Laser Weld Strength Test! See how a Laser Weld really does
Lightweld Laser strength test on aluminum. #lightweld #laserwelder #strengthtest #breakingthings #breakpress #aluminum
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@corychamplin Жыл бұрын
I like the subject matter of the video, but the background music is grating.
@poortouringhotwiregarage5617
Жыл бұрын
What's wrong, you don't like the original sound track to Chips? Lol
@fallen4u248
Жыл бұрын
its just too loud vs vis voice
@stickyfox
Жыл бұрын
Starting around 4:45 is a really grating high-pitch sound that stays thru the rest of the video too. It sounds like a timer going off in another room.
@alexduke5402
Жыл бұрын
Not sure why people think they need background music. Especially a crappy track
@stickyfox
Жыл бұрын
@@alexduke5402 I will be honest, I secretly delight in comments about weird background music... but in this case it's the almost subliminal "did I leave the oven on" anxiety-inducing beeping that I object to. Like the "Mosquito" noise generator that keeps teenagers from hanging around storefronts.
@jbh.625711 ай бұрын
That “beeping” in the background music is driving me insane!
@life_of_riley88 Жыл бұрын
Metallurgically speaking, when welding Aluminum: You should always use a filler wire that's compatible with the base metal's properties. Aluminum is very seldom if ever fusion welded, as it will chill crack on a microscopic level, and leave a very brittle weld bead. Also welding extrusions is not ideal if they have a grey anodized coating on them. That will contaminate your weld bead and is most likely the reason for the nasty black soot around the joint.
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
Some lessons were needed to get extrusions to stick together. The XR model cleans off the anodized and then welding continues as normal aluminum.
@hematose
Жыл бұрын
It is possible to weld lower series aluminium autogenously with lasers with very little cracking.
@life_of_riley88
Жыл бұрын
@@hematose What exactly is "lower series aluminum"?? There are many grades of aluminum, none are necessarily higher or lower than another, just different properties.
@hematose
Жыл бұрын
@@life_of_riley88 "Lower" means a lower series number. 1000-series is a lower series than 6000-series. 7000-series is really difficult to weld autogenously without cracking (some would say impossible maybe), 6000-series is easier, but still really hard. As you go down the series (to lower numbers) it typically gets easier.
@life_of_riley88
Жыл бұрын
@@hematose Yeah. . . That's not really the case. It's not a scale, and it has everything to do with chemical composition and heat treatment, not weldability. 7000 series aluminum is nearly as difficult to weld as say 2024 aluminum which is nearly impossible to weld without special equipment and conditions. Even then 2024 is NOT recommended to be welded in any industry.
@imransadiq4149 Жыл бұрын
Bro this video sound more like a music concert than a actual test.
@pieshka4509 Жыл бұрын
Being a user of one of the lightweld models, to prove a point about the neccesity of some penetration to a co-welder and turning the settings up, I took an 8 pound hamer to a 4 panel 10x30 inch stainless box I welded and the metal near the weld was ripping before the weld was doing anything. Also, you should be wearing the helmet it comes with, sleeves, and gloves when welding with it and not put the safety clamp on the gun itself... I've felt the beam bouncing back at me (you'll feel a warm vibration) and I've put surface level cuts with flashes of fire on my leather gloves when tacking pieces and had scorch marks from where my hand was while welding. I even intentionally burned a hole in a pair of gloves I laid infront of the beam path with a very short trigger pull. And to not damage the $3000 gun, aim it at an angle, the beam will deflect back up the tube and can mess things up if you go straight up and down.
@danl.4743
Жыл бұрын
Do you have any information if it will weld brass?
@pieshka4509
Жыл бұрын
@@danl.4743 I've seen it weld copper together and copper to stainless steel so it might
@petermccuskey1832
Жыл бұрын
T machine were you using
@inthefade
10 ай бұрын
@@pieshka4509 Copper to stainless? I want to see that.
@inthefade
10 ай бұрын
Always read the manual!
@jessepatch9076 Жыл бұрын
great video but the music is terrible
@ericerto8250
2 ай бұрын
Right it's like corno music 😂
@DeanTheDoctor Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your works my friend! 😊🌎✨
@miguelcastillo54511 ай бұрын
What model lazer welder is that and where did you purchase it?
@marthinusbronkhorst387711 ай бұрын
Please make a video on laser welding pieces undergoing NDT inspections and the results.
@shaunnorton28510 ай бұрын
Strange way to test the strength of a weld with downward pressure. The weld on the angle broke fairly easily which you'd expect but putting downward pressure on a joint that's touching the base isn't really stressing the weld to breaking point. Nest time Try clamping either end and pull the metal apart to test the shearing strength equally. I'd be interested to know how bigger gap you can fill across with a laser welder. I've had to regularly bridge 1/2" gaps with Ali mig which it does reasonably easily
@PAXthe4Th4 ай бұрын
Very clean
@LogicalNiko11 ай бұрын
Laser welders can be much stronger and faster than MIG. Now the problem is if your not setup correctly or using lower power systems, it’s easy to make good looking welds that have crap for penetration. Especially as there is no “feel” for if stuff set wrong.
@robertpronovost38394 ай бұрын
Nice video almost no heat when you weld? Was the last wolf you made with no wire?
@SwampDonkey6411 ай бұрын
The beeping remind me of my first digital Timex watch alarm
@umanggupta813Ай бұрын
Can you make a video on laser welding on mild steel thin sheets around 1 mm without wire and what will be it’s strength?
@p51mustang18 Жыл бұрын
At what pressure was the failure point at 5:20?
@edinsonrojassuarez8061 Жыл бұрын
I bought the xr in the company, but I weld aluminum and the weld does not penetrate, it breaks when I put pressure on it... in what mode can I put it
@kevinchamberlain7928 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the background music! Really miss those 70's tv cop series.
@RJ1999x
2 ай бұрын
Or porn movies
@vikramrajramloll4684 Жыл бұрын
Very nice top quality so quick beautiful welding
@user-fc8le8we6n6 ай бұрын
What’s the best brand of fiber laser welding ?
@jacobhammer7389 Жыл бұрын
Please remove the background music it's quite annoying plus it's hard to understand what you're saying!!!!!!!.
@ronimure1649 Жыл бұрын
If that riht angled weld was moulded solid it could not resist ythat hydraulic press any better ?
@dalehughes3882 ай бұрын
This mans hands are gloves!! Damn near welding his hands and not even flinching!!
@mrz25283 ай бұрын
Hello ...How many is the price from the laser machine ? this machine used gas and what wire used ? Thank
@grantforsythe128011 ай бұрын
Thought you were pretty legit until you tried breaking the weld with your clamping technique - dude!!
@clarkmakoni905 Жыл бұрын
Hello, can you please tell me what goggles those are that you are wearing.
@redwind22410 ай бұрын
what kind if wire the machine use is it the same as MiG welder
@toddperdue8164 Жыл бұрын
What brand laser welder
@JSuparman Жыл бұрын
awesome!
@dragonshadow37079 ай бұрын
I see others have also mentioned it to you need to stop it or people will not watch gutted love this kind of video.
@ianj.lacoste7265 Жыл бұрын
Music from hell. Can you weld disimilar metals together like aluminum and steel or copper to steel, etc?
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
Yes. We have played with some dissimilar metals. We have done Stainless to Aluminum. We'll play with others and make another video of it.
@christopherbodden5067 ай бұрын
Music sounds like an alarm going off the high pitch made my animals go nuts, but cool welder.
@shadowbanned3716
7 ай бұрын
Great taste in toys. Shit taste in music lol 😂
@MrSicnarfM Жыл бұрын
How much for one of these laser welder
@alexkyriakidis65806 ай бұрын
have you weld 1mm aluminium with 1mm aluminium?
@FPSKrieger11 күн бұрын
The music sounds like I'm either trying to sneak into a hotel to break into a safe, or I'm at my friend's house looking for a snack and I suddenly get hit on by his hot mom.
@Raul281533 ай бұрын
I kept expecting Ron O'Neal to come strutting in wearing his paisley bell bottoms and slinging a 9
@MrHennrocks7 ай бұрын
In order to pass a bend test you have to have penetration out the back of the part. Both of the triangles failed the bend test. On a Good weld the area with the weld will stay flat and the parent material will bend left and right of the weld. Same with the extruded aluminum part. The welded area should have stayed put and the 2 straight parts leading down to the table should have bent first.
@actionjacksonapl7 ай бұрын
What welder is this? What welder are we testing?
@itsapleasantlife
7 ай бұрын
IPG laser welder
@shadowbanned37167 ай бұрын
Weird ppe for welding. Badass though! Laser welding thats some star wars stuff right there.
@marshallmazzarelli8797 Жыл бұрын
How much that machine go for
@marialourdesavila-pao8252 ай бұрын
Good day.im interested with your welding machine in your video.can we buy online? Please give me the details.thank you
@dragonx151 Жыл бұрын
Bro the music made it unwatchable. I had to turn it up just to hear your voice but that made the annoying high pitch music unbearable
@christophernunn943
Жыл бұрын
yup crap music ruined it pal
@Dankest_Rick Жыл бұрын
There is a alarm going off the whole vid that makes it so hard to watch
@Wreckedekcoupe11 ай бұрын
Great Video, but sorry I thought an alarm was going off in my house while I was watching.
@Englishdan81 Жыл бұрын
What is the brand and series of welder and where do you purchase it from? Have you tried joining 304 Stainless and different grades of carbon steels?
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
The brand is IPG lightweld. We have done both but not together. We'll try it out and post a video soon!
@Englishdan81
Жыл бұрын
@@itsapleasantlife hey man that’s great, would love to see the carbon to stainless video. I have a request, could you email me personally?
@joshhopper6109
Жыл бұрын
Carbon to stainless is a breeze. We do a 16 ga galv to 7 ga hot roll that is near impossible with mig and is easy with this machine check out Serra Laser... They've put one on a Fanuc collaborative robot.
@douglasbiesecker
Жыл бұрын
Ouch $32k price tag....
@jared8783
8 ай бұрын
@@douglasbiesecker It also welds with 30 amps what takes a TIG machine 200 amps. So my question is. If one owns a fabrication shop how much money is saved on electricity and does it make up for the difference in machine cost in time before the machine fails fully?
@andrewolmstead2549 Жыл бұрын
If Jim Carrey being sly in a movie scene was a sound. This videos background would be it
@chongchong139 ай бұрын
Hey, mine didn’t come with a power cable did you have to buy your own to and if so where did you get it and can you give me any info?
@itsapleasantlife
9 ай бұрын
Yes we did have to make it. It is 3 strand 8 guage and a 15 Amp 220 male receptacle. Hope that helps!
@chongchong13
9 ай бұрын
@@itsapleasantlife oh my god thank you bro for replying your a life saver 🙏🏼 yes that helps
@nateb4543 Жыл бұрын
For what i use my welder for, when these come down to Harbor Freight flux core welder prices, im all over it. Until then, we call can dream
@ianj.lacoste7265
Жыл бұрын
Wait two years as more companies produce them then we can buy it.
@marioderaspe5658 Жыл бұрын
Bonjour est-ce possible de savoir ou peut on se procurer un appareil semblable pour souder Merci et bonne journée à vous 😉
@hematose
Жыл бұрын
It is sold by IPG Photonics.
@NeroForte_ Жыл бұрын
can you do a comparison video on steel with different thicknesses with all four welding tech. 1. laser, VS . TIG VS. MIG VS stick. which one is stronger faster cheaper and OVERALL
@michaelmaroney1660
Жыл бұрын
With the new 5000w laser welder, my money is on the laser in any area you can think of on any material up to .25. Except for 1 thing, the machine costs $32k USD.
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
After using a laser welder I struggle to pick up other torches. All other options are by far cheaper if price is your priority. Speed and thorough penetration for daily productivity, laser wins by leagues. Other methods could not keep the quality at the speed.
@p__jay
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelmaroney1660 with the time you safe, the laser pays itself in no time!
@nomars4827
11 ай бұрын
I've seen a review that laser welding seam is bubbly and it cannot be prevented by settings therefore laser welding strength is far worse than other professional welding. But of course there are applications where laser welding is great. When you need to weld fast, clean but the strength and longevity isn't very important.
@someguydino677010 ай бұрын
in a parallel universe ; youtube channels don't having people mugging and showing off their 3rd grade show and tell adlib skills
@hugiingibjartsson50572 ай бұрын
I killed my hamster listening to this constant iron gling gling sound
@buckwrabbit9276 Жыл бұрын
What brand of Laser welder is this
@JohnZhang-pt8nv
Жыл бұрын
Upman
@randyalbert7644 Жыл бұрын
Would you have the make model of your laser welder ?
@pieshka4509
Жыл бұрын
it says at the top of the cheat sheat, he's got the XR model of the lightweld from IGP, thing is like $20+k
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
We have the XR as well as the 1500. The XR will also clean where as the 1500 only welds.
@jessechristensen6028 Жыл бұрын
How about ultra high strength steel?
@jefftwite18785 ай бұрын
Why are you bending it with a 3/8 bar under the welded material? Put it in a vise and bend it
@wyattchilton15 Жыл бұрын
Is laser welding only for aluminum or can it do steel as well?
@hematose
Жыл бұрын
Steel, stainless, titanium, copper and nickel superalloys are all weldable with lasers like this.
@user-ic6ln4lm2x
Жыл бұрын
0:16
@anthonys7976 Жыл бұрын
Good god, are you trying to give people a migraine? Somewhere a Russian PsyOp assassin has been accidentally activated😂
@THarSul10 ай бұрын
Cool tool, but please clean up those aluminum filings, that’s an incredible fire hazard, and if it comes in contact with rust and heat, you’ve got a thermite reaction on your hands.
@frankgutierrez60169 ай бұрын
My girlfriend heard that music and thought I was watching retro Bow chika Wow wow.
@cliffmartinez2 ай бұрын
I came for the welding, and got a hearing test! A bunch of viewers confused the low volume sound of a triangle with the chime of a Casio watch!
@mrlyricsneo2 ай бұрын
Dose it work well with heavy metal ?
@danmarley2926
Ай бұрын
Yes. In the very beginning he says and shows the metals listed on the pamphlet for the welder.
@michaelhoward348010 ай бұрын
Laser welder ... its pretty good Up to 1600 watts. Just cost too much. Starting 10k
@nugrohobudi6855 Жыл бұрын
Ada penjual mesin nya yang ada di Indonesia ?
@hematose Жыл бұрын
Love the video, but if you're going to be welding a reflective material like aluminium with a laser, make sure to wear all the PPE including the helmet if you like your skin.
@EOTG_AK Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, wife heard me watching this and accused me of watching porn. 😡
@kevinchamberlain7928
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I get that. Imagine those budgie smugglers, thick, shiny black pubes and a luxuriant black moustache.... Pubes getting velcro'd together etc? Alright I'll stop...
@silverstake88
Жыл бұрын
LOL
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
It is welding porn for all the boys in a workshop.
@KHos73 Жыл бұрын
Can you weld two different metals together?
@hodaka1000
11 ай бұрын
One of the comments from a welder said he'd seen one weld copper to stainless steel
@michaelg1352
10 ай бұрын
But, what about the holy grail? Aluminum to steel.
@Frank-mv1jg7 ай бұрын
Video was good but I kept wanting to check my smoke detector.
@jesperhansen1569 Жыл бұрын
Am i the only one still hearing that anoying bell/beep sound from the background music?.... the video stopped 5 min ago
@p3dtesla118 Жыл бұрын
how much is it and where can I buy it ?????????????? for home use etc...
@nickthedane1
Жыл бұрын
Bro they cost between 6000-10.000 dollars
@p3dtesla118
Жыл бұрын
@@nickthedane1 wow that's really too much $$$ yeah !!!
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
They cost closer to 30k from IPG
@nickthedane1
Жыл бұрын
@@itsapleasantlife yeah, ipg aint right in the head
@JHV166 Жыл бұрын
Looks like a lot of undercut and lack of penetration. Also, burn through at the termination point.I guess you have to figure it out as far as usability. Speed is nice, but these aren't usable welds. None of these welds would pass any sort of inspection.
@danl.4743 Жыл бұрын
Copper yes, but brass no?
@randallalexander7321 Жыл бұрын
That constant alarm clock in the background was too much.... Screw this
@davidtodd4035 Жыл бұрын
Hope you dont have anyone else in your shop. The beam can bounce, especially off non-ferrous. Single bounce is just as hazardous as a direct shot. In the eye= permanent blindness
@user-ic6ln4lm2x
Жыл бұрын
That depends on the optics. If it is a collimated beam you are correct . If it is a convergent beam focused on the weld zone/filler wire the risk is greatly reduced. Surgical laser cautery machines are focused - one meter from the normal cutting zone the energy is spread too wide to do any damage. The welder's optics are probably similar , otherwise the device would be unnecessarily dangerous. From what I have read, all laser welders use convergent beams. Focusing the beam also makes the welder more efficient.
@mitochondria387311 ай бұрын
Theres not much point to this test without a hydraulic press that measures force. Just hand cranking it on a bench doesn't tell us much.
@chiefdenis Жыл бұрын
That's not a weld, that's fusion
@alext8828
Жыл бұрын
They're exactly the same thing.
@georgeramirez75257 ай бұрын
so how much money did this guy get because if you put pressure against a table trying to break a weld I don't really know how far you are really going to get
@todds410110 ай бұрын
I wish the price of these was less. Perhaps as they "catch on" more in the future the price will come down, much like the microwave back in the day. Right now the cost is very restrictive for the person that doesn't do a lot of welding day in and day out.
@juanmagana2939Ай бұрын
By what im watching, its more of a craft welder for projects or artistic figures that professionals jobs
@danmarley2926
Ай бұрын
You can use a laser welder professionally. There are different companies that make these portable or stationary. The cost of them differ between the two.
@DJVIIIMan11 ай бұрын
I dig the 70's porno music in the background.
@Milo199706 ай бұрын
Don't forget your N95 when using this :)
@question_it_701 Жыл бұрын
When you use no wire....what is holding the welded pieces together? Is it just the melted original surface? That's it?
@kevinchamberlain7928
Жыл бұрын
No. it's a blend of (thin) air and atmospheric glue.
@cockleman1
Жыл бұрын
Please oh please get rid of the music
@wesleeshuey6490
Жыл бұрын
You would be correct. The technique is used on items that typically don't need the reinforcement of filler material. Only possible if the fit up is exceptionally tight.
@robertbryan7373
Жыл бұрын
Yess parent material .is all there is...bullshitt vid
@robertbryan7373
Жыл бұрын
@@kevinchamberlain7928 hahablahhaagaahaa
@Urfavblondegirl203 Жыл бұрын
You can tell hes an experienced well trained welder by not having a need for leather gloves or anything.
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
It's not TIG or MIG or Stick. You can literally pick up most pieces quickly after welding them. The heat stays very concentrated in the beam. It would take feet of welding a single bead before deformation begins. Stainless steel I do wear gloves. Aluminum is no problem.
@p__jay
Жыл бұрын
you seem to not know anything about laser welding. like he already explaind, you dont need gloves or anything, just glasses...
@JHV166
Жыл бұрын
@@p__jay Yep, clearly expert weldors... (And yes, that IS the proper term...but you pros already knew that).
@melgross
11 ай бұрын
@@itsapleasantlifewe wear gloves and proper helmets not just because of heat, but because of the intense IR. That causes cancer. I don’t know how much IR is emitted from this process. I’ve seen others, including the company;s rep, welding with just a lair of gas welding goggles. But that doesn’t make it right. For examp,e, mist oriole call the welding work lead the ground lead, even though it’s not a ground.
@alext8828 Жыл бұрын
What kind of eye protection is necessary?
@NineSeptims
Жыл бұрын
The best kind. This thing will cut you easier than metal
@pieshka4509
Жыл бұрын
He's supposed to be wearing a special helmet with an aluminum plate they provide with the machine that has a special glass lense in it along with the laser safety glasses underneath the hood. I have scorched gloves that can tell you the beam will reflect back
@alext8828
Жыл бұрын
@@pieshka4509 In a word, "holy shit". Thank you for that information.
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
They do provide a regular helmet with an aluminum heat shield on it. I would use it for long runs of stainless steel as it would reflect the heat back. For short runs of aluminum the UV glasses work fine. I also use green welding glasses to reduce the glare a little more. Other than that, you can pick up most pieces of metal seconds after welding it.
@alext8828
Жыл бұрын
@@pieshka4509 Laser safety glasses. I read somewhere that the glasses you get for lasers are not to block the light but to make the laser more visible. Any thoughts on that? I'm talking about the glasses you might get w/ laser levels, for example.
@Vintian6 ай бұрын
He bent everything BUT that weld lmao. My weld instructor made me redo my test because he bent it like that, not directly bending the weld itself. Cool machine though.
@supersope7 ай бұрын
What sis the fckn noise like an alarm that doesn’t let hear anything that he says…?
@peeposadboy7 ай бұрын
lol. Oceans 11 welding edition
@brandonlott21224 ай бұрын
No music please
@brnfrmjts05 Жыл бұрын
Is this an ad?
@westaussie900711 ай бұрын
I cant hear a thing you say turn the music off
@codyclaxton727115 күн бұрын
20 seconds in a please no background music
@GWAYGWAY1 Жыл бұрын
The extrusion was a mess, it looks anodised to me and that doesn’t weld well.
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
It was scrap from extrusion. Being a test there was no need to utilize expensive product. The idea of this was to see how well it could weld with anodized. We learned that we can laser clean the anodized and it becomes much nicer. That lesson was after this video was made.
@DaveElectric11 ай бұрын
There is an unpleasant high frequency sound in my left ear.
@johnsmith6368 Жыл бұрын
Damn sure could of done without the music
@Cameron_J4 ай бұрын
The beeping music killed the video
@dotsfrazer8 ай бұрын
If that beam hits you skin you are fucked...I burned my finger with one a few days ago the fucking pain of it I never felt anything burn me as quick before and I was wearing gloves
@kellydonahue7624 ай бұрын
Next time, turn the background music down so we can hear you.
@henrimoore689010 ай бұрын
it's my uncle
@maniacalmonster22939 ай бұрын
try blunt force not pressure
@davetheviking86892 ай бұрын
Dude, can’t even watch this because of the music. It’s like your content was just back round for the music.
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I like the subject matter of the video, but the background music is grating.
@poortouringhotwiregarage5617
Жыл бұрын
What's wrong, you don't like the original sound track to Chips? Lol
@fallen4u248
Жыл бұрын
its just too loud vs vis voice
@stickyfox
Жыл бұрын
Starting around 4:45 is a really grating high-pitch sound that stays thru the rest of the video too. It sounds like a timer going off in another room.
@alexduke5402
Жыл бұрын
Not sure why people think they need background music. Especially a crappy track
@stickyfox
Жыл бұрын
@@alexduke5402 I will be honest, I secretly delight in comments about weird background music... but in this case it's the almost subliminal "did I leave the oven on" anxiety-inducing beeping that I object to. Like the "Mosquito" noise generator that keeps teenagers from hanging around storefronts.
That “beeping” in the background music is driving me insane!
Metallurgically speaking, when welding Aluminum: You should always use a filler wire that's compatible with the base metal's properties. Aluminum is very seldom if ever fusion welded, as it will chill crack on a microscopic level, and leave a very brittle weld bead. Also welding extrusions is not ideal if they have a grey anodized coating on them. That will contaminate your weld bead and is most likely the reason for the nasty black soot around the joint.
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
Some lessons were needed to get extrusions to stick together. The XR model cleans off the anodized and then welding continues as normal aluminum.
@hematose
Жыл бұрын
It is possible to weld lower series aluminium autogenously with lasers with very little cracking.
@life_of_riley88
Жыл бұрын
@@hematose What exactly is "lower series aluminum"?? There are many grades of aluminum, none are necessarily higher or lower than another, just different properties.
@hematose
Жыл бұрын
@@life_of_riley88 "Lower" means a lower series number. 1000-series is a lower series than 6000-series. 7000-series is really difficult to weld autogenously without cracking (some would say impossible maybe), 6000-series is easier, but still really hard. As you go down the series (to lower numbers) it typically gets easier.
@life_of_riley88
Жыл бұрын
@@hematose Yeah. . . That's not really the case. It's not a scale, and it has everything to do with chemical composition and heat treatment, not weldability. 7000 series aluminum is nearly as difficult to weld as say 2024 aluminum which is nearly impossible to weld without special equipment and conditions. Even then 2024 is NOT recommended to be welded in any industry.
Bro this video sound more like a music concert than a actual test.
Being a user of one of the lightweld models, to prove a point about the neccesity of some penetration to a co-welder and turning the settings up, I took an 8 pound hamer to a 4 panel 10x30 inch stainless box I welded and the metal near the weld was ripping before the weld was doing anything. Also, you should be wearing the helmet it comes with, sleeves, and gloves when welding with it and not put the safety clamp on the gun itself... I've felt the beam bouncing back at me (you'll feel a warm vibration) and I've put surface level cuts with flashes of fire on my leather gloves when tacking pieces and had scorch marks from where my hand was while welding. I even intentionally burned a hole in a pair of gloves I laid infront of the beam path with a very short trigger pull. And to not damage the $3000 gun, aim it at an angle, the beam will deflect back up the tube and can mess things up if you go straight up and down.
@danl.4743
Жыл бұрын
Do you have any information if it will weld brass?
@pieshka4509
Жыл бұрын
@@danl.4743 I've seen it weld copper together and copper to stainless steel so it might
@petermccuskey1832
Жыл бұрын
T machine were you using
@inthefade
10 ай бұрын
@@pieshka4509 Copper to stainless? I want to see that.
@inthefade
10 ай бұрын
Always read the manual!
great video but the music is terrible
@ericerto8250
2 ай бұрын
Right it's like corno music 😂
Thanks for sharing your works my friend! 😊🌎✨
What model lazer welder is that and where did you purchase it?
Please make a video on laser welding pieces undergoing NDT inspections and the results.
Strange way to test the strength of a weld with downward pressure. The weld on the angle broke fairly easily which you'd expect but putting downward pressure on a joint that's touching the base isn't really stressing the weld to breaking point. Nest time Try clamping either end and pull the metal apart to test the shearing strength equally. I'd be interested to know how bigger gap you can fill across with a laser welder. I've had to regularly bridge 1/2" gaps with Ali mig which it does reasonably easily
Very clean
Laser welders can be much stronger and faster than MIG. Now the problem is if your not setup correctly or using lower power systems, it’s easy to make good looking welds that have crap for penetration. Especially as there is no “feel” for if stuff set wrong.
Nice video almost no heat when you weld? Was the last wolf you made with no wire?
The beeping remind me of my first digital Timex watch alarm
Can you make a video on laser welding on mild steel thin sheets around 1 mm without wire and what will be it’s strength?
At what pressure was the failure point at 5:20?
I bought the xr in the company, but I weld aluminum and the weld does not penetrate, it breaks when I put pressure on it... in what mode can I put it
Thank you for the background music! Really miss those 70's tv cop series.
@RJ1999x
2 ай бұрын
Or porn movies
Very nice top quality so quick beautiful welding
What’s the best brand of fiber laser welding ?
Please remove the background music it's quite annoying plus it's hard to understand what you're saying!!!!!!!.
If that riht angled weld was moulded solid it could not resist ythat hydraulic press any better ?
This mans hands are gloves!! Damn near welding his hands and not even flinching!!
Hello ...How many is the price from the laser machine ? this machine used gas and what wire used ? Thank
Thought you were pretty legit until you tried breaking the weld with your clamping technique - dude!!
Hello, can you please tell me what goggles those are that you are wearing.
what kind if wire the machine use is it the same as MiG welder
What brand laser welder
awesome!
I see others have also mentioned it to you need to stop it or people will not watch gutted love this kind of video.
Music from hell. Can you weld disimilar metals together like aluminum and steel or copper to steel, etc?
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
Yes. We have played with some dissimilar metals. We have done Stainless to Aluminum. We'll play with others and make another video of it.
Music sounds like an alarm going off the high pitch made my animals go nuts, but cool welder.
@shadowbanned3716
7 ай бұрын
Great taste in toys. Shit taste in music lol 😂
How much for one of these laser welder
have you weld 1mm aluminium with 1mm aluminium?
The music sounds like I'm either trying to sneak into a hotel to break into a safe, or I'm at my friend's house looking for a snack and I suddenly get hit on by his hot mom.
I kept expecting Ron O'Neal to come strutting in wearing his paisley bell bottoms and slinging a 9
In order to pass a bend test you have to have penetration out the back of the part. Both of the triangles failed the bend test. On a Good weld the area with the weld will stay flat and the parent material will bend left and right of the weld. Same with the extruded aluminum part. The welded area should have stayed put and the 2 straight parts leading down to the table should have bent first.
What welder is this? What welder are we testing?
@itsapleasantlife
7 ай бұрын
IPG laser welder
Weird ppe for welding. Badass though! Laser welding thats some star wars stuff right there.
How much that machine go for
Good day.im interested with your welding machine in your video.can we buy online? Please give me the details.thank you
Bro the music made it unwatchable. I had to turn it up just to hear your voice but that made the annoying high pitch music unbearable
@christophernunn943
Жыл бұрын
yup crap music ruined it pal
There is a alarm going off the whole vid that makes it so hard to watch
Great Video, but sorry I thought an alarm was going off in my house while I was watching.
What is the brand and series of welder and where do you purchase it from? Have you tried joining 304 Stainless and different grades of carbon steels?
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
The brand is IPG lightweld. We have done both but not together. We'll try it out and post a video soon!
@Englishdan81
Жыл бұрын
@@itsapleasantlife hey man that’s great, would love to see the carbon to stainless video. I have a request, could you email me personally?
@joshhopper6109
Жыл бұрын
Carbon to stainless is a breeze. We do a 16 ga galv to 7 ga hot roll that is near impossible with mig and is easy with this machine check out Serra Laser... They've put one on a Fanuc collaborative robot.
@douglasbiesecker
Жыл бұрын
Ouch $32k price tag....
@jared8783
8 ай бұрын
@@douglasbiesecker It also welds with 30 amps what takes a TIG machine 200 amps. So my question is. If one owns a fabrication shop how much money is saved on electricity and does it make up for the difference in machine cost in time before the machine fails fully?
If Jim Carrey being sly in a movie scene was a sound. This videos background would be it
Hey, mine didn’t come with a power cable did you have to buy your own to and if so where did you get it and can you give me any info?
@itsapleasantlife
9 ай бұрын
Yes we did have to make it. It is 3 strand 8 guage and a 15 Amp 220 male receptacle. Hope that helps!
@chongchong13
9 ай бұрын
@@itsapleasantlife oh my god thank you bro for replying your a life saver 🙏🏼 yes that helps
For what i use my welder for, when these come down to Harbor Freight flux core welder prices, im all over it. Until then, we call can dream
@ianj.lacoste7265
Жыл бұрын
Wait two years as more companies produce them then we can buy it.
Bonjour est-ce possible de savoir ou peut on se procurer un appareil semblable pour souder Merci et bonne journée à vous 😉
@hematose
Жыл бұрын
It is sold by IPG Photonics.
can you do a comparison video on steel with different thicknesses with all four welding tech. 1. laser, VS . TIG VS. MIG VS stick. which one is stronger faster cheaper and OVERALL
@michaelmaroney1660
Жыл бұрын
With the new 5000w laser welder, my money is on the laser in any area you can think of on any material up to .25. Except for 1 thing, the machine costs $32k USD.
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
After using a laser welder I struggle to pick up other torches. All other options are by far cheaper if price is your priority. Speed and thorough penetration for daily productivity, laser wins by leagues. Other methods could not keep the quality at the speed.
@p__jay
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelmaroney1660 with the time you safe, the laser pays itself in no time!
@nomars4827
11 ай бұрын
I've seen a review that laser welding seam is bubbly and it cannot be prevented by settings therefore laser welding strength is far worse than other professional welding. But of course there are applications where laser welding is great. When you need to weld fast, clean but the strength and longevity isn't very important.
in a parallel universe ; youtube channels don't having people mugging and showing off their 3rd grade show and tell adlib skills
I killed my hamster listening to this constant iron gling gling sound
What brand of Laser welder is this
@JohnZhang-pt8nv
Жыл бұрын
Upman
Would you have the make model of your laser welder ?
@pieshka4509
Жыл бұрын
it says at the top of the cheat sheat, he's got the XR model of the lightweld from IGP, thing is like $20+k
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
We have the XR as well as the 1500. The XR will also clean where as the 1500 only welds.
How about ultra high strength steel?
Why are you bending it with a 3/8 bar under the welded material? Put it in a vise and bend it
Is laser welding only for aluminum or can it do steel as well?
@hematose
Жыл бұрын
Steel, stainless, titanium, copper and nickel superalloys are all weldable with lasers like this.
@user-ic6ln4lm2x
Жыл бұрын
0:16
Good god, are you trying to give people a migraine? Somewhere a Russian PsyOp assassin has been accidentally activated😂
Cool tool, but please clean up those aluminum filings, that’s an incredible fire hazard, and if it comes in contact with rust and heat, you’ve got a thermite reaction on your hands.
My girlfriend heard that music and thought I was watching retro Bow chika Wow wow.
I came for the welding, and got a hearing test! A bunch of viewers confused the low volume sound of a triangle with the chime of a Casio watch!
Dose it work well with heavy metal ?
@danmarley2926
Ай бұрын
Yes. In the very beginning he says and shows the metals listed on the pamphlet for the welder.
Laser welder ... its pretty good Up to 1600 watts. Just cost too much. Starting 10k
Ada penjual mesin nya yang ada di Indonesia ?
Love the video, but if you're going to be welding a reflective material like aluminium with a laser, make sure to wear all the PPE including the helmet if you like your skin.
Thanks a lot, wife heard me watching this and accused me of watching porn. 😡
@kevinchamberlain7928
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I get that. Imagine those budgie smugglers, thick, shiny black pubes and a luxuriant black moustache.... Pubes getting velcro'd together etc? Alright I'll stop...
@silverstake88
Жыл бұрын
LOL
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
It is welding porn for all the boys in a workshop.
Can you weld two different metals together?
@hodaka1000
11 ай бұрын
One of the comments from a welder said he'd seen one weld copper to stainless steel
@michaelg1352
10 ай бұрын
But, what about the holy grail? Aluminum to steel.
Video was good but I kept wanting to check my smoke detector.
Am i the only one still hearing that anoying bell/beep sound from the background music?.... the video stopped 5 min ago
how much is it and where can I buy it ?????????????? for home use etc...
@nickthedane1
Жыл бұрын
Bro they cost between 6000-10.000 dollars
@p3dtesla118
Жыл бұрын
@@nickthedane1 wow that's really too much $$$ yeah !!!
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
They cost closer to 30k from IPG
@nickthedane1
Жыл бұрын
@@itsapleasantlife yeah, ipg aint right in the head
Looks like a lot of undercut and lack of penetration. Also, burn through at the termination point.I guess you have to figure it out as far as usability. Speed is nice, but these aren't usable welds. None of these welds would pass any sort of inspection.
Copper yes, but brass no?
That constant alarm clock in the background was too much.... Screw this
Hope you dont have anyone else in your shop. The beam can bounce, especially off non-ferrous. Single bounce is just as hazardous as a direct shot. In the eye= permanent blindness
@user-ic6ln4lm2x
Жыл бұрын
That depends on the optics. If it is a collimated beam you are correct . If it is a convergent beam focused on the weld zone/filler wire the risk is greatly reduced. Surgical laser cautery machines are focused - one meter from the normal cutting zone the energy is spread too wide to do any damage. The welder's optics are probably similar , otherwise the device would be unnecessarily dangerous. From what I have read, all laser welders use convergent beams. Focusing the beam also makes the welder more efficient.
Theres not much point to this test without a hydraulic press that measures force. Just hand cranking it on a bench doesn't tell us much.
That's not a weld, that's fusion
@alext8828
Жыл бұрын
They're exactly the same thing.
so how much money did this guy get because if you put pressure against a table trying to break a weld I don't really know how far you are really going to get
I wish the price of these was less. Perhaps as they "catch on" more in the future the price will come down, much like the microwave back in the day. Right now the cost is very restrictive for the person that doesn't do a lot of welding day in and day out.
By what im watching, its more of a craft welder for projects or artistic figures that professionals jobs
@danmarley2926
Ай бұрын
You can use a laser welder professionally. There are different companies that make these portable or stationary. The cost of them differ between the two.
I dig the 70's porno music in the background.
Don't forget your N95 when using this :)
When you use no wire....what is holding the welded pieces together? Is it just the melted original surface? That's it?
@kevinchamberlain7928
Жыл бұрын
No. it's a blend of (thin) air and atmospheric glue.
@cockleman1
Жыл бұрын
Please oh please get rid of the music
@wesleeshuey6490
Жыл бұрын
You would be correct. The technique is used on items that typically don't need the reinforcement of filler material. Only possible if the fit up is exceptionally tight.
@robertbryan7373
Жыл бұрын
Yess parent material .is all there is...bullshitt vid
@robertbryan7373
Жыл бұрын
@@kevinchamberlain7928 hahablahhaagaahaa
You can tell hes an experienced well trained welder by not having a need for leather gloves or anything.
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
It's not TIG or MIG or Stick. You can literally pick up most pieces quickly after welding them. The heat stays very concentrated in the beam. It would take feet of welding a single bead before deformation begins. Stainless steel I do wear gloves. Aluminum is no problem.
@p__jay
Жыл бұрын
you seem to not know anything about laser welding. like he already explaind, you dont need gloves or anything, just glasses...
@JHV166
Жыл бұрын
@@p__jay Yep, clearly expert weldors... (And yes, that IS the proper term...but you pros already knew that).
@melgross
11 ай бұрын
@@itsapleasantlifewe wear gloves and proper helmets not just because of heat, but because of the intense IR. That causes cancer. I don’t know how much IR is emitted from this process. I’ve seen others, including the company;s rep, welding with just a lair of gas welding goggles. But that doesn’t make it right. For examp,e, mist oriole call the welding work lead the ground lead, even though it’s not a ground.
What kind of eye protection is necessary?
@NineSeptims
Жыл бұрын
The best kind. This thing will cut you easier than metal
@pieshka4509
Жыл бұрын
He's supposed to be wearing a special helmet with an aluminum plate they provide with the machine that has a special glass lense in it along with the laser safety glasses underneath the hood. I have scorched gloves that can tell you the beam will reflect back
@alext8828
Жыл бұрын
@@pieshka4509 In a word, "holy shit". Thank you for that information.
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
They do provide a regular helmet with an aluminum heat shield on it. I would use it for long runs of stainless steel as it would reflect the heat back. For short runs of aluminum the UV glasses work fine. I also use green welding glasses to reduce the glare a little more. Other than that, you can pick up most pieces of metal seconds after welding it.
@alext8828
Жыл бұрын
@@pieshka4509 Laser safety glasses. I read somewhere that the glasses you get for lasers are not to block the light but to make the laser more visible. Any thoughts on that? I'm talking about the glasses you might get w/ laser levels, for example.
He bent everything BUT that weld lmao. My weld instructor made me redo my test because he bent it like that, not directly bending the weld itself. Cool machine though.
What sis the fckn noise like an alarm that doesn’t let hear anything that he says…?
lol. Oceans 11 welding edition
No music please
Is this an ad?
I cant hear a thing you say turn the music off
20 seconds in a please no background music
The extrusion was a mess, it looks anodised to me and that doesn’t weld well.
@itsapleasantlife
Жыл бұрын
It was scrap from extrusion. Being a test there was no need to utilize expensive product. The idea of this was to see how well it could weld with anodized. We learned that we can laser clean the anodized and it becomes much nicer. That lesson was after this video was made.
There is an unpleasant high frequency sound in my left ear.
Damn sure could of done without the music
The beeping music killed the video
If that beam hits you skin you are fucked...I burned my finger with one a few days ago the fucking pain of it I never felt anything burn me as quick before and I was wearing gloves
Next time, turn the background music down so we can hear you.
it's my uncle
try blunt force not pressure
Dude, can’t even watch this because of the music. It’s like your content was just back round for the music.