Awesome! I'm 51 and learned the number one thing is just being willing to try. Second big thing is it is ok to fail. Third thing get up and try it again. Fourth thing be tenacious about trying yet again.
My wife (age 66) does metal sculpture. She's 5 feet tall, 115 lbs. She welds TIG and MIG, and handles a plasma cutter like a master chef carving a prime rib roast. We are looking for another house where she can have her own welding/metal sculpture studio at home. I intend to learn how to weld, too, now that I am inching into retiring from my office job (I turn 66 next January). I have always wanted to be able to fabricate a front end heavy duty reinforced trailer hitch for my trucks, and my Jeep GC WK2, to be able to use a portable winch on either end of my vehicles, as I do most of my off-roading solo for hunting and fishing in northern Michigan. Your video is excellent. You should do more of this type of content (bring Yeti back again!). Thanks!
Dude I felt this. I’m a self taught fabricator that’s been doing a bunch of stuff over the years. One thing I would highly recommend that I didn’t hear was wearing hearing protection. I never wore any for years. And my hearing is suffering from it. Anymore if I go into the shop I throw in ear plugs. Turn the radio up high enough so I can hear it and get to work. It’s something you can never get back once you loose it. Same as your eye sight. 😂😂 as I’m typing this I’m realizing I could spend twice as long talking about things I’ve learned and I would do different over the years.
The few times I've not worn ear protection when grinding I can literally hear my hearing become distorted, like a speaker that is out of travel and maxing out the suspension or a microphone that is coughed into. I like music and conversing with my loved one so I wear ear and eye protection all the time now. I even wear safety glasses under my welding helmet. I've been welding before and just forgot to put my hood down and the poly carbonate safety glasses block 99.9% of UV light so they do offer some protection outside of the visible range.
PPE...yes! You can see so many TH-cam shows, custom build shows on TV using a cutting wheel on a grinder with no guard...good way to lose an eye/finger/whatever if the wheel catches on something and shrapnels everywhere. Your equipment can be replaced. Your project can be restarted. A damaged eye may never be the same. Plus, you could put yourself thousands of dollars in the hole in medical bills, time lost from work, stuff that could have been avoided had the proper precautions been taken. Could have been thousands of dollars spent on new equipment instead!
Prep-work... Look at it this way.. When it comes to completing a job, it's difference between being done and fixing all the imperfections and mistakes. This holds true for any task, and the longer you do it the more you learn about the prep. & set up..... Thx guy loved the vid....👍👍👍
I learned on a home depot stick welder back in 2007 welded my new spring hangers on then with in the next few years I started with sliders then went for full exo cage all stick weld! So when I did learn to mig weld it was really easy compared to stick. I would like to do more tig also I have once years ago.i just burned my self last nite welding on a new exhaust on in a sweet shirt! Great video video guys really enjoyed it
I started welding at age 13 with one of those old motor spooled ark welder with welding rods i found lying around in construction sites near my house welding go karts together with steel i found in the dumpster that i didn't even clean the paint off of. A week ago I bought myself a nice 3k$ mig welder with setting i can't even begin to understand like synergy and even mig pulse! After watching this video I really wanna go outside and get more "hood time" even though its 2 am! Love your videos! Always inspiring!❤
The biggest key to machining/fabrication if u screw up stop take a breath and recognize what u did wrong and how to fix it… frustration can build quickly if u don’t know what u did wrong… and enjoy the process
I've been watching your videos for around 2 years and you inspired me to learn how to weld and fabricate. A couple months ago I bought an old XJ with no floors as a work vehicle. I went out and bought a Harbor Freight welder and had a friend who learned how to weld from his club at his school show me the basics and I was able to fix up the XJ. I also modified both the bumpers on my LJ and I have so many more projects planned now that I have the skills to turn some metal pieces into whatever I want. Love the channel Nate keep up the quality content, you have inspired me and many others to challenge themselves to learn valuable new skills that allow us to turn our ideas into reality.
I did a early 80 Malibu frame off.i had the body hanging form the roof joist about 5 feet off ground .while I was welding in new body mount nut keepers I had a chunk of welding slag land on nut sack.. .. lesson learned..
Ive been toying with fab for awhile and getting better. I just signed up for a few welding classes at the community college, figured it cant hurt to learn some of the right way to do things vs the self taught knowledge I have so far. Its fairly affordable. Doing it for me more than for a career choice. I had no Idea he was from Iowa like me, now I want to visit that shop!
Twenty years ago I started with a Walmart welder a large hammer and a hatchet used as a chisel. Upgrading the welder and getting a anvil was a game changer for me,
I just bought a Flux/MIG combo welder and will start using it to work on crafts that can have ugly welds (horseshoe wine racks, etc). I'm upgrading my electrics to 220V soon and by that time, I'm hoping to know how to do basics that will make the 220 MIG easier. BUT, must invest in proper PPE first. I admire the hell out of folks like you two that taught themselves and continued to learn, especially since this was before the abundance of TH-cam and Net info available to beginners like myself these days. XTreme 4x4 and Stacey David's Gearz made Saturday mornings rock. They were mandatory VHS recordings.
I welded my own truck steps after watching all your videos. It gave me the courage to go ahead and try. Just need to weld on tabs so I can bolt on some diamond plating and send out the steps for powder coating.
Looking around the shop, Yeti man looks like he creats awesome one-off stuff that's not even related to vehicles. I'm not sure if he has a TH-cam channel, but he should
Great one, I started out with a 110v Chicago electric 190 flux from HF. and Have a 220 yes welder now and I feel like I'm on top of he world... HF grinders and many hours with that 110 welder building bumpers last summer...SAS this winter is next.
I love videos like this because it keeps me motivated getting my shop put together since moving here 2 years ago! Hehe My next purchase for the shop will be a welder because in the move I noticed my welder was never returned from a buddy that borrowed it. He moved away years ago to Minnesota and isn't a buddy anymore! I have a couple welds that I need done that are way above my skill level and it's hard to find someone to pay locally to do it! Thanks Nate and Yeti!
Nate, Yeti, great session. Please keep doing this. You guys are a ton of help and confidence builders, hilarious - love the passion and real straight talk. You nailed all the things I stumbled through learrning sooo casually and your work looks killer. Thanks.
I just got into metal fab. I’ve wanted to do it for years but money was tight. I finally broke down and purchased a good welder. It hurt to buy, but it will grow with my needs. It’s a multi process welder and right now I’m learning in flux core.
I took an entry to welding night class when I was 19 at the local JC and that was worth it 100% and ya the first welder was a Lincoln tombstone stick welder and some harbor freight 4.5” disc grinders. I still own and use my second welder Lincoln power mig 215 and I still love that machine even more then using my buddies new state of the art Miller 255 w autoset I can’t seem to find that sweet spot and get a good bead. I guess I’m just used to my own machine.
Great to hear advice from a couple of guys who build some really cool stuff. I've learned a lot form watching your fabrication videos, I'm putting those skills to the test with a half scale Jeep project I'm building for my son. We'll see how the first time building sheet metal panels from scratch goes...
Been playing with entry level welding and fab since I was 8 making patch panels on the front fenders of my dad's old 1950 mercury m47, and gluing them on with an axy-acetalinte touch and bronze. First big burn was that very torch at 8 years old when I snagged the hoses on the torchcart, and passed the flame across 3 fingers. It happened in about .3seconds under my dad's supervision. Another big burn was when welding in touch duck overalls and a pipeliner jacket and slag went down my collar clean through to my boot by the time I got it out of my clothing. We laugh about it now but I think that was the fasted I'd ever stopped down to mybt shirt and jeans.
I grew up learning how to stick weld on farm with jumper cables and a battery in the middle of a field lol only piece of advice I could give a beginner is don’t worry about how pretty your welds are you need to worry how effective they are the guy I used to work with would stress that too me all the time and he was right I remember one time I had a beautiful line but I didn’t suck it in and the arm on the combine broke again within seconds. Just focus on making your welds work you can always go back over with a grinder. I KNOW THATS A CARDINAL SIN IN THE WELDING WORLD. But it’s true even the best of welders have no choice but to grind something out sometimes. Making pretty welds will come with time having the gun in your hand and knowing how metal reacts to certain things. Make your welds work! Breaking out that grinder won’t hurt as bad as that weld breaking!
My neighbor has a machine shop and does a lot of welding. He had the the hot gob land in his ear. He encourages everyone to wear ear plugs while welding.
Nate, I can relate to the 110V Century welder. I was using on that was a friends, the damn thing had enough power just to piss you off. It was great for 1/8" anything thinner or heavier and it would blow through or just crap out. I was talking with my millwright friend about the struggle, he told me welding is both the machine and technique, trying to learn to weld with a crappy machine is only going to make it more difficult.
Great video and amazing advise! I am definitely in the early stages. I’ve gathered the tools I’ll need for starting and I’ll be sure to clean and prep then take my time. Looking forward to what’s next!
I can totally relate to this. I'm completely self taught. My first welder was a free AC welder, it was a POS but, it was free and it got me welding. Now I weld with a Lincoln 210MP. Great welder. Now I'm making small projects and building up my tools. Btw, does the man called Yeti have a TH-cam channel? Thx
Yes on PPE! Ive had so many stupid injuries over the years. every one could have been avoided by just wearing good safety gear. To your belly button slag story, i say... I had slag fall in my ear once. past the damn hood RIGHT INTO MY EAR! My god i thought i was going to die.
That’s funny, I weld in flip flops all the time and always burn my feet and have ruined all my favorite shirts . Have a Lincoln 120V and a Miller 220V and recently purchased a dual voltage off brand stick welder. Most of my welding is outside so I stick to flux core but really want to use argon mix to get cleaner welds. Great video !
I remember giving myself second degree "sun burn" on my legs because I was dumb enough to weld with shorts on. I even thought about it, but was just tacking some rings to home-made downrigger weights.....only a few welds, no biggie, right? BAAAD idea. Hurt like Hell and looked like I had severe edema for days.
I bought a crappy Amazon welder to start and it broke in like a week. I need to get another crappy welder to play with again because I’ve got big projects I want to tackle on my JKU and I want to know that I did it myself. Nice video!
Lol belly button burn, I was in a crouching position and my apron fell to the side and had slag drop in my lap went through my pants and ended up cauterizing my sack to my leg
Friend and I were welding an exhaust under his Cummins truck about 10 years ago. I was holding the pipe while he was tacking it up. I had no PPE at all and a chunk of molten slag went down into my ear canal. Hearing the inside of your eardrum sizzle away is not fun. 😭
I went budget welder until I could afford a better one. Now I'm holding out for a multi process welder. Something to do aluminum spool gun. Good video.
I’m no expert. But one thing I try to do is putting my brace hand on the rounded surface and using it as a pivot to keep the torch the same distance away from the metal
@@jasonsheefy6080 I'll have to give that a whirl for MIG. It gets more complicated with TIG, as I get too much in front of my view trying to prop well and can't see where I'm going.
So I couldn't agree more with the obsession with people who can bead-roll, English wheel and shape raw metal into beautiful stuff- so to further your obsession Nate, and Yeti- check this crazy guy out: RÜNGE CARS- I'm sorry to do this to you both- you may never come up for air...
There are some decisions you need to make before you even make the decision to be a welder. Do you want to work in a factory(like a trailer manufacturer) sticking stuff together with a glue gun doing the same 15 move every piece and do this for 40 to 50 hours a week or do you want to own your own shop and and focus on a particular industry or do mobile welding. The first one get with someone who's good at mig welding and spend a few days practicing and go get the factory job. Running your own business, I would suggest your first stop be at the Small Business Administration and ask someone how to handle your money and who would be a very good tax accountant to work with. Unless you get your money and taxes under control you will never be successful at ANY business. If you want anything other than the factory job you can go to a community college which many have very reasonable tuitions and get your associates in welding after which you can either hire on to a fabrication company (does a bunch of custom work) or start your own business. I love welding and loved welding in the field for years.
Awesome! I'm 51 and learned the number one thing is just being willing to try. Second big thing is it is ok to fail. Third thing get up and try it again. Fourth thing be tenacious about trying yet again.
My wife (age 66) does metal sculpture. She's 5 feet tall, 115 lbs. She welds TIG and MIG, and handles a plasma cutter like a master chef carving a prime rib roast. We are looking for another house where she can have her own welding/metal sculpture studio at home. I intend to learn how to weld, too, now that I am inching into retiring from my office job (I turn 66 next January). I have always wanted to be able to fabricate a front end heavy duty reinforced trailer hitch for my trucks, and my Jeep GC WK2, to be able to use a portable winch on either end of my vehicles, as I do most of my off-roading solo for hunting and fishing in northern Michigan. Your video is excellent. You should do more of this type of content (bring Yeti back again!). Thanks!
Yah! Bring me back Nate! 🤟
Trucks with Stacy David is what made me want to learn fabrication that with the Peterson 4wd mag
Dude I felt this. I’m a self taught fabricator that’s been doing a bunch of stuff over the years.
One thing I would highly recommend that I didn’t hear was wearing hearing protection. I never wore any for years. And my hearing is suffering from it. Anymore if I go into the shop I throw in ear plugs. Turn the radio up high enough so I can hear it and get to work. It’s something you can never get back once you loose it. Same as your eye sight.
😂😂 as I’m typing this I’m realizing I could spend twice as long talking about things I’ve learned and I would do different over the years.
The few times I've not worn ear protection when grinding I can literally hear my hearing become distorted, like a speaker that is out of travel and maxing out the suspension or a microphone that is coughed into. I like music and conversing with my loved one so I wear ear and eye protection all the time now. I even wear safety glasses under my welding helmet. I've been welding before and just forgot to put my hood down and the poly carbonate safety glasses block 99.9% of UV light so they do offer some protection outside of the visible range.
PPE...yes! You can see so many TH-cam shows, custom build shows on TV using a cutting wheel on a grinder with no guard...good way to lose an eye/finger/whatever if the wheel catches on something and shrapnels everywhere.
Your equipment can be replaced. Your project can be restarted. A damaged eye may never be the same. Plus, you could put yourself thousands of dollars in the hole in medical bills, time lost from work, stuff that could have been avoided had the proper precautions been taken. Could have been thousands of dollars spent on new equipment instead!
I come here for more for the fabrication the the actual off roading and I found this video just as informative as watching you build something
Never quit. Best way to get good.
Absolutely 👍
Prep-work...
Look at it this way.. When it comes to completing a job, it's difference between being done and fixing all the imperfections and mistakes.
This holds true for any task, and the longer you do it the more you learn about the prep. & set up..... Thx guy loved the vid....👍👍👍
I learned to weld in high school trade shop. Ended up truck driving 31 years later it’s all good.
I learned on a home depot stick welder back in 2007 welded my new spring hangers on then with in the next few years I started with sliders then went for full exo cage all stick weld! So when I did learn to mig weld it was really easy compared to stick. I would like to do more tig also I have once years ago.i just burned my self last nite welding on a new exhaust on in a sweet shirt! Great video video guys really enjoyed it
I started with bolt together projects, then Flux core plugged into dryer socket welding on apt balcony .
I started welding at age 13 with one of those old motor spooled ark welder with welding rods i found lying around in construction sites near my house welding go karts together with steel i found in the dumpster that i didn't even clean the paint off of.
A week ago I bought myself a nice 3k$ mig welder with setting i can't even begin to understand like synergy and even mig pulse!
After watching this video I really wanna go outside and get more "hood time" even though its 2 am!
Love your videos! Always inspiring!❤
The biggest key to machining/fabrication if u screw up stop take a breath and recognize what u did wrong and how to fix it… frustration can build quickly if u don’t know what u did wrong… and enjoy the process
I've been watching your videos for around 2 years and you inspired me to learn how to weld and fabricate. A couple months ago I bought an old XJ with no floors as a work vehicle. I went out and bought a Harbor Freight welder and had a friend who learned how to weld from his club at his school show me the basics and I was able to fix up the XJ. I also modified both the bumpers on my LJ and I have so many more projects planned now that I have the skills to turn some metal pieces into whatever I want. Love the channel Nate keep up the quality content, you have inspired me and many others to challenge themselves to learn valuable new skills that allow us to turn our ideas into reality.
I did a early 80 Malibu frame off.i had the body hanging form the roof joist about 5 feet off ground .while I was welding in new body mount nut keepers I had a chunk of welding slag land on nut sack.. .. lesson learned..
Yeti and Yolo were the couple that got me into modifying my jeep. Nowhere near their level but it's also how I found your channel
Ive been toying with fab for awhile and getting better. I just signed up for a few welding classes at the community college, figured it cant hurt to learn some of the right way to do things vs the self taught knowledge I have so far. Its fairly affordable. Doing it for me more than for a career choice. I had no Idea he was from Iowa like me, now I want to visit that shop!
Twenty years ago I started with a Walmart welder a large hammer and a hatchet used as a chisel. Upgrading the welder and getting a anvil was a game changer for me,
Almost gonna break 200k Subs!! Keep it up!!
Really cool hanging with Yeti….two bad asses!!!
Thanks brother 👊
I just bought a Flux/MIG combo welder and will start using it to work on crafts that can have ugly welds (horseshoe wine racks, etc). I'm upgrading my electrics to 220V soon and by that time, I'm hoping to know how to do basics that will make the 220 MIG easier. BUT, must invest in proper PPE first.
I admire the hell out of folks like you two that taught themselves and continued to learn, especially since this was before the abundance of TH-cam and Net info available to beginners like myself these days.
XTreme 4x4 and Stacey David's Gearz made Saturday mornings rock. They were mandatory VHS recordings.
I’ve had a few hot weld splatters go in ear so I’ll try my best to put ear plugs in while welding
I once had some weld drip down, bounce off my hood and go straight into my ear hole. Talk about pain! I'll never forget the sizzle sound!
Thanks for hanging Brother!
It was a great chat my friend 👊
Take a class at the community college. That's what i did, and it was a good intro and got me exposed to all kinds of welding.
I weld in full body jump suit gloves and flipflops, makes real funny welding stories.
I welded my own truck steps after watching all your videos. It gave me the courage to go ahead and try. Just need to weld on tabs so I can bolt on some diamond plating and send out the steps for powder coating.
Looking around the shop, Yeti man looks like he creats awesome one-off stuff that's not even related to vehicles. I'm not sure if he has a TH-cam channel, but he should
Great one, I started out with a 110v Chicago electric 190 flux from HF. and Have a 220 yes welder now and I feel like I'm on top of he world... HF grinders and many hours with that 110 welder building bumpers last summer...SAS this winter is next.
I love videos like this because it keeps me motivated getting my shop put together since moving here 2 years ago! Hehe
My next purchase for the shop will be a welder because in the move I noticed my welder was never returned from a buddy that borrowed it. He moved away years ago to Minnesota and isn't a buddy anymore!
I have a couple welds that I need done that are way above my skill level and it's hard to find someone to pay locally to do it!
Thanks Nate and Yeti!
Hell yes, one step at a time!
That’s awesome, Great to hear!
Thank you Nate and Thank you Yeti. That is a great informative video. Very inspirational.
Thanks for watching!
I really loved this style of interview and very much agree with the design of the shop!
Nate, Yeti, great session. Please keep doing this. You guys are a ton of help and confidence builders, hilarious - love the passion and real straight talk. You nailed all the things I stumbled through learrning sooo casually and your work looks killer. Thanks.
I just got into metal fab. I’ve wanted to do it for years but money was tight. I finally broke down and purchased a good welder. It hurt to buy, but it will grow with my needs. It’s a multi process welder and right now I’m learning in flux core.
Great video, can’t believe it ended so soon!
You guys are awesome! We all appreciate all the resources and everything you both provide. Keep building and sharing with us all. Thank you!
⚡️🤙⚡️
I took an entry to welding night class when I was 19 at the local JC and that was worth it 100% and ya the first welder was a Lincoln tombstone stick welder and some harbor freight 4.5” disc grinders. I still own and use my second welder Lincoln power mig 215 and I still love that machine even more then using my buddies new state of the art Miller 255 w autoset I can’t seem to find that sweet spot and get a good bead. I guess I’m just used to my own machine.
I'm guilty of "liking" before watching this one. I know it's going to be good.
Great to hear advice from a couple of guys who build some really cool stuff. I've learned a lot form watching your fabrication videos, I'm putting those skills to the test with a half scale Jeep project I'm building for my son. We'll see how the first time building sheet metal panels from scratch goes...
Been playing with entry level welding and fab since I was 8 making patch panels on the front fenders of my dad's old 1950 mercury m47, and gluing them on with an axy-acetalinte touch and bronze. First big burn was that very torch at 8 years old when I snagged the hoses on the torchcart, and passed the flame across 3 fingers. It happened in about .3seconds under my dad's supervision. Another big burn was when welding in touch duck overalls and a pipeliner jacket and slag went down my collar clean through to my boot by the time I got it out of my clothing. We laugh about it now but I think that was the fasted I'd ever stopped down to mybt shirt and jeans.
I grew up learning how to stick weld on farm with jumper cables and a battery in the middle of a field lol only piece of advice I could give a beginner is don’t worry about how pretty your welds are you need to worry how effective they are the guy I used to work with would stress that too me all the time and he was right I remember one time I had a beautiful line but I didn’t suck it in and the arm on the combine broke again within seconds. Just focus on making your welds work you can always go back over with a grinder. I KNOW THATS A CARDINAL SIN IN THE WELDING WORLD. But it’s true even the best of welders have no choice but to grind something out sometimes. Making pretty welds will come with time having the gun in your hand and knowing how metal reacts to certain things. Make your welds work! Breaking out that grinder won’t hurt as bad as that weld breaking!
My neighbor has a machine shop and does a lot of welding. He had the the hot gob land in his ear. He encourages everyone to wear ear plugs while welding.
I started the same now I have a cnc plasma table. I can make anything now
Eyes mostly protect your eyes. Every time I got some metal shavings now im using ski gooles it works. Cheers 🍻
Awesome discussion. You probably could have gone for an hour more and still held my attention.
Oh no! My first welder is a century welder... Haha the struggle is real 👌🏼Can't go wrong with 50 bucks.
Nate, I can relate to the 110V Century welder. I was using on that was a friends, the damn thing had enough power just to piss you off. It was great for 1/8" anything thinner or heavier and it would blow through or just crap out. I was talking with my millwright friend about the struggle, he told me welding is both the machine and technique, trying to learn to weld with a crappy machine is only going to make it more difficult.
hell yeah guys!!!
Great video and amazing advise! I am definitely in the early stages. I’ve gathered the tools I’ll need for starting and I’ll be sure to clean and prep then take my time. Looking forward to what’s next!
I can totally relate to this. I'm completely self taught. My first welder was a free AC welder, it was a POS but, it was free and it got me welding. Now I weld with a Lincoln 210MP. Great welder. Now I'm making small projects and building up my tools.
Btw, does the man called Yeti have a TH-cam channel? Thx
Yes on PPE! Ive had so many stupid injuries over the years. every one could have been avoided by just wearing good safety gear. To your belly button slag story, i say... I had slag fall in my ear once. past the damn hood RIGHT INTO MY EAR! My god i thought i was going to die.
Great video, Guys!
That’s funny, I weld in flip flops all the time and always burn my feet and have ruined all my favorite shirts . Have a Lincoln 120V and a Miller 220V and recently purchased a dual voltage off brand stick welder. Most of my welding is outside so I stick to flux core but really want to use argon mix to get cleaner welds. Great video !
I remember giving myself second degree "sun burn" on my legs because I was dumb enough to weld with shorts on. I even thought about it, but was just tacking some rings to home-made downrigger weights.....only a few welds, no biggie, right? BAAAD idea.
Hurt like Hell and looked like I had severe edema for days.
Amazing content man. Hit the nail on the head, what people are interested in. (I know I am) Great video, thank you.
I made my bumper on my jeep but its nothing like yall make
I bought a crappy Amazon welder to start and it broke in like a week. I need to get another crappy welder to play with again because I’ve got big projects I want to tackle on my JKU and I want to know that I did it myself. Nice video!
Talking about entry level welders, have you thought about doing reviews of 'off brand' welders???
The Man!! 👊🧰
Awesome video. Alot of useful information.
I love my lincoln FR hoodie in case you want a work hoodie
Great video guys
Great video. Keep up this format
That was pretty good 👍🏼
Great conversation👍 Appreciate this one 🍺🍺
Thank you 🙏
Lol belly button burn, I was in a crouching position and my apron fell to the side and had slag drop in my lap went through my pants and ended up cauterizing my sack to my leg
ouch!
Lol that is horrible
I can't believe you had the balls to share that.
Holy crap! I'm laughing hysterically right now envisioning it but I can't fathom that pain! 😂
Where can I get one of those killer shirts Yeti had on?! Great interview you two! Very informative and entertaining as well!
Friend and I were welding an exhaust under his Cummins truck about 10 years ago. I was holding the pipe while he was tacking it up. I had no PPE at all and a chunk of molten slag went down into my ear canal. Hearing the inside of your eardrum sizzle away is not fun. 😭
Rad!!! Great video guys! Good topics and advice for beginners to hear! 😉⚡️👊🏼
You’re the best!
Excellent!
Cool video. Nice hat Yeti.
I went budget welder until I could afford a better one. Now I'm holding out for a multi process welder. Something to do aluminum spool gun. Good video.
Yep... welded in sandals.... never doing that again.
I was in shorts one day for like 5 minutes and got a ball of red hot metal down one boot. Never again.
When is part two of this video? I can take 6 hrs of this.
RIP Jessi Combs 🙏🙏🙏
My weak link is welding around corners (tube). But it seems like most of my fabrication projects always require some kind of welding around a corner.
I’m no expert. But one thing I try to do is putting my brace hand on the rounded surface and using it as a pivot to keep the torch the same distance away from the metal
@@jasonsheefy6080 I'll have to give that a whirl for MIG. It gets more complicated with TIG, as I get too much in front of my view trying to prop well and can't see where I'm going.
@@insaynbcr ya tig is a whole other critter ha
Welded a zipper shut on a brand new pair of insulated coveralls while welding on a conveyor belt. Wife was pissed. Oh well.
Lol! That’s a new one for me
How can i finde his TH-cam channel?
So I couldn't agree more with the obsession with people who can bead-roll, English wheel and shape raw metal into beautiful stuff- so to further your obsession Nate, and Yeti- check this crazy guy out: RÜNGE CARS- I'm sorry to do this to you both- you may never come up for air...
Mexican pesos? Interesting
We spend a lot of time in Baja… & always have a few pesos floating around afterwards. ⚡️🤙⚡️
I've been fabricating for Kawasaki for 8 years. Can't see myself ever doing anything else.
I weld in flip flops 😅
There are some decisions you need to make before you even make the decision to be a welder. Do you want to work in a factory(like a trailer manufacturer) sticking stuff together with a glue gun doing the same 15 move every piece and do this for 40 to 50 hours a week or do you want to own your own shop and and focus on a particular industry or do mobile welding. The first one get with someone who's good at mig welding and spend a few days practicing and go get the factory job. Running your own business, I would suggest your first stop be at the Small Business Administration and ask someone how to handle your money and who would be a very good tax accountant to work with. Unless you get your money and taxes under control you will never be successful at ANY business. If you want anything other than the factory job you can go to a community college which many have very reasonable tuitions and get your associates in welding after which you can either hire on to a fabrication company (does a bunch of custom work) or start your own business. I love welding and loved welding in the field for years.
I love the design of your shop bro.
Is that a custom frame? 19:47
after going through instagram, i think its a modified YJ
It’s started life as a YJ frame now is stretched in the front & has the MotoBilt back half frame kit installed
#buildsomethingthatmatters
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Beard Life
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"Fronius" welder. Period
Great vid! also grow a beard though…you look like a giant 12 yr old. Face/head to body size ratio is way off lol. keep em’ coming bro 👍
Bahahahaha! What!? 😂🤙
Whoop whoop cheap flux core welding squad. Maybe my tax return I’ll get a better welder
Belly button !!! Try burning your slong🤕
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Great info and video as per usual