I really appreciated this video. Being that I have been at it for 31yrs now, I often reminisce of the days when I would struggle with some of the things that I can now basically do in my sleep. Experience in any field is a reward for the hard work that has been put into the job. I can totally relate to the older gentleman you referred to in the video. I remember guys like that. Fast with out being fast. My customers have stated (without me knowing) that I too have become fast because they have mentioned that other company welders take much longer do do similar jobs I do for them when I'm not available. That is a nice feeling. I try and follow the same model of being efficient at my work. My dad would always tell me to "Make every Move Count". If you can apply this to your everyday routine, you will see improvements very quickly. I apologize for making this post sound like a pat on my own back but If you love your work and try hard to improve every day or on every job, you will see the fruits of your labor. Thanks for the video. Very well put Bud!.👍👍👍👍

@arosswelding

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Hey you bet! Thank you for watching and commenting and sharing your thoughts. You said it well yourself. It’s nice to be in connection with others who understand experience and how valuable it is. Seeing the fruits of your labor is very rewarding.

@noah8877

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Wacth both your channels very good content

@petersipp5247

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Hello I C Weld, I worked at a Federal Paper Mill in Augusta Ga. 1989-'91. Flour Daniels had a big sign up that said, "Make everymove Count." Your father is right. Don't need to hurry. No wasted movements adds up.

@jerryday8817

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Any advice for someone just starting out?

@dirtyjobs3995

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Getting my KZread welding degree from both of you and others, there is always so much good feed back in the comments that I have learned from as well, great community!

I'm 75, so I think I qualify as an "old man" and I'd like to thank you for your videos. I'm living vicariously through those videos. I went to welding school 50+ years ago in the military and been at it since, HOWEVER, the older I get, the more my hands shake, so, my advice is, do as much as you possibly can now, while you're young, because, apparently, it won't last forever. And while I'm at it, here's something else to give a think: The WORST thing about getting old is, you're stiff all over (except where it counts). 😂

@awalk5177

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I am 71 years old and also enjoying still a bit of welding. I can appreciate your comment " you're stiff all over (except where it counts)" that is so, so true.

Yeah pipeline work. So when do you want me? Yesterday. Pipeline You have to bring your A game every day. Inspection takes no prisoners or excuses. Spent the last 20+ years working directly for a mainline transmission company. Everything was 100% x-ray and 95% of the work was hot work. The company went through something like 300 contract rig welders over the years before they landed a core of welders that could do the work and get along with his peers. Very little of the work was outside a Ditch. Welders were expected to be able to cut and fit the pipe as well as weld it. It challenged your ability to the endth degree. You were either good or gone. Straight pipelining by comparison was easy. I done plenty of that 25 years prior. Doing everything from the well heads to mueller Ts for residential. Loved the challenge, loved the work, loved the travel. Working at a high level and doing things 90% in the business couldn't was great. Hopefully one made a difference. We were country builders. Engineers engineer . Tradesmen build That said A difference is made

You aren't lying about those old men making it look easy. I've always been amazed by that. It's a good thing they don't have a young man's body or they might take over the world. I'm 32 and I'm strong at what I do but I know more than a few old hands that I would have trouble keeping up with. When somebody has been doing something longer than you've been alive you start to recognize they're playing a whole nother game.

@arosswelding

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Word….! I love it! You said it when you said they’ve been doin it longer that you’ve been alive… truly a whole new perspective…

“That old guy” story keeps resonating in my head. “All his moves were productive “ This is one of the main keys to make the most of your time. Thanks for sharing! Greetings from Mexico.

Been welding for 22 years still out here trying to make the next weld better and more efficient. Always good to hear your stories

@kevindouglas2060

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I began welding over 45 years ago but I doubt I have anywhere near as much experience as is evident on this channel . I've done some fairly large projects. But there have also been relatively long gaps between some of those projects. Lately I have been driving semi trucks. I hope things like your excellent channel will prevent me from losing skills over time. Thank you for the high quality content.

Stick is coolest welding

@rashidgrayson49

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tig

@nickreuling2932

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Tig 100%

@you_dont_know_me6583

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Sorry tig

@goodguy...badrep.

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Stick welding takes skill.

@you_dont_know_me6583

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@@goodguy...badrep. and tig takes more skill

I have been to a couple of trade schools and most guys that complete these schools think they have completed their learning. Truth be told they have completed the first step now the will start learning.

Thanks for sharing your work history. I prefer TIG because it's cleaner, but stick is my passion too. I was certified around 1982 in all processes on carbon steel pipe, and Aluminum MIG on plate over the years. I worked offshore for a few years and did shop work until 1989. Then I changed course, I became a RN and retired a couple of years ago. Now, I'm 64 y/o and I'm going to start a Fab business because of boredom and inflation. I did not get beat up working with steel like most 40-year experienced welders. I could easily make $100/hr+ as a RN, but that was another life for me; Nursing is a hard job emotionally, and you're always rushing around hoping you don't make mistakes because the stakes are so high. Wish me luck Austin!

I am 55 years old and have just learned welding in the last 5 years. I have used tube channels like yours to learn welding, and my favourite is stick welding. It's old school, low tech, and a real challenge. I love burning rods.

I’m in the same boat there A Ross. I stick weld everything also. I’m just an Oklahoma pipe fence builder. I use 6010 everyday! I love the first smell of the rod tip burning of every morning.

My wife's grandfather got into welding right after highschool. I did the shop thing for 15 yrs. Still love burning rods...

bruh, i took welding in 10th grade and the teacher was so old fashioned we had to start on gas, learn to make a puddle and all that, then using a rod, kinna like Tig just with gas before we could stick weld. i didnt Mig or Tig tell i got out of school. my point..lol. i love stick welding, takes me way back in time, from the sound to the smell. thank for ur time sir.

Nothing beats an excellent stick weld. I welded cranes for a while and it all had to be mig. It was high production. After that I had my own thing going with structural steel. My choice on that was all stick 7018. One place I love mig is for auto body work. It's all just tacks but allows keeping the heat down and controlling the warpage

Sure it’s absolutely possible to have a wire feed setup on a mobile welding rig run gas less flux core and produce really nice welds but for what I see you doing in your videos stick is the better option. Because it’s more flexible and has a longer range from the power source. With your fencing projects wire feed could be used. But not very convenient to keep moving the machine from joint to joint. A stick stinger is much easier faster and efficient with experience out in the field. I remember my dad telling me about a building steel frame erecting job. This one guy thought he was such a hotdog with his fancy rig and portable wire feed. Dad had his trusty stick machine and was welding the connection between column and horizontal beam 2 to 1 of the guy with the wire feed. Dad on a ladder with stick this other guy in a man lift with his wire feed. Then come inspection dads welds passed 100 percent and the other guy failed so many he was kicked off the job and dad ended up having to go over all the welds the right way with stick that the other guy failed to get the failed welds to pass. Dad was proud his all passed and a bit not happy having to fix the mess the young hotdog welder made.

The way you’re talking to yourself through different characters is insanely funny great content. Keep it up brother!!!

I have a small welding shop I run afternoons when I got off my regular job and money is tight tight tight so all I have is a couple grinders and a little 100$ cheapo stick yes welder and a victor long torch i ran over accidentally and the knobs and handles are all crooked and bent lol with big bottles and let me tell you I literally only have 100$ invested in that since I found a way to get everything I needed for free by hustling my way to it and I've welded recovery tow truck arms, fabricated with it, and have done absolutely everything with it and it's making me a lot better at stick and I'm enjoying the struggle because one day I'll look back at this and swell with pride as I sit in my big fully equipped shop on my rig.

19 year welding veteran, then drove trucks for 16, just now getting back into welding and it's like riding a bike, I'm right back in the groove, and wondering why I stopped, had fun over the road, and didn't realize how much I missed welding, these videos are a good idea, and I hope the new upcomers appreciate your videos and others alike, not many people will give their knowledge nowadays. Stick is always a good to have especially for backup to know and have around, in the field or around the shop, incase your wire runs out or your tank runs out while mig welding a project.

A. New. To. Welding. I. Come. From. A past of substance abuse. And welding is my outlet . Help. I. Love. This is. The. First. Time. I. Seen u. Am going. Back. To school for welding. I. Really. Hope. To learn. A. Lot. From u. This. Spooke. To me. I cryed. To be. Truth full but. I love. Stick welding and. This. Right. Here. Makes me want. It more. And. To do better. It's. Hard. Explain but. Thank u. Can't wait. To watch more

I didn’t know there were other types of welding…..if you can’t stick you can’t weld….period.

Me too. I learned stick welding 60 years ago and it still my go-to method of welding.

Fascinating stories. I took a welding course at the local junior college and loved being able to make stuff. We did mig but I’d love to learn stick. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences

I stick weld everything as well, welded tig and mig in college and was good at it. But I'm working as a heavy equipment repair welder, bent, twisted, rusted, oiled, greased, muddy and large gaps. Have a very big and expensive mig welder in the shop, and I cant figure it out, something isn't quite right and I can't trust it. Not going to spend 20, 40, 100+ hours repairing a bucket or machine to have a weld fail, so I just stick everything and I love it.

What I love about this channel has to be the information and knowledge you’ve experienced in your time welding and also has to be your humor and quirky personality

I love stick welding. No hassle dealing with gas, expensive equipment, wire feed mechanisms, torches, tungsten, etc. There’s something to be said for simplicity + agility. Analogous to loving the portability/simplicity of an acoustic guitar over electric guitar + amps + pedal boards + cords + settings, etc.

I try to stick weld everything I do since I got my stick welder this spring. I need more practice but I'm self taught too. By the way flux core MIG is great for outdoor mobile welding and is plenty easy but anything over 1/8" thick just makes sense to stick weld for me anyways. A portable flux core MIG is nice to own though.

Holy crap that explanation took forever. But, after getting to the point and taking the entire video in, I appreciate all of it! Thank you, sir!

Love your vids Austin! The man who taught me how to weld in the shop I grew up in made me start with a torch- Gas welding, brazing, and cutting before he would teach me to stick weld. Then he made me keep stick welding things while everyone else building the race cars were using a mig- I was so damn frustrated because I wanted to use the mig on the race cars with the guys. I envied the shit out of them- eventually I got to mig as well, but- several years later the same guys were asking me to teach em on the stick because they had never learned. Haven't tried to Tig.. Yet.. LOL

Austin, you make VERY GOOD Videos!!! The FIRST thing I like about your video's are you do NOT put ANNOYING BACKGROUND MUSIC on them. I like to watch KZread, I watch all kinds of Videos on it. I should start COUNTING how many I have turned off because the music is ANNOYING, and so many of them the MUSIC is LOUDER than the Narration and I cannot HEAR IT!! Or I have to STRAIN to hear it!!! I have seen a LOT of them that WOULD have been good if they had just LEFT THE THING ALONE with NO MUSIC!!! You have a good and pleasant speaking voice, you are a GOOD EXPLAINER TOO!!! So, keep them coming!! Having said that, I had a Fence and welding business in Texas for a number of years. I have had to change careers a number of times, In the 70's I drove long haul Trucks, boy was my timing BAD for THAT, the Trucking Depression had started before I got in it and I fought that for several Years. The trucking depression lasted 20 years, and I got out of it because of that and some family issues after my father died in 1980. Then I got in to WELDING, though I had done some in High School, but in 1981 I went to Welding School at a Community College in Fort Worth Texas. Well the Texas Oil Field collapsed in the late 70's and WELDERS were EVERYWHERE. The instructor I had, he was a TOP NOTCHED HAND, but he TOLD me the reason he was TEACHING is "WELDING IS DEAD". He wasn't kidding, in this area it was AWFUL back then. People were bidding jobs at cost just to get it. I had trouble getting my money for a lot of work. I was "Bankrupted Off" a number of times. I built Industrial Chain link Gates, and Pipe Fences with matching Gates, I always built my own gates. I would RATHER build the gates than the fence. I did a lot of "ornamental iron" which of course as a rule is just welded steel fence. I installed Gate operators and the equipment that makes them fly. But my TIMING and the LOCATION were BAD. I was (on the SOUTH SIDE of the DFW Metroplex). We also had a farm I could not MOVE after my father died (a long story) family obligations. In my 40's I went BACK to school to get a REAL Estate Degree. My timing was not so good for THAT either. I have been a broker in Texas and Oklahoma, and an Appraiser in Texas. The fees for APPRAISING are NOTHING, that is the WORST job I ever had. These Bankers all want you to LIE for them, and if you don't get ALL of your money up front half the time they won't pay the appraiser. It is a LOUSY RACKET. I never stopped Welding though, I kept all of my equipment except for my TRUCK, I sold IT, I have regretted that ever since. I had a nice one for sure. *I wanted to tell you, for ME, STICK is the only way to go* For PORTABLE, in the Field it is the ONLY WAY TO GO!!! The WIND is the number one problem. Mig is WAY too much Trouble, the work piece must be within *12 or 14 feet from the joint* being welded. I know some people do it, but if the shield gas is blown away, the weld wreaks. I built GATES in my "shop" (an old barn). But most of the joints were on small diameter Pipe and Tube, so the "Continuous" wire electrode is just not an advantage. On long beads in a SHOP, that is one thing, but small diameter pipe joints just do NOT benefit from MIG. Also, on small diameter Pipe and Tube, the ANGLE of the Electrode has to be changed QUICKLY. The Nozzle on MIG restricts visibility on small joints just when you really need it to change the angle of the electrode with a FAST travel speed. A LOT of gates are built with MIG, but I just do NOT really understand why. On gates it is NOT an advantage EXCEPT it is CLEANER. It is CLEANER. Sweeping up the Slag is not an issue for me. I have TWO transformer rectifier machines, one is a Miller Dial-arc 250 I bought in 1981 for $800 bucks brand new, and I have a Lincoln "Square Wave" machine I bought used some years back. I have done very little TIG, again, TIG is not that great in the field, it is soo SLOW, and the WIND will blow away you shield gas. I have a TRUCK I am going to build up in to a WELDING Truck soon, I want to put a Lincoln 300 Diesel on it. I had a 200 Lincoln Pipe-liner Red Face machine, I should have NEVER SOLD IT. I want a used Lincoln 300 Diesel that is not worn out, I am having a lot of trouble finding one. I do NOT want to EVER have any machine that runs on Gasoline as long as I LIVE. The GAS now is so LOUSY, I cannot keep a Chains Saw running. I just bought an Electric Chain Saw to get around that. I would have a Diesel WATCH if I could get it, no GAS for me. Once again, your Videos are GREAT!!! BB

Very interesting history and it is clear that the lengthy industrial experience really hones the skill in any craft that involves manual work, whether it is laying bricks or spray painting, carpentry and the variations of welding. I started work as a metallurgist in UK steal industry. The reason I mention that is that at age 16 years we were trained in everything from soldering wire through to thermionic lances, to at least experience what most people do when working with metal. From that I went into Organic Chemistry and then Computing as an analyst and system developer. Now in retirement I have gone back to soldering, welding, spray painting, for my own entertainment. Welding has developed a lot over the past 60 years and right now there seems to be a transition slowly from Oxy/ acetylene, to stick welding, at one time to braising, and then to Mig / Tig and now Flux core is like a miniature stick with a continuous feed rod. Flux core is different to Mig and there is at the moment, some resistance of people familiar to Mig towards flux core. But I see changes in people as they get skilful with flux core. If you are going into training, like the UK Steel basic training, people need to experience the full range of available welding techniques. As said here, the more you work with one method the better and more efficient your skill becomes. Good luck.

"it's the 20th century!" 😂 I appreciate this video so much! 4th generation carpenter (and I do a good bit of metal work on the side). My dad always said "anbody can cut wood and bang nails, a carpenter is EFFICIENT.... understands workflow, process, sequence and makes every move count. Doesn't hurry, doesn't stop. It's true for welding, carpentry, masonry and working in a kitchen. Any kind of work benefits from this mindset. It takes decades to fully develop and is often very subtle. It's just as true for ditch digging, which paper pushers think is unskilled work but it is not. Hard to define but you know it when you see it, the old skiiny dude puffing on a smoke and waiting on the young bucks! And your brother shaking his head, priceless!

I'm a new ironworker and I also liked stick the best when I went to school. MIG feels a bit thoughtless, and TIG is just annoying to do trying to get every little part of the process just right before you can even start. Stick is the most engaging and challenging.

I love stick, Tig welding & running a torch myself. Specially on pipe. 🤙🏽

The one thing people forget is the stick welder and torch are the most field friendly I have been welding for 10 years and the world wasn't built in a shop the shop was built in the world so naturally you gotta get away from the shop plus stick welding is quick effective and efficient thanks Austin we appreciate ya taking the time to explain to others on something they may not know or understand but just remember brother there is always room to learn work and improve because to a welder his welds always need improve when you stop learning and improving your either stagnant or dead so good luck everyone enjoy the journey

You stick well because you're good at it and pipelining dried up with a stupid president we have But stick welding is very strong and awesome and sometimes better than any kind of mig welding you can do God-bless everyone

Here in the islands stick is important, because it's a lot cheaper. One tank of argon goes for over $1,600.00. So that's why I watch. It's really all about the passion of stick welding. I love it.

When I first moved into my current house, the garage was a clean slate. I decided on a good ol Lincoln AC/DC tombstone because I didn't want to fiddle with gas bottles, spool, moving parts, etc. Nothing wrong with stick welding.

I am glad I ran into this video. I am just getting into welding. But going to the same shop every day and having that routine is just not for me. That’s why in my current career I went from being a desk jockey to being an account manager and being out all day. Thanks for this content.

Thank you ! great video. Nice to see people loving their skills.

Great story Ross, for a young man you pack a lot of Great knowledge in your years. Hopefully the younger generation will take the hint and use it to there advantage. The old gentleman new the ticks of life. At 75, I hope others take advantage of someone like you to increase there knowledge and direction of travel in life. It's great of you and the wife, to extend yourself to others, You're both great examples of Stewartship and what life is about!..... Being a Giver and Giving back! Ty and God Bless You both 🙏 ❤

Hey there Austin , im an old stick man myself went to voca school when i was 30 years old certified in mig,stick,tig,oxy pipe,boiler.was in the field for about 12 years got my teaching certificate and taught welding tech at local voca school. nothing like teaching high school kids a great career.

Your experience is wisdom; that this, like "past 'generations ", ignored or didnt have time to listen to. BY sticking around and asking questions you added ammunition to your pouch. You grew in the business and the industry by associating with "the old timers" . My grand father paid me 1penny to bend and straighten nails in his projects (age 10- 13) that Craftsmen ($15-$20 ph ) would drop or bend. Never attempted to clean up after themselves. At 13 when one of the craftsmen decided, he was good enough to just not show up for work, I claimed his tool bag and went to work next to the craftsmen who had watched me watch them for three years. I am now 56 my years are now on the down hill side but I have 3 sons who have access to all I have learned.

This video is such an inspiration because I currently am in welding school and my goal is to have a welding rig and weld pipe. Want to travel and experience the pipelining field of welding.

Simple explanation is: “I do what I am good at, and comfortable with, for me and for you”

Myself I prefer stick welding. I do use a mig welder (220v) machine it can be ran with shielding gas or flux core wire. Never used it with gas I have always used the flux core wire. I built meat smokers out of 10 & 11 gage sheet metal and used this machine simply because it was faster and easier and lot less blowing holes in the metal. For some reason I have in my mind that mig process is not good on heavier metals. On all my repairs and work on farm equipment I use stick welding. I have learned a great deal from your channel and one of the most important things is 7018 rods. And 3/32 rods are very useful. Been welding for about 10 years and I’m self taught. I been around welding all my life but just never took the time to learn until I retired from my real job and took up hay farming. I’m and old man and more than likely going to buy a engine driven welding and generator machine. It will serve as a power supply for our house when we lose power (and this always happens in the dead of winter) and of course a mobile welding machine for farm use. I really like your videos and tips. Your fence building is extremely educational and I have benefited from watching these videos.

@arosswelding

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Thank you for sharing! Im glad you find the videos helpful! We appreciate you watching!

I also stick weld everything and anything. Padlock open and I forgot where I put the key: stick weld. Bananas come apart at the stem; stick weld them together. While the motorcycle cop is busy writing my speeding ticket I stick weld his brake caliper to the wheel and slowly drive away. I love my stickwelder.

Austin your comments about constant improvement needs more visibility and recognition in all trades and skills that require hands and brains. I work in manufacturing and constantly have worked to make things easier and more efficient for myself. Quality is key in my industry, but not taking forever for it is right along with it. So you and IC WELD both are Quality welders with experience that shows in your videos. Love your content and your philosophy. it was cool to see IC WELD give you props and acknowledge that being efficient is smooth and it shows.

The old man reminds me of myself once I had some time under my belt programming cnc machines. What started off as simply swapping tool numbers and offsets, turned into this OCD-like review of a whole program before I even touched it. With enough experience you can sort of see the movements the machine is going to make and the paths it will take getting there. I imagine it's similar to a welder knowing how much voltage and wire speed or stick feed to apply to whatever they're working on. Sort of a "habit becomes instinct" sort of thing I suppose. It was so satisfying taking a program that would as written take, for example, 15 minutes and then going through it shave several minutes off of each run. More efficient and less work for the machine at the same time, just gotta keep honing that edge

I am a consumate stick welder too. They have their downsides, but generally they're easy and produce better welds than mig does. Unrelated note, but I can't get over how much you look like you could be the brother of Destin from Smarter Every Day

My first welder was a stick..and ive beeen hooked since. No tanks, no jamming. And when you get decent at it, it can be just as pretty

I bought a multiprocess welder, tig pedal, two gas bottles, and an assortment of mig and tig fillers... but while I was waiting for the tools and accessories to arrive I bought some 6011 sticks to play with, and now I stick weld just about everything too.

I learned on MIG first, then TIG. I'm a hobbyist that does some auto fab. Between the two i felt like learning stick was pointless...but once I decided to learn it, I found it to be my preferred method despite being much slower. There's a level of old school craftmanship when you lay a great stick bead that you don't get with any other process.

I’m glad I found your channel. I’m a new welder just learning. I find the whole process fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

As a welding apprentice and a new owner of a home welding setup, I find this fascinating. I'm trying to absorb as much info as possible.

I have run TIG for 10 years and got rusty on stick and mig so I bought a small machine to practice. I really enjoy it.

I just started welding on my own, stick welder, been in the Masonry trade for 28 years, just discovered welding and I absolutely love it , I’m absolutely terrible at welding but I’m improving every time I do it . Great channel and thanks for sharing your knowledge.👍🏼👍🏼

Hello Austin. I am 40. Last year I started welding from zero pont. TIG was my first tech process, but some lessons after I shifted to MMA. My reasons to shift were the same: less equipment to provide welding, all-weather, etc. But in case of achievements and education progress MMA became not so easy. But I don't give up. Thanks for vid. Please keep going. Your thoughts and advices are really inspire.

19 year old welder Setting up my mobile welding rig and I’m hoping to get some weekend work as supplemental income. Love the videos

I love all of your videos man. There's not one ive watched and said, yeah this sucks. I started watching you 2 or 3 years ago and you are one of the reasons I'm going to school for welding right now, I'm 32. Never too late to start something new. Thanks for being awesome!

Youz a good story teller......u could listen all day Make a video again of your work history

i use stick weld for everything too, best regards.

Mig/Tig is too easy, all the skill is in Stick welding ✌🏼

Austin, I spent my fair share of time on pipeline. 80' and 90's mostly. I once met a welder that had worked the Alaskan pipeline pretty much from start to finish. While other guys were blowing their money on, lets just say, non essentials , he put as much back as possible. He came home, took a well deserved vacation, then bought a welding rig. He was such in demand , he could pick and choose when and where he worked. I think it was because he loved it more than he needed too. We was working a pipeline once when the X ray tech pulled up. He asked the foreman who was welding, and when the foreman told him who it was, he said, great, I can just take on picture and run off a bunch of copies. True or not, I do know he never left the spot where he parked, and I only seen him during breaks, outside his truck. I expect he's passed on by now.

Thank you for posting and sharing, always like hearing folks stories, coming up in their businesses!

Thank you for what you do. Always learning from guys like you.

You're hitting the nail on the head with EXACTLY how it's been for me and where I want to be. Wanted to do stick right out of welding class, ended up in a MIG fab shop where I still am and really want to go do a field job stick welding!!

When I was in highschool I’d watch your videos but little did I know I’d become a welder myself after I graduated

You got a subscriber out of me. I needed a welder to do some work. Only welded some in metal shop in high school and it was all stick. So I bought a stick welder. I realize MIG would have been easier to do a lot of what I'm using it for, but I want to complete my education with stick welding and learn to do all I need with my welder.

I started welding, learning how, in a heavy equipment repair shop in the late 60's. Went into a votec in HS.

Great story! Thank you for sharing the knowledge!!

Working in the oilfields was one of my favorite jobs granted my first day sucked 😂. Hired the day before and the guy told me "we start at 7am so be here and ready to work". I showed up 20 minutes before 7 thinking I'll be early only to find out that "we start at 7am" means they get there at 530am, have a 20 minute morning meeting and then drive and hour to the site where they then "start" the day. I was just a dumb kid but the welders and the heavy equipment operators were who i clicked with. I can drive all the machines, run a front end loader, road grader and excavator and can weld, but I run a hand shovel like a 1 legged kangaroo with glaucoma. I love stick but wire feed is always my backup.

Hey Austin, great informative and humoristic video with you and your twin brother 😂. I like your videos because of the information and the humor and I like you're work. Keep up the good video's and have a nice day, greetings from the Netherlands.

FANTABULOUS Austin, just because you can because that's the way you started in school and you want folks to know "YOU DID LEARN IT". This is a good inspirational video for a welding class to see. Fred.

I enjoy your videos but I also appreciate your honesty. I’m getting my first stick welding machine and your videos will help me learn. Your humbleness speaks knowledge.

I recently got into some hobby stick welding and I feel it's a kind of activity where there are a lot of aspects which require feel. As soon as that rod lights up, its watching, reacting and manipulating that puddle. I love it!

Great presentation! Reminds me of when I worked on a steel building erection crew for about half a year some 40 years ago. it was my introduction to the world of outdoor welding. I never became professional welder, but I have welded my own my own amateur projects ever since. Looking forward to seeing your videos..

I stick weld a lot because you can, and as a guy who welds only a few days a year, I do almost all my work out of doors for fire safety reasons. I could use flux core MIG, but I have a really sophisticated TIG machine, which also means it is buck rogers for stick. And I have a couple of 1-200 dollar stick welders for just tacking stuff together. I think those units are the best bang for the buck. I can assemble things for the shop were welding is the best process, or even make high end furniture that needs a little more strength that wood can offer, and I can usually get a good result with the cheap boxes. However, since nobody dies one of these things comes apart I am free to be a joke welder. And a piece of 2x4 1/8 tubing made into a sofa, that I nailed 90%, is still so insanely strong.... I also tig weld bicycle frames. That is super thin 4130 and you can't do anything but perfect work were that is concerned. That is also indoor work. But the heat stays where I put it.

For me its a coin filp on to stick weld or to pull out the wire feeder and use flux core on jobs. stick is easy and fast to set up, flux (if it works right) can weld a lot more in less time.

Austin, experience is what you have right AFTER you needed it. Learning by actually doing and flubbing up here and there teaches one what not to do or hey what I just did was better quicker. I wanted to be the best TIG welder I could be. My customers were impressed so I stayed busy. You fell in love with stick like I fell in love with TIG. Have fun and thanks for sharing.

Man we share a very similar attitude towards welding the things you share in this video are priceless to me thank you 😊

Like your old man story. 👍 Around 1976, I asked our Welder at work, “Ken, how can I learn to weld like you do?” He answered, “no secret at all, jist do it every day for 30 years.” 😉

@arosswelding

7 ай бұрын

Sooo much truth to that. Experience is the secret. 🤣 I love it

Finishing up welding school in June this year, and watching your videos and a few other guys on KZread has already taught me a ton. I have a few goals with welding I want to achieve, one of them being becoming a pipeline welder. Think it sounds incredibly neat and is something I really aspire to do. The other is learning how to Tig weld so I can one day fabricate roll cages and things of that nature since cars happen to be one of my biggest passions in life. (I know you can use any process for building a cage, Tig welds just look so pretty when done right) keep up the videos, they really do help out us new guys

Just started a welding course last week at a local college, I absolutely love it! Wicked frustrating lol but I love learning it, we are on stick for the first while, I really like the simplicity of it, but I want to get into TIG eventually, great video! Thanks

Thank you for this really nice story! 👍🏻

So true about how experienced guys make it look easy, and work fast and efficiently. No wasted energy, no wasted moves. 👌

First of all thanks for,these motivational videos. More of motivational than welding. I'm an amarture, hobby welder who is entirely self taught. I've progressed well in stick welding and thought I should try gas welding (mig). It's not anywhere near stick welding in terms of interest and challenge. I'll probably end up stick welding everything as well.

@frankish5314

Жыл бұрын

Yup same here, I can Mig, Tig, gas and stick.. But stick welding takes the most skill to my mind. Its also the most satisfying to run a 7018 bead uphill and not get any undercut.. Sure anyone can do that with a wire feed, but to stand back from an almost perfect stick weld, thats pride right there. The other point is that Mig settings depends on the thickness of the material, but stick current depends on the rod. So any home hobbiest can weld any thickness of steel with a 220V using stick. But with Mig you are quickly into 3 phase machines at 3/8ths or thicker, besides, using stick you can stand on the leads, run over them with a truck.. no big deal. You won't be doing that with a MIG hose more than once!..:)

Good points - especially about efficiency

Your videos are great! Glad i found it!

Loved the video man, very humble guy! Keep it up

Great video! At the moment I’m a very average at best with a stick welder, so I’ve been using good quality gassless wire thought a kempi mig for my mobile welding fencing and have had great results, also find it easy to keep up consistency which is important when a customer is paying good money for the service

Education and entertainment. That is why the piping industry rocks.

I love this guy, thanks for your content!

Thanks Austin. I have accepted that I am a grinder, not a welder, but there is hope. lol. Just bought my first stick welder. I have lots of grinders. Cheers from Texas.

Hey Austin I really appreciate you taking the time to make this video and going into detail about how you got started. The video you made with western welding academy gave me the push I needed to start my welding career. I can’t thank you enough for that, you’ve had a huge positive affect on my life. I look forward to Friday’s just to watch your new videos.

@arosswelding

Жыл бұрын

It’s my pleasure! Thank you for watching the videos!

In honor of this. I'm gonna run some stick tomorrow. For what I do I'm 85% mig and 15% tig I got to comfy with that and need to be ready to run stick if needed

Brilliant video. Thanks.

Man I haven't seen one of your videos in a while now and I have to say. You've gotten a LOT better over the last year or two! keep on going man!!

Definitely enjoy your presentation style. Really easy going.

Good vid Austin, I’m in the same boat. I have a engine drive machine and I’m fully doing stick welding. Thinking on getting a Tig set up just to have it just in case, but something about laying down that stick rod nothing compares.

I stick weld everything I can too. It’s the most satisfying process for me. It’s also convenient because it’s cheap and can be done basically anywhere in any conditions