Ken was like, "And THAT is why I moved my chair way over here."

@Andre_the_Lion

2 ай бұрын

I love how calm they both were the whole time. It would be a joy to only work with people who understand their surroundings and risks as well.

@PabloEskimofo

2 ай бұрын

He doesn’t say much, but you can tell he is wise beyond his years and a master at his craft

@boobear1907

2 ай бұрын

Ken is one of the most interesting and cool men I’ve ever seen. Just a really incredible guy and story

Good illustration of the importance of not getting under a suspended load, no matter the length of time.

@thalgott3

2 ай бұрын

Nascar engineering the rigging was pretty dumb too...

Ken didn’t even flinch!

@J-WHO312

2 ай бұрын

He probably said, “I knew it was going to happen.”

@bruce-le-smith

2 ай бұрын

@@J-WHO312 who couldn't resist the temptation of an i told ya so lol

@markarita3

2 ай бұрын

He calculated the radius.

And that’s a good reason to have Ken there, with his phone in his pocket. Anytime I do semi-sketchy stuff I think about how long it might take them to find me if something went sideways. Too many years as a volunteer firefighter I think

@dittilio

2 ай бұрын

Agreed. I tickled my leg with a chainsaw once upon a time, and somewhere between calling the ambulance and them getting there, I thought "this would be a lot less interesting if I had someone here to talk to dispatch for me". I'm very grateful, the medics put my chainsaw away for me.

@Anonymous-ff5wr

2 ай бұрын

Almost bought the the farm a few times myself. I don’t tell my wife anymore about the close calls

@kirkyorg7654

2 ай бұрын

yup i worked in a wood shop 40+ years ago and wanted to use the shop on weekends the one rule they had that stuck with me was not being alone i had to have someone with me when operating machinery, that has always stuck with me & I never forgot it

@jaymzx0

2 ай бұрын

My neighbor doesn't know me other than pleasantries at the mailbox, but when I see him hanging and taking down the Christmas lights on the eaves of his 2 story house every year, I sit down with a cup of coffee on the porch and keep an eye on him. Lately he's had his kid or wife out there sitting in a chair, so I hope he's also bringing caution to his other endeavors, as well.

@slynn5138

2 ай бұрын

@@kirkyorg7654 I always remember the story from my high school years of a student that went into woodshop early one morning to finish up a project on the lathe. Unfortunately, the piece of wood that was turning broke free and hit him square in the face, knocking him out cold. This happened as the teacher stepped away for a moment to another room so he could set up for the day. The teacher came back to find the student on the ground lying in a pool of blood. The teacher was not fired over the incident but they did take away his woodshop for a period of three years. It was also the end of coming in early to work on projects.

Anyone willing to show his failures as much as his successes is a wise man.

@bootsnthejeep

2 ай бұрын

As the great Red Green said: “Learn from my mistakes. Somebody should.”

@Hoaxer51

2 ай бұрын

One of my favorite shows to watch, Red Green had a few memorable sayings that relate to life. Lol Keep your stick on the ice!

@JoshAllenberg

2 ай бұрын

Once I had a coworker say an incident he had was embarassing. I told him the embarassing/stupid mistake stories are the funniest

@handyhistorian

2 ай бұрын

Better for the algorithm too 😅

@PabloEskimofo

2 ай бұрын

It takes a big man to admit when they’re wrong, and an even bigger man to laugh at that man - Jack Handey

Quality control drop check - Passed 😂

From my perspective, your welds are 100% adequate. It takes a lot of courage to show welds on KZread. Them pro welders are a proud bunch, I'm sure you'll get plenty of feedback.

@pamelah6431

2 ай бұрын

Humility more than courage. :)

Without trying your welder settings but a lot of the uglys can be your gun angle if you point into your puddle the weld tends to jump up if you point away from the puddle it will flatten out. Keeping a more consistent travel speed will help also as I tell the new welders at work it takes time and practice. Another suggestion is do a dry run and watch how you move around the weld joint

@Sicktrickintuner

Ай бұрын

Much of the first was too fast travel speed and not enough voltage overall. Voltage lets it wet out. And smooth is always travel speed The sluff off the edge was where the gun was pointed too low.

Wow! That gate falling gave me a flashback of Brian Block’s (bcblock02) mishap a few years ago. He was unloading a giant radial arm drill off his trailer when a cable broke. That segment was called something like “My worst day in the shop ever”. Brian wasn’t hurt. The cast iron arm of the drill broke as did his new concrete base. You, like Brian, elected to show the accident. A VERY important safety lesson to viewers that accidents can happen even to super-experienced craftsmen. So many KZread creators do really unsafe things and joke about knowing it’s unsafe. They forget that inexperienced viewers may assume if they saw it on the internet it must be okay to do it that way.

I'm 54. Such beautiful closing comments and so true! I've learned so much over the years by pushing the limits of my comfort zone.

One of the things I like most about your channel is the words of a well lived life offering uplifting wisdom.

@danielvicars515

2 ай бұрын

'Uplifting wisdom'...I see what you did there! 😂

@bruce-le-smith

2 ай бұрын

It really is a distinguishing feature of this excellent content, and I love that it's never preachy or brash, it's simply caring and helpful.

I remember a lecture by a Shuttle astronaut at my aerospace company after the Columbia accident. NASA called the problem, "The Standardization of Deviation". Meaning that if you get away with a deviation to the engineering spec long enough, it becomes common practice. In their case, of course, it was the issue of foam coming off the external tank. Glad that this "deviation" didn't catch your toe! Keep up the good work talking to our young men in the trades.

@litman252

2 ай бұрын

A few years back I watched what might have been the same astronaut give the same presentation. Very thought provoking.

Glad you completely failed to catch that gate as it fell! Also glad you, Ken and the gate are ok

@bootsnthejeep

2 ай бұрын

He tried though! The nearly unshakeable male compulsion of “I got it! I GOT IT!”

@bruce-le-smith

2 ай бұрын

@@bootsnthejeep yep, was watching that footage where the primal instincts were still in control, and breathed a sigh of relief when his logic kicked in and he let go to get away

@bootsnthejeep

2 ай бұрын

@@bruce-le-smith It’s only in my advancing age that I mostly shook the “I can save it!” instinct. I’m now very much a ‘let the dust clear, try to find whatever you threw to escape, and let’s reassess’.

@twistedlimb4053

2 ай бұрын

@@bootsnthejeep usually starts with a new set of undershorts

Glad you’re ok! My dear friend died shortly after high school due to improper rigging in a job site. Large piece of metal fell and crushed him. EC - maybe you could do a show on proper rigging, loads, transferring, etc? That could be such a great show and super helpful to folks. Glad you’re ok and tell Kenny we all loved his snickering once he realized you were ok! 🤣

@bruce-le-smith

2 ай бұрын

Every time I take out my ladder I think of Scott's ladder safety tutorial video, it was one of the first vids I saw on this channel and the wisdom has served me very well.

Not sure where i picked up the trick, but do a corner with a restart, meaning wrap part of the corner then do a hot restart and tie in after repositioning your body and hands for comfort. All the old timers say the most important thing in welding is to be comfortable in body positioning. I'm not a professional by any stretch of imagination, i love to learn from everyone and pass the knowledge along. I have problems with to much heat, causing undercut, I have found for my situation things work better if I just use the old "Kentucky windage" leave the settings alone and change my angle, speed direction or comfort level/ add ing ridged support. Great video hopefully no injuries or soreness from failed rigging. When doing something that can fail, add a safety feature.... an extra chain to catch or carry part of the load for example. On a separate note don't forget manufacturing companies instruct consumers to hook 🪝 a chain around the outside of the links with proper components never through the center of a link as it can and has caused chain links to fail. More people have been maimed or killed in farming, logging, automotive or industrial accidents do to improvised connections, AKA a bolt through a chain. I am guilty of doing it too.

@rosskstar

2 ай бұрын

reminds of the heavy chain to hold Satan for 1,000 years, yes sir ri sir ~the vision don't lie!

I greatly respect the fact that you critique your own stick welds and don't only show the best parts. Wrapping corners smoothly is hard, even for professionals, and pretending like it isn't just leads to discouragement for any new welders that don't get it perfect the first time.

A quarter inch bolt to hold that monster of a gate!! There are so many things that could have happened once that bolt gave way and the tension on the chain was released. Thankfully you are both ok.

@Asta-wl8jz

2 ай бұрын

At least he didn't use bailing wire....lol.

@snowgorilla9789

2 ай бұрын

​@@Asta-wl8jzor duct tape

2,000 pound gate falling towards Ken Jordan‘s head and the guy doesn’t even flinch, what a stud!

@chriscoulthard4947

2 ай бұрын

The fire was nice and warm, he wasn't moving 😂

@ChrisLoganToronto

2 ай бұрын

He paced it out before sitting down

If I only learn a quarter of the skills and life lessons you have, I will have become a well rounded man. Love your channel sir, it is awesome.

thanks for showing that failure. Too many people hide those and lead to others making the same mistakes and they don't all get off so lucky! Stay Safe!

Ken must be an old logger, he didn’t even flinch when the gate came down!! Glad everyone was in the clear! Beautiful gate!!

I love how Ken never even flinched! Cool as a cucumber!

@davidhenryhudson3102

2 ай бұрын

Not sure that is a good thing.

@jamesengland7461

2 ай бұрын

​@@davidhenryhudson3102he's somewhat disabled and couldn't exactly spring up like a cat

Thanks for sharing the mistakes as well. May just save somebody’s life to see that before they do a similar mistake. I noticed you had a sling when you loaded your trailer. That’s the way to go in my opinion. I have rigged with both chains and slings when I worked in heavy industry a long time ago, shackles and chains work well but are a bit harder to use and require some expertise. I can’t comment on your welding since yours are nicer than mine 😊 I can comment on the swelling of square tube. There are only two ways, that I know of, to prevent swelling and cracking in a cold climate. 1. You weld it air tight. 2. You put large nice weep holes at the bottom. Small is no good, they will freeze and get blocked. Should be about 10-13mm (about 1/2 inch?). The usual mechanism for water ingress, apart from the obvious that it leaks in through a hole, is “breathing”. If you have something hollow like square tubing, a box, or anything with an air volume that is not gas tight, the air inside will expand when it gets hot, like in the sunshine. When it cools down in the evening, it will breathe in moist air when the air volume inside cools and contracts. The moisture then condensate inside to water. This process is repeated with each heat/cold cycle and basically acts as a pump, accumulating water inside. If there is no way for the water to drain at the bottom it will fill the whole pipe, freeze and crack the pipe. To prevent rust on the inside it’s good to put a couple of holes so you can spray rust protection oil inside the pipes. That will make it last a lot longer in a wet climate. I hope this was somewhat helpful. I have learnt a lot from your videos over the years and they are always a pleasure to watch. Thanks!

Scott , I'm guessing you probably need an assortment of nylon slings ! They make lots of different kinds and configurations , and they're fairly cheap . A couple small ones would have prevented needing to bolt your chain . More difficult lifts , take a couple of pieces of scrap , torch cut your holes to make temporary lifting lugs !!! Shackles and nylon slings work well . Weld them on , and cut them off when you're done . Grind / sand smooth . Hope this helps . Hint : buy them in pairs . Start with two each of maybe 18" , 36" , 72" and four decent shackles .

3:06 "I was lulled into complacency by temporary success." That really struck a chord with me. If I had a nickel for every time I was guilty of that, I'm not sure how much money I'd have, but I'd have a big boat anchor's weight of nickels!

Live and learn. Thankfully you lived and you're smart enough to learn. Couple of years ago I needed to add a PLC to a 6' RTU cabinet for a customer. Got the mini excavator and a chain and started lifting it out of the truck bed to go into the shop. As soon as I cleared the truck the cabinet dropped 4-5ft straight to the ground crinkled like a partially crushed soda can. Upon inspection, the pin in the chain had to have snapped for no given reason. Wasn't a crazy amount of weight, rigged proper, smooth operator. It definitely taught me that even if you do everything right, be prepared for something to go wrong. That cabinet without any components is $20k. Very grateful nobody got hurt and also to have a good relationship with said customer. Never got a bill even after asking for one. We have definitely made it right through discounted work however.

@bruce-le-smith

2 ай бұрын

ugh I can hear that sound. when i was 18 or so i was temp labour in a warehouse of a cabinet shop (that was a subsidiary of a big grocery chain). it was me and the lazy permanent guy loading a truck with an order of cabinets. we were loading a huge bulk food bin full of thick plexiglass, he was up in the truck 'steering' and I was trying to push the entire weight up myself. needless to say the cabinet won when I felt my lower back twinge and jumped out of the way. my pi joint still groans when a storms a comin

I know a lot of people on social media really bust on the welds of others. I’ve never welded in any official capacity. But when it comes to welding farm equipment, if it’s strong it’s good imo. You can always grind it out if it’s not.

Always entertaining watching amateurs in action.

Thank you for showing these accidents! They educate us and prove you’re humble.

“You’ll learn a lot more living out of the comfort zone, than living in it!” So true!

I just can’t get enough of the wisdom and encouragement that Mr. EC provides. He is doing Gods work and I believe he knows it.

Love watching you work....sometime im envious of your upbringing..... God is good......thankful that we can absorb this information for free on KZread..

Thanks for the inspiration. This shade tree carpenter was encouraged by your gate project to jump in with both feet and finally build a coffee cart. A dear friend gave me some rough sawn cedar a few Xmas ago. Finally built the cart. Lots of mistakes. Many many. But much more learned. Learning and mistake making >>> than comfort zone. Thanks for the inspo EC!

Good man to include the little incident. We never stop learning 👍🏻

Wow EC! So glad you are safe and still with us!! Long live EC!!

Spot on, friend! Like you, I learned to weld in Agriculture class in Junior High and High School. I weld around the homestead with a wire welder and a Lincoln tombstone. Love my oxyacetylene torch… learned that too in high school. I also learned electrical wiring in vocational school my Junior and Senior year. Knowledge of both of these trades have served me incredibly well throughout my lifetime. You’re comments are well spoken! Great content!

About to start my welding and metal fabrication journey. Your videos and channel have been very encouraging.

Good on ya sharing that, and Thanks. That gate is one heckuva project.

Glad the gate didn't get anybody down! We all make mistakes, and it takes a very humble person to admit them. I have been welding/machining/fabricating for around 30 years now, and I can say it looks like your welds will hold, but maybe try to slow your travel and wire speed down a little down a little bit to get the joint fill you desire. Gun angle and weld technique plays a big part as well as the particular welding machine you are using and the settings it wants. There are so many variables in welding that you just have to sometimes stop and assess what you are doing when you have trouble, then run some test pieces until you find what is wrong and you get desired results. Sometimes good 'ole DC stick welding is the way to go rather than MIG. Just depends on your situation and what you have available to work with. Practice, practice...patience, patience.

We must secure the existence of our essential craftsmen and a future for wise old men to teach the youngsters.

That drop is a learning moment. Regardless of our age. Thanks

Prayed for you and your channel today. God Bless

The timing of this video couldn't get any better. I just started getting into welding for personal projects and there is ALOT that I have to learn, your words of wisdom just added so much more motivation. Please stay in good health uncle Scott.

Great video as always! And a great reminder that even when you understand and believe in safety, and know what you're doing, accidents still happen. Glad your buddy was there spotting and no serious damages happened in that accident. I appreciate the welding footage, analysis, and questions. Superb!

Watching you build things will always keep me coming back!

Very glad that was just a learning moment!

Love how Ken doesn't even flinch when like I dunno 400lbs of gate comes down. He's just there.. cool as a cucumber

Great having Kenny there for guidance. Also, your right real taillight on the truck appears to be dead, just in case Kenny didn't point that out too.

that's really scary Scott, and I'm very glad you and Ken are ok. Can't wait to see that gate in action.

Beautiful work

We can have books for reading, videos for watching, classes for taking. All of which are helpful and worthwhile. But, IMHO the best way to learn is by.... doing. Which you are.... doing!

Great job. Thank you 😊

Nicely disguised! The government had you proof with this test that your design for the inner main gate of Fort Knox could not be warped or broken. How did you manage to get that federal contract and the permission to divulge it disguised as a front gate? Keep up the good work 😂 Glad you survived the test unharmed!

I’m no welder, so I can’t give any advice on making improvements, but I was a Non Destructive Inspection Technician while I was serving in the Navy, and part of the job was inspecting the practice weld plates sent in from the welding department every so often, and I can say, you noticed your mistakes well and a lot of the welded areas looked pretty good to me.

Very lucky there Thanks for sharing

oh man. i was just thinking about that falling in the last video. also im a welder of 35 years, your welds are perfectly ok.

That is one sturdy gate. I do hope the posts are up for it!

The experience I see. As the gate was falling . Looking to get control and realizing you can’t when you step back. Wonderful!

Scott the steel heats in sunlight then cools at night condensating moisture from the air in the tube, which then gathers to puddle.

Oh gosh I'm glad you're okay! Can't wait to see the finished product.

Good lesson to learn, stay with the work long enough to know your escape route. But not to long to get hurt.

That drop is just part of the DIY professional in us all, the can do throw your hand at a job and improvise where you have to. Yes, sometimes you get away with it and sometimes WE don't. We all have the scars to show those instances, less brave enough to show the incidents themselves. We live and we learn. Good on you to show the warts & all. Huge project there and excellent DIY welds, take pride in an imperfect weld as something you and your descendants can say you did not some 9 - 5 so called tradesman that had no passion for your project you put pride and care into. I am going to tackle a cantilever gate here in Tasmania Australia in a year or two, by then I will be just over 60 years. I need a break after all the projects so far. Keep up the good work and the informative video's with your modest and humble manner that is charming to your viewers.

Glad you weren't injured!

Looks great!

WOW!! That 1/4" bolt, could have caused so much more of a disaster, in an instant. I'm glad (and thankful) that the only casualty, was only a small divot in the edge of your concrete. The gate project has been a pleasure to watch, thanks for sharing. I cant wait for a little more sunshine, to make the drive down to see it in person.

Man! It's a lot of detail and thought goes into a gate. Isn't it interesting how much we take for granted as we, "wiz by" on the road.

The weep holes were a very good idea. I don't know if it is the capillary action that occurs with a tiny pin hole or a small little bit of cold lap, but the amount of water that will find itself into a tiny hole, and then freeze and turn your square tubing into oval, is amazing. Your welds are pretty good. Is it time for you to put a cheater lens in your helmet? Like a set of reading glasses that clip into your helmet. I'm turning 46 and think I might be in line for some magnification soon in my helmet. On your semi-horizontal fillets try making little a little oval with your arc so that loop back and up, and fill the top edge of your puddle, then quickly down and ahead on the bottom, then back up on the top edge of the puddle.

this gate is going to be a beast. I heard rumours Fort Knox wants one as well!

Thanks for sharing your mistakes helping us all learn or relearn important safety rules.

The instinct to catch it instead of getting out of the way is great. Thankfully you weren't hurt.

@pamelah6431

2 ай бұрын

Same goes for falling knives in the kitchen

Thanks, Kenny!

Thank God no one got hurt. Amazing work and great teamwork.

grateful no one got hurt! keep on truckin'

I hold you in great respect. I have learned a ton from you and implemented plenty of your advice on paid jobs, such as ladder safety and skill saw tricks. I'm sure you appreciate that you had a lucky escape with that gate falling, particularly given the gravity of its construction. I hope that this is worth chewing over, because that bodge with the bolt just seems incompatible with the risk we saw materialise.

My kinda guy… up at 4am, figuring out how to get it done!!😂👍

Fill the edge of welds without having them slump off is always easier with a clean lens. I personally like to manipulate the weld pool from side to side with a slight pause at the edge. Try writing a cursive e as a motion. Beautiful work Scott and thanks for sharing your wisdom.

I gotta say, you are one dangerous and hazardous dude. a 1/4" bolt to hold 1200#'s? WOW!

You just have to love a good hoisting system!😀

Ken sitting cool as a cucumber when that gate came crashing down.

Ouch, that usually happens to me. Glad no injuries.

That was a close call from "essential craftsman" becoming nearly "essential craftman the next generation". If that one would have gone the other direction there would be no video here. Be safe - we are all looking out for a lot more ecm-videos to come.

One hell of a gate! I wish my “ bad welds” looked half as good. Amazing work as always, thank you.

Good idea drilling drain holes on the bottom. So now I'm taking my gate down and do the same to prevent rust down younder in Alabama

I ask God to bless you with every video you do. Thank you for sharing your wisdom, encouragement, humility, and skills with us. Thankful that didn't land on your toe.

A ham knows no wrath like the bite of a short cut - you lucked out fella! Still got a cool gate...love your show man; keep 'em coming!

Thank goodness there was no physical injury. Metal and welds are replaceable.

The only advice I can give, is that it should sound like bacon frying. Wonderful everybody is safe!

I had a boss when I was a young inexperienced welder that had a saying, "Putty n' paint make it what it ain't." My opinion, all your welds will hold. They make grinders to smooth and paint to hide. Glad your safe.

I once lived next door to an 80 year old master welder, who had been trained by the army in WWII. We got along well and I'm sure he would taught me, but I never got around to it. Learning to weld is still on my list.

Nice video. Thank goodness you were not injured. Note: even the big jumbo wreakers us the straps to lift heavy loads. I am just saying, Over the 47 years of turning wrenches I learned the hard way to stay out from under the load.

Be extra careful buddy. Don't let a little bolt cut your good days short.

DONT GRAB IT!! i got my only severe work injury during truss day the chain wasnt done right at the peak of some trusses the crane was lowering, they were sort of on the top plate, chain came out and the trusses were tipping towards the already tacked in ones and i grabbed one and tho painful at the time i said nothing, years later required surgery etc. due to debilitating pain... when something falls now, i grab myself and watch it smash... smFh

Murphys Law.... I am constantly lecturing my farmer neighbour about that guy... 🙄 I've seen way too many sketchy setups when they are repairing agri-equipment... being a retired machinist, I usually get called over when some proper "inguneering" needs doing, broken bolt removals /bearing extractions / turning and milling small replacement parts etc... but when I see the beer kegs and the scaffolding planks coming out I walk out and leave 'em to it, no point us all dyin at the same time... 😂 From the Emerald Isle 😎👍☘️🍺

Everyone learns from other people's mistakes. & Knowledge Occasionally we can learn from ..!!! Are self the hard way ....!! God bless. Nobody gets hurt 🤕

Thank God that was close

I’m about 40 years removed from my brief welding days, but those look fine, sir. (BTW, your advice on suspenders has probably saved my lower back! Thanks!)

Yes, living outside the comfort zone provides a more satisfying experience even at the risk of the occasional setback!

Dude, that bolt was obviously too small for the job. A lot of us are wondering the same about the hinges. It's a beautiful gate however (and it passed the drop test). Looking forward to seeing you hang it.

“If you’re welding like you got some where to be go ahead and leave” - Mr Neumann my AG Mechanics teacher

Awesome