You can learn to weld. I'll show you exactly what to do in my affordable online welding courses at courses.timwelds.com.

The guy that taught me (early 60's) could weld a beer can to 1/2" plate with a stick welder. Nice clean weld. I was never that good. In later years I had a guy working for me that would bend a 7018 1/8' rod backwards and do vertical ups in a mirror. I did master that one.

@ParadigmUnkn0wn

2 жыл бұрын

Beer cans were steel back in those days, so before some keyboard warrior comes along, yes it's possible.

@thesage1096

2 жыл бұрын

@@ParadigmUnkn0wn i was actually wondering about that thanks man

@autodidacticartisan

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by bending it backwards? Like in a U shape?

@arnoldaltjr.2099

2 жыл бұрын

@@autodidacticartisan Yes..

@Aoxhw

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone loves it when I pull out my gag 1/2" thick soda cans

Dude, has anyone ever told you, you are an amazing teacher..?? Well you are an amazing teacher

THAT changes Everything !!! Very cool. Please more of thin material. Absolutly amazing. Great job !!

This is amazing! Most all of the thin stiff I have worked on was where we were trying to avoid buying a 1300.00 muffler for a piece of heavy equipment. I used oxy/acetylene torch, filler rod and sometimes I needed thin metal to patch with. I was able to get many many years out of mufflers most would throw away.😃

Beautiful explained, I did alot welding on 1mm stainless but that polarity tip is awesome for sure, I never used that trick. Thanks for letting us know.

I’m blowing thru on all my square tubing I was wondering if 16 gauge was to thin but you just proved to me that it’s me, not metal, rod or welder. I’ll keep trying. Thanks for the videos.

@FireGodSpeed

2 жыл бұрын

Same lol

I watched this because I can't afford a tig or mig but I do want to weld thin tube. An amazing video and very educational. Thank you for going to the effort of producing this video. I'll be watching more.

I've successfully welded car fenders and other car body parts with a stick welder and it is challenging.

@TimWelds

3 жыл бұрын

Tons of respect for those skills! I've only welded auto body with MIG.

@JamesCouch777

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimWelds It's actually easier with a brazing torch and brazing rod or coat hangers 😊.

@bobs12andahalf2

3 жыл бұрын

Last summer I picked up a stick welder for the first time in 20+ years. Had a bit of thin rod left over from a small fab job so decided to try repairing some old thin sheet metal barbecues that were lying around. Blew a few holes but for the most part it worked pretty good!

@randyherringshaw6325

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimWelds Unfortunately I know firsthand that it's difficult to say the least... To put it better, trying to stick weld body panels is about as hard as wiping with rice paper and trying not to punch through it with a finger!!!!🤦🏼‍♂️ With patience and practice, A LOT OF PRACTICE, it is possible, but it's a serious pain in the @$$ until you get the hang of it.

@starwars910

3 жыл бұрын

@@randyherringshaw6325 thin metal requires a much faster travel speed. I like welding on super thin metal but I prefer using tig. Stainless stick is always a great challenge

Went to the weld school back in the nineties , stopped welding to work as equipment op. /CDLA driver, these vids are perfect for refresher and even learning new stuff. Thanks man!

@amanwithouthope9475

3 жыл бұрын

Did you go to heavy equipment operator school to?

Tim! I'm just on the very beginning of my stick welding (or just welding) journey and I've run through a lot of your videos recently. All of them are brilliant and loaded up with useful informations, but this one is just insane. :) I would never believe that it's possible to weld such thin materials with stick, until I saw your vid today! :) It seems that you not only have a gift of being a talented welder, but also a great teacher! Thank you so much!

@truckerray7533

Жыл бұрын

I'm also right where you are & agree. I wannuh try these thinner metals & the razor blade challenge. I've been practicing on stick welding for about a month now with an old Lincon buzz box from the 70's that my dad used. My brother has been welding for 30 yrs & he's been giving lessons. I'm having a blast

@Indigenous_Patriot_1175

10 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@jaksonpritt5920

4 ай бұрын

Same for me now, ya know lol just starting out ok really but got potential

Well I for one am impressed!!! Dang!!! There’s a lot of tig welders that have a hard time pulling the “razor blade” trick. Good job and good vid. Thanks!!!

That was awesome! There is a great video on KZread showing an expert that did rocker panel rust repair using a stick welder. There are horses for courses, but when you only have one old nag, you ride it!

Thanks a lot for including metric measurements! Great video!

It works, the bought a $99 inverter ark welder. 1.6mm rods, 20amps, electrode reversed and the frame wall thickness is 1.5mm or less. Thanks TimWelds.

I’m fairly new in the stick welding environment. I learn a lot with your video and your explanation. Thanks for your help and good video.

Great info. I am not a great welder but 80% of what I weld is 1.6 or 2mm, often gal. I mostly use electrode negative as it avoids blowthroughs but might switch back and give it another go

Thank You! For the awesome video. It all makes sense. You have improved my technique immensely.

Great job, i knew most of the techniques, but i did not know about the heat sink great job cheers!👍

You have given the advice of running 6013s hot. Good advice. Solved all my fusion problems. Level up. 100 to go.

Thank you for translating to mm! ;D

@snaildaddy

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, great having metric as a reference!

@vs-yt5tc

3 жыл бұрын

merci

@ilikewaffles3689

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, just use correct (freedom) units.

@jamescrud

2 жыл бұрын

You can also just multiply by 25.4. Being bilingual has advantages.

Videos are excellent!!! Just bought a stick welder and going to try my hand in it. Only ever done wire feed flux core.

I love this channel. Your instructions and explanations are so helpful. I'm just starting out myself and have already burned holes in some square tubing. I appreciate all that you're doing here. Thank you for your willingness to share such valuable information.

I love stick welding, but it is so challenging on thin stuff..... thanks for the info!!!!

@TimWelds

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree...it’s kind of like walking a tightrope. Thanks Daniel!

@johndowe7003

3 жыл бұрын

I just do little welds so the base material doesn't overheat

@datadavis

3 жыл бұрын

Its good to know the extremes! I've welded for 13 years and i don't see myself having the patience to stick weld razor edges though! I readily admit I'm not good enough😂

Thank you! Great video! Nice tips, I am going to get my stick welder out and run it tomorrow! It has been inactive now for way to long! Subscribed!

Great tips. Helped me realise some mistakes ive made. Ready to try again!

Been waiting for this video for ages!! What a great video and tips, thanks a lot!!

I'm 100% gonna have a go at that razorblade challenge! Love it ❤

I never knew about the aluminum trick! That's pretty cool and very useful!

Great intro. Never seen that before. And thanks for all the info you give us regularly in your videos!

Really enjoyed the Video, thanks for posting!

thank you for your video sir, now i can practice welding my thin sheet metal in the storage room hope to make something good out of it

I’m going to try doing some exhaust welds using these methods, hopefully it goes well. Thanks Tim! 💪

Thank you I have been having trouble with this tiny Campbell 70 amp I got free and fixed it welds but I'm trying to make a flat top grill with it and I have super old rods from my grand father's he used to weld back in the 70s and 80s the rods where stored in aluminum tubes but the seal was popped on them and they got full of water and oil I'm super excited to start on my grill in the morning.

Excellent breakdown and very educational! Good stuff!

@TimWelds

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

Thanks for making this. I'm about to stick weld some exhaust and I feel a little mors confident after watching this.

@Dzonnyg

2 жыл бұрын

Now it's my turn to do that in a few days and this is how I prepare

Using al for heat sink, brilliant! Great video, man!

@TimWelds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👍

Hey i did like this video and i´m now lettin you know by hittin the thumbs up. Love your stick welding videos. A lot.

Awesome! Great technics applied here. Congratulations.

Great video buddy!! Another way to weld thin material is to raise your amps to the recommended (6013) range and make really fast dots, it works fine mainly when you are welding galvanized material and need to burn through. This method works when you are welding out of position too, like that impossible angles and weird positions. You have to set your amps high and work fast. Anyway, this is just the way I do it when need to. I wish the best luck to you, your business and family, keep up the good work

@Dzonnyg

2 жыл бұрын

At work I often need to stick weld stuff that really should be welded using a different method and the fast dots trick saved my life so many times! Especially useful when welding upside down or vertical in a tight place on a half rusted vent pipe :D

@robertblackshear8963

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see someone else who knows that trick. Just dot very quickly. It works like a charm.

@robertblackshear8963

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dzonnyg Indeed. It's very effective.

@LuisLopez2

2 жыл бұрын

6013? How about the same thing with 6011? I've been trying to do this and got a few welds looking very MIG-ish using 0613, but most of them failed miserably. the minimum amperage for a 3/32 0613 from Harbor Fraud is 70, while the minimum amps for 0611 is 40.... it just seems to me like the threshold for burn through with 0613 at 70 A is so freaking small. blink once and you are burning holes. (on the funny side, the square tubing I was using to test this ended up sounding like a maraca with all the slag and splatter that ended up inside of it)

@andygeorgiou2846

Жыл бұрын

Another tip welded to a great tip. Nice 👍

Great welding.The thinnest Iv gone was 1.6mm.Great presentation.Keep them ciming.

I really appreciate your instructions. Thanks very much!!

I really appreciate your instructions and I will certainly be practising your technique. Could you please try stick welding aluminium ( I'm an Aussie) at various thicknesses down to 2mm. You have one of the best, if not the best, detail on instruction for welding on KZread - keep it up! When I teach some friends to weld iI will be using your channel.

Excellent communication skills, you come across very professional and caring!!!!

Another great show, thanks for sharing!

Very well detailed and explained. Thank you.

Very nice work! There are a lot of hobby welder videos showing a 6013 dab-dab method. This method can be effective to patch up rusted out lawn mower decks, wheel- barrow tubs, etc. Some makers test by cutting open these welds todemonstrate pretty good quality. You drag the rod to push the slag away from the leading edge and let the puddle cool, but not go dark, so the arc immediately restarts. I can see why this would make a commercial welder (who charges a professional rate, has rivals and a reputation) uncomfortable. But it has its place in a world where lots of little things just need to get done. It's sad that this is becoming unusual, it used to be very common. I'm going to explore 6011 sheet metal welding this year. I found, and lost track of, a video where a young man welded up a beautiful steel box with 18ga (1.2mm) steel using 3/32 6011 at 35A. He had some sort of modern inverter welder, but did not mention if he used Electrode Negative (very good idea). This is below the recommended low end of the range, but the aggressive arc of the 6011 seems to make it possible to keep the arc going. He did a continuous bead at a moderate speed, and it had the coarse ripple of 6011, but it was narrow and he didn't burn through even once. He also welded one side with 5/64 6013 at 38A. This time he did burn through, at the end of the run, but couldn't tell untill he chipped the slag. 6011 is a fast-freeze electrode, and welders have run miles of root-pass beads without burning through. Also you will hear old-timers talk about only having this for exhaust/muffler and auto/body work. Also, you can buy this size anywhere. I remember from the narration and comments that machines vary widely in their success with this method, so you just have to give it a try. So I'm going to drag out the old buzz-box, and the new Amazon $100 feather-weight and see what happens. If anyone who actually knows about this stuff wants to weigh in, at least some of us would be very grateful. Maybe we could get Tim to make us a video.

With your wealth of knowledge and great skill you are just amazing. It proves it's not just the fancy machines or tools make a real craftsman. It's the man himself. 👍👍

From one Tim to another... Thanks!

Thanks I like the heat sink trick. Will remember that one. Will try on Mig too.

Thanks. I learned something to help with my age old problem.

I think the real value of the razor blade challenge is pushing your skills to that level. It makes other stuff much easier. I have not attempted it stick, but I have put a lot of beads in and attempts at beads. It has greatly improved my tig skills. I may have to take my 1/16 6013 rods to school and try it.

@Interdiction

Жыл бұрын

Or use razor blades not UTILITY KNIFE blades ,There is a world of difference

@silentpoet75

Жыл бұрын

@@Interdiction I can tig razor blades. But have not got them stick welded. This past week I tried box cutter blades with stick as my other comment mentions. Took about an hour or so of work, but got one with a pretty decent bead considering the material. Good penetration and no warpage. For actual razor blades the problem is maintaining an arc at 15 amps or below. I don't know if I could keep the arc going at 10 amps or so that the razor blades would require. I am close, but I am not sure with my current welder and rods it will happen. I did get some Lincoln and Forney 6013 1/16th rods to try.

I finally actually did it, stick welded box cutter blades, mostly using your tips. The cheap Harbor Freight 1/16th 6013 were a challenge to keep lit without long arcing at 15 amps. I used aluminum blocks as heat sinks. I have 5 little blocks, roughly the same size as 123 blocks. So I rotated when one would warm up. It only took me an hour or so to get it mostly dead on and part of that was I hadn't watched this in awhile so I had to play with the amps. 30 was brutal to the blades. I hadn't stick welded in over 3 months. I still need to play around a bit more to get it dialed in. I believe I could probably do actual razor blade with a bit of practice and maybe better rods.

Hi Tim, thank you for this cool exposé, you explain it very well. Cool that this can be done, I learned a lot. Just one tip maybe if I may, it might be a good idea to do a quick recap of the 4 tips at the end of the vid, since repetition is a key to learning. Thanks for showing mm's thats great! Good luck with your channel

@TimWelds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Great suggestion!

@g.tucker8682

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with the recap idea, big time! Very good suggestion. Thanks for another great and clear video, Tim

Brilliant. Learned something here!!

Excellent information!

Spot on from England 🇬🇧 noob cub welder but your videos have really helped learning

EXCELLENT VIDEO , THANK YOU !

Always good advice. This is what I'm practicing, super thin steel. Gotta repair all those cheap Amazon chairs.

Thanks you for sharing your talent God bless you

I’ve never seen a stick welded razor blade. That’s a riot Tim.

@CHRISDJS72

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not even a razor blade though, it’s stanly knife blades, a razor blade is loads thinner

@TimWelds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mel. It was a fun experiment, even if it isn’t very practical.

@jmitchell6094

3 жыл бұрын

@@CHRISDJS72 it’s not Gillette, but we know what he’s going for. Not like he’s being intentionally dishonest. Everyone’s seen the Tig welders doing stuff like this to show off. It’s very nice to see someone pull it off with SMAW.

@johndowe7003

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimWelds have you ever welded two pop cans together?

I had to watch this after reading the title, reminded me of when I was an apprentice it was like a claim to fame if you could tig weld 2 coke cans together at the base, although I never attempted it myself. (I've just now decided I'm gonna give it a crack on Monday). I figured I'd watch the intro then skip to the end to see you attempt to or successfully weld the razor blades, but to my surprise it was informative and engaging through the whole video, well done mate, subscribed! I'm a sheety with 14 years experience but never done learning. Looking forward to seeing what knowledge I might be able to gain from the rest of your channel! Keep it up

@TimWelds

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Pop cans are fun, but they do stink pretty bad sometimes from the plastic liner.

Very helpful advice! Thanks

Very good video , you make it easy to listen to , well done

One of you most insightful videos. Thank you so much, sir

Wow, I did not think that was possible with stick. You are quite the welder. Looks like I need to improve my skills a lot. Great video!

@Hellsong89

3 жыл бұрын

Was really surprised as well, though i have stick "welded" thin 1mm sheets in pinch with stick, using 1.6 rod, like i would everything else, just make multitude of tag welds to build up the material, since there will always be holes when i'm welding. Ether holding too long in same place or running too high of amps, essentially lack of skill really, but good to know this is actually possible if you have skills. Gotta try that reverses polarity trick next time and figure out where i put my copper plate peace, i used one when welding car sheet metal with mig back in the day.

@jamal69jackson77

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hellsong89 lol yeah, I'm really good at burning holes through thin metal. I use Miller welders, I guess I just need to learn the power settings and polarities as well.

Fine educatin. You are the wizard of thin material. My welding machine with 1/16" rod at 50 amps sparks like a Roman candle, either burning though the 1.5mm material or will not strike an arc.

That was really informative...thanks...

I've just started to learn how to weld (7 days) and I was actually struggling with understanding why i wasn't able to achieve anything other than blow torch fury (burn through). No only did this point out my exact errors but also clarified many of my further questions related to the subject matter.... my issue was mainly my rod size and amp's, 2.6mm rods nailing a thin tube on 90amps was probably destined to fail 😆.

@robertblackshear8963

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

I love the intro shot. I was imagining "timwelds" pop up in red then cooling down.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Regards 🇦🇺

@martialme84

3 жыл бұрын

What tyrone said.

Thanks for the detailed video man. I just broke my mig in the middle of a body project on my jeep and was wondering if i could stick weld something this thin with my tig. Its to dirty to try tig so thats out of the question. Very helpful video. Thank you.

LOL... KEEP ON LEARNING TIM , THANK YOU. ✌️

Nice work!

hahah he said you may want to close you eyes... i keep them open and it looked as all my welds hahhaa, im here to learn, thank you for your content

Your a great teacher! Thank you.

@TimWelds

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Thanks for the videos. Helped me allot.

Great advice. Thank you!!!!

Thanks for the tips brother

Thank you for the tip

Great video brother, keep up the good work

@TimWelds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Brilliant video, i learned a lot i please do more on sheet metal Tim thank you

First thing we did in school when welding stick was welding a T-fillet weld in 2mm cold rolled A36 with 3/32" Esab Atom Arc 7018s, no problem for the whole class. Took maybe 1-2 hours for most of us to get a reliable result, compared to the probably 15 hours it took on average for us to lay the perfect butt weld without root support and a 1/8 gap on 1/2" hot rolled A36 with 1/8" 7018s.

@unsubme2157

2 жыл бұрын

When you try to sound as specialized as possible

You’ve got skills man!

I work making safes with sheet metal and galvanized, and what a welder there showed me is if you do it a bit hotter and faster it will warp less and you will burn through less then if you ran cold.

Very helpful!

amazing, once again

I've always had a lot of troubke weldig thin with stick. This guy has a lot of talent. The most difficult part for me is striking an arc with such low current. On my crappy welder it either sticks or arcs and immediately goes out with such low current.

Thank you for this video. I'm about to attempt replacing rusty floor pans in my truck but all I have is the same DekoPro stick unit. I think with some practice I can make it work for the ~18ga sheets

@johndowe7003

3 жыл бұрын

Just do spot welds all the way around the patch then fill in the gaps

Great video! I have done alot of thin metal welding in auto body and later on more recently in a Tin shop we did not really deal with any thicker than 1/8th. Welded alot of 16 guage to make all sorts of sheet metal parts and guards and a lot of duct work and it was always galvanized and Stick with 6013 always worked the best and did not have to grind the galvanized edge to weld with stick so that made it basically as fast as mig welding with needing to grind it for mig.

@DelisonJunio

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, just stopping by to say that the fumes from welding galvanized are really bad for your lungs. Take care of your health cuz you can't get it back if something happens -- just a little advice from someone half a world away. Peace 🕊️

@JayJay-de8vq

3 жыл бұрын

@@DelisonJunio Hello sir! Thank you for the kind words! We use the speedglas helmets that have the pump unit you wear on belt or back pack style with a tube going to the enclosed helmet it provides filtered fresh air and also have fans and exhaust fans. The union safety rules and also osha rules would not allow us to do it any other way but safe. That galvanized is very weird when welding it makes almost a spider web kind of white material when it is welded. It is very strange and unhealthy like you said. Anyone else reading this please keep in mine what He said and pass it along to anyone who may not know the dangers of welding galvanized material.

@TimWelds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips! I try to avoid welding galvanized whenever I can because of the fumes, but they can be managed when necessary.

@robertblackshear8963

Жыл бұрын

@@JayJay-de8vq Yep. It will give you flu like symptoms. Its gotten me a couple times in the past. Safety is a must.

I need to see someone stick weld a mower exhaust pipe to a mounting bracket. I cant get it to hold longer than 2 months or I'm just blowing holes in it. Being two different types of steel is also a problem. Love your videos they have helped me in every project.

Good advice. More amps initially ends up putting less heat into the work overall. I’ve had good luck using 6013 dcen and using a 7018 with the flux knocked off as filler material dipped in the puddle like tig.

@TimWelds

3 жыл бұрын

Great point. I'm actually planning on doing a video about the concept of heat input and how running low can make you run slow and put in more overall heat energy. I've never tried using filler with stick, I'll have to give that a try one of these days. Thanks a ton for watching and for the comment!

thanks a lot. TIM Me here in Honduras I bought my stilck welder at AMAZON SPAIN is an inverter GREEN CUT MM200 and I just love machine. it really the only option I have right now

Thanks. It helped.

wow thank you bro, your video really really helpful. Am using stick weld most of the time most involving thin metal unfortunately most of the time burn out n hole everywhere 😅 I was so suprised razor blade can be weld. Awesome bro thank you so much for the knowledge n the tips bro God blessed you.

Very impressive!

Thanks for the alluminium cooling support trick! I have one special situation: I have to weld thin-walled square hollow bars. Ther are around 1.6-1.8 mm thick. However, the production of welding rods that are 1.5mm thick has ceased, and no longer can I get it here in Serbia. I have only 2.5mm thick (if you count the slag, it's 4mm thick electrode). Second thing, remote location, and a friend has only one... questionable cheap welding inverter. Cost is around 160 dollars. Thirdly, we have to use extension cord of a lownmower... that is over 40meters long. And the electric power is unstable, since we are using a electric line from bathroom... So, its a biiig challenge, and I think that this trick with heat mitigation with aluminium will help me greatly! Thanks a lot!

I was taught to weld using 16ga sheet and a 3/32". 6013 rod. We weren't allowed to use thicker material until we passed all of our welds on thin sheet.

3:18 i got weld like the one shown in left. today i learned that if you have 2mm stick and welder has a setting for 2mm stick, it might not work. thank you!

Another awesome video, Tim! That little chart you showed is really nice. Do you have a link to an image?