HOW TO MIG LIKE TIG WELD (Stacking Dimes) W/ OVERKILLRACINGANDCHASSIS w/ *Tips and Techniques*
Today we talk about how to Mig like Tig weld an open corner joint with the stack of dimes look that everyone has come to know and love..We will go over HOW TO get your MIG welding Machine settings dialed, Prep techniques as well as fit up.. Mig gun manipulations and how to move that Welding Puddle around to achieve this awesome weld profile on Open corner / Outside corner welds.. Welding Tips and Techniques to get you up to speed and start stacking dimes like the PROS!
We are chatting with three of the best in the industry.. Joel Buschmann @overkillracingandchassis , Alex Brown @Cavemanwelder and Rodrigo Rodarte @rr_fab .. These guys eat sleep and breath welding and fabrication.
We will go over everything from material prep, Material fit up, Mig welding machine settings as well as the MIG like TIG technique and how to accomplish the "stack of dimes" look with MIG (Metal Inert Gas) Welding or GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding). Open Corner mig welds can look soo good if you have right settings and follow the proper technique.
Joel @overkillracingandchassis has a ton of experience in Welding and Fabrication and is one of the most talented guys I've ever met..He does a lot of 3D CAD modeling in Solid works and runs CNC plasma tube Notchers, Cnc Press brakes and CNC Tube benders.. His shop is outfitted to build absolutely impressive Monster truck chassis as well as soooo much MORE!
Rodrigo @rr_fab is an extremely talented Welder / Fabricator that works for OVERKILL and has really came a long way in a short time.. He is laying down some of the best MIG welds that I've ever seen. He definitely has a special signature to his welds.
Alex Brown is a guy that I've looked up to for a long time now and you can find him on instagram @Cavemanwelder . Machining to MIG / TIG welding this guy has it all covered being a jack of all trades and very close to a master in them all. I will insert clickable links to each of these talented dudes instagram pages.
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As always thank you for watching! My goal with this channel is to bring as many tips and tricks across multiple processes (machining, welding and fabrication and Cad modeling) as I can to help assist you guys in stepping up to the next level.
I Appreciate you all! Have a great weekend!
Y’all need some speedglas! Heard they have a new tig helmet coming out!
Aj 15 I’ve had a few. Not a big fan 🙁
@@hourglassingenuity103 oh no why not??
I wish my 3450 fit and weighed like the sentinel
I made that same weld with my Harbor Fright 90 amp flux core machine
He finally says it at the end. It's all about practice. It's that simple.
Sorry we took so long to say it!
it's like anything else,,,, practice. you were either meant to do it or your not''''''''
I've got a welder and started trying a few pieces recently, I've watched lots of stuff and chatted with mates but that did little to improve my welds, all came down to just using the damn thing and getting a feel for what was working and what was pigeon shit!
@@k19widow the best advice I can give is figure out what the welder wants for settings. Every piece of steel you weld will need a different setting and you need to learn what the settings do to your weld.
@@jacobcurran5543 exactly. That and like they said in the video what works for them prolly wont work for you. Their have only been a few people that could grab a mig that I have set for myself and be able to use it and make it weld the same as me. Gotta figure out what your settings are at the end of the day and run with it. Keep notes on what settings work best for you for various applications
When you think you're a good welder ... there's always someone better Never stop learning 👍🏼
very true. took gmaw at TCAT and realized only after graduating that i didnt know shit. every video and article helps as much as practice itself
Dude if you can’t do this then you was never good…this isn’t even X-ray quality work.But, Definitely nice work for what it’s intended for
@@jeepwk6.5L Hey dude, there are xray welds that can be ugly and non-Xray ones that can be beautiful.
@@Lgvulin true, looks isn’t everything
All the commenters in this channel are the better welders.
"It's just practice.." Yes! Indeed it is. When people ask me how I can get such perfect welds done I answer..." I've been welding for +25 years and that's all there is to it." :)
They say a good welder is typically a bad grinder (because they don’t have to grind their welds to clean them up). I don’t know about that, all I know is that I’m a bad ass grinder.
Yeah, but true 100% bro. I used to be a bad grinder till I changed my mind to cleaned them up super super crazy well clean then I found the beautiful Bead since then I been practicing about grinding skill as much as I can lolll nice to meet you a welder from another side of this world, Im Siam from Thailand .
The grinder and paint make me the welder I aint.
Most high profile work actually requires weld blending. I weld inconel turbine veins now. Even when i did production mig i still had to grind per costumer spec. I can finesse a 5” grinder like its a pen.
@@Swagmoney696 got that right! At one point I was comfortable running a 9 inch Milwaukee with one hand! 3
I have 3 grinders
Guys, I really appreciate how you put this video together. It was to the point without skipping over details. Good job.
Awesome video. No arrogant prick telling you how it suppose to be done just humble guys with great skill giving advice. 👍🏻
I went to modern welding school but you know we can never learn enough this is going to become my favorite channel great job guys thumbs up
It's all old common sense shit you should learn on day #1
Cool. Something new to learn. I worked mostly in the aerospace industry as a repairer, mechanic, and MRO sheet metal fabricator. I now learning to MIG weld. Its great! TIG, machinist, and auto-cad are next on my list.
I’ve been in army welding and body shop for 50 years . That’s the best mig weld I’ve ever seen . That’s pure art...
That’s amazing Pete! Thanks for sharing. That sounds like a lot of good stories. Thank you. He did a great job! 🙌🏻 have a wonderful day sir.
Pressure A=B welder from EU here, stacking dimes may look cool but are forbidden in alot of industries here in EU....
Why is that?@@PanzerChicken69
@@autohog Check it out for yourself with any EU inspector or EU welder trade school. At the top of youre 'E", you create a void for inclusions. We used to stack dimes with MIG but are now forbidden to do so because of it. Just like stacking uphil: exact same problem.
Interesting, I appreciate the reply. So would flat drag tend to reduce the inclusions? @@PanzerChicken69
This is the most brief and clear video about MIG Welding, I really liked it! Please upload more fab techniques videos! Thank you!
Definitely will! Thank you!
This is the best explanation I've seen. I've been away from my welding for awhile and this brought it all back. Thank you guys.
Finally found a channel that's on a level I can LEARN FROM!!!! Been welding 40 hours plus hood DOWN for 6 years. Production welding. Tig mig midstream aluminum stainless Muntz bronze etc... YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!!
Great info!! My welding has never looked super pretty but I've never had anything let go. I'll be welding a lot soon so I'll be incorporating your methods. Thanks!!
I’m glad you gents are showing “Working” the wire instead of a flat drag , your welds are beyond awesome , perfect deposition , low crown , even fill .. I give you an A+
One of the guys at work just got out of school and was saying that (flat drag) is all they teach now
I've been watching welding videos for a couple of weeks but this is the best explanation of how ot achieve a decent weld.
Excellent video you guys. Goes to show what I’ve always felt.... Pros are not threatened by sharing knowledge. 👍 Excellent work guys! Love love love that long Welding Table you build your Frames on!!
Man if only I had half the confidence in front of camera, like I do towards welding... It was great having you out and talking shop! I wouldn't be nowhere near where I am today without people like you, who are willing to put in an effort at trying to help others out! Its taken thousands of hours behind a hood to get somewhat decent, but it was always helpful, having an open mind, and listening to what anybody had to say on the subject. There's alot of information out there, and I'm glad I can finally be a part of some of it! Brad you did a killer job on this video! Look forward to seeing all your others!
Thanks so much! It was a pleasure meeting you and I’m looking forward to getting out there again! Keep killing it dude!
You looked stoned lol
@@scaven09 I dont smoke or drink any!
Hey Rod, I'm fairly new to welding. Just to clarify, were you short-arc welding or pulse? thanks. Cuz if your beautiful welds can be acheived using standard short-arc then this is really encouraging and something to strive for. Please let me know thanks. And if you can recommend a Mig machine under $1500 that would be great as well 👊
You can make consistent looking welds with zero oscillation as well. All this fancy oscillating is often just cosmetic and can be very compromised in a situation that requires good root fusion and pressure/bend test. While the weld in this video looks plenty hot, a weld with heavy oscillation memory can be a sign of a cold compromised weld.
And also a good way to trap Trash and bust x ray
You are abosolutely right. People that use this technique need to bend test their welds to make sure they are getting proper fusion. The first time I applied for a job at a shop that bend tested prospect's welds, I did 2 coupons. One with stacked dime welds for looks, the other with near zero oscillation, because I had a sneaking suspicion that the stacked dime weld would fail. It did. Lack of fusion and cold lap. I was hired because I said I thought my first weld would fail so I did another one. I don't care how good your technique is, if your welds look like the welds in the video, you will have at least some cold lap and lack of fusion. Whether it is enough to make the weld too weak to hold depends alot on the experience of the person doing it. Thats why I don't recommend this technique for beginners. While the application of the parts in the video is probably very overkill and likely doesn't unduly stress the weld and they will probably hold up fine, in an application that does rely more on the strength of the weld it is not a good technique to use. The other saving grace here with these guys is the cleanliness of the metal- the lack of mill scale in their joints is good to see and that's very important if you're welding on the cold side. A coldish weld will often run right over the top of mill scale and not penetrate at all. This has all been pointed out already I think (rarely read all the comments) so what I mostly came here to say is that when it comes to developing a technique, testing will show you everything you need to know. I encourage everyone, even veteran weldors, to do it from time to time. It will teach you what not to do better than anything, and if you want to stack the dimes, testing will teach you how to get the best weld you can using this technique.
This is the voice of reason here people, spot on! This guy gets it.
@@cheatinggravity173 No doubt. My first welding job was working for Kubota and you'd get run out of there for stacking dimes. While this process is considerably more visually appealing and is more desirable for welds to be shown off, it's not done in heavy industrial welding for the reasons you guys mentioned: it's easier to get cold lap.
@@cheatinggravity173 The welds in the video are basically "show welds" as the title points out- MIG like TIG. Though they "Look pretty" they are likely low quality, weak welds. The faults you pointed out have been well documented and discussed. This is the negative effect social media has had on everything in society. Bunch of fake instagram welders.
As you say practice makes perfect but learning by watching and listening to good tradesmen is the key. Or watching educational videos like this well done. Retired Multi coded pipe welder Scotland 👍🏴
I really like the close camera work to allow us to see the puddle. Others blind you or just can’t get in there to see it. Keep perfecting the close up looks. That’s how I learn best. By watching a pro like the guy who made those pretty welds. The arc seemed more “tame” and cooler than what I see so often.
Hi,This is 🔥Kimchi Welder🔥 who is uploading a welding video in Canada. Your MIG welding is really great, I look forward to the next video.😎😎😎😎
You guys freaking rock! Some of the most beautiful MIG welding I've ever seen!
Thanks so much! They are great guys!
Just started welding in my first year at college loving it so far looking forward to getting deeper into the industry
Few years back I was practicing this method and it's allot of practice, but once u get it, steady hands, GREAT VIDEO!!!
Wow! what beautiful welding. Also a great tutorial. Straight to the point with all the info one needs to weld great. No drawn out video full of bs. Just a perfect job, as far as Im concerned. I cant wait to see more
Yes agreed, too many KZheadrs try to emulate the traditional tv show format with lots of talking in front of the camera, and setups and jokes, and tomfoolery, and side stories. That’s great sometimes but more often I just want to learn about something specific or learn something I never knew existed.
One thing I got to say for young guys starting out in this kinda career. Use proper eye protection when grinding and welding ! No matter how uncomfortable you feel or silly your colleagues think you look remember you only get 1 pair of eyes , look after them !
Absolutely.
I'd add ear protection too...being around fabbing and welding pipe and construction in general for several decades (plus dozens of rock concerts over my lifetime), my ears are SHOT!!! The ringing is so loud, I can't believe my next door neighbor can't hear it! Another one to take care of is your lungs...try to not breathe too much welding smoke. I've learned these lessons the hard way, because I didn't listen to the old timers when they told me to protect my ears, eyes, lungs, back, knees, etc...my eyes were the only thing that made it out relatively unscathed, although I have had metal and other debris dug out of them a few times. Fun shit.
This should go with out saying.
This should go with out saying.
I was watching with my husband and you were making an inter cooler, before you added the fittings, it was beautiful. I could put that out on a table. Loved it.
great tips! just getting into mig welding and i love how people share their techniques.
Wow, that is clean, look hands down, this is the best welding video I have watched on Mig welding period. Great Job Guys!
Thanks so much!
I mig weld aluminum and mild steel on a daily basis. I burn thru 22 lbs of aluminum wire every 3 days. Welding aluminum dramatically improves the way your steel mig welds look! Aluminum freezes so fast you see absolutely every little wiggle but steel is more forgiving and those tiny wiggles dont show up! I use the same exact technique when mig welding short circuit! Best part of the video is how down to earth and modest these boys are! I can see where running the .030 wire gives you that little bit of extra time to get that perfect stack!
Your comment has been quite refreshing, thank you so much! I really appreciate you taking the time. 🙏🏻
Please make a mig aluminum video. There are a few out there, but I still struggle with it. I can tig alum just fine, but that isn't always what I need for the work I'm doing, as you well know. I agree, if you can mig aluminum, you should transition to mig steel with ease.
With nothing available that fit a hold below deck close enough to gain 20 gallons of reserve fuel and end a buddies practice and reliance on poorly secured plastic tanks in the stern live well's compartment that used to bounce on or float above his Sea Fury's hull and ride out the seas inherently listing 20° in the bilge per her Deep-V lines, he supplied two halves for a tailor made aluminum tank and tweeko's teflon liner conversion kit, and a big bottle of argon. I sailed right through the first foot of that maiden voyage on a fair wind and heading, confident in my plotted course. Preparation and a brief study had this amateur plying like any master. Tacking true and straight, I could see it in my wake. I had laid a bead proficiently and was thinking of reporting back as pride began to overtake me and projects of my own came to mind along with a grin at the thought of donning the hat of Aluminum welder. Then the freaking phone rang. The sounding of the bell may as well been an alarm for the havac that ensued. As i recall, I took the helm of the Tweeko into welding gloved hands unawares but the instant I engaged found her unresponsive. A bubbling sea of aluminium came up on all sides and bail as I might , grinding down to the deck, as if I could start afresh, but resumption only saw her awash, swamped under that bubbling, foaming, relentless liquid that moments before had promised to carry me to new horizons and status. Horror and frustration filled my auto-darkening helmet. The gloves came off, determination stepped in for preparation. Then the bulkheads of my mind collapsed one by one, conceding failure a little late of it all going under. As a vessel to contain gasoline it had been on the bottom from the moment that second watch began. My offshore fishing mantra, a reminder to tend to maintenance and preparation with both feet on dry ground, and to budget needs and concerns over wants and aesthetic always, and redundancy for emergency was borrowed for aluminium welding and some of that teflon tubing became bushings for noisy line levelers on a fishing pole because "A lot can go wrong out there" In retrospect I concluded that small segments , maybe 5-8 inches of the joint, should have been treated or retreated cleaned and de-O2 imediatly before welding and just as important I always felt I should have flooded the interior of the tank with argon to prevent O2 right under the joint from heating and pushing out into the hot metal. I call it a tank. Lol it's one of my scrap metal bens. I forget how many gallons we gave up with an off the shelf tank, it was enough to prevent our mingling out on the outter banks with those who could budget for what we had wanted but I never smelled fuel in bilge water again. In your opinion would more meticulous cleaning and the extra gas done the trick. What additional steps ,if any, have you taken to maintain integrity in different environments or purpose ?
@@tcyoung8123 what the fuck did you write here?
1981... mig, tig, stick, just about everything in a weld shop, including some brazing... great tips, keep it up. My tip: puddle control is everything.
Very cool, thank you for sharing. I've been welding for years & I hit or miss making it come out as nice as u guys do... I'm gonna practice ur technique, thanks for being so generous w/important info
Loved the level of your professionalism. Been into welding profession for over a decade now and absolute love this
Thank you very much for the comment. I really appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed the video. Have a wonderful weekend!
Working as a welder in the semi trailer, sheet metal fabrication and automotive industries I found that the circular oscillating technique produces some of the most consistent looking welds also moving from side to side in an arching pattern works well especially if you have inconsistent gaps to fill, setting the welder up to have a clean consistent sound with no popping or wire burn back is also important, the kind of welds these guys are doing requires a steady hand, patience and consistency.
I know you're speaking English right now, but I'm new. What's wire burn back. Imma assume that I'm experiencing this as my welds look like mange-riddled possum hide...burnt to a crisp with wire hairs poking out here and there! I need a class.
@@choiceblade Sounds like you dont have gas to me or you Voltage isnt high enough or your wire speed is to high. And i believe that wire burn back is when your wire actually melts higher up on the wire than just the tip of the wire if that makes since. typically happens with me if im to far away from what im trying to weld.
But any "walking the cup" or back/forth is actually avoidable at all cost according to EN norm (European standard). Keep that in mind. Follow someone that teaches welding according to international standards, then, after at least some year in production you would consider learning this art social media visual appearance welding. kzhead.info/sun/fal_lJlupph-oqs/bejne.html
@@choiceblade Burn back is when the wire speed is not high enough to match the voltage/metal transfer you are set at. It's when the wire literally burns back and sticks to the contact tip, often requiring the replacement of said tip.
I appreciate all these guys explaining the basics.
Hands down, the best-looking mig joints i have ever seen. Didn't even know that was possible
I was an owner opperater and welding foreman. I chased pipelines for thirty five years. Excellent video! Great looking welds! Liked and subscribed.👍
🙌🏻 Thank you!
In high school, we had ‘trades’ studies. We had welding, automotive, machining, carpentry, electronics and graphic design. At the time, 1984-1986, it was pretty progressive. I entered welding. I’d done some fabrication at the time and thought ‘easy’. It was harder than anything I imagined. After high school, I entered the military (Combat Engineering) and started learning demolition. I ended up with two broken legs, fractured ribs and a concussion, all because I thought I knew more than my instructors. I went to work with a company cleaning up oil spills, chemical spills, fires, anything that was ‘ethyl-methyl-bad-shit-fucked-up’. No welding. Got tired with that, became a truck driver. No welding. I THEN became a police officer (my father-in-law, a police officer, wouldn’t let his daughter marry a truck driver). No welding. Now, I’m retired and want to weld. I appreciate the ‘tips-&-tricks’. After 30+ years the machines, techniques, technology, gases, rods, EVERYTHING, is different. And, I’m watching ‘kids’ welding soda cans together, thinking, ‘the fffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuu am I watching’. Laying beads that make me sick. Anyways, keep em coming.
You choose your life. Don't let anyone else make decisions for your own life.
I recommend going to welding tips and tricks on here. Jody is a very good teacher.
Practice practice practice and you will achieve
Joel. Your attention to detail always shows and it was great you joined the diesel bros.
Two very humble welders right there. great vid team
Awesome work Brad!! The boys down at overkill are absolutely killing it! I believe quality isn't expensive its priceless. Keep up the work brother, I'm loving the videos
Thanks so much for watching man! I really appreciate it. Was such a cool experience! Quality is priceless 👊🏻
Thankyou for taking the time and precisely shown how to lay the bead to get that effect. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the to sharing this knowledge! You Guys have a Humble approach and put Quality in everything you Do!
humble and humbler! these guys are awesome. thanks for the tips fellas. 🙏
Those are the same exact techniques I use. With the "cursive e" technique I like to run the machine a little hot to maintain penetration, because I am moving the puddle around a bit more. Great video.
Same id be running like 22 or 23 volts but moving alot faster and like 250-260ipm wire speed
You're probably naturally more artistic then most of us. I would recommend that people who struggle with consistency be taught the whip he showed first its the fastest way to quality welds for those of us that have no natural talent. The other one that's like the Es but simpler is a back slash motion advancing the bottom first each time. It's kind of the best parts of both techniques combined. Think of it like the Es if they had no loops.
Great video and I appreciate all the effort put into it! Been following the guys over at Overkill for quite some time and it's great to see them in a video demonstrating their mad skills! Just a quick question...what CFH do they find themselves running their 75/25 indoors? Thanks!
A very stable hand and A lot of patients. Beautiful welds guys. If there was a grade beyond A+ you exceeded that. That's pure artwork.
I'm stoked. Thanks for the help boys. I'll be back for more!
Videos like this remind me to keep practicing. A hobby, not my bread and butter, but reminds me how much I'm lacking. Thanks for the info, dudes!
Little practice everyday will completely change the game! Keep up the good work man!
Amazing work, you're the best welder I can see in long time (sorry I don't know speak English). Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.
GREAT VID, THANKS FOR THE CLEAR EXPLANATION OF THE WELD PATTERNS
Just learning. This is one of the best videos for MIG technique I've seen
Great content! I’ve been following Overkill for a few years now, and it’s really cool to see you guys collaborate.
He’s an incredible dude and all the guys in this video are extremely talented. Have a great day! Thank you for watching. 🙌🏻
I’m 35 now. Thanks to my dad owning a cnc machine shop, I’ve been machining since I was about 5 years old. I’m rather embarrassed to say I have never welded. We’ve always outsourced all our welding. Just here to expand my skill set and knowledge. Kudos to all you awesome welders out there.
Yes and you are exactly the type of guy that gets attracted to this type of content since "stacking of dimes" is not even applicable for European standards. This is only for show. If you are about to learn to weld, be sure to learn according to the European EN standards. Stacking dimes are a waste of time and only for social media or motor shows/ for visually exposed parts. This is not my opinion, this is a fact. You would come along trying to learn scratching your head why your settings are so wrong etc etc, spending weeks, months of not focusing on the right things. A MIG/MAG weld and a TIG weld is NOT supposed to be including any "walking the cup" or other back/forth movement. You are supposed to go straight straight straight, as straight as possible, specially on thin materials 2mm and less.
@@thegbgfamily if it passes whatever inspection process and their is no explicitly stated wps or variety of wps who really gives a shit🤷🏻♂️
Love it!! honest no bs straight talk vid. Awesome Thanks Guys
makes me want to weld stuff again.. awh just drawing circles and trusting the circles, what you call rinse and repeat. it's just been so long since i welded. welding is so meditative.
You guys are really humble. So friendly and informative. But I really want to say this, settings and prep is one thing. But you can't do any of this with correct information only. It`s pure art watching this. You guys are clearly passionate about your work. And you take great pride in it. This ( in my mind ) leads to the kind of amazing quality you achieve. I am really impressed. Thank you for sharing!
We appreciate that very much man! Thank you!
Best MIG welds I have ever seen.
Thanks so much for watching!
Beautifully shot video. Always interesting to hear what others do that works for them.
Beautiful Welds, real high quality craftmanship, good job !
Honestly, the best welding video on youtube!
Though I'm no welder, I've always found the art of welding to be interesting. Most folks don't understand what it takes to be a great welder. Good video!
Awesome video!!! I like how they said everybody settings are different. So true. And practice and never give up!! Great advice for the new generation!! AZMikethewelder!!!😉👊💯
Short & to the point. Great job weld dawgs, thanks!
Looks good. I use that technique for aluminum but I dont short arc. Pulsed spray on everything because of lack of fusion issues. And I dont use the little ass wire because I hate moving that slow jump to .045 on steel and 3/64" on Aluminum. Thats what I use on standard pulse or I can switch to Profile Pulse and you can adjust the frequency, arc length of the pulse and how much wire the feeder will push. Basically you can push a stringer with no manipulation to achieve the same effect. Referring to a Miller XMT 350 MPa with S-74 MPa plus feeder
Great camera work and editing. Super content as always. I thought You gave up on the KZhead chanel. Keep it up.
Thanks so much for the support and watching this video. Means a lot! Have a great day!
This is the most helpful welding video I’ve watched yet. Clear instruction and great video quality. Liked and subscribed - Thank you -
This tip did help me. Simple and to the point. Thank you guys!
NICE LOOKING DIMES!!!
Big fan Steve!
Looks like shit with a lack of penetration. No real application
Fantastic! thank`s man for this tutorial!
Appreciate you watching! Have a great weekend.
Great instructions thank you so much for the tips! This will be a big help going forward!
Finally, someone else who can weld proper!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ You boys are MORE than welcome to come work in my shop in Fort Worth!!! All I'm getting is kids who graduated from "Weld Stool" who can't even prep, or set the machines right!! 👍💪💪🤜🤛👋👋✌️✌️😉😁😁😎😎😎😎
I’ve been steadily welding for 8 years now and still can’t stack em as perfect as those guys. But then again I never tried .030. I’m going to give it a go now.
It’s definitely a major key! Thanks for the comment. Have a great day!
What kind of welding machine are you using?
I would teach this at my work. Guys never passed the test until they went over the top. But I used similar ratio speed and heat settings as Rod and always got asked why I weld the way I do lol
Just bought myself a rod welder for $50 bucks. Wish me well. 🎀 Projects in mind !!! Garden animals in 3D like 🐑 and kangaroos and upgrade the chook (chicken house)🏠. Winter job. Rediscovery welding after all these years. ..... Ill be fire safe always, after all I'm in Australia and don't want to burn down the country. Thank you for the video!
That’s fantastic! Good luck and if you ever have any questions you can always reach out on Instagram. Have a great new year!
This actually just meant the world to me for information. Im just getting into welding and will be picking up a Lincoln Electric 88 amp Handy Mig welder. So finding this before ive even started, gives me the basis of what i should be starting of doing, and how i can eventually make gorgeous welds. I will def be subbing and watching more, thank you so much!
Heck yeah! Thanks for the comment and keep at it! Goodluck 🙌🏻👊🏻
while we push a lot more aluminum wire than steel wire in our shop. that was a fantastic video and really convinced me to get a few rolls of .030" hardwire for the 'lighter gauge' steel projects. its great seeing the focus on prep work and the TIG tacks are clever - can you get away with burst tacks or is that a fixture worthy component requiring filler rod in the tacks? also, I don't know why but frequently it seems like I go over the top in my manipulation for aluminum and opposite through the bottom for e70s, otherwise I gotta agree with Matthew Kubik about the similarities in the processes. Thanks for the humble lessons.
Aesthetics are important when making custom parts for someone's car or other automotive project. Will it pass and xray. Nope. But it looks perty and it will be strong enough for it's intended purpose.
The angle they had the gun in some of this video would guarantee they have slag inclusion.
🤦 never fails… always someone in the comments that has to throw in their two cents about “slag inclusion” and welds “not passing inspection.” So fucking annoying.. does it look good? Does it hold? Yes then who gives a fuck about inspections and X-rays
@@robbie35able says the guys who doesn’t weld for a living.
@@Real.Alpheus that’s exactly what I do for a living. Not everything is production welding that needs to be tested. There is custom fabrication which is what I do where you don’t have some fat inspector walking around telling you how to weld
I've watched this video 5 times I revisit to refresh thanks guys for putting this together
You guys can't possibly be human... Just HOLY CRAP ! I'm speechless!! 🙂🙂🙃🙃😄😄😄
It looks to me like your welding a little cool at 18 volts on 1/4 plate, but I think that’s part of why it’s stacking so pretty.
I agree
Depends on the machine
Trying to learn about welding here. So can you explain what you saw that indicated that?
@@shimarlie1 you will learn the heat of electrode to the thickness of plate. so if thickness of plate is x then heat of electrode should be around y-z y-z being a variable so lets just say for instance 110-130 amps.
@@shimarlie1 to me there welding to cold at 18 volts. So to help, they’ve slowed there wire speed down. So it’s giving a really pretty stack of dimes (or tig) look. But if you go off a Miller or Lincoln voltage chart your you’d want to be closer to 21 volts. Unless your using straight CO2. But this overkillracing guy is a better welder then me. But he’s using so much filler in that joint he’s going to get a lot of strength out of that weld. But at 18 volts on any machine your going to get a proud weld.
Superb results and a really great video explaining it all - many thanks !
i really like the semi-slo motion shots as you are drawing on the table too. was trying to figure out what the difference between .30 and .35 and stumble on this vid and im glad i clicked on it
Lots of perfect welders apparently. I personally need to learn. Solid info. I went with .035 for my first spool because...perhaps I should change out. .035 needs heat and penetration else it builds way too quick. If I start weave pattrerns with .035, I'm building ugly piles of filler. Problem is, average steel thicknesses I'm working with don't like that much heat. Anyway, time to practice, thanks fellas!!! I'm subbed for sure.
The wire speed and voltage he has set for this type of welding would work alright with .035, but it is similar to what I used for 3G applications on .045. The .035 would probably want to be pushed closer to 20V with the similar wire speed. I used to do a half moon style whip when I did flat or horizontal welding, of course, I haven't been doing it professionally for almost 5 years now, so that process may have changed for me by now if I were still doing it. If I were doing similar to what he did (hydraulic tanks makes me think of this same setup) I would have done a forward-back weave to maintain the penetration for it. Like others have said, though, practice makes perfect, and I was nowhere near perfect after 13 years lol!
Damn dude as a completely untrained rookie this is some inspiring work 👍
that's awesome of you gentlemen i really appreciate you for sharing your knowledge you rock
Been selling Industrial Cutting Tools, Pneumatic Tools and Abrasives for 42 years. But can admit that I know NOTHING about actual welding. I found this video not only educational but entertaining as well. I can understand why a truly great weld starts with material preperation and removal of that pesky Mill Scale but when you began talking techniques is when it got interesting to me. Thanks... I just subscribed so I might learn more.
MIG like TIG? Never heard of her...LOL. GREAT job and explanation on the technique and the video guys!
You’re the OG of Mig like a Tig. We still need to come out and see you! 🙌🏻
pfft, you kill it!!
Looks like method I used to use often where I ran the wire speed low to the point of where it looks like a TIG torch. I called it TIG - MIG
excellent breakdown by top-notch pros. Great 👍 stuff, thank you for sharing!
Very NICE! that is one of the most pristine welds I have ever seen!! AWESOME!
I’m new to welding and I’m starting with smaw welder. Is it possible to stack dimes with my style of welding machine or is it a straight bead? I’m intending to do chassis and exhaust with this setup
This is for all the kids in school. just wanted to inform y’all that if you have to code weld NEVER EVER do this. The technique used is a whip and that can actually fail you on an X Ray because it pushes imperfections from the front of the puddle into the weld which can lead to porosity below the surface. If it’s non code welding you’re fine to use it tho
Amen to that. I have been a CWI for AWS D1.1 structural code for 23 years. I truly don't mean to offend, but this technique is NOT correct for what I inspect. It would be a huge problem for sure.
@@wedgehead63 so for structural you inspect GMAW? Please explain
Ummm dude never claimed structural welding pass. These are automotive suspension pieces. I'm sure they're plenty strong.
If you want your weld to look like a Tig weld use a Tig, dur. If you want a poor quality mig weld do this
Agree. Why not clean the faces and degrease before tacking? Nice looking welds though
Joel and Co are awesome people
Really helpful.. and THANKYOU for not adding loud deathcore music
He’s even pretty consistent with that soapstone 😆
Beautiful work. People need to remember though that with all the settings right, and the material prep right, you still need to have the hands for this. Practice practice practice. 10,000 hours. But yeah, .030 makes life easier on this application for sure. Still, seems to slow the process way down. I would probably lean towards just using a TIG. However, if you can MIG like that you will be impressing people at the show and shine.
this is way faster cheaper and lower skill than tig. this is hack shit, honestly.
10,000 hours. LMAO. dude that is over a YEAR of arc time. come the fuck on man. if you welded for 8 hours a day, never stopping to change bottles, wire, fit up nothing. just straight welding 8 hours a day. 7 days a week. 52 weeks a year 10k hours is 3.5 years. This technique can be learned and mastered in 2 weeks, tops. Ive taught hundreds of kids to weld like this in our shop over the years. Stacking dimes with a mig is a parlor trick, not some trophy of mastery.
@@DieselRamcharger you are correct Sir. Its more about footage of weld but still keeping quality top notch. In my experience with aluminum at least 300 feet a day is a norm if conditions permit.
@@DieselRamcharger depends on penetration needed too. Tig gives a ton of control. I wouldnt say mig is quicker but it definitely is easier.
@@Sak-zo1ui mig is undeniably faster. which is why tig has the highest cost per inch. because its slow.
The day I manage to make welds as beautiful as yours, it will fall from the frogs of the sky. Your welds are art.
Fantastic, well produced, and very informative video.
Could anything be more perfect than a welder named Rod?
How about Rod Miller or Rod Lincoln or Rod Lincoln-Miller III