Tig weld vs. Coke Cans

[shortlinebryan]

Very nice!!

[uzack3]

very nice welding. I have only just begun tig welding, but you seem nicely proficient at it to me

[wotasod]

do bears shit in the woods no thay stick coke cans together

[agillen96]

@agillen96

[agillen96]

@jmtutorialz

[Pechacek132]

Haha sweet

[tony711978]

coke can exaust pipe lol

[MrAxmea]

Ghetto helmet bro!

[G30360]

@MrAxmea Ya eh? He since has upgraded to a Speedglas 9100XX

witch I have also been using for a few years now. anyone interested in seeing a review of the speedglas 9100XX please reply to this comment!

[ZStormcaller]

I'll say it appears quality work for aluminum. Though, I've never welded MIG, TIG, or ARC before. I've used Oxy-Acetylene, Air-acetylene, & Propane torches many times. I can braze and soft solder with the best of the best. I was taught by old-school gentlemen who showed me what quality is all about. I've been in HVAC & Plumbing to some extent for 15 years+ now.

[Mrcamaro27]

Ugly

[TheDanielroberts]

crap, i could weld a ciggie paper to a padle pop stick neater than that

[G30360]

@TheDanielroberts You could say a alot of things here on YouTube, but we have very few people who actually do. please post a video response!

[bucsbaseball100]

@TheDanielroberts okay one i bet your just a wanna be welder whos welds come out like shit two, i bet you couldn't weld two cans together as good as that guy did or even weld them together or if you even tried im sure youd blow holes all throughout the can and three try welding two razor blades together let alone ciggie what ever the fuck that is

[jmtutorialz]

@TheDanielroberts well no you couldnt because it isnt possible smart arse, give this guy a break! great video:)

[ligareinis]

do that with oxy-acetylene torch, and I can take hat off.

[chamblizi]

what is that liquid wire stuff he is feeding it

[G30360]

@chamblizi That is sold aluminum welding rod

[chamblizi]

@G30360 im debating rather to bend and weld my own truck pipes or let a exhaust shop do it small business exhaust shop

[G30360]

@chamblizi If you are capable of bending and welding then why not do it yourself? If you have the right tools for the job, and the "know how" why wouldn't you? Also the saying "If your want it done right do it yourself" comes to mind! thanks for the comment and I subscribed to you after watching your amazing tea smoking videos, bring me back to my freshmen year! lol

[chamblizi]

@G30360 haha thanks man google adsense is gay i am removing the shit they attempting to try to get my pin number for my bank card i said F* that they getting nothing i will support my YouTube channel a different way they never gave me jack except for denied money. besides that google stuff "I am a novice at welding and bending pipe sounds like easy work. i think i can do it but i need advice

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Ah, so thats how they put the top and bottom on.........

[presj5760]

look at those chewbaca welds hahahahahah

[tvr713]

thats some ugly welds... but it is possible.

[G30360]

@DjCantFuckinMIx If you read through the comments you'll find youtube user S1173 is the featured welder in this video. ALSO I am not in America and the only time I have ever used helium was when we (S1773 and I) purged stainless steel head ex-changer's while fusing the 22 gauge material together, thats how I remember.

I do agree with your last comment and thanks for watching!

[G30360]

@DjCantFuckinMIx

1: Its not me welding in this video, check out my own video response.

2: this is pure argon (no helium mixed.)

3: I think you mean abundance of water or oil, because helium is much more expensive here too.

[G30360]

@DjCantFuckinMIx I guess your going to be THE ONE that posts a video response if its so easy for you.

But really, it's about time somebody stood up at the plate. Three and a half years later still not 1 video response other then my own. Sad but true.

[G30360]

@DjCantFuckinMIx Oh ya, and since your so good you'll definitely be able to do it in under 1 minute.

[Maddpadd]

Someone should do two redbull cans in a 6g position.

[cthenry282]

you can weld the cans with just an oxy acetylene torch

[anikidwolfy]

i gave this a go and had a uniform run on it but burnt the crap out of the walls of the can from grounding. how the hek did you manage to not fry the walls of the can?

[MrStevilKneivel]

If you really want to show off.....weld full cans of pop together.

[thejackal003]

Your welding on the thickest part of the can, cut the can in 2 and weld it back together if you want to be all pro about it, and No I haven't done it.

[The88katana600]

nice job!

[819sebas]

nice job.. i should try it some day...too bad at my job we are equipped to weld only stainless steel.. your amperage was like around 10 ?? lol

[TigManPetrovskiy]

What amperage were you running on?

[522design]

Bottom is the thickest part of the can on coca cola can try coors can plus you wasting time and gas !!!

[A10WarthogsAreSweet]

@522design who cares, he's fucking rich

[86beiiiby]

Show off......lol jk good job.

[karnoch]

Good job, Chris! ;-)

[rcfirdy]

It's not really necessary to weld the two cans together.You can buy Coka-Cola in 1 litre bottles,if you are really thirsty.

[TheMarkweld]

It would be nice if you using pulsing instead of full welding. Because it will make bead look nicer and also control the heat better.

[ibanez1231]

how does the high freq not blow a hole inthat thing thats pretty talented

[MrSweetmore]

@ibanez1231 hf does not blow throgh it is a means of starting the arc it makes a jump from the tungsten to the work piece and the weld he/she as done is not very uniform thus crap but with no doubt penertration asured high freq is the best unlike scratch arc or lift tig which r crap (tungsten inclustions) can/will ocurr dont mean to be a nob about it its just how it is :)

[brainfarth]

@G30360 It's your only choice in some race classes. Search Weldingweb for "Anyone welded a pop can?" for some fun.

[Darklordd1]

that looks like shit i could do better with my eyes closed

[ice0wn4g]

@0S7VN0 i know you probably already have it figured out, but i would mig or arc weld it. simply because mig and arc welds are stronger than tig, for me.

[brainfarth]

@ice0wn4g TIG is the superior process to do by hand. You can control your heat much better, which reduces your heat affected zone (Haz).

[ice0wn4g]

@brainfarth ah. makes sense. i always thought that arc/mig was better. thanks

[daviddb]

I'm impressed. I'm pretty easy to impress mind, but, I'm impressed right now. neat trick.

[cparker87]

what were your machine settings? I just took my C level and on the last week I got to try Tig, I first tried on a non high frequeny sccratch start machine, that was a no go, then I got a chance to use the dynasty 350 high frequency machine, what a difference!, i didn't try the coke can tough.

[abandonthecore]

@0S7VN0 If the cage is made of chromoly , Tig Welding is the best way to weld it.

[blaizer35]

one of my old welding instructors could weld two foil gum wrappers together using TIG....pretty impressive stuff

[reedy1269]

I ran a bead between the bottoms of a Milwaukee's Best Ice and a Budweiser can a while back. The hardest part is getting some filler in there before a hole opens.

Once there's a puddle of filler rod, you just go like hell. I've only tried it once, and yes there were a few small holes afterwards.

[207sledneck]

Try tig welding two razor blades together, blade side. I got a friend that did it, he said it was tricky lol. cool vid!!

[MrToolmakerman]

nice work, i have my own tig now and i love it, you can weld almost everything with it but its not easy and takes lots of skill and time. i tried to weld coke cans too but not so good result. respect

[xXxchipperchopperxXx]

@G30360 what is? mig?



[riderunion]

tig welding takes awfull time of practice and patience

[champkrt1]

If you are building a roll cage out of ChromeMoly, you have no other choice but to TIG it.

[vistigioful]

With a stick welder I've burned right through a thin can.

[KrisKustomPaint]

thats cool how the high frequency ac shows up on the camera scrolling down.

[SIRweedies]

how many amps, tungsten size and type and what filler size? i did it at 26 amps, zirconiated 1/16" tungsten and 1/16" 4043. it was a pain in the balls and wasn't beautiful. i can't watch ur vid cuz i think the sites down or something but what was ur procedure?

[SIRweedies]

@0S7VN0 Tiggin a roll cage? thats the best choice man! jus clean ur metal!

[Prosoundproduction]

what size of tugson your using and filler rod?

[BryanSparta29]

You suckk at TIG dude,pace yourself, your speeding it:/

[Guamyman]

@BryanSparta29 tig welding two cans together is rather difficult, anyone who is able to do it does not suck at tig, i'm not saying they are amazing, but for sure they dont suck

[whiteowlonfire]

@Guamyman I can do a prettier job in less time using my stick welder.

[boostindoo]

@whiteowlonfire i would love to see that, please post vid...

[BWGgy]

Now see, there's your problem right there. I would've gone with Mountain Dew.

[daviesere07]

@0S7VN0 It might be abit late becuase you might off welded it together but tig welding is fine mig is better but if your tig welding make sure you have Great penetration Not to hot and not to cold and if you could weave your wrists while welding so that ark is pushing the head to both sides, Not only that tig welding is strong i know a few people who does rute passes on pipes the MMA for the caps

[themelbur]

@0S7VN0 Yes it can. It's actually the preferred method of welding roll cages.

[yz250rider1]

this is wild! good job. ive "heard" of a welder who welded to cigarette aluminum foils together but never seen. Good tiggin man. lots of people dont realize how much hand eye coordination is involved.

[HybridWaterMan2]

Holy cow- that is not an easy weld to do with thin cans like that. I would have burned through for sure..

[natebrod]

@0S7VN0 yes it is the way that nearly every roll cage is put in any car, truck. TIG is the cleanest and most precise way to weld.

[LockINC]

i did that once, but my instructor yelled at me.

[dwnrety1]

it looks a little sloppy in a couple spots, but it sure is a hell of alot better than i would've done... lol

[testa375L]

what was your heat at

[Tevujin]

What is tig welding? And more importantly what is a coke can?

[bryan23ferra]

@0S7VN0 MIG would be the best choice, faster, easier and just as strong.

[spsickfastsupra]

@bryan23ferra If you are referring to using mig welding for these coke cans you dont hav any idea what you are talking about you can weld sort of think alum. with mig spool gun or a push pull but under around 14-16Ga. is nearly impossible without just totally melting.. you would never be able to weld continuously on a can.. If you are talking about the comment below ( roll cage) u can use mig but tig is the only way to go on real cages... cro-mo... tig looks way better even in mild tho

[bryan23ferra]

@spsickfastsupra Yes, I'm talking about the roll cage and mig can be great for roll cages depending on the welder.

[biddle73]

@0S7VN0 you can use tig for a roll cage... if your useing steel pipes try useing around 100-130 amps... should get beautiful penetration.

[weldercop6]

i weld better than that with my eyes shut

[Shane70987]

I got one better than that i weld on aircraft try taking .005 thick aluminium Tape together

[styxtoya]

LOL not as easy as it looks, trust me

[reatardez]

@G30360 haha im goin to weliding school and do u no of any good places to get suplys?

[tybegaye151]

lol we use to do that in high school...

[tim46714]

that is cool your a good welder :)

[blackheart1214]

man my grandfather was doing this in the 70s with a blow torch and a wire hanger. tig machine ha

[goofy775]

@blackheart1214 not sure if this is sarcasm but no shit.. thats stupid easy.. and weak.

[Dustpan04347]

@blackheart1214 thats called brazing bud. same as soldering. Actually tigging two pop cans together takes talent. not that your grandfather wasnt talented, just saying its not the same process.

[blackheart1214]

man my grandfather was doing this in the 70s with a blow torch and a wire hanger

[TheEcca666]

This is impressive anyway you look at it. Although...what would have been more impressive, is if you cut the coke can in half and tig it back together and see how good the quality finish is of the join abd how much you would have to grind away.

[MrStevilKneivel]

Try tiggin full cans of pop. If you can do that, then you are the man! Mig a couple of full coke cans and you are the king of welding! Stick weld with A/C a couple of full cans of coke and you are the god of welding!

But I'm wondering who will pay to have their pop cans welded?

Good video.....I'm just being goofy is all. 

[kellypresto]

showoff!!!

[freddytk421]

@G30360 I'll post a video response. It's not doing this though.

[skelton5033]

nice job ... a trick to weld thin aluminum ... put the polarity in dc+ so all the heat will go from the piece to weld to the tungstene ... it will melt the tungstene but you will be able to weld 2 half of a can ... sorry for my english its not my primary language

[freddytk421]

@skelton5033 You weld with AC on aluminum. DC+ will not work.

[skelton5033]

@freddytk421 on thin aluminum like this dc+ work well. try it

[freddytk421]

@skelton5033 Ill try it do you use straight argon?

[skelton5033]

@freddytk421 yes and you put the high frequency to start only but welding in dc+ is hard on the tungstene

[bailey2829]

mad respect man. i just tried this with a dynasty and failed horribly. what were your settings?

[stormcrow70]

that is amazing...

[redhot916spd]

you are the master!!! impressed the hell out of me

[Jak3Mac]

Do it again with full cans.

[markljesse]

i like what the high frequncy does to the camera

[gordon6664]

root?:P

[patmasta3333]

After i did that my teacher pulled out aluminum foil. Try it i havnt gotten it yet its way harder.

[78mpeel]

what amps are you on?

[calvinculpalt]

Damn dude, your fuckin good.

[fltfour]

cut the can in half then weld it back together that the real test.

[G30360]

@recontigulas Miller Dynasty 350 DX

[DLEWIS488]

honestly, this is supposed to be the most difficult technique mastering tig.

[zombieman12345678999]

@DLEWIS488 what about razor blades? :P

[cromo9]

bet the guy filming had a cunt of a flash...........

[SchutzStaffelnTerror]

sick!

[ThePhatdog]

Mate what a waste of gas, but fukn good job on the cans! Not easy to be welding that thin shit!

[G30360]

@ThePhatdog thanks for the comments and check out some of my other wlding videos

[1xxXRaptorXxx1]

That has got to be the UGLIEST Weld I have EVER seen. You wanna impess me then make that weld look like a stack of nickels. ANYONE can slam a rod of aluminum into a puddle and make two cans stick. It takes a real Welder to make a GOOD weld while doing it!!!

[G30360]

@1xxXRaptorXxx1go ahead, please! but do it in 1 minute like it was done in this video (un edited.) Jus tplease dont back down from this challange and post a video response. still waiting for anyone 2 years later!

[mirakles305]

@G30360

dbag



[G30360]

@mirakles305 dbag?

[dndepisode67]

@G30360 means douchebag

[lanceberkman10]

ur weld looks like crap? u need more practice dude.im only 18 and i can weld better than that

[PatrioticAnarchist]

@lanceberkman10 oh shit nice welds! oh whats that? you don't have any videos prooving your statement? Oh... that sucks.

[weldmaster540]

@lanceberkman10 u don't know sh*t wheres your video chump

[worldtravel101]

@1xxXRaptorXxx1 show us how. id like to learn that

[MommysLittleMonster7]

Jesus, nicely done. Now try welding the side of the pop cans, no the bottom.... :)

[mynamesmitchel]

the worst part is welding the sides, which are significantly thinner than the bottoms. i'd like to see that. nice job though.

[LongIslandEddie]

@mynamesmitchel

Alum. cans are press formed and the thinnest sections are the bottoms where the aluminum sheet is stretched to a greater degree than the sides. The bottom seems to weld better as the forming process leaves the pressed edge,the strongest part of the can, the least likely spot to "cave-in" because of heat fatigue, the bottom bend itself reinforces the edge where the molten aluminum takes on the melting welding rod. Also, the valley of the butt weld forms a natural

heat sink. 

[G30360]

@LongIslandEddie thats a great point!

[sk8er51472]

aluminum foil or gtfo

[foo444]

what polarity?

[projectrobert]

has anyone ever successfully cut a can in half on its circumference and welded it back together? I know I sure as hell cant get it to work.

[wdmforrent1]

good job try taken a flaper wheel and taking the lid off and putting it back on that was my old mans challing ive done it a few times only looked good once

[Cryptocracyz101]

nice...

[suskyboy3]

this is the easy way. Cut the bottoms off the cans and then weld it together. Saw a guy do it once. was pretty impressive.

[rickthewelder]

Welding cans together is a ''fab school stunt'', its more the machine settings, than the welder.

now, go ahead and flame( no pun intended ) away @ me all you fab school welders, but I told you the truth. And I have been tig welding for 32 years.

[G30360]

@rickthewelder I do agree, welder settings help alot, but either you can, or can not do it.

[bkustumz]

@rickthewelder  always haters...

[rickthewelder]

@bkustumz , Wrong bk. I'm no hater. There is a difference between welding, and just sticking 2 things together. The ''welds'' on the cans looks like pigeon shit.

Just my 2 c bro.

[LongIslandEddie]

@rickthewelder

More the settings than the welder? that is like saying that winning the Indianapolis 500 is more the car than the driver! Without the welders hands, eyes and feet playing a part, there is only a machine at the other side of the equation. This is no "stunt", it is definitely a level of accomplishment though.

I began TIG welding back in 1962 at Aviation Mechanic school in the US Navy and am still at it today!

[rickthewelder]

@LongIslandEddie , no l.i.e., it is like saying it is more settings than the welder, and it is a fab school stunt.

A robotic welder can stick cans together all day long.

Is it machine settings then, or the skill of the robotic welder ?

And if you compare it to Indy racing, could you win in a Nascar @ Indy with your skills ?

I also laid my 1st beads in the Navy.

You can see my work by searching ''bike welding'' here on youtube.

Where can we find yours ?

RTW.

[LongIslandEddie]

@rickthewelder

Rick-

It is not reasonable to insert robotics into your analogous comparison. The industrial robot is programed for "skill", it is infinitely more accurate than the human hand could ever hope to be. The amperage is arrived at and locked. The feed rate is perfectly determined as well as all factors concerned with the finished weld so a robot would always accomplish this task better than a human.

oh, there are many videos of my work here on youtube. Just take the time to look.

[lobrennon]

what was the machine set at for this at school we always try to weld cans together and always end up burning through

[rynburns]

Once, and only once in all the times i tried, was i able to weld a couple gum wrappers together..try that, and send me the link to the video when you do

[moseseseseses]

Offshore welders earn $2,775.00 per 84 hr. work week. If you would like to go offshore, email me your email address. If you would like to go out as a roustabout , or galley hand, or welder's helper, or a cook, email me.

[calypsobikes]

Gotta love those dynasty 350's you can do just about anything with em'. Yes welding coke cans together is hard, not only are the cans made from crap aluminum, almost as bad as pot aluminum, which is next to impossible, they are super thin, so yes amperage to technique all the way down to gas pressure. Everything comes into play at that thickness (i should say thinness). Thicker aluminum is a hell of a lot more forgiving than soda cans. I've only seen it done once in real life, at welding school.

[broilat350]

Now let's see ya do it 6G! Nice.

[NylonRiot]

@broilat350 YEAH!

[G30360]

@caleb187420Mmiller Dynasty 350

[dillbag562]

Just in case you idiots don't know anything about welding (except G30360) just because a weld looks like crap on the outside doesn't necessarily mean that the weld is bad... And I'm quite sure that none of you can see the integrity of the weld on a molecular scale...

[eterpe1]

i guess I could post a video if u really want me too, but if I do then you guys have to post videos of u being in complete amazement of my skills(completely serious), Ive never posted a video before, i suppose I would have to get a camera

[Wroom90]

Im a decent TIG-welder for people who does not weld all day long, and I doubt I could weld those two cans together. You need the right technique, a fast and accurate feeding-hand and also correct temperature. And in general alu-welding is a lot harder than steel-welding, especially when it coes to thin plates. It melts in a different way, and when it melts its easy to burn trough.

[G30360]

@eterpe1 PLEASE, I will be in complete amazment. not at the video response it's self, but at breaking this chalenges cherry! Youtube user S1773 and I will post a direct feed reaction video.

[G30360]

@G30360 still waiting (again)

[MANproducts]

4043 filler rod?

[G30360]

@MANproducts Yes, 4043 1/16th ESAB.

[eterpe1]

that looks like crap, I can do way better than that

[G30360]

but will you?

[LongIslandEddie]

Looks like crap? Dude, I'll bet almost anything that I have against your ability to do as well as this guy has done! A Coke can is made of aluminum about.005-.007 thick, The regulation of the amperage (heat) required is pretty damn important so as not to burn through the wall thickness and regardless of your esteem of the bead, welding two cans together is as tough a job as a welder can find. If you think that you can better this man, let's see you try. Where is YOUR video? I'll be waiting!

[crazyAlexander23]

PLZ DO THIS do a crash test weld to cans to gether and put water into one of them and wen ur done put water into the other one and close it then drop them from a high plase and then take a look at the welds and the cans PLZ DO THIS

[G30360]

@crazyAlexander23

Can you be a little more specific? what

exactly do you want me to do?

[FastSpeedDemonRC]

FAIL!

[G30360]

@FastSpeedDemonRC

Why FAIL?

[ebey235]

i found a spider web and felt bad for the spider so i welded it togther for him and i welded my styrofoam ice chest back together also

[phantomangel19]

i tried to weld some cans together today....set my rig to 10 had a foot pedal but for some reason kept going to freaking 30 plus amps as soon as i hit that puppy.....needless to say big holes. so my question is what should i set my heat to.

[G30360]

how many times do I have to say it? you have to adjust your starting amperage to about 5. the way to do this is differnt on alot of machines. some cant even do it, or cant go that low if they can also experiment with low and high balances

[FastSpeedDemonRC]

@G30360 hehe dont take it the wrong way, i can see taht the weld is not perfect, even trough the onfocused camara angle on the cans when you were done, you got it stuck on each other though however it is a sloppy weld. tahts what i mean with fail.