I know he was quick down and dirty but my CDO is killing me over marking center, then center punch they're both off I think the center punch is actually center and the Mark is off to the left, I wish there was an after center punch that I could line up better with the corners to see , but it's definitely in my toolbox now and I can't wait to use it in fact I'm probably going to practice this afternoon using it and seeing how I like it, so thank you for the trick👍
Another good tip and great video as usual. You could also lightly tack the nut under the table and have the screw going through it and sticking up through the hole in the table. That way you could have the point just sticking up a little bit above the table or have as much height adjustment as you need. Hope this could be useful to some welders. I use the little Miller STL 150 Tig welder and it's been the best welder I have ever owned. At 13.7 lbs, it has come to work with me on the back seat of my Honda VTX 1800 many times. I know many people have probably laughed at me when they saw it, but I don't care as it has given me many overtime hours of work I would not have gotten without it. Thanks for sharing. Dan
Ive had this in my notification panel all day until I got a chance to watch it. Awesome piece of advice! The boss I work under is full of little tips like this and he also loves learning little new ones so this might very well become a new workshop "hack." Thanks for the video!
The problem I have with this is that you have to use your hand, so no filler rod. I played around with a trashed microwave and took the rotator plate out of it. Another idea is the a simple battery operated setup using a cordless screwdriver with a gear and mounted to a plate.
Hello Jason, as with all skilled workers, they know little tricks, that help to get the job done. Although I am not a Welder, I am a Joiner, and all my life the little tricks have taught me a lot. Great video's please keep them coming. Geoff Lewis, Wales, UK, 🏴🏴🏴
Another tool to put in the ol brainbox. Things like this is what the internet is great for, thanks to Juan for turning you on to it, and thanks for turning us on to it.
Love the idea used it few times definitely need gloves with good dexterity to keep a smooth turn and always found its worth a few cold passes before hand
That’s brilliant! I did something similar once using a large ball bearing pulley as my work surface and then using a magnetic dial gauge tool holder to mount the tig torch in perfect position, then it was just tig foot pedal and manual rotation while filling. Came out beautiful on some 2” stainless weld pipe fittings.
Done similar.... That's still hot😂🤣 when I was just a wee little welder.. I could weld a few sticks on a piece, grab it bare handed and check it out.. I was a tough little bastard back then!!! I got in trouble in high school for hanging out with a friend in his welding class.. (I never went to school to weld, I was doing production welding and custom repairs when I was 14) So.. the trouble was, I didn't belong in that shop, especially welding 😂🤣 so the instructor said "ok smart ass, let's see what you were welding". LMAO 🤣 careful what you ask for!!! I grabbed it out of the vice (bare handed) I looked it over for a few seconds, tossed it to him.... Yup!! You guessed it, he could sure say a lot of words in a very short time!!!! I did the same thing to my dad once.. only thing that saved my life then, was I hit the lock on the shop door on my way out!! Gave me a little more head start👍😁😎
Wow.....cool hand Luke!! I’ll bet you tested out of the BFH welding test your first time. Ya probably didn’t even flinch, just kept on welding. Thanks for the tip!!✌️
I use to have to weld large heavy projects as a maintenance welder. Now trying to rotate 50kg sections on a bench was tough. So I use to stick nuts under the centre to pivot around.
I wanted to get a welder to have around my shop to do repairs and some hobby work. I was amazed watching you because I didn’t see any fumes, smoke or splatter coming off your welding. I think you said you were using a “mig” torch? I didn’t notice you using any welding material either just the torch. It looked like a cold welding setup. I have asthma and I’m worried about the fumes. What would you suggest I use?
Use a ventilator fan or fume extractor, will do a pretty good job keeping smoke away from you. There's some high dollar ones, or you can set up a homemade rig too
Good tip, Now I was wondering fi you could do a lesson on mig brazing (silicone bronze . i have some fancy patio furniture chairs which need some repair and i think mig brazing with silicone bronze wire will do the trick. If it was a one only tig brazing would work but there are too many pieces to be done. The patio chairs are thin steel not aluminum and I don't what to melt the parent metal at all.
That got me thinking, if you had a rubber cone mounted to a windscreen wiper motor and a variable speed switch to it , you'd be able to position it over the dead centre top of it with a jig and let the weight of the motor and assembly provide enough pressure on the cone to workpiece to Turn it leaving both hands free, although I suppose one of the free hands would then be adjusting the speed control
Was wondering if you could do a video about tig welding stainless steel exhaust say like a motorcycle. Do it with filler and without filler. Im curious if it will hold up on a bike without usin filler rod
What about making a roll out wheel for the shop for handling larger items?? More expensive than that method but would be helpful for people not familiar with them.
Who's behind the camera on this one? This looks like a new lens or filter, something isn't right, Jason your shirt looks edible bro.... I forgot I ate some mushrooms lmfao 😭😈🤦🏼😂
That is such a cool tip. I'm envious of that everlast mts welder. I've got one of their first gen mts welders. Real nice but I'm sure yours has a few features I could use.
A nurse at my pcp's office was talking one day about the time he was in highschool shop class welding something. They had a pile of metal to work from and someone threw a piece of hot steel onto the pile, he grabbed it and it burned his hand so badly that he had to get skin graphs on his palm. He still doesn't have a finger print on two of his fingers. Workshop safety is very important, don't throw hot steel onto a pile people are pulling from. Wear your gloves. Most importantly, don't endanger yourself by being stupid.
What if need to use your other hand for filler? TSViking's foot powered rotator is the most simple cheap and useful welding rotary table I've ever seen.
So as a complete newb, I can safely assume that using such a device means all such welds are going to be autogenous, unless I have a helper to rotate the parts for me?
Well u could just use a clamp/rubber band or tape to hold the torch in place on the hammer, and then use the now free hand to feed filler while you rotate...
This is such a idea for it you have alot of tubes that need bases or caps something to help get them done quicker but if you are just starting I wouldn't do it this way un less you already can weld that base plate to the tube looking like a dime stack cause this is a great tip but you won't always be able to rotate something to be able to weld it better..
What to do with the center punch afterward? It is not leaving a nice surface🧐 I use a flat surface (thrust) bearing and an old wheel brake disc. Not much more expensive but leaves the surfaces nice.
When marking material the width of the mark comes into play because after all it's only an optical reference actual true center could actually have been where it was punched. If You going to be that critical please lead us to Your channel.
What about a variable speed drill on low. Like real low. If they go that low I think that would be a good idea if you could get a drill on the other side of the bolt
I dont understand how rotators are soo expensive.. i was thinking about making one my self but then thought.. am i missing something here? something they do to make sure it dont break ??
They are expensive new. You can make one pretty easy with a cheap dc motor and cheap adj power supply. I made one with a 40vdc motor and Chinese 36v adj power supply for 20 bucks and scrap. But I never use it cause I like the foot powered one I made by copying TSViking's a lot better.
@@Steve_Just_Steve you missing the point bud..there has to be a reason as to why the cheapest ones i can find are 2k upwards etc.. i know how to make one but there is something missing : \
@@Migman2020 No I'm afraid you missed the point pal. They can be had at auctions all over the country for a fraction of that and you can buy one brand new that's made in USA for less than 2k, obviously you're just not very good at lookin'. The point is you make something just as functional with a scrap piece of bar and plate. What's missing from your equation is the all the R&D, overhead, payroll and FN Uncle Sam's cut. You ain't making shit unless you're making money bud.
Thank you for giving credit to your fellow instructor. Not everyone would have done that.
15 years later and still learning things that make the day a little easier.
Yeah it always pays to learn new things from new people i found no matter the age difference )
"That's still hot".... 🤣🤣🤣 been there before.
I live there
I have been as well many many times lol
In England , we say " f-me that's heavy " when dropping a hot piece
Haha been there before plenty of times and i will go there plenty more
You know what hot metal looks like?....A lot like cold metal.
My OCD is going crazy when you center punched that cross off center
I'm certain I will remember that punch later for no reason and it will piss me right off.
I know he was quick down and dirty but my CDO is killing me over marking center, then center punch they're both off I think the center punch is actually center and the Mark is off to the left, I wish there was an after center punch that I could line up better with the corners to see , but it's definitely in my toolbox now and I can't wait to use it in fact I'm probably going to practice this afternoon using it and seeing how I like it, so thank you for the trick👍
@@johnfstunts CDO karne norte
@@johnfstunts cagayan de oro
🤣🤣🤣🤣💯👍
Casually, “that’s still hot”. Haha.
. . If I had a dollar for .. .
Lol!
Haha been there 1 too many times
Who needs fingerprints anyway.
@@w3vjp568 FBI agent's, only.
😂 you caught that. I thought I was smooth lol.
Jason, sometimes the simplest things produce some amazing results. Great tip. Well played!
Came for the rotator..
Mind blown by the chipper hammer use
"That's still hot" that moment you feel so stupid for grabbing metal you just welded. I have had this stupid moment to many times 😂
I'm so early I thought that this was a "This old Tony" video!
No, 6061. Com!! Haha
same here 😂
Yeah but you seen the one where you actually see old tony ? :P
Been missing him the past couple of weeks but hopefully its just a winter pause or something.
Another good tip and great video as usual. You could also lightly tack the nut under the table and have the screw going through it and sticking up through the hole in the table. That way you could have the point just sticking up a little bit above the table or have as much height adjustment as you need. Hope this could be useful to some welders. I use the little Miller STL 150 Tig welder and it's been the best welder I have ever owned. At 13.7 lbs, it has come to work with me on the back seat of my Honda VTX 1800 many times. I know many people have probably laughed at me when they saw it, but I don't care as it has given me many overtime hours of work I would not have gotten without it. Thanks for sharing. Dan
Very nice!
And my mind is already running with modifications and improvements.
Thanks for sharing!
I was welding something one time. My boss came in, picked it up, dropped it and said "That was heavy!"
Ive had this in my notification panel all day until I got a chance to watch it. Awesome piece of advice! The boss I work under is full of little tips like this and he also loves learning little new ones so this might very well become a new workshop "hack."
Thanks for the video!
The problem I have with this is that you have to use your hand, so no filler rod. I played around with a trashed microwave and took the rotator plate out of it. Another idea is the a simple battery operated setup using a cordless screwdriver with a gear and mounted to a plate.
Wow if only sooner, glad you took the time to share this with us Jason.
Play Safe from Elliot Lake Ontario Canada.
no filler though, might work for thin gauge work
Outstanding. Good people still OUT THERE.
Hello Jason, as with all skilled workers, they know little tricks, that help to get the job done. Although I am not a Welder, I am a Joiner, and all my life the little tricks have taught me a lot. Great video's please keep them coming. Geoff Lewis, Wales, UK, 🏴🏴🏴
That a brilliant. Like the use of chipping hammer too👍🏼
Hi, what gear do you use to film the welds so close?
I keep a 20in or so 3/4 round disc at work with a dot welded on the center, best lazy susan for welding.
Another tool to put in the ol brainbox.
Things like this is what the internet is great for, thanks to Juan for turning you on to it, and thanks for turning us on to it.
Great tip! Thank you.
You guys have the clearest welding close ups!
So what happens if you need to be adding filler wire to the weld?
Love the idea used it few times definitely need gloves with good dexterity to keep a smooth turn and always found its worth a few cold passes before hand
That’s brilliant! I did something similar once using a large ball bearing pulley as my work surface and then using a magnetic dial gauge tool holder to mount the tig torch in perfect position, then it was just tig foot pedal and manual rotation while filling. Came out beautiful on some 2” stainless weld pipe fittings.
Awesome tip! Thanks for the awesome content as always 💪
Done similar....
That's still hot😂🤣 when I was just a wee little welder.. I could weld a few sticks on a piece, grab it bare handed and check it out.. I was a tough little bastard back then!!!
I got in trouble in high school for hanging out with a friend in his welding class.. (I never went to school to weld, I was doing production welding and custom repairs when I was 14)
So.. the trouble was, I didn't belong in that shop, especially welding 😂🤣 so the instructor said "ok smart ass, let's see what you were welding". LMAO 🤣 careful what you ask for!!! I grabbed it out of the vice (bare handed) I looked it over for a few seconds, tossed it to him.... Yup!! You guessed it, he could sure say a lot of words in a very short time!!!!
I did the same thing to my dad once.. only thing that saved my life then, was I hit the lock on the shop door on my way out!! Gave me a little more head start👍😁😎
Good idea, a little more tricky if you hold filler rod in your free hand.
Wow.....cool hand Luke!! I’ll bet you tested out of the BFH welding test your first time. Ya probably didn’t even flinch, just kept on welding. Thanks for the tip!!✌️
I use to have to weld large heavy projects as a maintenance welder. Now trying to rotate 50kg sections on a bench was tough. So I use to stick nuts under the centre to pivot around.
That's still hot" ....Well played 🤣
I wanted to get a welder to have around my shop to do repairs and some hobby work. I was amazed watching you because I didn’t see any fumes, smoke or splatter coming off your welding. I think you said you were using a “mig” torch? I didn’t notice you using any welding material either just the torch. It looked like a cold welding setup. I have asthma and I’m worried about the fumes. What would you suggest I use?
He was using a TIG torch without any filler rod there.
Use a ventilator fan or fume extractor, will do a pretty good job keeping smoke away from you. There's some high dollar ones, or you can set up a homemade rig too
Nice idea! Im getting ready to weld up a few tubes.
So simple but useful!
Hey, Toughbro, what about mig brazing?
And yes, that's a very helpful tip, thanks a bunch!
Good JOB 👍
Hey, whatever happened to Bob moffitt, he's been gone quite a while now
I was wondering the same thing. I hope he’s well.
@@maxjones9139 he's a good guy, and a fellow southpaw
Good tip, Now I was wondering fi you could do a lesson on mig brazing (silicone bronze . i have some fancy patio furniture chairs which need some repair and i think mig brazing with silicone bronze wire will do the trick. If it was a one only tig brazing would work but there are too many pieces to be done. The patio chairs are thin steel not aluminum and I don't what to melt the parent metal at all.
Great tip
Hell yea.. Juanito great idea.. awesome that he gave respect where respect is due.!
I did learn from that. Simple and easy way. Very much appreciate it.
Great video thank's 👍
Nice, definitely applies the KISS principle
check txsviking's rotary table made from scrap... manual. pretty cool.
That got me thinking, if you had a rubber cone mounted to a windscreen wiper motor and a variable speed switch to it , you'd be able to position it over the dead centre top of it with a jig and let the weight of the motor and assembly provide enough pressure on the cone to workpiece to Turn it leaving both hands free, although I suppose one of the free hands would then be adjusting the speed control
Look up TSViking on YT for the best cheap and simple rotary table. It's foot powered.
Was wondering if you could do a video about tig welding stainless steel exhaust say like a motorcycle. Do it with filler and without filler. Im curious if it will hold up on a bike without usin filler rod
What about making a roll out wheel for the shop for handling larger items?? More expensive than that method but would be helpful for people not familiar with them.
Please do a video on building a roll out wheel that incorporates a lathe chuck.
You held it steady???
Never to old to learn.
You didn't punch that hole center🤦♂️lol
He was center, then he moved a bit.
That's still hot 😂😂. Great video
Thank you very much for simple n grate tip
Excellent tip dude! Will implement this for sure!
Great idea and easy to make, thanks
Who's behind the camera on this one? This looks like a new lens or filter, something isn't right, Jason your shirt looks edible bro.... I forgot I ate some mushrooms lmfao 😭😈🤦🏼😂
Lucas Welding & Fabrication no one cares youre on drugs
@@wicklash9065 Shut yo hatin' ass up. Live life you douche...
@JohnnyRingo always wondered how my welds would look like on Acid.
Nice job, and a great idea
Wow great tip! I definitely see myself using this in the near future
Semper Fi!!!! Thank you for the tip
Improvise adapt and overcome
It helps a lot I've always got to macgyver that's a nice one for rush jobs with time constraints.
Little tricks like that add to your skills toolbox. Thanks
That is such a cool tip. I'm envious of that everlast mts welder. I've got one of their first gen mts welders. Real nice but I'm sure yours has a few features I could use.
Where do you get piece work like that?
Won't it arc/tack between the pointed bold and the piece you're welding?
Thanks for a simple yet useful tool idea.
bro. d
Nice little trick. Gotta like that kind of stuff. Thank for sharing.
Cheers Fred
Thanks for sharing!!
Put the bolt in a drill and get a good centered grind fast and easy.
Lov it + will use it!
Thanks
Awesome cool, great advice 👍👍
That centerpoint punch wasn't most satisfacted
A nurse at my pcp's office was talking one day about the time he was in highschool shop class welding something. They had a pile of metal to work from and someone threw a piece of hot steel onto the pile, he grabbed it and it burned his hand so badly that he had to get skin graphs on his palm.
He still doesn't have a finger print on two of his fingers.
Workshop safety is very important, don't throw hot steel onto a pile people are pulling from. Wear your gloves. Most importantly, don't endanger yourself by being stupid.
Simply genius
good tip. Thanks
Can show more vides on tig weld for auto body thin sheet metal....weld on patch panel... tip tricks welding setting etc
No filler rod was harmed in the making of this video
What if need to use your other hand for filler? TSViking's foot powered rotator is the most simple cheap and useful welding rotary table I've ever seen.
Cool idea. I don't know how you can grab anything with those mittens though!
So as a complete newb, I can safely assume that using such a device means all such welds are going to be autogenous, unless I have a helper to rotate the parts for me?
*noob. XD
Well u could just use a clamp/rubber band or tape to hold the torch in place on the hammer, and then use the now free hand to feed filler while you rotate...
@Sic Semper Tyrannis Danke
This is such a idea for it you have alot of tubes that need bases or caps something to help get them done quicker but if you are just starting I wouldn't do it this way un less you already can weld that base plate to the tube looking like a dime stack cause this is a great tip but you won't always be able to rotate something to be able to weld it better..
fantastic tip- thanks for sharing
A neat idea.
Soo sweet thanks helps me im in college welding now
thats so simple! wow, that will save alittle bit of time but definitely increase the quality of the welds by eliminating stops when rotating
Good idea. Thanks
What to do with the center punch afterward? It is not leaving a nice surface🧐 I use a flat surface (thrust) bearing and an old wheel brake disc. Not much more expensive but leaves the surfaces nice.
Changed the entire game 🤷🏻♂️✌️
I’m definitely going to make one
Enjoyed the video
Awsome! Thanks for that!
Large ball bearings work for that, and you don’t have to Center point your piece 👍🏼. I’m a mechanic as well and save large bearings just for this.
When marking material the width of the mark comes into play because after all it's only an optical reference actual true center could actually have been where it was punched. If You going to be that critical please lead us to Your channel.
I like the way you think 🤘🔥
where do you get those 3 finger gloves? I have a bent pinky that gets caught in a 4 finger type
They're made by MCR Safety
That’s stupid simple!!😲🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
What about a variable speed drill on low. Like real low. If they go that low I think that would be a good idea if you could get a drill on the other side of the bolt
I dont understand how rotators are soo expensive.. i was thinking about making one my self but then thought.. am i missing something here? something they do to make sure it dont break ??
They are expensive new. You can make one pretty easy with a cheap dc motor and cheap adj power supply. I made one with a 40vdc motor and Chinese 36v adj power supply for 20 bucks and scrap. But I never use it cause I like the foot powered one I made by copying TSViking's a lot better.
@@Steve_Just_Steve you missing the point bud..there has to be a reason as to why the cheapest ones i can find are 2k upwards etc.. i know how to make one but there is something missing : \
@@Migman2020 No I'm afraid you missed the point pal. They can be had at auctions all over the country for a fraction of that and you can buy one brand new that's made in USA for less than 2k, obviously you're just not very good at lookin'. The point is you make something just as functional with a scrap piece of bar and plate. What's missing from your equation is the all the R&D, overhead, payroll and FN Uncle Sam's cut. You ain't making shit unless you're making money bud.
@@Steve_Just_Steve never heard of import tax huh
@@Migman2020 You down under or something? Well you probably ain't gonna make enough playing stupid video games to get one down there...
at 2:36 he rotates it and you can see two big holes of burn through
Sweet tip!