always use small flush cut wire cutters to cut my fingernails, been doing that since I was a baby because my dad's a mechanic lol
Nice tips Justin thanks brother
you make awesome, high quality content! keep up the good work, your channel is on the brink of explosive popularity :)
Thanks buddy
Can you please do a video on the dangers of Clorinated Brake clean and Tig welding and the production of Phosgene Gas.
We need to pass this safety information on.
Nr. 6 !
The last tip immediately made me think this guy gotta be Canadian
You can open beer bottles with tin snips as well.
I like the last one😆
Best hacks ever
Worthwhile
my paint guy in the bodyshop uses the RO sander to sand his nails
Great video. Keep up the great work brother.
Thank you
Can you add one more about using a miter saw as a nail clipper
Love the video editing.
Thank you
Instructions unclear, broke nail clippers on sheet steel.
I broke the tin snips on my finger nails 🤷♂️
Tin snips do make great nail clippers! I thought i was the only one......
The best
A few seemingly common sense tips along with some reeealy good ones. I have a notcher but can see just using the 45* cutback technique. Is good times learning the little tips and tricks for a shop guy.
And I just bite my nails off, tastes bad but gets the job done
Haha whatever gets the job done, thanks for the comment too
Nice video and tips. Did I sense some Peter McKinnon inspiration there.
His voice threw me for a loop! I thought it'd be waaaaay deeper😂😂😂
The only one I did not know was the fingernail clipper with tin snips but my nails are always too short to use tin snips as I have a dozen toe nail clippers around the house and keep mine clipped short. I hate to get a fingernail bent backwards catching on something in the shop as that hurts like crazy.
I do none of these things but I enjoyed it.
Good stuff, real time savers
Glad you like them!
Thats hilarious. I thaught i was the only one to us3 snips for nail clippers.
Thanks for the tips.
The snips work for toe nails too. Just be sure to not leave the clippings on the kitchen table or you'll get yelled at.
True true
Like the format! Some great tips. Think I’ll be sticking to the nail clippers though. I’d definitely be losing finger tips 🤣🙌🏼
Thanks! I’m telling ya, you will never go back!
I just use my pocket knife for my nails. its works way better then nail clippers. but the snips is a great idea.
This is awesome thanks brother!!
Thanks for watching man
1st time watch, fantastic!
If you use a sharpie on a white board just colour the whole thing in and leave a box of chalk.