Adam, your welding hammer lives an easy life!

I really enjoyed the welding portion, the voice over worked really well.

Wow that foot pedal turning thing is awesome!

I worked seven months as a welder prior to entering the military. You have taught me several new tactics, thanks.

great job adam (I used to be a welder fabricator but I'm ok now) smiles

Excellent narration during the welding part.

Great set of videos this week. I'm starting to scare myself not being a machinist since like when you showed tools in your other video, I said shell mill before you did. I'm afraid that I'm learning too much watching you since at my age, to learn something new, I have to forget something else first. Great job Adam.

Really appreciated this one Adam. The tips on the welding are excellent. Seems like in every video there are those seemingly little things that add up to really good result. Thank you!

Great vid. Loved the voice-over technique.

For diversion a nice weld job done, and mentioned weldingtipsandtricks I also know as an german. Keep it up Adam, for me most of your machining videos are very relaxing for me.

Watching in full screen and I about jumped out of my seat when that big round chip came flying towards me.

I've also watched pretty much all of Jody's ( Welding Tips & Tricks) videos and he's one heck of a teacher, ( even though he probably won't admit to it) !! Hehe😀

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+Randy Treeman36 Yep he's got some great videos and I learn plenty from him.

Nice production with Some big turning and lots of Splash and Slag! Fun watch and great work Sir!

Adam, certainly do appreciate these videos. This one in particular was full of many useful tips that I can practice. It was also impressive to see you handle all the various procedures to take the project to completion. As specialized as you are at machining you knock out some damn good welds. It brings home the fact that folks like you and others on the web have to be masters of so many skills just to make one of these videos to us in a way that's entertaining and full of good knowledge.

@andrewaustin6941

7 жыл бұрын

Waiakalulu I couldn't have said it better! A huge amount of talent is required to pull off what Abom pulls off!

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+Waiakalulu Thanks guys!

I thought it was just me and that fact that I'm not an experienced welder. I was welding the long sides, and it kept pulling to a side. I ended up having someone do it for me. Now if I ever have to do it again I know to do the short ends first. Thank you.

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

Kimberly, on parts such as this it's always a good idea to tack and weld off the short ends first so that it helps support the part square as you weld along the longer side. it helps to keep it clamped into position too.

Nice work Adam

Gee , that pic at the end is truly touching man! I wish I knew my grandpa like that.Or at all. Great welding Mr.! Awesome video yet again, thanks.

Thanks for another interesting Saturday night episode Adam. Great relaxation to watch you work. Take care. Doug

another great video! I always enjoy watching your fabrication and picking up the tips you add!

really like the welding and fabrication video. great content on the heavy duty fabrication build. thanks for taking the time to film.

you truly are a great fabricater and thanks for passing on your skills that were handed to you

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+doppler Thankyou

Good vid sir, that's a heck of a good job , and I like how you added the extra bracing piece even though it wasn't part of the job! 👍 Unfortunately there aren't enough people that do the job correctly, not to mention go above and beyond!!😬😏

that was awesome, thanks for brining us along on another cool project.

One of your best ever. A masterclass full of info. Thank you!

I'm amazed at what I learn from you. Thank You

I really enjoyed watching that Adam. Thanks!

Nice welding and fab job. Looking forward to more, Greg.

Good video, Adam. Just a few pointers: --Contouring the port fittings to match the radius of the barrel OD will prevent about half of the warpage when welding them on. Some will leave the fittings flat and spotface an opposing flat on the barrel to weld to, but I prefer to not cut into the barrel anymore than necessary. --The oil supply hole drilled into the rod end of the barrel can always be smaller than the hole in the blind end since it will always see less flow. The larger the rod, the smaller the hole you can get away with. The smaller the hole, the less chance of damaging the piston seal as it passes during assembly. --If supply (transfer) tubes must be welded at both ends of the cylinder, it is best to bend a dog-leg in the middle. This allows for some flexibility between the barrel and supply tube instead of a straight-line pull/push which would stress the welds and lead to cracks/leaks later on. The best method is to have some type of clamping mechanism at the opposite end of the weld that will allow for some limited amount of movement. --Welding on the mid section of the barrel can lead to a non-repairable crack that will run the length of the barrel. Thunderbird shovels from the early 90's were notorious for this. They had the bottom half of a pipe clamp welded to the barrel to support a supply tube. These were a 7" bore cylinder with a 3/4" barrel wall thickness (8½" OD). Customers would always attempt to field-weld these, but to no avail. Again, some type of clamping method like a bolt-on band/strap around the barrel is the safest alternative, and is what you will see most of the OEMs using today.

really nice work Adam Enjoyed it very much

Quality work as always - great video Adam.

great stuff abom

Hi Adam. Great video as always full of useful tips I hope to put in to practice one day. Thanks for sharing

Awesome job Adam and great video!!

Cool fab project. Looks like it turned out real nice!

+Abom79 nice looking welds. As a welder the only thing I would say is most people weld at about the10 o'clock position when rolling out a part. For me I can blend the restarts better just because you can weld with thicker deposition in that position. All depends on whats comfortable for you thou

Very interesting Adam. Awesome welding.

Quality work, as always! Picked up a few tips today as well. Thanks, Adam! Sincerely, TOm Z

Hi Adam ! Oh, I like these heavy weldings ... and it's really nice to see the flux just popping of the secund you touch it ... really nice. I just wants to go over in the shop and just do some heavy weldings ... but it's too cold yet to start the seasom in the shop - but in some days - I like these "working" videos of yours - nice !

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keld. In my area, it's always workshop time! :)

awesome work brother

This is where experience comes in: _not_ trying to force it _because_ it is a rush job.

Hi Adam, I think you've become more relaxed and comfortable in front of the camera. You are more chatty and easy-going and that means your videos are better, not that previous ones were in any way defective. You have hit your stride and it's great to see and hear!

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+Jeffry Blackmon For sure, much more comfy now then I used to be. Guess that comes with time and experience.

more fine work from the abom

another nice welding vid abom you ought to see if you and jody from welding tips and tricks could get to together sometime for the next time you get to make on of these cylinders that would be an awesome video.

You do nice work! thanks for the great videos!

+Abom79 your welds are BEAUTIFUL

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+10Mbowman Well thanks

nice work. I really enjoy your videos!

great job. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

GREAT SNS !!!

I wish I had a job I enjoy as much as Adam enjoys his!

Pretty nice job.

Good tip for stick welding. I feel like I've been doing it wrong the entire time. I never got comfortable with some stingers depending on how beefy the clamp leg is so I'm definitely going to give this a try.

super job Adam

really Great Job Adam...

Super work Adam, as always. :)

lovely job makeing the ram adam

Nice work, fella!

Great job.

very nice work ..

Dam there some nice welds there awesome video

Nice weld, Bro!

You should of double beveled the eyelet before welding. Makes for a stronger eyelet. Great video btw Adam

every time you struck an arc I nodded my head to flip my hood down...only noticed because I have a herniated disk in my neck and it hurt. surgery is Tuesday. wonder if I always nod while I watch welding videos.

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+joe clune I've done the same. Funny how muscle memory works.

@bgd73

7 жыл бұрын

that is peculiar. I had my finger trigger on the mouse, for split second I remembered an old mig that stayed lit at all times...only used it to feed wire.

@mannycalavera121

7 жыл бұрын

I've had a speedglas hood for 10 years and i still now my head every time lol.

@timclarke5156

7 жыл бұрын

joe clune

@joeclune1784

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys. I'll let you know how I make out afterwards.

Nice job

Thanks Adam. It would be nice to see your work in action, where they end up working on the device. Can you take a trip out to some of these places?

WTH, ABOM taught me to always take a skim cut and check your thread pitch! LOLOLOLOL you could see the skim cut but not the actual checking HAHAHAH another sweet video!

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+floodo1 I mentioned I had already verified it.

@floodo1

7 жыл бұрын

+Abom79 I suppose I should have just said "whoa, when you didn't show the thread pitch guage I realized how conditioned i've become to expect it" ... something feels wrong if I dont actually see it hahah (-8

loved welding when t was working

I go to work I manufacture hydraulic cylinders. I come home I watch you make them as well! I can't escape them!! 😜 lol.

adam nice work.

A tip i saw I believe on Keith Fenners channel is to use an old welding mask filter to film through for welding, seemed to work pretty well.

Nice job as always Adam! Just a idea: to plug the oil hole to avoid weld spatter to adhere to that nice shiny cylinder bore and causing trouble with oil seals?

gonna be good!

nice welding Adam looks like a stack o dimes!

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+Bryan Saunders Thanks Bryan

И токарь и сварщик одновременно-круто!!!

cool stuff

I like you welding gloves, when you welding and ride your motorcycle on the same time.

11:32 - Good to see Abom can't always guess allen sizes on the first try :D

You lay a beautiful bead.

nice welding

When you pull out of the weld with a decent size rod left, if you flick it you can throw the slag off the end and often don't have to tap it off when you want to re-start.

@softiss

7 жыл бұрын

saw him do it, not on perpose, but saw the molten ball fly away :P good trick as long as u dont flick it in ur boot or on someone next to u :P

@mcpheonixx

7 жыл бұрын

DSCKy Also in a work environment such as structural welding, the iron workers below you dont take it very kindly if you shake off molten slag down on them. Baaaaaad Juju lol.

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

DSCKy I know the trick but don't always use it.

The eye was welded in the horizontal position. 2f weld to be exact. Not trying to nit pick, keep up the good work.

Master machinist

Nice 👍🏻

top job man:)

My mother is an Air Force Civilian and does environmental and brought home some Camo pig mat a few years ago that was a pig pattern.

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+Spacman_ I seen the camo in the catalog and had to laugh a bit, I figured it was because of all the country boys who work the mills. Camo is a big deal to them.

Hey Adam, I cant place items that tall in my vice at work or I hit the concrete slab ceiling. It's literally just above my stretch reach height, plus light fittings and sprinkler pipe. Above that is damp proof course, @ 300 mm [one Abom foot] of sand and then turf for the main school oval. I kid you not, my welding bay is actually out under the main school oval. We had to dig down to it over the summer hols to install an electrical supply pit and a heck of a lot of heavy cables to supply the new Science/ Design Technology Building.

adam i would like to see your employer invest in an auxiliary air respirator or at least a respirator for you. p.s. you can lay some awesome welds!

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+NCPDFSB I have a fine extractor right above me sucking the fumes. Perfectly normal in a shop environment.

Dear sir , In order for us to see how you are welding just use a dedicated camera with a welding filter and edit both camera views together and you are done

Adam, Keith Fenner and of course Jody, have it figured out. Maybe you can ask them what cameras they use. It seems to me that a lot of people are having issues with GO Pro cameras. Everything from limitations to battery problems. Maybe the popularity has led to less quality. Great SNS! Rich

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+Rich206L The GoPro has worked well for my needs. They are not right for welding shots because you have to zoom in close and set the focus to that point.

9:03 I've never done the pulled out method in my life 😉

Nice weld Adam, missed your calling.

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

greathodgy22 It's just part of the job and being a well rounded machinist.

would you be able to use just the lense of a welding helmet over the camera lense to capture the welding? would be great to see as you seem to be a more than competent welder. love your work

Hey, I've heard broom handles make good parts catchers.

@Abom79

7 жыл бұрын

+trainedtiger But letting them fly around adds a dramatic effect!

Hey Adam to show us the weld as you are welding can you make a mount for a welding hood lens and put it in front of the camera i thank Keith did that in his videos.

hi i really enjoy watching your videos iv always enjoyed watching lathe work im a qualified welder fabricator here in australia and i have a question i notice when you done the eyelet on the end of the cylinder the weld seemed to small for parent metal we were taught at a tafe that your weld has to be the same thickness as the material being weld. im not bagging you out or telling you how to do your job haha im just asking out curiosity. love the vidoes keep them coming

I got scared for a second! @2:50

@dougbourdo2589

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, kinda like 3D for a second! Nice video & work Adam.

@aristakas5893

7 жыл бұрын

Take another look, pausing at the 02:48 point of the video. Tapping the 'full stop/period' key will now allow you to step forward through the 30 frames, one frame at a time, that make up each second of play, thus ensuring full enjoyment of the weirdness to follow, starting @ 02:49, frame 17, to conclusion shortly thereafter. (Tapping 'comma', steps back one frame. Left/right arrow keys jumps back/forward 5 seconds.) How that camera wasn't trashed will become the stuff of legend..... John Greenwood

@multiHappyHacker

7 жыл бұрын

Keen observation.

@manga12

7 жыл бұрын

yes when it came up it made me jump like it was comming at me now that you brought it up

20:00 it would be cool to have a thermal camera to see the stick get hot and the welds and all that.

hey adam great jop but wij dont you kloos the hol in the tube went you start welding the batum plate your not afraid vor sparks insite the tube

I would have thought that the loop ground would be too loose to be effective. Do you think that has an effect on how well the arc first strikes?

Nice work, as always. One thing I'm curious about, though. At about 24:45, you were welding the transfer tube to the cylinder. I noticed that the other fitting was just sitting there open, probably 4-5" away from the weld. Did you take some kind of precautions to keep spatter out of the threads and/or cylinder bore?

Adam, whenever I am welding so close to threads I have been putting a bolt or some kind of stop(even a piece of tape)to protect the threads from getting weld bb's on the threads. It looks like you don't have to protect your threads, what do you do?