rusty thin sheet metal is where I shine, been doing auto-body for decades as side work, I fabricate a lot of metal you cant buy, but I honestly love doing it. for this I honestly prefer a 120V welder, with .023 wire, 75/25 gas, good bronze ground, and good trigger for MIG gun. if you need to have a heat range between 1&2, or 2&3, or 3&4, get a 15' 16 gauge extension cord, it creates a voltage drop, & viola you have 7 heat ranges. otherwise a 25' 10 gauge extension cord lets the welder work normally. for anything other than sheet metal, then I want a 240V welder. lol.
When welding thin sheet metal, you can put a sheet of slightly thicker copper on the inside as a heat sink(chill bar so to speak) to draw away heat and give your final product a nicer finish. Also helps with distortion from the heat.
With all due respect, I love your videos, the quality is amazing, it’s always informative & helpful, but the one thing I ask is what’s up with the tac welds? I hope it doesn’t come off the wrong way. I’m just curious if there’s a reason behind it
That thin sheet metal is hard enough, but when it's rusty, it's very touchy to avoid burn thru. Same as a mower deck repair, which is a nightmare, sometimes. Nice job.
Hello!! I've learned a lot from your videos. Thank you! I wanted to ask...how did you prevent distortion / warping in welding the sheet metal. I built a cart, welding 16 gauge sheet metal to 1/8 thick square tubing and it warped which surprised me. However, you prevented any distortion with the way you welded it. So I thought I would ask. Blessings on you!
Ignore the haters man. You did a good job. I'm starting out my own welding repair gig and I was wondering if I should worry about getting a oxy acetylene torch right away. I have a mig welder, grinders, clamps and portaband for now. And other misc hand tools
One hr's work, $40 for material, and 3/4 hr traveling (you indicated), plus you probably took time to get the material, means you really didn't get much for the job - certainly not $200/hr.
Agree. Especially with all the prep time factored in. Although he could save $40 on material if he saves lots of free scrap pieces metal like I do for odd jobs like this.
That's a lot longer than 1 hour to do all that work....You're not counting all the prep work to prep the rusty metal. It may have actually been easier/better just to make him a new cage out from scratch rather than to "re-arrange deck chairs on the titanic", but I get it that everyone has a budget.
Ribbets or spot-weld would have been better for that patch you can do more damage blowing through the metal with those thin metal can be a headache nice video my friend
Nice work bro. 6 in one hand half dozen in the other. Could have traced each piece and used a compass to make an inside cut line that would subtract your 1/2” or so. I probably would have had the cardboard all hacked up lmao
Stop hating at least he is working and trying to.do.something with his life never put down fellow welders help each other out to improve. Nice job brother as long as customer is happy that's what matters.
And we agreed on $200 which included the metal which was $40 itself plus me driving 45 minutes round trip to get it... so $200 total time and material.
rusty thin sheet metal is where I shine, been doing auto-body for decades as side work, I fabricate a lot of metal you cant buy, but I honestly love doing it.
for this I honestly prefer a 120V welder, with .023 wire, 75/25 gas, good bronze ground, and good trigger for MIG gun. if you need to have a heat range between 1&2, or 2&3, or 3&4, get a 15' 16 gauge extension cord, it creates a voltage drop, & viola you have 7 heat ranges. otherwise a 25' 10 gauge extension cord lets the welder work normally.
for anything other than sheet metal, then I want a 240V welder. lol.
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Great job. I would be happy if I was the customer.
Thanks, he was happy with it
When welding thin sheet metal, you can put a sheet of slightly thicker copper on the inside as a heat sink(chill bar so to speak) to draw away heat and give your final product a nicer finish. Also helps with distortion from the heat.
Turn up heat for hot flat tacks then weld downhill on thin stuff. Nice job
good to know
@@mcfwelding hello
Great project and fun
This was a super good watch from someone who is looking to pick up the same sort of side work. New subscriber as well!!
I appreciate it, and good luck with the side wok!
Keep up the good work like your videos 😎
Hey yo I like your videos AM Custom looking in getting so prime welders just from your reviews .
Nice job.
With all due respect, I love your videos, the quality is amazing, it’s always informative & helpful, but the one thing I ask is what’s up with the tac welds? I hope it doesn’t come off the wrong way. I’m just curious if there’s a reason behind it
im not following, tack welds ?
@@mcfwelding it could have just been the section of the video I seen. I thought it was a weld followed by tacs in a row
So cool, excellent fabrication, thank you
That thin sheet metal is hard enough, but when it's rusty, it's very touchy to avoid burn thru. Same as a mower deck repair, which is a nightmare, sometimes. Nice job.
I hope to be a welder one day I learned a lot from this video
Thanks. Go out and try it out
Great job.
Fantastic
Hello!! I've learned a lot from your videos. Thank you! I wanted to ask...how did you prevent distortion / warping in welding the sheet metal. I built a cart, welding 16 gauge sheet metal to 1/8 thick square tubing and it warped which surprised me. However, you prevented any distortion with the way you welded it. So I thought I would ask. Blessings on you!
You'll always have it. Need to try and prevent it as much as possible with moving around with your welds
good job, piece of cake
Ignore the haters man. You did a good job. I'm starting out my own welding repair gig and I was wondering if I should worry about getting a oxy acetylene torch right away. I have a mig welder, grinders, clamps and portaband for now. And other misc hand tools
i would invest in a torch set up. you will need it more than you think
@@mcfwelding forsure will inves in one asap
15:52 when the paint is drying, it might just be me but i see the left side of a face in the left side of it. Might just be me but that’s cool
Yo homie wat up. Thanks your your posts. Letting us know how you be running all your welds and projects
What were your settings for the thin sheet metal
It's cute when the channel plops a heart on your comment and then ignores your question 😂. His settings are covered in the video.
Just subscribed, love it. 👍🏽🔥🔥
appreciate that!
One hr's work, $40 for material, and 3/4 hr traveling (you indicated), plus you probably took time to get the material, means you really didn't get much for the job - certainly not $200/hr.
Agree. Especially with all the prep time factored in. Although he could save $40 on material if he saves lots of free scrap pieces metal like I do for odd jobs like this.
What machine you running
Everlast power i mig 230i
@@mcfwelding you ever use the little everlast on any Mobil jobs
Not yet
Never mind, you just answered my question 😁
That's a lot longer than 1 hour to do all that work....You're not counting all the prep work to prep the rusty metal. It may have actually been easier/better just to make him a new cage out from scratch rather than to "re-arrange deck chairs on the titanic", but I get it that everyone has a budget.
Didn't know you were here with me?
Ribbets or spot-weld would have been better for that patch you can do more damage blowing through the metal with those thin metal can be a headache nice video my friend
Yea it was a pain but its holding up still
Nice work bro. 6 in one hand half dozen in the other. Could have traced each piece and used a compass to make an inside cut line that would subtract your 1/2” or so. I probably would have had the cardboard all hacked up lmao
I like compasses just don't have one yet
Where did you learn what you know?
Self taught
@@mcfwelding cool bro💪
@@mcfwelding And it shows......
Stop hating at least he is working and trying to.do.something with his life never put down fellow welders help each other out to improve. Nice job brother as long as customer is happy that's what matters.
A new cage is only 200.
This one has lots of sentimental value.
Also, he may not have actually charged to guy $200. Just because you can make $200 off the guy next door doesn't mean you always want to..
Show me where they are $200
And we agreed on $200 which included the metal which was $40 itself plus me driving 45 minutes round trip to get it... so $200 total time and material.
@@mcfwelding That's definitely not $200 earned for one hours worth of time then, my man. Please be honest with us.