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JW Fab - Mobile Welding Repair & Fabrication
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 25 เม.ย. 2013
Mobile Welding Repair & Fabrication Services in Dorset & surrounding areas in the South of England.
MIG, TIG & Stick Welding, Design & Fabrication - Steel, Stainless, Aluminium, Titanium, Inconel.
CAD, 3D Scanning & small CNC plasma cutting services.
MIG, TIG & Stick Welding, Design & Fabrication - Steel, Stainless, Aluminium, Titanium, Inconel.
CAD, 3D Scanning & small CNC plasma cutting services.
Fabricating & Welding Toby's Camper Entry Step!
Shame I didn't get to video more of this! Unfortunately time and budget just doesn't allow sometimes.
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Transit Camper Van Strut - Aluminium TIG weld repair
มุมมอง 687ปีที่แล้ว
Customers van suffered some damage when her Transit got crushed between a bus and a removals truck. This custom extrusion that holds the corner together needed straightening. I managed to pretty much straighten all the sheet metal with a hammer and a decent clamp in a couple of hours with some help from someone on the inside holding some 'dollies' held up against the back side of the sheet, sav...
Hexagon Firepit
มุมมอง 108ปีที่แล้ว
Here's a quick presentation showing the design of my hexagonal firepit, with optional grill. Basic firepit is available through my Etsy & Facebook shops: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JWWeldFab jwweldfab Enjoy!
MOT Welding Repair on Dad's Jeep
มุมมอง 974ปีที่แล้ว
Here's a little job I did for my dad fabricating & welding up a patch plate for his MOT retest in a few days. I'm afraid I somehow cracked my spare (filming) phones lens, that's why there's the funky 'lens flare' around bright lights, pretty annoying, sorry!
Fabricating & Welding Ford Transit Step, Arch & Sill without Replacement Panels! (Tipper FINAL PART)
มุมมอง 17Kปีที่แล้ว
FINAL part in the 3-part Ford Transit Tipper series! So let's say replacement panels aren't an option; too expensive, out of stock, or unavailable for whatever reason, what then???... well, I had to just copy what was there already, but using fresh steel instead of the marshmallow, mash potato, cardboard and newspaper that whoever had been there before had used to fill up the silland wheel arch...
MOT Welding Repairs on a Ford Transit Tipper Tail
มุมมอง 25Kปีที่แล้ว
First part in the 3-part Ford Transit Tipper series! A few welding repairs on the rear end of a Ford Transit tipper so it can pass the MOT retest. Not necessarily the best way to do it but there's a limited time scale and budget (as per usual!) and it'll be more than acceptable to pass the MOT. I presume the left frame rail was cracked on the inside and underneath from some kind of towing incid...
Welding in a patch for the MOT
มุมมอง 4.8Kปีที่แล้ว
Second part in the 3-part Ford Transit Tipper series! Welding in a simple patch on the rear cab of a Ford Transit tipper truck for the MOT. Tech: Bodywork (0.8-1.2mm/18-21gauge) I normally use around 85A with 0.6mm (0.023") wire... creates smaller tacks = less grinding, plus hotter faster tacks = less distortion. Chassis stuff 2-3mm (14g - 1/8") I use 120-140 with either 0.6mm or 0.8mm (0.030")...
'Sticking' Sandbanks Straps
มุมมอง 575ปีที่แล้ว
Stick welding on a bunch of straps to a couple of beams for contractors to tie stuff down. #metalwork #metalfab #weld #welding #welder #mobilewelder #mobilewelding #weldingjob #6010 #6013 #7018 #stickwelding #arcwelding #smaw #slag #straps
Floating Tensegrity Stainless Steel Dining / Patio Table
มุมมอง 174ปีที่แล้ว
Floating Tensegrity Stainless Steel Dining / Patio Table
Mother Ukers - David Bowie - Space Oddity
มุมมอง 3058 ปีที่แล้ว
Mother Ukers - David Bowie - Space Oddity
CGI - Architectural Visualisation - 3ds max - Waddon House - Fly-around
มุมมอง 2810 ปีที่แล้ว
CGI - Architectural Visualisation - 3ds max - Waddon House - Fly-around
CGI - Architectural Visualisation - 3ds max - Jurby Proposal - Fly-around
มุมมอง 2610 ปีที่แล้ว
CGI - Architectural Visualisation - 3ds max - Jurby Proposal - Fly-around
Hi matey have you got a link or know where I can get a plasma cutter with built in compressor
Thats some of the best transit step work ive seen and im an auto welder of old (retired now ) but get my fix of welding watching guys like yourself
Better than my bodywork welding
Better and stronger than New what a great job its a shame to cover up such a professional job to be proud of.
Thank you. Glad you appreciate it.
Fantastic job mate. I would love to be able to do that. Shows what can be fabricated on site if you have the knowledge..
Thank you. Glad you appreciate it. On site is awkward, with minimal tools, I wouldn't be able to some of these bits without my trusty Lidl plasma cutter!... The odd shapes it can cut like a breeze and the fact it can cut into a corner and gouge off spot welds is invaluable!
@@jwweldfab yeah I've got some welding to do on my mk7 transit van. I'm sure that will give me some practice. I'm going to get one of them parkside performance plasma cutters when they come back available. Thanks
There's a few around at the moment without the built-in compressor... £129.99! Although the one with the built-in compressor cuts much better, although it doesn't have pilot arc, but that can be achieved by the wiring the tip (crocodile clip or tight eye spade) to the ground (clamp or workpiece) hack if needed!... Handy for rusty and painted metal!
@@jwweldfab yeah definitely want the one with the built-in compressor. I know they was £149 when they were in lidl. There's a few on ebay but they want £250 for them..I'll wait until they get them back in. I've never used one before but sure it will come in handy. I want to learn a bit more metal work and fabrication. Thanks
Love it
Thank you.
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When you have a mate whose approach to welding AND BODYWORK REPAIR IS THE SAME AS THE CLOWNS WHO PREVIOUSLY OWNED THAT DISASSTER Datsun 260Z at Yorkshire Restorations it so refreshing watching a welder fabricator do things right. Soz about the caps cant be arsed to correct.
Thank you, much appreciated.
Thinking about going mobile but unsure on how much to charge, what would be the going rate for a repair like this?
I start at £35/hr absolute minimum (probably go up soon), but depends on the job size, complexity, conditions, access, time-frame, whether it requires MIG/TIG/Stick/Plasma, customers attitude. Sometimes I stick to a fixed quote, but I try to avoid that, cause especially with these kind of jobs, you never know what's hidden by mud, old paint and underseal... often, it's far worse than how it appears at first once you've taken the wire wheel on an angle grinder to remove the loose rust and paint. Good luck!
I think £35 for this repair is too cheap. I,d pay £80-£100 for that repair.
Interesting stuff. Going down hill with stick, I am curious what rods you were using? 7018 generally don't do down hill.
I can't actually remember... the rest of the job involved welding stainless to mild steel, I remember using 309 and 312 rods for that, I think these may have been plain jane 6013's as this stuff wasn't critical and 6013's are easily available... it could have also been whatever Lidl's were selling around the time too, they have weird naming for their rods, but they were general purpose, so basically 6013 I guess.
Would not be easier to fit pattern part step.get home a lot earlier.
Obviously, but these aren't always available, especially if there's a tight deadline to get the vehicle through an MOT or just usable again ASAP and it's gonna take too long for pattern parts to be manufactured & shipped, I've had to wait over 2 months for pattern parts before!
Ya did well plasma ing the rot out upside down on ya back and the welds look very good considering your position 👍
Thank you!
Flux core wire is dead handy for these sort of jobs.
Interesting, cheers for the heads up... I'll have to try it, never bothered before as I couldn't be bothered with cleaning up the slag... only thought of using it on chassis thickness steel, but then I sometimes stick weld chassis stuff. I did read up that flux core requires more amps for the same thickness steel, but my unit does 140amps, so no problems there, would save me lugging around a gas bottle, although I've acquired a short fat ally gas bottle, and only use CO2 as it welds just as good for thin sheet and costs waaay less!
@@jwweldfab I have a little Hitbox machine that I'd be lost without. Runs off 13amp - brilliant for mobile. Any old extension lead runs it off any house socket, even a 50m one. 0.8mm wire. I have all the big heavy 16amp ones too - but now I just grab the tiny Hitbox. I can plonk it on a roof/floor/boot & weld away.
Same with my little Static Arc 140A MIG Welder, run it on 0.6mm (as I'm mostly doing bodywork) wire and straight CO2 in a stumpy ally bottle. I have an Andeli MIG 200A for the bigger stuff... unfortunately I don't have access to 16A, pretty much nobody has it residentially! I used to have a Lincoln Speedtec 200C, which was £1250!... sold it for £900 when I found out it was actually a Bester with a Lincoln badge, the Andeli and especially the Static Arc weld far better and are way cheaper and, more importantly, lighter... 18Kg, 11Kg and 6Kg in order, much better when lugging around, or dragging in a trolley/sack truck for 1 person lifts in hotels! I like the 5.1Kg weight, and short stumpy stance of the Hitbox HBM200 gasless unit, maybe try that next!... can't currently find a gas unit anywhere near as light as the Static Arc MIG 140A though. Weight and size is generally my deciding factor in choosing my machines! I have a cheapy Chinese stick welder that fits behind the back seat in my pickup, cost £35, weights like 1-2Kg max, little bit bigger than a motorcycle battery!... thought it would detonate after a few uses, but I bought it in lockdown and has lasted so far, made a bunch of money with it, even with stainless work!
I do a lot of these - I ignore all & every shape Henry had in mind when making them. It's basically flat sheet that gets covered by the plastic step insert. Key with this repair as with most is to have balls - important - cut waaay further up than you think is necessary. It's a lot faster to weld fresh metal to good metal than it is to dick about trying to weld onto junk - so cut deep. Rebuilding off good is quicker than trying to faff about "saving" suspect areas. Other thing I have learnt when working on these is to keep "The Mission" in mind - you are not preserving them for History - that's close to impossible. You are keeping them going for another few years before they dissolve - the idea is to weld in solid metal where there was grot. Any other "idea" is sadly dreamland in the case of these.
I do the same work - not mobile - and I've found with the latest versions of flux-core machines I can run beads no problem on chassis thickness steel. Don't have to stitch weld them. I've now switched everything to flux core, have a machine landing next week that I reckon will be as close to the perfect sheet-steel welder as you can get just due to the parameters you can dial in on it. I could bore you with a waaay faster method of getting absolutely perfect fitment on chassis repair plates regardless of the shape, every time, effortlessly, but you'd probably tell me to go do one, :-)
I use a plasma for almost everything too - loads dislike them, I love them. They get in where little else will cut. Brilliant machines.
Same, I couldn't do without my Lidl's £150 plasma cutter with the built-in compressor, it's lasted a couple years now and cuts 12mm steel on 13amps!... closest thing I'd seen before was from Lincoln electric and it's 2.5k!
@@jwweldfab I use that same Lidl machine. :-)
Can't beat it really! Only problems I've had is the pipe blowing out the top of the 'tyre-inflator' pump, which I bodged back in mid-job, and then fixed properly more recently when it popped out for good, by changing the fitting to a UK standard thread, and it increasingly intermittently doesn't want to fire when the consumables start to wear too much, but they're cheap as chips for big packs from eBay or Static Arc... pop in new bits and it's like new again!
@@jwweldfab Best "Hack" on the Lidl plasma is - btw - to get you some 2mm core wire - any old stuff that uses the slightly heavier core-strands. Strip an inch each end, make a loop one end & put it over the torch-tip so its connected, wind it tight, then pull the loop back tight to the torch body, wrap it around the torch a few times so it stays put - you want about 6 or 8 foot of wire ideally. Connect the other stripped end to the earth-clamp - I just stick it between the workpiece & the earth-clamp jaw. Bang - Pilot Arc on your 150 quid plasma cutter. :-) Transforms the machine at zero cost & works like a bast***. :-) Thank me later. :-)
Nice work 👍
Cheers buddy, thanks for watching.
You made it look easy and it isn’t 👍
Cheers buddy, glad you appreciate it and thank you for watching!
bang on
Cheers and thanks for watching!
you know your stuff
Glad you appreciate it!... Thanks for watching.
These transits really are poo boxes 🤣 great work 👍
Yup! Glad you appreciate the effort. Thanks for watching.
Scrap metal
These bits are quite nasty, but the rest of the van was actually in surprisingly good shape!... I've yet to edit that video, it'll probably be another long one, hopefully have it done for next Wednesday!
@@jwweldfab great job I'm subscribing 👍👍👍👍
Did you miss a bit of rot up the side?
Nah, does kinda look like it though with those big factory holes on the sides, amazed how rotten it is compared to a Cherokee
Nice little repair there 👍
Appreciate it... thank you for watching.
Nice
Thanks for watching.
Luv a landcruiser
It's a nice ride, like going off-roading in a Rolls-Royce!
Why are transits the most popular yet worst chassis in the world
Haha. Thank you for watching.
The master fabber, with basic tools shows what you can do, brilliant
I wouldn't say master, but thank you, I really appreciate that.
what plamsa cutter do you have got my van to do they look really good saves on cutting disk great work
Glad you appreciate it. It's a Parkside PPSK 40 A1 from Lidl's! It has the built in compressor, so perfect for mobile work, not having to lug around my petrol or electric compressor, but I do also have their normal 30A plasma cutter too, which also works well, with new torch consumables, you can get an almost dross free cut, although the dross knocks off quite easily with a sharpish chisel, much quicker than grinding, sometimes a wire wheel on the grinder knocks most of it off too. Dross kills sanding pads and flap wheels cause its so harsh. Only 2 problems I've had it water freezing (it must have been below 0 degrees C) in the air outlet that the torch hose pugs into at the front of the machine, but just pulled that plug, hit the trigger switch and it blew out the front to clear it, then plugged the torch hose back in and it was fine the rest of the day. Second problem was the outlet hose in the top of the compressor inside the unit blew out mid job, but after taking the case off, managed to jam it back in and it's been fine for the last few months since. Maybe I'll do a review if I get enough interest, as all the one's on TH-cam seem to be hobbyists that have never used one before and they get pretty naff cuts cause they haven't had enough practice. Thank you for watching.
Lot of rot in that transit cab,patiently dealt with. Thanks for the video tag along.
Thank you for watching.
Huge job with tool limitations. Excellent work! Thank you for sharing.
Glad you appreciate the effort. Thank you for watching.
@@jwweldfab that plasma cutter makes thing's abit easy beats getting the grinder in there
It does, it gets into much tighter spaces and also allows make to gouge areas out a bite at a time if needed.
Great repair, Can't wait for the VW T4 videos.
Well, if I come across one I'll try and remember to video the process for you. Thank you for watching.
I have a T4 job coming up in April that needs a lower runner lip on the left side, I'll try and video that one!
@@jwweldfab ok mate, look forward to it, Ill health has stopped me from doing mineCarpel tunnel and knackered shoulder. It's slowing turning to dust😁
Ford Transit, why are they so popular, got to be the worst rusting van in the UK.
You should see the VW T4 I purchased. Most are Rot boxes.
Too right, haha. Thank you for watching.
Interesting to know.... I thought Transit's were the kings of rot!
@@jwweldfab as I found out with mine they rot under the strengthening plate where the rear shocks bolt too (chassis)and under the floor where the rear springs sit there's a 3 mm plate that disintegrates then the inner b posts rot. I would say T4s are just like a transit, Crap
Oh dear!... Thanks for the heads up.
Top
Thank you for watching.
That thing should be tagged out as unrepairable and sent to the scrap yard lol won't be long and there will be more weld than the original steel
Very true! Doubt it'll be on the road for anymore than a couple more years. Thank you for watching.
this is guy is very very great at what he dose
Glad you appreciate it. Thanks for watching!
what an utter waste of time and effort in a rusted out van worth NOTHING. just HATE TO THINK WHAT THE REST is or was like. Great skills on a bit of worthless trash.
Thank you, glad you appreciate the efforts, and yes, it is a shame... not exactly a classic!
Looking at this step it would have taken less time to take it all out in one piece then used that as a template to make another step. As to pattern part prices it would depend on how long it took to make the part against buying it and in most cases the time element is greater to hand make the part from scratch. I did these jobs for many years both making parts and fitting pattern parts as I was a sprayer and panel beater. I made parts for 1932 Morris oxford the boot part repair panel rear lower panel and both inner rear quarter panels from sheets of 8 x 4 sheet of 18g steel. Also body panels for a 1904 Crouch there were no parts available orthese vehicles.
Had I known earlier in the process how bad it was gonna be, that probably would have been the better option, even for installation, a bunch of spot welds s far easier than tons of seam welds. There is always several ways to do a job, and being mobile, I do things differently to how I'd do stuff in a workshop, even so, a garage will often bodge it and put stuff in like what I pulled from the wheel arch... filler, rubber, seam sealer, cardboard and newspaper cover it in underseal, then they'll pass the MOT for it and charge £90-£150/hr!
i didnt know or think of a mobile metal and fabrication service. good video i enjoy this type of work. does these mobile repairs cost a lot of money ?
Glad you liked it! Well, I'm generally still cheaper than your average garage, and I am actually a welder. I charged £1,200 for all the work in this 3-video series. I charged £30/hr for this customer as he provides quite a bit of building related work like balconies etc. Thank you for watching.
in french, we say " chapeau bas " that means you have my respect. I know how this type of job asks for in situ design as nothing is standard and you can't wipe away the rotten metal, you should keep it to retain the shape and proceed demolishing and rebuilding section by section. Even with prefabricated panels, you can't demolish and rebuild, you should process by section too Even if your video is a bit long, I've took the time to view it very good job and video
Yes, you can't just cut willy nilly as the original rusty parts are needed to figure out the shape, otherwise it's a complete guessing game, although some of this was as it had been butchered before so much. Thank you for watching.
great job wow that was a lot of rust to fix you saved a trurk from the junk yard thank you for the videos
Glad you appreciated the effort, thank you for watching.
Damn, you're so talented And nice welds👍
Glad you appreciate them and thank you for watching.
Nice job
Thank you!
Just wondering if your using gas? If not take the cover off I use this method all the time easier to see the weld and the wire.
I do... straight CO2 (half the price of argon mix and plenty good enough), much cleaner than flux core (which I've still never tried!... although I have a reel to try) but for car stuff I'll stick with gas. Good tip though, removing the shroud, I am already aware of this from other TH-cam videos... I'll try give it a whirl soon, and also with gas for dual shield, which doesn't seem very popular here in blighty, but seems quite common stateside. Thank you for watching.
@@jwweldfab flux core real messy, spits and hisses 😁 but it does weld ok on thin panels.
Yeah, I know flux core is the MIG equivalent of stick welding. I keep meaning to try it for heavier stuff, as it would be more productive if I had a full workshop, but for heavy stuff I just end up using stick as it requires far less power to do real heavy work compared to MIG, I can easily do structural work on a normal household plug with stick. I think I'll have a play with flux core on some 3mm sheet. Does it fight through rust and paint like stick?... MIG can be quite fussy!... If so it would be better on some bits of these rot boxes.
@@jwweldfab I've never done stick just mig and seeming though gas is expensive I've been using fluxcore. It seems to fill holes ok when it blows on thin metal with rust, if that's what you mean and fluxcore seems to be ok on thicker 3mm metal.
Ah k cheers, I'll keep a reel of flux-core in the truck in case I run out of gas on the weekend, which, sod's law, happens more than I'd like!
You nailed that one, beautiful work. I normally don't watch such long videos, but I've watched every second of these
Wow, thank you!... me too, I know it's a long one, seemed to take forever to edit, appreciate you watching.
@@jwweldfab long is good I have done quite abit of this and got a van to do soon 👍 nice job
Thank you.
Nice work mate. Some very tidy repairs 👌🏻👌🏻
Thank you!
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Thank you!
What a F@ckin nightmare! What did you get paid for this job? You definitely need to get yourself a needle scaler, air hammer,and die grinder! It is truly an outstanding job! Subscribed!
Too right! £1,200. I do have those, but my petrol compressor has a constant oil leak so until I fix that I can't really use them mobile, but I'm thinking of getting a small 8 or 25l silent compressor... will only be able to use short bursts, but at least it's light enough to be 'mobile'. Thank you.
Transit rot box .seen them getting welded for there second mot but that's what keeps you in a job .tidy work .
Yep, definitely a money pit! Thank you
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Thank you!
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Thank you!