One projects where one side gets more heat/welds on it I’ve started to do a bit of flame straightening. A couple heat spots on the opposite side helps shrink that bow away in some situations.

Yes, I know I comment a lot, but I also forget a lot. Explaining the "bow"... saw that on TOT. Yes it happens. But as my father always told me, A true artist knows how to hide their ...mistakes... but as you said, you cannot stop the bow from happing. OH, ToT posted today. OK, lets see the end. This is going to be a tight fit. I made the same shelf, but with wood, and I made it tight also. Love the work, love the explainations. Jimmy Diresta uses the same saying my Dad said, If it looks straight, it is straight. Time to finish the vid.

Thank you for sharing. Best Regards.

Great stuff. Thanks for making these. Inspiring for me.

Always worth the wait! Love your work!

Grind game on point. Love your videos. I learn a ton. Keep em coming!

My son wants to say: "We like your videos." And I enjoy the lessons, a lot!

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kent I'm really Glad you guys like them 🙂

I always learn something valuable with your videos, keep up the great work!

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Holy crap, you made 4 of them? I was wanting to see the install, even if it's only a few minutes long. I will be waiting. Thanks for the vid.

@westweld

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t end up posting the install because not many people watched this one….. but there are finished pics on my instagram

@smallshoptalk589

Жыл бұрын

@@westweld Thank you for the rely

Maybe I'm spoiled, but that laser cut finish is the absolute standard I've encountered in the industry the past 5+ years! Great grinding tips and skill. The 3-way radii corner you showed after "this just takes practice" is fantastic work. You showed it fast but it deserves appreciation. Preload - in my humble experience - is only applicable in production runs. Lock in the process, then lock in the preload, and run the series. Then the laser operator has to make sure all parts are always cut in the same direction. Preload in one-offs or low volume is gut feeling, honed after a thousand fucks-and-shits. Great work on the shots and editing. Another skill on it's own. Craftsman at work in both worlds. All the best!

just stumbled upon your channel. i like your attn to the basics. THANKS!

Love the look of those, want some for my house. Another great video!

Glad I run across your channel. I think you have the fabrication\welding\grinding piece mastered. :)

Hey man, I'm a local fabricator in the Rifle area. I just finished making some shelving brackets and im fighting the bowing of the steel too. Awesome vids, keep it up!

Good video. Those are going to look awesome installed

I knew I was going to want to see it when you asked on Instagram :) Nice work, can't wait to see it installed!

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man install should be next week🤞

Excellent job man, great video, keep'um coming..

I really really like your work bench

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man keep an eye on Craigslist thats where I scored mine

O wow brother! Your channel is LIGIT! lol wasn't expecting thousands of subs and 5.5k like vids! Nice! And your fab setup is hvy duty! Looks like you're hitting the ground running! Good luck! P.s. LOVE the rivet hiding from you under the dirty bench! that struggle is real 😆 stuff like that will send a channel to the moon!

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!!

Excellent stuff Aaron. An inspiration as usual. Love the finish the non woven abrasive gives. I have been trying that more often since seeing you use it. Cheers, Craig

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig I appreciate the support man

Качество изготовления и обработки профессиональное. Приятно смотреть на работу мастера!

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man I appreciate that

Nice work on the grinding. Super hard to get it that neat.....for me anyway. Loved the escaping rivet head. Parts like that are somehow drawn to the deepest pile of detritus in the most inaccessible spot.

Sorry I haven't been watching for a while,,,life and projects have been keeping me to busy,,,Thx for Keep on Keeping on (@@)! Always admire you work and shop,,,Bear in Tx.

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by

You make great content!

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John I appreciate it man

Very nice work W.W.. I love that industrial look...I hope you take us along when u install them.. Take care my friend and God Bless..

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary I will and you too

Your corner welds are similar to welding down hill on things like sheetmetal where they are not structural. People go crazy about weld quality in places that don’t matter and well you know the drill ! Another great vid bud !

Great video as always 👍 thanks for taking the time to explain your grinding techniques! Good for the up and comers! Moment of silence for those of us who had to learn the hard way haha. Yeah warpy steel not doing what you want. I'll usually try to put as little weld as possible without losing the strength but even then it can be hit or miss with the warping.

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man.....ya 9 feet of weld of 14 guage I knew it would pull and I welded it really slow no way around it sometimes

Excellent Work! I found your channel via reddit!

@westweld

Жыл бұрын

Hey Thanks

Love your work brother! And the preload thing is a bit of a guessing game.Your just trying to get it as close as you can and make it all work!👍🇺🇲

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Nice brother 👍

Thanks

Fuc..EM, You rule man. Thanks for your vids, I'm learning a lot. Once gain, thanks man. Cheers from a freeken cold Sweden.

I have, on occasion, had luck with measuring the distortion and preloading to that dimension when doing multiple pieces. Sure would have been nice to have a formula but that would have taken all the fun out!

I've got a guy that does my laser cutting and it's a real joy! Like yours you just can't feel any roughness on the edges. If the customer doesn't like that shiny corner, you can always hit it with Brownell's Cold Blue or similar. I love the look it gives to brass, personally, and it even darkens galvanized fasteners. That surprised me. Any Selenium Dioxide works, I'm told, but I just get a bottle of Cold Blue solution from the local hunting shops or the like.

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

They seem to like the shiny corners, but im definitely going to try the cold blue on brass, never tried that

@trevorjarvis3050

2 жыл бұрын

Imho.. Three Rivers Forge is spot on. Respectfully, Sir. Depending on your TIG welding abilities… Someday try TIG welding the corners with silicon bronze, LIGHTLY wire wheel the weld, then cold blue. No grinding, no polishing, just a raw patina stack of little dimes. It’s beautiful.

@threeriversforge1997

2 жыл бұрын

@@westweld Instant aging. I really like how it looks when I don't clean the brass/copper, just put it on and let it do it's thing. It goes from new to looking 50 years old. I think the shiny corners go really well with the lighter heads of the rivets on your shelf thing.

They look good, Gary Ramsey of the Channel Ramseys Customs, will hook you up with a Laser.

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man ill check him out

Still trying to catch up. Inspired by true events, I already saw that coming, rivets everywhere.

Привет!! Как всегда отличная работа. Спасибо за прикол с мышью...🐭

I get the preloading side of things. Let me know when you get it figured out. I surely don’t haven’t yet. I’m guessing this metal is too thin to consider flame straightening. Maybe another area that would mess up the finish.

You are like a human cnc grinder.l, must have a really steady hand

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks just muscle memory.....if I had a steady hand I'd be a better welder haha

Great work here! Curious about your magnetic grounding clamp, got a link or manufacturer ?

Maybe a heat sink would’ve helped with the distortion a little. Coldish tig welds, since its not structural?

Your apron is mint

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks......etsy.....kruk-garage is the seller

Hi. This looks very great. But, you say, you can’t straithen the part anymore. You can bring heat into the material with the autogenous flame. Then the component becomes straight again.

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Already installed it, it straightened out perfectly check my instagram instagram.com/_west.weld_/?hl=en

New to your Channel Aaron and really enjoying it. This vid very helpful. No pro here . . . just a tinkerer trying to get better. I noticed your grinding helmet which appears to have filtration built in yes? Could you shoot me the make/model please? You've probably included it elsewhere but I didn't find it. BTW . . thanks for the feedback on nitrided table . . working to get one on order. Cheers!

@westweld

Жыл бұрын

I don’t have a hood that has filtration but if I was to buy one someday it would be a 3m or optrel…….. freshair hood I think they’re called

You probably know this but laying the grinder pad flat on the metal after you get close to finished will make it smooth as glass.

Well done, always great to see how other makers do their thing. Question, are you doing all your own filming and editing? Your video are nice and tight.

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ,yes I do my own editing unfortunately haha

@LunarburnStudio

2 жыл бұрын

@@westweld ​ Ya so do I, struggling with making enough b-roll.

awesome work man! do those pieces of square tubing slide over the v head of the jack stands or are they just welded to some threaded rod? im totally borrowing that idea btw

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

I have 10 jacks and I welded it to the existing v head on 4 of them just to try it out and I like it so much im going to do it to all of them and its cool I got the idea from another welder too I have some pictures on my Instagram from when I made them and 6ldesigns has some close ups to , thats where I got the 💡

@mrhitdathoe

2 жыл бұрын

@@westweld sounds great, thanks for the tip

"It just takes a bit of practice". Me thinking an angle grinder is a tool for initial rough passes... guy radiuses the corner with 40 grit like it's a finishing brush

Interesting, your calling rivets studs?

Every time I drop something and it bounces under one of my toolbox’s or machines I always come out with more than I was looking for...

wait... What is your tripod? I just noticed that it has a weird movement sound... Tell us more!

Will they be clear coated or left to rust?

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

They will be finished but not by me

What is the song at the beginning?

@unsuccessful_bank_robber

2 жыл бұрын

Pastis feat. Tigerblood Jewel - Love For The Ocean (Tigerblood Jewel Remix)

OK, so why is there a boot print on it at about the 6 minute mark??? We want answers, hahaha

Put and air gun inside next time while you weld. It will help hold it strate. let your air run.

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

That doesn't give you porosity?

@joederue2392

2 жыл бұрын

@@westweld just dont aim it at your weld.low volume.

If I had it to do again I would have just bought my five axis water jet first... oh wait. Where in the hell would I get the revenue to pay for it? LOL. It's all iterative. If you can spring for a laser that cuts the materials you use start there. Otherwise a guy can get some really sweet cuts on plasma. Just takes a little more fussing to get it dialed in.

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

But a laser cutter build would make a cool youtube video

@ShainAndrews

2 жыл бұрын

@@westweld Indeed. If you are noodling it consider making it capable of notching tubes. Talk about a time saver. Fair bit of complexity building from scratch though.

Dig_it

cmon man wheres the install picture

@westweld

2 жыл бұрын

I'll install next week and film it

Haha that's a cO2 cut man