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  • nice work. thanks, I learned something new. what would be the sequence of tacks and beads (and direction) when welding angle instead of square tube?

  • I love the sound of a properly set up MIG welder, great video! Are you serious about the UFO device? I hope so...

  • @qstendious That sound makes me hungry - like frying bacon.

  • You ujst turned him down when he asked you if you wanted to go for a beer.

    Poor bastard.

    Be nice and as him sometime.

    Nice video, learnt a little, thanks.

  • another canadian fabricator signing in keep the vids coming

  • why do you talk like when your say angle you say rangle

  • This is exactly the info I needed, thanks for making it available in a lighthearted way. Good on ya!

  • Great video !

  • My wife's not interested in welding but she just saw your video and loved it! A+ for the info, production and humor!

  • ahhh dam, that was a great video, keep it up

  • I had to wade through a lot of bad welding vids to find this one, you're a good teacher.

    It helps you speak english and don't blast rap. hahaha

  • Hello, I enjoyed watching your video. I am also a welder but, it's different type of welding. We're using quartz glass and we're also dark glasses or dark helmets.

    we used glass rods for welding using our two to three fingers to run the rods.

    this type of materrals or parts are using in the silcon valley. I have a 20 plus working experinces. Do you think i can adopt my skill to this type of skill?

    Thank you.

  • Some great info on heat distortion. Techniques make all the difference in controlling it but it's not easy to find this info. I've had to learn from trial and error. Still learning.

    Thanks much.

  • could you discuss multi pass welding and whats the best welder for weldng space frames using 0.120 chrome molly or mild steel.it for my race car/weekend fun car.

    I just bought a chicago mig flux core 90amp that says it can weld 3/8 on a single pass

    thanks in advance

    what a way to test for weld strength I will need in a space frame on chrome molly/mild steel 0.120 tube.its for my tube chassis in my race car/super luxury car.

  • hahah im also a fabricator and before im doing same style but surely my darling you did'n have the 90deg. after you weld.. the best for that u connect the 2 end of your parents metal to maintain tha 90deg..

  • What impressed me the most was that you got blown to the moon and when you crash landed you still had your torch in hand !

    Impressive !

  • smelling gas? run mother f#cker!

  • That was a lot of tacks... Not really necessary in my opinion. Entertaining nonetheless!

  • Pwea Heat lolol

  • Why the hell do you have to put so many tacks before you weld? I can have the same results with only 1 tack on three of the corners and then weld it out.

  • Excellent tips and excellent video

  • Offshore welders earn $2,775.00 per 84 hr. work week. If you would like to weld offshore, or work on some other job offshore, send me your email address.

  • cold lap lol good clip

  • It's nice to see someone that appreciates capitalism and this fine country. Thanks for posting! Keep working hard!

  • great video mister! thanks for posting!

  • Great ending. I sub'd in case you start again. Later, Tony

  • your as funny as fuck, i like the vid

  • @lchilds82 Thanks, LOL

  • great production, you da man

  • It was well done...Nice job!

  • way to go captain america u should try hollywood i hear there lookin for fabricators

  • And, maybe smelling natural gas and welding isn't good..........oh for shit's sake

  • yup, I thought he shit his pants !! I cannot imagine anyone making such a huge production of a very well known facts of thermal expansion. Anytime some has a gas leak large enough to smell there stands to be a place where the gas will collect up to and past the LEL

  • So basically spotweld the shit out of everything? Try that in my shop! Christ!

  • love the welds ,you'd make an awesome instructor!

  • nice job, thanks for sharing it.

  • sweet video. im gonna build a square like that. you dont mind do ya?????

  • I love your square with the pins to elevate it!!!

  • pretty Funny Lol!

  • Great work. I'm just starting out welding. I would appreciate it if you could video the welds through a mask so we can see how the metal is flowing

  • AS a Canadian fabricator I enjoy your videos and agree this is a dying trade. It's sad that today's society would rather buy half a dozen "CHEAP" products mass produced by a computers or children in China than one GOOD product made right here in North America by skilled tradesmen who's pride an attention to detail render a product that not only works well but will last a long time and is usually cheaper in the long run.

    Keep up the videos and the good work!

  • Thanks you very much for your kind comments!

  • @broodyfour As a young American fabricator I have found out employers don't care about quality but rather if you can work lots of overtime, put out tons of work, and don't complain about the pay or benefits. Then they lay you off and you can't find a job because nobody wants to hire a 22 yr old "kid" straight out of welding college. So much for our future gen welders eh?

  • @broodyfour Not just americans who make quality fabrications. im a farricator/welder in Britain. we make things for water industry and nuclear power

  • @gilgammesh1 Oh I perfect;y agree I am a Canadian welder/fitter/fabricator and I buy Canadain made where I can cause the quallity is top notch BUT so is American so I by almost always North American reson for not using Brittish is same quality ie very good in fact, but not really better( or worse) and extreamly expensive. What I ment was fabricators are a dying breed and cheap unshkilled labour makeing DISPOSIBLE products is taking over!!!

  • Great Thanks --

  • More, more. I really like your videos

  • new episode please!!! i just discovered this and i really like this and all these idiots should shut up and appreciate that someone experienced shares his knowledge through a publich medium such as youtube!

    plus he does it in a funny and super interesting way, keep it up man!

  • pretty kewl vid dude,how about showing us how to cut and put a saddle on a piece of pipe ? even a lateral the show us how ya do it? have a great 4 th

  • your video dose not make sencse b4 u weld the back u have to tac the inside becayse when the weld cools they have a tendencie to pull

  • their es not enuf heet in a tak weld 2 work agaisnt the vice grip presshur the heet frum the long beeds overryde th tak welds

  • When do we get to see a new episode?

  • hopefully never

  • You just might get your wish. :-)

  • im gonna go to school for welding soon any tips or things i should no

  • And thank You very much for the videos.....

  • Very good tips!!....I didnt know that Ray Liotta is welding now!!!!....go on Ray-fabricator-man!!!!....

  • Ray and I go way back.

  • good info, I never really thought about it much, just did trial and error adjustments - spot welding the corners first to hold it a little outta square and let the heat pull it in square when fillng the gaps between spots.

  • great tips i work at a precision sheet metal shop and this will definitely help me out

  • Hello bro,my John goodman doppelganger.I still watch your informative vids.Your the man. : D....john?

  • Awesome video. Easy to understand and very helpful. Excellent tip. Totally answers some questions I had. TY.

  • Thats fantastic! Super work! Are you using Mison18 or another blend? You are very good finding the right temperature.

  • Hi, regarding your friend next door whos into powder coating, his accent sounds familiar, where is he originally from? cheers AF.

  • how did you get a bead that looked so well what pattern did you use?

  • It was not a pattern at all - just a steady straight line motion. If you look at the fit-up closely, you may notice the 1/16" (approx)gap between the 2 work pieces. The reason for this is the arc "disk" makes full and constant contact with both pieces simultaneously, thereby creating full fusion, instead of laying it on like a caulk. That is why "gap" welds are the strongest.

  • Educational & funny @ the same time.

    A+ for you.

  • I do allot of stainless tig myself.

  • mig welding is easy n hes making it sound like rocket science n how many tacs do ya wnt 1 in each corner wud do mate n if u tac it in each corner wen its square it wnt move wen u weld anyway possible apart from ur tacs sounded lik dey wudnt ment da hairs of ma sack

  • Yes, MIG welding is easy provided you have a basic understanding of the effects of thermodynamics and know what order and direction to run the beads.

    What is difficult, however, is applying proper use of grammar - you won't learn that in a youtube video.

  • My thought exactly. I am surprised you could even understand what he said. I had to read it over 4 or 5 times myself.

    I would like to see his overhead MIG with a V joint and no backer. He probably couldn't even penetrate. I know tha position took me a while to figure out good without any cracks on my bend test.Mind you when I took my CWB(Canadian Welding bureau)test for all potion, I failed flat my first go, I did however pass every other position.

  • haha everyone does that i take it you have done a tiny bit of that welding know you think your an expert haha im acrually verg good at overhead and vertical up aswell what is something i would love to see you do but you will just say you can beceuse you wont have to prove but i bet you suck really

  • Alot of people fail the flat position or horizontal. I have not failed one yet (knock on wood). Its usually cause by not cleaning each weld (usually for flat) or lack of fusion (usually horizontal). Overhead MIG--V groove with no backer is very easy, just need to watch it from peaking up on you when you cap.

  • Excellent response. I can't stand net/sms speak.

    Thanks for the videos. 5 stars.

  • haha yer well who need's to spell when you can actually weld haha you all act like big boy welder's but i bet none of you are in my league

  • jobbly1234

    Man, I hope for your own sake that English is not your first language and you speak something else. Otherwise you're in TROUBLE!

    By the way American fabricator, great video. I hope there is more.

    Greetings from Iran

  • Holy shit MIG welding looks so easy. back when I had my shop in Venezuela I welded everything with stick welding, I made doors, windows, rails, etc. but everything was done with stick welding. I even worked in a shop where all they did was fix refrigerators, the test they had was to weld two pieces of 5mm thick sheet metal together, it was easy. I see that here in the US with this MIG thing it's much easier to weld. I so want to go back to welding.

  • the bit when he piles out the world is of BLack Or White Micheal JackSon lol Good Vid

  • I see you keep a spare facesheild and eurotorch under the bed too,so I'm not the only engineer to do that either!!Good vid

  • The best welding video ever.

    Very funny and verry smart and very well done too.

    73 de Julio - KG4LXG

  • Thank you very much!

  • funny

  • Just waiting for a new episode!

  • Hi Amfabricator! can you make a design of a small vessel that could float and withstand impact---something of a survivor vessel for the coming polar shift on 21 december 2012 ? not farfetched huh?

  • Good...

  • thanks for the subscription invite. really good video

  • fair play i love it very funny lmao nice one ;-)

  • nice job of mixing the twilght zone with american fabricator

  • good vid

  • wowooow! I'd seen all those episodes greetings from Mexico City!

  • whadja do to your camera lets see another vid

  • Yeaaa.. "Its John Goodmans bro",God... Tool time man on tube is so...: )Hi

  • Thanks A. F. for your kind offer of friendship!

    BTW. I'm a fitter machinist and have also done a fair bit of welding so I actually find your vids quite riveting (#_*)

  • i was taught to weld 90s like that but nobody every told me why...thanks for the explanation.5 stars and subscribe.

  • neat :)

  • bloody interesting...

    im learning from u... im buliding a range rover cage, the heat distortion help is useful.

    thanks

    H

  • So if your the fabricator and you made these videos, does that mean they are a complete fabrication LOL :)

    Like the humour great weld also you know your stuff.

  • You might say that, LOL. Thanks for watching!

  • The end was LOL LOL .

  • Overall good video mate, nice and interesting but as here in Essex, England, fabricating is becoming very hard to get into. I'm studying Mechanical Engineering and would love our University to at least go into these kinda topics at least a little, if not a lot.

    Keep it up! :)

  • If you are going for a TV show, don';t hold your breath...basically pretty boring. Awesome bead on the welding, and decently informative, but not very exciting for the masses. As a guy who has worked in powder coat before, I found that interesting, although I suspect few would. I will say this...the residue on the powder coat furnace walls caught fire at least four times in the last five years and required the fire department...powder coat process is definitely a fire hazard from my experience.

  • i have no clue what half way shop you worked in but there is no REAL fire hazards involved with powder coating unless your doing something terribly wrong or plain dont know what your doing.... just my honest opinion.

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  • "mr. dump" my comment was not directed at the uploader. it was directed at the person commenting saying powder coating shops are a fire hazard and always catch fire. i myself having managed a powder coating shop know that unless you dont know what you are doing the risk of fire is very low. i never said a thing about "americanfabricator" or his actions in this video. do your homework before you run your mouth. stop hating on others (via your key pad)

  • Actually, the shop in this video is required by city ordinance to have an automatic halon fire extinguishing system. Some hybrid powders are actually quite combustible when atomized. If the air filters get too dirty, powder will build up in the air.

  • Oh really? So a 1.5" diameter natural gas line that is LEAKING poses no fire hazard, eh? You and Darwin must be good buddies. :-)

    "Halfway shop" ... I like that.

  • like i said doing something terribly wrong. leaking gas? yes its a fire hazard just like the gas to my stove, water heater, and central heat, but no one runs around yelling about the danders of your home because it is plumbed with gas.. and if you didnt read my comment the first time? go back and you'll see i was not mentioning anything in this video. it was a response to another persons comment that you have since removed.

  • Ending was funny, great video!

  • LOL at the ending!

  • More please

  • nice

  • hahaha

    locooo

    xD

  • this is great!!!

  • Dang I had to put my dark glasses on....lol Good video.

  • Added to my all time classic list. Brilliant!

  • dude,you are crazy....good vid...

  • i've just seen all your vids, they keep improving... good ideas, good change of camera angle, good editing... the one i liked the most it's this one, episode 7, not only you did a better video, but we could see a "how to: welding", you're a fabricator.. and that's what i hoped to see, work in progress, but with the first 6 episodes i was able to know "the guy", and enjoy all the consecuent videos.. congrats Fabricator....

    p.s. i like the humor on the vids

  • I like the subtle humor in your videos. =)

  • I did not know that

  • I learned something and was entertained, good job!

    JOE fm TEAM WHITTINGTON

  • I just noticed your invite in my inbox tonight. I haven't any idea how long its been there, But I wish I had found you sooner. It is great to see a guy who does work like this and who does a show, who is not incredibly full of himself, I watched all of your shows tonight and am looking forward to more. I have been in and out of fab shops for the last 20 years(I'm 56 now) and it seems the only guys who are making it are folks like yourself who are self employed and NOT self absorbed. Love it!!!

  • I appreciate it, thanks for watching!

  • This was the first video I've seen of yours, it was great! Seems you can Fab. Video too!

    Funny but with info, nice job. I'll be watching!

    Please say you have kids and are passing your Trade on to them. You Sir are a dieing breed!

    thanks AmerFabMan

  • fabricator rocks!

  • Are you JOHN GOODMANS BRO..lol?

  • I am scared to ask what might give you that idea. LOL

  • I love John Gooman and i love his Brother too.

  • lol. great video man. 5* for creativity, humor and informative teaching

  • Love the ending, man! I hate mornings like that.

    Also, may I suggest a welding helmet for your camera? It seems like the light would wear it out awful fast otherwise, not to mention if some slag were to fly and hit just the wrong spot. Plus, it might make it easier for us to see while you're welding. Anyway, keep up the video-making!

  • Very well done! Sending this along. Great sense of humor friend!

  • This is the second video that I've seen of yours. It's both informative and entertaining. I'm hoping that you'll make a new video soon to give more details about the projest you're working on that's described on your channel page. I've done a Google search in the meantime for "lenticular-shaped alien spacecraft" to see what Aliens you're trying to 'call'.

  • This was the first video I've seen of yours and I thought it was great!!!

  • good job on the chromo key green screen effects

  • My family and friends would tell me I had way too much time on my hands... great job, keep it up.

  • Very clever! I felt welded to my seat watching.

  • Hahaha. Wow.

    Nice effect, a welder AND a graphic artist!

  • hahaha...WOW! Thanks a lot for the lesson.

  • Very well done! Sending this along. Great sense of humor friend!

  • guess he was right about that guess huh XD

  • COOL! I want to learn about welding as I would like to make some metal art. The video gives great info about welding. I have to say that was a great ending. LMAO!

  • great work

  • great work

  • That's so amazing. I have no interest in welding but watching your vids I'm going "Mmmm, interesting." :P

  • Good Video, I wish I could weld as well as you. I'll keep watching for more tips.

  • I am a terrible welder yet,but a friend of mind helps me with it when I need it.but he s not here

    to offten , so I better learn it my self. And you

    help a lot! cause when ever I need an advice I usually go find the best expert on the field around , and it works, but takes to much time. good think that(you founded me) I founded you , I see that you know what your talking bout! tank's for the good tips.

  • wtf?

  • Very educational, thanks. You also have a great sense of humor. I'm looking forward to your 3-phase UFO attraction device :-).

  • nice tip...thanks

  • If you really like your friend and neighbor Pat the powder coater, maybe you'll buy him a pipe wrench with brass, anti-spark jaws to use when he's tightening those leaky pipe couplings. It might be a good way for him to keep his 2 million dollar empire from being blown to smitherines. Nice video from a proven winner! Weld away!!!

  • I wish I could sign my own paychecks...

  • Do you do side work I need the crack of dawn welded.

  • Not a problem at all, done it many, many times.

  • Leave your girlfriend out of manly pursuits, exactly like she is in bed with you.

  • that was awsom good vid man lmao bast part was at 7:48 lol

  • I suggest that in the future you might want to fit your camera with one of the electronic welding helmets that darken automatically before you destroy the CCD element on your video camera. I'm an electronics technician and to put it plainly, you may toast your camera's active element with all the intense visible and UV light from the arc. Dave

  • I used a Tiffen 43mm UV filter for the welding shots. Thanks for watching! :-)

  • I don't know how I ended up with an invite from you but you are a very talented and i might add, a certifiable nut case. Where did you come up with this idea??? I'm still laughing and understanding welding on a basic level I appreciate the technological approach. I must show this to our certified welders at the shop where I work.

    Thanks so much for both the welding lesson and the laughs.... lol lol Dave

  • LOL

    great howto on welding, I had to learn some of this stuff the hard way when I was welding my bike trailer from thin-wall piping. If only youtube existed 20 years ago...

    Nice detail with the welding torch and mask at the end :o) and good to know that the additives to the natural gas (same chemical base as skunk smell) smells that bad that you'd be sick all over the place before it even became explosive enough to get you to the moon.

  • Awesome! You're a good fabricator, especially with all the crap you go through in the high-crime area where the shop is.

  • This guy know's his shit . I can't tell you how many times I've fucked a small job up like this when I was first learnig how to weld and fabricate . Usefull info thank you Amer FAbr

  • your video is very worth watching. Nice ending! i miss that tv show.

  • I always assumed that tacking it on the corners was enough to stop the distortion.

  • Can I come work for you, I'm free as long as you share ALL your knowledge!

  • Awesome man very entertaining and educational!!! You gotta show me some more of techniques bro. BTW how did edit your videos like that what editing program did you use to make your videos...please let me know! Keep up the good work.

  • you know what is sad is this man is the last of the great americans he is trying to teach all of you what its like to build and the majority have all there lives been only trained from school on up to consume and spend and when you do build something nowadays where i live folks just look at you oddly because they dont understand. this guy is on my hero list and he has a great show!

  • Hey man, great vid very good !!!

  • Thanks for watching!

  • Really good

  • Thanks for dropping by. :-)

  • Excellent combination of education and entertainment. And a very creative ending! Got my thumbs out, and they are both up, buddy! Keep up the good work, and Spielberg - watch out.

  • LOL. Thanks so much, I appreciate it!

  • that was great keep up the imagination

  • Interesting and fun. I work as an editor. The metal I work is words. I will enjoy future episodes of more substantial fabrication.