@@mattchewynichols5217I’ll drop in on Robby from time to time, him and his guys do good work! I couldn’t stand anymore of fabrats. The Always someone else’s fault thing and half ass-ing everything wore thin.
Yes. It would be really cool if Tom put some cool looking, decorative, spruce-it-up things in the cab of Dig Dug just to make it look snazzy, classy, cool, custom and unique.
Watching Matt's, robbys, and your channel every Sunday morning motivates me to finish my 2 door tahoe project, then I get lazy because I sat too long watching videos.lol. keep up the hard work gents!
The little dig at Matt and his claw hammer was great. Respect Tom for starting your own channel as the content is great. Do miss the talent you shared on Matt's episodes
Lately, I have been using up many things in my hoarding pile. Told my wife it feels a lot better than buying something that you don't need on sale. Which made me realize the cot I hoarded is comfortable.
Tom, consider welding your Jack Stands fast to the work table to prevent tipping over. Then, you can use motorcycle straps to loop over the axle tubes to keep them from popping off of the Jack Stands.
Tom, you're an engineer and a true fabricator combined...why don't you do a quick little project designing and building yourself a set of universal, quick-on/quick-off, adjustable height, safety chain or bracket equipped rearend housing cradles that go on your gazillion pound steel work/fabricating table? And while you're at it, why not make 'em quicker, easier, stronger, safer and better than Matt's set, just because? You know you would use them for your projects and for working on stuff for other people. ;)
Great process to solid build. When we were concerned about cracking in the heat affected zone, we would also call for post heat in addition to preheat. In a weld shop, they might actually put the weldment in an oven, if no other parts were at risk. In our shop, post heat meant wrap the joint in heavy blankets and let it slow cool.
Hello Tom, from an old welder to a young welder---- I respectfully suggest purchasing a scarfing tip for your oxy-acetelene torch. you can remove axel brackets and such a lot faster and cleaner than with the grinder, with a little practice. Then teach Matt's boys.
I really enjoy the content you’re making Tom Tom! It’s enjoyable watching the simple approach to your projects and I appreciate the technical, precise way you accomplish them. Keep up the good work!
I love your engineering approach which blends problem solving, appreciation of material qualities and technique. Not to mention having fun. There's nothing wrong with economizing as [generally attributed to Henry Ford] "An engineer can do for a nickel what any regular fool can do for a dollar." Thanks for sharing.
My bench is around 1000 lbs. I engineered some heavy casters that I can raise and lower with a threaded rod and a nut. So I can move the table and lower it. Truly nice to have a movable table but also lower it onto feet when I don’t need to move it.
There are deburring tools that will let you get to the backside from the front. The blade looks like a hook, and it spins on a handle. You drag it around the hole both ways.
Back in my "mud truck" days.... we would run only rear disk brakes with no brakes on the front axle at all. This made changing broken front axle shafts much quicker and easier since there were no brakes to deal with during disassembly/re-assembly. For rear disk brakes, I simply removed them from the front axle, and installed them on the rear axle. It required my to buy nothing new. I only had to modify the factory front caliper mount and then welded it to the rear axle tube. Everything else fit perfectly. The front rotor is a direct replacement for the rear drum. It took me one evening in the shop to complete the conversion and it cost me nothing. I see guys do these rear disk brake conversions and there is always a table full of new parts in the background... which is fine, don't get me wrong. But if you happen to have some extra front brake parts laying around, they work great and they're free.
Use a pallet jack to move the table. Setting up heavy items in the shop so they can be moved with a pallet jack allows them to sit solid on the floor with no wheels but still be mobile.
Yes, I know a few guys who use a pallet jack in that simple, useful, common sense way in their shops, I might be one of 'em. Sometimes things need to be moved, and sometimes those things are heavy and/or large. Pallet jacks are great for that, and just a little bit of design engineering makes it easy to lift up and move machines, benches, tables, truck beds, frames, scrap bins, all kinds of things. ;)
I used the rivnuts on my DIY4X dash, very similar to yours about a year ago at install. You'll love the ease of getting the panels off when needed, vs. anxiety of the hassle. Yay riv nuts!!!
Those rivnuts, what a great idea! I never would have known about those if it weren't for you. Not that I'll ever need them but if I do I now know they're available.
I used to have a tractor service and on this certain job, she was a goat farmer. so after working for a few hours.. i stopped for a few to rehydrate. without asking.. she made me a milkshake type of drink..it was nice and tasty.. but made with GOAT MILK. It was delicious. At the end of the day.. she asked if I liked the drink.. and she gave me an entire gallon of ICE cold goat milk. BEST MILK I'VE EVER HAD. Before I got on the pavement.. I chugged down about a quart of it. So YEAH.. I want one of those too. Nice shop work. Looking forward to seeing it back on the trail again.
On the subject of the fuel gauge, did you remember to ground the tank to the frame? It's a pretty simple circuit. It has a 90 ohm potentiometer as a fuel level sender and a gauge set up as reverse voltmeter. Grounding the wire going to the fuel lever sender (shorting it) makes the gauge read full, and open circuit makes it read empty. If the tank reads empty after you fill it, it means that there is no path to ground (or a reduced path to ground) in that circuit. In short, you should look at the tank ground and make sure that it is grounded to the frame.
I get you probably don't want to move the table because of weight but a pallet truck will hold like 5000lbs and is super handy to have in a shop if you don't have one Or heavy jackable/leveling coasters are pretty cheap and easy to install. Thats if moving the table easier / regularly is even desireable at all for you.
awesome to see your fuel tank working in Dig Dug, really looking forward to seeing Dig Dug getting his upgrades, its gonna be a great series to watch, thanks for sharing
Thanks for the video. I recent had a custom camper shell installed. In their maintenance and repair video, they mentioned rivet nuts. It was the first time that I had heard of them. Life changing. :)
OMG! I read the title on the vid. Then I watched the fuel tank leaking and thought oh no digdug is going to catch fire on the first trail run. I was holding my breath until the end when you explained "last ride". Whew! Can't wait to see the finished Digdug. jim
Love your videos, Tom! Go look at I.C. Weld and check out how he uses a gouging tip on his plasma cutter, maybe you can get one for your plasma cutter. Cheers from Tokyo!
He would be an outstanding, very well liked and respected shop teacher...the guys and gals would be hanging out in the school shop doing things until Tom had to kick 'em out at 5, 5:30 PM.
I can't believe you don't have a fixture for working on axles. It wouldn't be hard to fab one up from a little scrap. I'd hate to see one of those fall on you. The best farm animal is one your neighbor has! 😁
nice to see your page is growing pretty good. I have seen people take 3 - 4 years to get 1k followers. You should weld all the way around each welding bead to prevent drawing.
Tom, you should weld some mounting tabs to your jack stands, and that scissor jack and tap the table so you can bolt them down so you don't have to worry about anything tipping or anyone getting hurt mainly yourself! 😉 😀
I'm surprised you didn't go with the 14 bolt axle. It's still the strongest one on the market. But what you're doing makes perfect sense to make it a great offload truck. The role cage is awesome. Have a great 4th of July Tom Tom and family.
So glad you finally got to a point that you have your garage functional but I also have to say that you are also missed at Matt’s. You need to figure out how to clone yourself. Glad you are enjoying yourself.
27:25. Clamp the pads with the caliper using compressed air. Then square up the mount to the axle . So u can get full travel outa the piston in the caliper. I seen caliper mounts welded on waayyyyy offset and one pad is. DONE dead quick.
Best part of Sunday morning. Peck Bros, MORR, and Tom Tom. It's like Saturday morning cartoons as a kid again. Cheers
Plus fab rats and robby !!!!
@@mattchewynichols5217 I couldn't handle the immaturity on Robby's channel anymore but fab rat's is one of the best.
It's the modern day Powerblock on SPIKE TV :)
@@mikekraan823 same here, dont evan watch him anymore
@@mattchewynichols5217I’ll drop in on Robby from time to time, him and his guys do good work! I couldn’t stand anymore of fabrats. The Always someone else’s fault thing and half ass-ing everything wore thin.
Lot of rivet nuts to hold on that lil panel. Tom Tom over engineering at its finest 😂. Great video!
Thanks for sharing your adventure, Tom.
Thanks for sharing Tom, Angela.
That dash panel would be perfect space for some etched art of Dig Dug doing Dig Dug things
Yes. It would be really cool if Tom put some cool looking, decorative, spruce-it-up things in the cab of Dig Dug just to make it look snazzy, classy, cool, custom and unique.
Episode 3️⃣. Let’s go!!! Dug looking good so far.
Watching Matt's, robbys, and your channel every Sunday morning motivates me to finish my 2 door tahoe project, then I get lazy because I sat too long watching videos.lol. keep up the hard work gents!
You didn't waste any time. You were watching "reference material" for your own project. Another 27 videos won't hurt no body. 😆
The little dig at Matt and his claw hammer was great. Respect Tom for starting your own channel as the content is great. Do miss the talent you shared on Matt's episodes
Loving your new channel. Congratulations on your TH-cam success so far. Looking forward to more great videos and interesting content.
it is so refreshing seeing people use their hands, head and proper tools to build the things they need for fun!
Lately, I have been using up many things in my hoarding pile. Told my wife it feels a lot better than buying something that you don't need on sale. Which made me realize the cot I hoarded is comfortable.
My wife hates my future parts, until I fix something at 1030 pm with "stockpile parts" but she forgets pretty quick😅
LMAO 🤣😂
Sometimes the wives have good ideas! I'm single and I have a shop and garage and it's filling up fast! Yikes! 😅
😂🤣
😂😂
Tom, consider welding your Jack Stands fast to the work table to prevent tipping over. Then, you can use motorcycle straps to loop over the axle tubes to keep them from popping off of the Jack Stands.
Tom, you're an engineer and a true fabricator combined...why don't you do a quick little project designing and building yourself a set of universal, quick-on/quick-off, adjustable height, safety chain or bracket equipped rearend housing cradles that go on your gazillion pound steel work/fabricating table? And while you're at it, why not make 'em quicker, easier, stronger, safer and better than Matt's set, just because? You know you would use them for your projects and for working on stuff for other people. ;)
Proves you dont need largest or fancy looking truck to work great.Tom your doing a great job.
Great process to solid build. When we were concerned about cracking in the heat affected zone, we would also call for post heat in addition to preheat. In a weld shop, they might actually put the weldment in an oven, if no other parts were at risk. In our shop, post heat meant wrap the joint in heavy blankets and let it slow cool.
Hello Tom, from an old welder to a young welder---- I respectfully suggest purchasing a scarfing tip for your oxy-acetelene torch. you can remove axel brackets and such a lot faster and cleaner than with the grinder, with a little practice. Then teach Matt's boys.
TomTom and DigDoug are a grrrreat pair!
Right on man. Hang in there and keep on keepin on.
Your channel is just AWESOME. The way you explain and show everything is great and very easy to understand. ALOHA
Goat milk…..claw hammer, love it. You have to get your milk shake mixer back. I’m really enjoying your channel! Off to check on the spud truck.
Thanks, I do miss that drill press.
Tom’s Tom’s welds are impressive to say the least
you said it, the guy is a wizard with everything he does.
That means literally nothing. Just because it looks good doesn't make it strong. He didn't even weld the tube's properly.
That panel looks good. Now you won't have any problem if you have to change out the flux capacitor on the trail.
I’m very excited to see the new Dig Doug!!
Thanks for another great build segment Tom Tom... You stack those dimes right nice.
Tom, just ask Matt he can get that fuel gauge straightened out for you.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣ya right
That pegged oil pressure gauge would have me concerned!
That's hilarious!
NOOOOO don't let Matt touch the fuel gauge -- it will never work again ! LOL
😂😂😂 You have to go by his shop and ask him to help you with that now!!!
Thanks for getting into the details on your axle build Tom Tom. You're great at explaining what you are doing and why. Keep up the good work!
I really enjoy the content you’re making Tom Tom! It’s enjoyable watching the simple approach to your projects and I appreciate the technical, precise way you accomplish them. Keep up the good work!
Tom, I am always impressed by your welding skills. Please do a video of the best tips and tricks to make the average person a better welder.
Great channel, Awesome welds! Hey, have you thought of tacking the jack stands down so they don’t tip over. Keep up the great work!!
That’s a good idea!
That blank panel in the cab needs a "TomTom's Shop" sticker! 😂
Definitely needs something
A pool table will fit
Hey Tom, I’m really impressed with the flag pole. Never would I have thought that old tent poles could be reused
Love the sound track! Nice channel Tom Tom! Looking forward to many new episodes!
I love your engineering approach which blends problem solving, appreciation of material qualities and technique. Not to mention having fun. There's nothing wrong with economizing as [generally attributed to Henry Ford] "An engineer can do for a nickel what any regular fool can do for a dollar." Thanks for sharing.
Yeah, for serial production, when you can smear out the engineers cost over 10.000 products.
My bench is around 1000 lbs. I engineered some heavy casters that I can raise and lower with a threaded rod and a nut. So I can move the table and lower it. Truly nice to have a movable table but also lower it onto feet when I don’t need to move it.
Rivnuts are one of the best inventions on the planet.
Untill you spin them 😂
@@dzzope theres way to avoid that happening
Definately not an impact driver point.
Rivenuts are great, so are blind nuts if you use them correctly.😢
Thank you. I couldn't remember what he's called them!
That tank came out really nicely Tom, keep up up man. Will be looking forward to that complete rebuild
Tom thanks for taking the time to give us the detail and your top notch work.
You are the best!!! I always look for your first. Darryl
Good Morning Tom Tom! Enjoying the video, thank you.
There are deburring tools that will let you get to the backside from the front. The blade looks like a hook, and it spins on a handle. You drag it around the hole both ways.
In n out deburrs
Coming along nicely ! Thanks for sharing !
"That definitely was not coming off with some little claw hammer." Lol!
I was surprised to see that you didn't put a horizontal roll bar pipe connecting the upper A-pillars. Great video!!
Back in my "mud truck" days.... we would run only rear disk brakes with no brakes on the front axle at all. This made changing broken front axle shafts much quicker and easier since there were no brakes to deal with during disassembly/re-assembly. For rear disk brakes, I simply removed them from the front axle, and installed them on the rear axle. It required my to buy nothing new. I only had to modify the factory front caliper mount and then welded it to the rear axle tube. Everything else fit perfectly. The front rotor is a direct replacement for the rear drum. It took me one evening in the shop to complete the conversion and it cost me nothing. I see guys do these rear disk brake conversions and there is always a table full of new parts in the background... which is fine, don't get me wrong. But if you happen to have some extra front brake parts laying around, they work great and they're free.
Tom, Tom, that dash board has more bolts in it than a Tokamak reactor......LOL!
Thanks for sharing! Keep up the great work!
Your videos get better each time. Nice welding!
Use a pallet jack to move the table. Setting up heavy items in the shop so they can be moved with a pallet jack allows them to sit solid on the floor with no wheels but still be mobile.
Yes, I know a few guys who use a pallet jack in that simple, useful, common sense way in their shops, I might be one of 'em. Sometimes things need to be moved, and sometimes those things are heavy and/or large. Pallet jacks are great for that, and just a little bit of design engineering makes it easy to lift up and move machines, benches, tables, truck beds, frames, scrap bins, all kinds of things. ;)
Great video! There’s nothing better then an ol’ square body! #TEAMDIGDUG.
Looked like you were making the goat a bit uncomfortable there Tom! Tom, loving every moment, pure joy 😂
I think Tom Tom is aging in reverse….you look younger my dude👊👍
He’s going to be 18 again soon!
@@BFT88 😂👍😂
Gosh darn you do clean work Tom Tom.
Tom Tom is a very skilled individual. Not many people can do the kind of things he is doing.😊
I want to see you grow like Matt with crew doing cool things in the shop.... watching from India
I used the rivnuts on my DIY4X dash, very similar to yours about a year ago at install. You'll love the ease of getting the panels off when needed, vs. anxiety of the hassle. Yay riv nuts!!!
When I was in the Navy in the 70s we had goat milk in our shop for zinc poisoning fixed you right up. I was a welder good luck with your build.
Those rivnuts, what a great idea! I never would have known about those if it weren't for you. Not that I'll ever need them but if I do I now know they're available.
We have been stopping at Maverik when we travel thanks to you. We don’t have Maverik or Buccees in AZ yet
I used to have a tractor service and on this certain job, she was a goat farmer. so after working for a few hours.. i stopped for a few to rehydrate. without asking.. she made me a milkshake type of drink..it was nice and tasty.. but made with GOAT MILK. It was delicious. At the end of the day.. she asked if I liked the drink.. and she gave me an entire gallon of ICE cold goat milk. BEST MILK I'VE EVER HAD. Before I got on the pavement.. I chugged down about a quart of it. So YEAH.. I want one of those too. Nice shop work. Looking forward to seeing it back on the trail again.
On the subject of the fuel gauge, did you remember to ground the tank to the frame? It's a pretty simple circuit. It has a 90 ohm potentiometer as a fuel level sender and a gauge set up as reverse voltmeter. Grounding the wire going to the fuel lever sender (shorting it) makes the gauge read full, and open circuit makes it read empty. If the tank reads empty after you fill it, it means that there is no path to ground (or a reduced path to ground) in that circuit. In short, you should look at the tank ground and make sure that it is grounded to the frame.
That's a good tip!
I may be wrong, but, didn't Tom put in a LASER type tank sender?
I get you probably don't want to move the table because of weight but a pallet truck will hold like 5000lbs and is super handy to have in a shop if you don't have one
Or heavy jackable/leveling coasters are pretty cheap and easy to install.
Thats if moving the table easier / regularly is even desireable at all for you.
Thanks for the Sunday afternoon always a great time with you Tom Tom! Enjoy your content keep up the great work.
Thank you Tom for the update on Dig Dug !
Nice precision work getting those brakes all set up ! 👍
Can't wait to see Dig Dug all done. Love those old squared bodies but they cost a small fortune up here in Canada.
I don8 know if it's out yet, but I have heard of a tip for a plasma cutter for removing welds. Just something extra to look into. 😊
awesome to see your fuel tank working in Dig Dug, really looking forward to seeing Dig Dug getting his upgrades, its gonna be a great series to watch, thanks for sharing
You're just a farmer at heart.😊
Thanks for the video. I recent had a custom camper shell installed. In their maintenance and repair video, they mentioned rivet nuts. It was the first time that I had heard of them. Life changing. :)
OMG! I read the title on the vid. Then I watched the fuel tank leaking and thought oh no digdug is going to catch fire on the first trail run. I was holding my breath until the end when you explained "last ride". Whew! Can't wait to see the finished Digdug. jim
Love your videos, Tom!
Go look at I.C. Weld and check out how he uses a gouging tip on his plasma cutter, maybe you can get one for your plasma cutter.
Cheers from Tokyo!
My favorite shop tool is the milling machine, old school all manual and fantastic instead of grinding sometimes.
Hello TOM TOM the WIZARD of 4X4S Big greetings from New Zealand Wave that WAND and see what you get done today
Im glad Dig Dug is getting much needed love 👍
Been enjoying your new channel Tom and really glad to see ya on Matt’s channel now and then. Can’t wait to see digdug all done.
Great camera work, editing, pacing and music selection.
Man I love watching you build stuff. So relaxing and at the same time gets your braincells going to plan your own next build.
@TomTom, Where did you get the flag pole for your truck, I want to get one for my wheelchair.
Who's the goat now? DD getting a refreshing upgrade at a shop near you.
I don't know if you have a stick welder but a air arc works extremely well removing spring perches and shock mounts
I sure do miss my old square body, now I can't even find one... Nice job, Tom!!
Tom Tom would be the best shop teacher ever.
He would be an outstanding, very well liked and respected shop teacher...the guys and gals would be hanging out in the school shop doing things until Tom had to kick 'em out at 5, 5:30 PM.
Thanks Tom Tom, I always enjoy your Stuff.
It's only junk in a pile until you need it. Than it was a smart move to hang on to it. Saving money.
No it's junk in a pile until you need it, then it's "in which pile is that junk I need!"
Utterly funny ending😂!!
I can't believe you don't have a fixture for working on axles. It wouldn't be hard to fab one up from a little scrap. I'd hate to see one of those fall on you.
The best farm animal is one your neighbor has! 😁
You should team up with Matts Offroad. They could use a good guy like you. Kidding!
Glad to see your around doing your own thing. 👍
I saw an opportunity to fab a great storage bin/ 'glove box' vice closing it off with a panel 🤔🤷🏻♂️
Thanks for another great video, you work is appreciated!!
nice to see your page is growing pretty good. I have seen people take 3 - 4 years to get 1k followers. You should weld all the way around each welding bead to prevent drawing.
Tom, you should weld some mounting tabs to your jack stands, and that scissor jack and tap the table so you can bolt them down so you don't have to worry about anything tipping or anyone getting hurt mainly yourself! 😉 😀
A very clean brake install. Great job!
You could get a scarfing tip for your plasma cutter to remove old welds without gouging the parent metal. Have a great day.
I could watch this kind of stuff all day long ❤
RivNuts-What a FANTASTIC invention!
Outstanding Content and Thanx for Sharing your experience and knowledge
Have a Great Day 👍
I'm surprised you didn't go with the 14 bolt axle. It's still the strongest one on the market. But what you're doing makes perfect sense to make it a great offload truck. The role cage is awesome. Have a great 4th of July Tom Tom and family.
So glad you finally got to a point that you have your garage functional but I also have to say that you are also missed at Matt’s. You need to figure out how to clone yourself. Glad you are enjoying yourself.
Fantastic job on the axle tom! And a banger video to boot. Bet that truck comes together quicker than you think.
Tom, add some weather stripping behind the dashboard steel plate. Will keep a lot more dust out as well as stopping extra rattles
27:25. Clamp the pads with the caliper using compressed air.
Then square up the mount to the axle . So u can get full travel outa the piston in the caliper.
I seen caliper mounts welded on waayyyyy offset and one pad is. DONE dead quick.
ball pean hammer! miss you Tom Tom