Update log 11/16/18 Drift truck - added the exhaust (finally) - bug found not much space between the exhaust and the frame just gonna hope and pray - since the coding for the welding is broke need to give it to a friend to attach the peace’s of the exhaust together - side exit of the exhaust will not be a whole i made a plate Other things - removed Dremmel for braking too often - the main character can’t weld steel as well yet working on that code - added file
Quick tip Gingium, when cutting rubber hosing such as the coolant pipe. It's easier to use a hacksaw and then use a lighter to clean up the fabric reinforcement after :)
Hey Gingium I suggest getting some frame stiffening added. I sware you can se the flex between the cab and the bed when you lower the truck down. It will help a lot.
When you have the truck sent off to have wired, you should make sure they dont fire it up unless your there! That way we all can get a true first start video!!!
You gotta use some rust reformer and bed liner on the frame while its still solid plus it'll clean up the look of the underbody and make that trans look like its suposed to be there lol
Watch your torch angle it plays a huge role in your gas flow if you aren’t covering the weld with gas you will be having a bad time you have to roll your wrists when you weld pipe. And maybe try a gas lens I love gas lenses better gas coverage
Hey man, love the videos, but I reckon you should really take a short break. I can see from your frustrations that you're getting burned out by all this TH-cam business and I feel a bit like you're just making videos for the sake of it. I still enjoy the content, but maybe just have a little break for a week or so and come back refreshed and ready to take on some new challenges!
since the tubes on the right bank is longer than the left, the truck will have a litle bit of a rumble like a subaru. it's awesome to just think about.
Don’t gotta go fast. Lol SS is definitely a challenge man but your first time welds aren’t bad st all. Gotta learn how to walk the cup and free hand smoothly before trying to do that exhaust. Practice on t joints to get a feel to walk the cup. And lap and corner joints to get your free hand down. Watch welding tips and tricks. Just remember it takes a lot of practice and you’ll get it, good luck,! Also learning to control that amperage with a foot pedal is tricky as well but I think you’d get it in no time
I think that for the exhaust plate you should make it out of that kind of metal that has the little diamonds on it. I forget what that kind of metal is called.
I brought a dirt cheap dremel and it's lasted me nearly a year and I use it for cutting a lot of thin steel and aluminium 😁 if I find the link I'll reply to this comment with it
could you just make the end of the exhaust 4 inches and weld it to the inside edge of the cutout that way its one piece and you dont have any where for it to rattle by making it one cohesive piece? I dont know if this would actually work or not just a thought
I'm so used seeing him bald now but I'll be straight up honest I still find he looked better with hair especially since he can't grow a beard. I'd be curious how a buzzcut would look on him, probably look alright even with the thinning. #savethehair Failing that, rename channel to baldium lol.
practice makes perfect my guy. I started tig welding about 2 years ago and only recently my welds are looking fine! Keep at it! One thing that works for me is having a good place to rest my torch hand while welding. Also dont take the filler rod out of the gas flow when its hot beacuse it will get contaminated, if you have a pedal for your welder you should use it. It really helps beacuse you will be able to modulate the amps!
Don't get discouraged, my tips from 15 years in fab, get your technique down on mild steel, it's cheaper for the learning curve, then once your practiced up hit the stainless. No the settings on the machine won't be the same, but the physical motions of foot pedal, feed speed of you filling and rate of motion all will translate over, I got faith in you! You'll get there you have a passion for cars and building em, it'll come bro!
That exhaust looks really nice. I hope it sounds as good as it looks. You should put a bigger tip on it and maybe a black one to match the black plate your talking about. Anyway keep up the good work my brotha.
It would be a nice detail to cut the exhaust tip to sit flat with rest of the body panel. Just saying in case you haven't thought of it. Can't wait to see this project get finished!
Hey Gingium, some advice. When you drop off the truck, bring your welding hood and ask the person who can weld stainless how he has stuff setup. Stainless is a pain in the ass to learn how to TIG, and the best thing you can do is have someone experienced help you get started with a good setup and good techniques. I wish you the best of luck and can't wait to see the drift truck finished
Dude I'm genuinely so happy for you. You're truck is finally coming along, your finally getting to move out and it's just awesome to see how well things are going. I wish you the best of luck.
After working on exhaust he was "exhausted." Great video! It did turn out really well. You could've done a dual exhaust out the side if you had wanted the true dual setup.
Use some rubber weatherproofing on the hole for the exhaust. Will make the hole a tiny bit smaller and will reduce rattle in case contact happens between the hole and the pipe.
Cleanliness is key! And like 865356 other things lol. Practice is all can say, mess with settings and make very small adjustments at a time. You WILL get it! Hell even angle of tip on tungsten to the tungsten itself
QUICK TIP: u can "fix" that dremel by taking it apart and taking that locking mechanism completely off and u left with hole (where the button should be) and then u can stick for example nail or en of drilbit to there and lock up it. thats what ive done to many anglegrinders bcause they always broke
I guess he could also remove that nut looking thing with vice grip, and I'm convinced you could find dremel parts on internet. But maybe he just has to learn that the locking mechanism of a dremel doesn't even need to be really tight to be locked.
Quick tip for when welding, Wear a baseball cap backwards under your helmet to protect your neck. I learned this when stick welding and a spark from a 6010 rod hit the back of my neck. If you've ever stick welded you know 6010 likes to spark and catch fire
Also, don't worry about your welds looking nice. It's stainless steel, so what you really lose from cooking your welds is the stainless properties. You don't really need to care about that though, it's a drift truck that's not going to see much rain/snow.
a few tips for welding: clean your metal well in the weld area fitment is so important when welding pipe like this get a variable tig pedal: you can adjust your heat on the fly and itll help you learn when you need to go slow. check your argon flow/ torch angle/tungsten type
So i do a fair amount of welding, both tig and mig. My favorite tool tho for it is an app called Pocket Welder Helper, and it can tell you for (basically) any material and gauge, what amperage, feed speed, filler rods, etc. To use. Take a look into that.
I've had many dremels strip out it's rediculous, I always cut off the casing above the lock button, there you can grab the shaft itself with vice grips and use the normal wrench on the top, it's a pain in the ass but it makes you able to use it at least!
im way impressed caleb. Whether you welded it yourself or not its still a gorgeous exhaust and looks completely professional. Always cool to see Gingium Fab
Hey bro, im an aeronautical tig welder for the military, first and foremost, you need a chair when welding, it helps trust me haha, also go nice and slow and make sure everything is clean, and dont be selfish with that filler wire, its cheap
The music was fire on this video, I don’t know if it always been this lit and I just notice but damn, it was nice. (Probably cuz (I think) it’s the first time a watch a gim video with headphones, I usually watch it on the tv like it’s a movie or something)
Should have ran argon through the pipe. Cover the ends of the pipe and have a steady steam of argon running through it while your welding. It flushes out all the air and sheilds the weld from from the inside along with the shielding from the gas coming from the torch
If you can make that exhaust plate run all the way to the edge of the wheel well you should, that heat and exhaust will make that plate and red panel black in no time.
I'm in love with this build! Nice work dude! don't be mad at your welding some people take years to master this shit and you are already putting a truck together I'm so amazed! One day I'll make my way to usa just to give you an handshake such an inspiration sir!
Instead of using an abrasive type blade for the chop saw try using a metal cutting blade for when you cut metal it will give you a cleaner cut and less burrs on the cut
this is coming from some one who welds dairy pipe all day. amps on 90 to 100 for tack up make sure there are no gaps at all and when you tack it do it very quickly, if you see the metal is not joining on tacking move around the pipe and tack on off on off on off very quickly this will help. for welding down to 40 amps no wire is easier and walk the cup, look on youtube how to do it. you just use the big cup and role it on the pipe and advance slowly, takes time and practice bro
I wouldn't consider it a failure because you said you didn't know how to tig it was a win because you ATLEAST ATTEMPTED TO DO IT.. Keep up the great videos brother
Keep on practicing welding, and keep playing around with amps to see what works for you and the thickness of the material you are welding. The gas cup indeed makes a lot of difference, but it depends on what kind of welding you are doing, which makes how concentrated your gas flow has to be :) The exhaust looks sickkk, can already imagine this monster of a drift pickup shooting flames out the side 🙌
I definitely feel like you would have a blast working on my 84 B2000. It’s a project for sure but I’m really trying to do a whole rework of the engine. Not sure yet
Caleb, one big thing you might be experiencing is a lack of shielding gas _behind_ the weld. Try backpurging the exhaust while you're welding and it might make it a lot easier.
Told to me by a professional, if u can weld stainless steel you can get paid big money, it's not easy Gingium, take your time, but not too much, if it's room much time pay for it
Update log 11/16/18
Drift truck
- added the exhaust (finally)
- bug found not much space between the exhaust and the frame just gonna hope and pray
- since the coding for the welding is broke need to give it to a friend to attach the peace’s of the exhaust together
- side exit of the exhaust will not be a whole i made a plate
Other things
- removed Dremmel for braking too often
- the main character can’t weld steel as well yet working on that code
- added file
zippyoya ur a champ for us cellular boys
Cline Hearty make sure your not using cellular data
zippyoya you’re*
Thicc Boi reported for hate speech
*pieces, *hole, *Dremel, *breaking
My dream is to hear the sound of the truck.
Wow dis an awful lotta likes...
Same!
Good ole V8s ftw
BloBloBloBloBloBlo
Same! Gotta be part of gingiums dream as well having it exit out that driver side like a boss. Gunna be waking the neighborhood!!
S _ shiggy _ Y me too
Quick tip Gingium, when cutting rubber hosing such as the coolant pipe. It's easier to use a hacksaw and then use a lighter to clean up the fabric reinforcement after :)
I just got a hair-loss therapy ad before this video 😂😂😂
Hey Gingium I suggest getting some frame stiffening added. I sware you can se the flex between the cab and the bed when you lower the truck down. It will help a lot.
Also remember that the beg and cab are not connected.
YAY MORE GINGIUM...
The drift tuck is looking nice...
So happy this build is regular agin 👌
Me too!
You could make the hole smaller and put some rubber door insulators in it to minimize/muffle the rattling.
When you have the truck sent off to have wired, you should make sure they dont fire it up unless your there! That way we all can get a true first start video!!!
Obviously yeah Mike gonna wait for Caleb to start him up ^^
Dont worry, I'll make sure that doesn't happen!
@@_Gingium_ Gonna stay all day long the day he says he will be ready
He should hide a camera in it to EXPOSE SHOP THAT RIPS CAR WITHOUT ASKING (after saying they can drive it)
How is the shop that wires it gonna know if it runs tho?💀
After a hard day of work Exhaustium, is wait for it, exhausted
You gotta use some rust reformer and bed liner on the frame while its still solid plus it'll clean up the look of the underbody and make that trans look like its suposed to be there lol
Watch your torch angle it plays a huge role in your gas flow if you aren’t covering the weld with gas you will be having a bad time you have to roll your wrists when you weld pipe. And maybe try a gas lens I love gas lenses better gas coverage
Is the engine hardmounted in the drift truck? If not you're gonna want some flex joints on the exhaust.
good question
It is, but I think I want some flex joints anyway! I'll add some later down the line
@@_Gingium_ good idea considering it really can't hurt anything. Current exhaust looks good though!
@@_Gingium_ But you did hardmount the transmission which is attached to the engine, so it counts as it is hardmounted and not on bushings
Yea would hate to see that manifold crack cause of no flex pipes
Yes more drift truck, love all your builds right now Caleb keep it up
Please make an aluminium plate around the exhaust hole back until the wheel arch, would look nice
Get an air powered die grinder rather than a Dremel. You can get bits just like Dremels, they're a lot more reliable, their speed is variable, etc.
Hey man, love the videos, but I reckon you should really take a short break. I can see from your frustrations that you're getting burned out by all this TH-cam business and I feel a bit like you're just making videos for the sake of it. I still enjoy the content, but maybe just have a little break for a week or so and come back refreshed and ready to take on some new challenges!
KiwiCarLife bruh he taken several breaks in like the past 2 months
Its probably hard for him, especially when its basicaly youre main money income
Samuel savoie oh at times I only see it in this video
hes doing what he loves at least. working on cars
Yeah its kinda sad to see actually. Please don't break yourself man. Not worth it.
since the tubes on the right bank is longer than the left, the truck will have a litle bit of a rumble like a subaru. it's awesome to just think about.
He said he’s tired and exhausted. He was working on his exhaust. Cars have tires . 14:37
Don’t gotta go fast. Lol SS is definitely a challenge man but your first time welds aren’t bad st all. Gotta learn how to walk the cup and free hand smoothly before trying to do that exhaust. Practice on t joints to get a feel to walk the cup. And lap and corner joints to get your free hand down. Watch welding tips and tricks. Just remember it takes a lot of practice and you’ll get it, good luck,!
Also learning to control that amperage with a foot pedal is tricky as well but I think you’d get it in no time
I think that for the exhaust plate you should make it out of that kind of metal that has the little diamonds on it. I forget what that kind of metal is called.
diamond plate? lol
I brought a dirt cheap dremel and it's lasted me nearly a year and I use it for cutting a lot of thin steel and aluminium 😁 if I find the link I'll reply to this comment with it
"I am exhausted"
Haha I thought the same when he said that lol
Haha. No pun intended
You should try a pneumatic rotary tool. Waaaaay tougher than those puny dremels.
could you just make the end of the exhaust 4 inches and weld it to the inside edge of the cutout that way its one piece and you dont have any where for it to rattle by making it one cohesive piece? I dont know if this would actually work or not just a thought
Remember when gingium had hair
Yeah me neither
The channel's name don't really relate to him now but whatever ^^ I remember he says (maybe for joking) that he will grow a beard
XD
@@frenchtoad1308 he can't grow a beard
I'm so used seeing him bald now but I'll be straight up honest I still find he looked better with hair especially since he can't grow a beard. I'd be curious how a buzzcut would look on him, probably look alright even with the thinning. #savethehair Failing that, rename channel to baldium lol.
Red Squirrel he should get waves lmao
practice makes perfect my guy. I started tig welding about 2 years ago and only recently my welds are looking fine! Keep at it! One thing that works for me is having a good place to rest my torch hand while welding. Also dont take the filler rod out of the gas flow when its hot beacuse it will get contaminated, if you have a pedal for your welder you should use it. It really helps beacuse you will be able to modulate the amps!
Don't get discouraged, my tips from 15 years in fab, get your technique down on mild steel, it's cheaper for the learning curve, then once your practiced up hit the stainless. No the settings on the machine won't be the same, but the physical motions of foot pedal, feed speed of you filling and rate of motion all will translate over, I got faith in you! You'll get there you have a passion for cars and building em, it'll come bro!
Nobody tries harder than you. Sometimes you win and sometimes not, but you never stop reaching. Good for you. Nice to see your progress.
Thank you!
Good work! Gave me inspiration on my project. You can do small tacks without filler with lower heat and working the puddle with very little weaving
That exhaust looks really nice. I hope it sounds as good as it looks. You should put a bigger tip on it and maybe a black one to match the black plate your talking about. Anyway keep up the good work my brotha.
Yeah! I might do that in the future!
Man gin I promise no other youtubers in the car community goes as in depth with showing the build process than you..keel it up man
It would be a nice detail to cut the exhaust tip to sit flat with rest of the body panel. Just saying in case you haven't thought of it. Can't wait to see this project get finished!
Dude pretty dope I remember you when you were taking the Miata to a shop to get an exhaust made now here you are making your own. Good shit.
Can't wait to see that badass v8 run!!
Hey Gingium, some advice. When you drop off the truck, bring your welding hood and ask the person who can weld stainless how he has stuff setup. Stainless is a pain in the ass to learn how to TIG, and the best thing you can do is have someone experienced help you get started with a good setup and good techniques. I wish you the best of luck and can't wait to see the drift truck finished
It’s looking awesome! A driveshaft and some wiring away from rolling!
Dude I'm genuinely so happy for you. You're truck is finally coming along, your finally getting to move out and it's just awesome to see how well things are going. I wish you the best of luck.
Thank you so much! I cant wait for it to run
I’m so excited to see this truck start up. The V8 grumble makes me moist.
You didn't fail at all you've only been together welding a couple of weeks, look what you achieved with the exhaust mock up.
Hey man I'm really proud you're sticking with this project no matter the problem you face. Keep truckin through it
So happy to hear that you ended up having fun doing the exhaust! such a relief
After working on exhaust he was "exhausted." Great video! It did turn out really well. You could've done a dual exhaust out the side if you had wanted the true dual setup.
Get a foot pedal to control amperage, that will help a lot. Also, stainless steel is generally a metal that is back purged for the best welds.
14:35 “i’m really exhausted” nice pun
Use some rubber weatherproofing on the hole for the exhaust. Will make the hole a tiny bit smaller and will reduce rattle in case contact happens between the hole and the pipe.
Cleanliness is key! And like 865356 other things lol. Practice is all can say, mess with settings and make very small adjustments at a time. You WILL get it! Hell even angle of tip on tungsten to the tungsten itself
QUICK TIP: u can "fix" that dremel by taking it apart and taking that locking mechanism completely off and u left with hole (where the button should be) and then u can stick for example nail or en of drilbit to there and lock up it. thats what ive done to many anglegrinders bcause they always broke
I guess he could also remove that nut looking thing with vice grip, and I'm convinced you could find dremel parts on internet. But maybe he just has to learn that the locking mechanism of a dremel doesn't even need to be really tight to be locked.
@@imnota yea. But its not really worth to buy parts for it or someting bcause its still gonna brake.
welding tricks and tips on youtube, that guy knows his stuff learned almost eveything i needed to know from him.
Quick tip for when welding, Wear a baseball cap backwards under your helmet to protect your neck. I learned this when stick welding and a spark from a 6010 rod hit the back of my neck. If you've ever stick welded you know 6010 likes to spark and catch fire
Also, don't worry about your welds looking nice. It's stainless steel, so what you really lose from cooking your welds is the stainless properties. You don't really need to care about that though, it's a drift truck that's not going to see much rain/snow.
a few tips for welding:
clean your metal well in the weld area
fitment is so important when welding pipe like this
get a variable tig pedal: you can adjust your heat on the fly and itll help you learn when you need to go slow.
check your argon flow/ torch angle/tungsten type
I did all of that! I just need more practice
You are one of my favourite TH-camrs and I understand u don’t make the most money but it’s really nice to see u doing something actually productive
Thank you :)
So i do a fair amount of welding, both tig and mig. My favorite tool tho for it is an app called Pocket Welder Helper, and it can tell you for (basically) any material and gauge, what amperage, feed speed, filler rods, etc. To use. Take a look into that.
glad to see you refresh and pull through, love this build, keep killing it
Thank you!
Almost at the end you can put a flex pipe then weld a pip to you exit pip to you plate to the side of your bed side will look more cleaner 👍😎
I'm a perfectionist too, it's annoying. I understand your struggle.
Looks amazing. Well done. PLEASE do some proper rust protection where you modified the bed.
I've had many dremels strip out it's rediculous, I always cut off the casing above the lock button, there you can grab the shaft itself with vice grips and use the normal wrench on the top, it's a pain in the ass but it makes you able to use it at least!
getcha one of those swivel-head deburring tools, makes cleaning chops so much faster!
14:37 i see what you did there! "Really tired really EXHAUSTed"
9:55 " I got myself something that wont break .... A FILE " 🤣
Hopefully flexi piping was added nearer to the headers as the engine vibration and rotation from revving may snap some exhaust parts/welds
You should keep this quality on all of your videos.
im way impressed caleb. Whether you welded it yourself or not its still a gorgeous exhaust and looks completely professional. Always cool to see Gingium Fab
Thank you!
In my head this will always be the dwift tuck. Love ya homie
You have come a long way. One can only admire.
The side exit looks SOOOOO good!
Hey bro, im an aeronautical tig welder for the military, first and foremost, you need a chair when welding, it helps trust me haha, also go nice and slow and make sure everything is clean, and dont be selfish with that filler wire, its cheap
If you are going to do a fuel cell then you can have a dual exhaust
The music was fire on this video, I don’t know if it always been this lit and I just notice but damn, it was nice.
(Probably cuz (I think) it’s the first time a watch a gim video with headphones, I usually watch it on the tv like it’s a movie or something)
Yess I love side exhausts! I have a BMW Z3 and I always wanted to make a side exhaust, now I realize that would be a little too much for a Zz
And it would hang too low, because I guess there's frame stuff on the side that would prevent it to be tucked up, if it's actually made like an e36.
You can put a rubber edge around the hole of the plate so that it looks nicer and would not rattle
Should have ran argon through the pipe. Cover the ends of the pipe and have a steady steam of argon running through it while your welding. It flushes out all the air and sheilds the weld from from the inside along with the shielding from the gas coming from the torch
If you can make that exhaust plate run all the way to the edge of the wheel well you should, that heat and exhaust will make that plate and red panel black in no time.
Coolest b2200 ever keep up the good work and don't give up on this build
I'm in love with this build! Nice work dude! don't be mad at your welding some people take years to master this shit and you are already putting a truck together I'm so amazed! One day I'll make my way to usa just to give you an handshake such an inspiration sir!
Thank you very much! I really appreciate the kind words! ☺
Gingium You're welcome! I've been here since the forza days and seeing the progress is insane! Keep going ;)
Instead of using an abrasive type blade for the chop saw try using a metal cutting blade for when you cut metal it will give you a cleaner cut and less burrs on the cut
I wouldnt stress it too much over the welds you can alwayys go over them again since tig has less weld build up if that makes sense
That exhaust turned out sick!
this is coming from some one who welds dairy pipe all day. amps on 90 to 100 for tack up make sure there are no gaps at all and when you tack it do it very quickly, if you see the metal is not joining on tacking move around the pipe and tack on off on off on off very quickly this will help. for welding down to 40 amps no wire is easier and walk the cup, look on youtube how to do it. you just use the big cup and role it on the pipe and advance slowly, takes time and practice bro
Even though in a part of the video you have me flashbacks from my moms ex you still make me happy I'm just happy that your not a narcissist
I'm really "exhausted". Nice pun Gingium. Nice pun.
I really dig the idea of the plate!!
This "tuck" has been super cool ever since you first said you were going to make it a drift truck
I wouldn't consider it a failure because you said you didn't know how to tig it was a win because you ATLEAST ATTEMPTED TO DO IT.. Keep up the great videos brother
It is good to see the drift truck getting done ♥ I hope yyou'll paint the front bumper in red ♥
Been watching since the forza built or bought videos bro and it’s amazing the progress you’ve made in just a few years keep it up
14:37 «I am really exhausted» 🤣🤣🤣
with the dremmel, get the button and rod out, then use the shaft of a dremmel bit to lock the dremmel spindle
Keep on practicing welding, and keep playing around with amps to see what works for you and the thickness of the material you are welding.
The gas cup indeed makes a lot of difference, but it depends on what kind of welding you are doing, which makes how concentrated your gas flow has to be :)
The exhaust looks sickkk, can already imagine this monster of a drift pickup shooting flames out the side 🙌
You've come a long way in your mechanical ability, keep it up!
I definitely feel like you would have a blast working on my 84 B2000. It’s a project for sure but I’m really trying to do a whole rework of the engine. Not sure yet
With that shiny 304/316 style stainless you should add some flex joints into the system
Caleb, one big thing you might be experiencing is a lack of shielding gas _behind_ the weld. Try backpurging the exhaust while you're welding and it might make it a lot easier.
No braided flex pipe? Helps prevent exhaust cracks.
Ging, work on 30amps per mm thickness as a rough guide.
You can weld stainless with a mig special wire and gas
Told to me by a professional, if u can weld stainless steel you can get paid big money, it's not easy Gingium, take your time, but not too much, if it's room much time pay for it
really good job on the exhaust bro, love the set up